Max Stewart, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Max Stewart

Australian racing driver

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1935

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1977

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Australia

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Max Stewart

  • Malcolm Clarke Stewart (14 March 1935 – 19 March 1977) was an Australian racing driver.
  • He was known as the "Jolly Green Giant" for his disposition and height. Stewart was born in Orange, New South Wales.
  • He began his motorsport career racing motorcycles, being selected to represent Australia at the 1955 Isle of Man TT, but withdrew due to work commitments.
  • After racing Karts and touring cars he moved to open wheelers in 1965 with much success, winning the 1967 and 1968 Australian One and a Half Litre Championships.
  • Stewart was selected to drive for Alec Mildren Racing, and went on to win the 1969 and 1970 Australian Formula 2 Championships driving a 1.6 litre Mildren Waggott.
  • In 1970 he competed in a 2-litre Mildren Waggott in which he ran strongly in the 1970 Tasman Series with a number of podiums, and finished second to Jackie Stewart in the 1970 JAF Grand Prix for Formula Libre cars.
  • He also won the 1971 Australian Drivers' Championship and the 1972 Singapore Grand Prix. Stewart later raced a Lola T330, winning the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship and the 1974 Australian Grand Prix.
  • He then developed an initially troublesome Lola T400, winning the 1975 Australian Grand Prix and the 1975 Toby Lee Series.
  • He led the 1976 Australian Grand Prix from Vern Schuppan and John Goss until he retired a few laps from the end. Max Stewart lost his life on 19 March 1977 in an accident while practicing at Calder Park Raceway, Victoria.

Read more at Wikipedia