Denis Clive Hulme was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team.
35 Facts About Denny Hulme
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Denny Hulme finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.
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Denny Hulme showed versatility by dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup for Group 7 sports cars.
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Denny Hulme retired from Formula One at the end of the 1974 season but continued to race Australian Touring Cars.
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Denny Hulme was born on a tobacco farm belonging to his parents in Motueka in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Whilst growing up on his family's farm in Pongakawa, Denny Hulme learned to drive a truck while sitting on his father's lap, and by the age of six, he was driving solo.
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Denny Hulme left school and went to work in a garage.
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Denny Hulme saved up enough money to buy an MG TF, promptly entering this in hillclimbing events.
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Denny Hulme won the 1960 Gran Premio di Pescara for Formula Juniors, but the newspapers back in New Zealand made no mention of this, as they wrote only about Bruce McLaren.
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Denny Hulme appeared at Le Mans for the Abarth team, taking a class win in S850 the class, before Ken Tyrrell invited the likable New Zealander to race in his Formula Junior and Formula Two team, in 1962, when Tony Maggs was unavailable due to his Formula One commitments.
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Away from single seaters, Denny Hulme raced the occasional saloon car.
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Whilst his boss won the World title, Denny Hulme made it to the podium four times during season, finishing fourth overall in the standings.
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Denny Hulme won the Championship by five points from Brabham, and a further five from Jim Clark.
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Denny Hulme was the first Formula One World Champion from New Zealand.
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The finale, in Mexico City, determined the champion that year, but Denny Hulme suffered a suspension failure on his McLaren.
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Denny Hulme ended the season in sixth position in the drivers' standings.
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Meanwhile, Denny Hulme won the non-championship International Gold Cup race at Oulton Park.
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However, Denny Hulme was outshone by friend and teammate Peter Revson in 1973, and he finished a place down on the American in sixth, 12 points adrift.
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Denny Hulme won the Swedish Grand Prix luckily, though he set the fastest lap.
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Denny Hulme expressed sadness to "have taken that away from Ronnie".
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When Revson left McLaren at the end of 1973 to join Shadow, Denny Hulme would have been disappointed.
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Denny Hulme tried in vain to save his friend's life, but to no avail.
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At the finish of the 1966 Le Mans 24 hours, the two Shelby-American Inc entered Ford GT40 MK II's were both on the lead lap, running first and second, with the car Denny Hulme was partnering with Ken Miles in the lead.
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In 1966, while driving for the Brabham team in Formula One, Denny Hulme drove in the inaugural season of the Can-Am racing series of FIA Group 7 racing, driving the same Sid Taylor entered Lola T70 he had driven with success in UK Group 7 races that year, but achieving no success in the Can-Am races.
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Denny Hulme won the Can-Am Championship in 1968, taking three victories in the six race season, earning 35 points in the McLaren M8A.
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Denny Hulme scored five victories in eleven races in 1969, earning 160 points to finish second to teammate McLaren in the championship.
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Denny Hulme competed in the Indianapolis 500 on four occasions: 1967,1968,1969, and 1971.
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Denny Hulme did not compete in the 1970 race, due to methanol burns to the hands after a fire during practice.
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Denny Hulme was named the 1967 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.
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Denny Hulme finished third in the 1964 Tasman Series with one win and three podiums.
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Denny Hulme started racing in Australia, racing in the team of former European compatriot Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW, which included second in class at the 1984 Bathurst 1000.
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Denny Hulme returned to Europe in 1986 racing in the European Touring Car Championship in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing prepared Rover Vitesse.
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When marshals reached the scene, they found Denny Hulme still strapped in.
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Denny Hulme was taken from the car straight to Bathurst Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.
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Denny Hulme was portrayed by Ben Collins in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari.