15 Facts About Jackie Oliver

Keith Jack Oliver was born on 14 August 1942 and is a British former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1967 and 1977.

Jackie Oliver was a co-founder of the Arrows team which competed in Formula One from 1978 to 2002.

Jackie Oliver contested 52 Formula One Grands Prix for Lotus, BRM, McLaren, and Shadow, achieving two podiums at the Mexican Grand Prix in 1968 and the Canadian Grand Prix in 1973.

Jackie Oliver was the fourth person to complete the informal Triple Crown of endurance racing.

Jackie Oliver began a long career in motorsport in 1961, driving a Mini in British club saloon racing.

Jackie Oliver led the British Grand Prix until an engine failure, and would only finish twice, his best result being third place at the season-closing Mexican Grand Prix.

Jackie Oliver was to suffer disappointing two years at the Bourne team, which would effectively kill off his Grand Prix career.

The poor result in the Austrian GP which Team boss, Louis Stanley thought he should have won, saw the best car go to Pedro Rodriguez from then on, but Jackie Oliver still led some laps at the slipstream Italian race.

For 1973, Shadow entered F1, and Jackie Oliver was nominated as team leader.

Jackie Oliver was becoming more involved in the management side of Shadow, but would compete in Formula 5000 for the team for three seasons, and even briefly returned to F1, finishing fifth in the 1977 Race of Champions, and taking 9th in the Swedish Grand Prix.

Jackie Oliver competed in 8 NASCAR Cup Series races between 1971 and 1972, the majority of them for Donlavey Racing.

Jackie Oliver attempted the 1972 Daytona 500 but failed to qualify.

Jackie Oliver sold much of his stake to the Japanese Footwork Corporation in 1990, remaining as director, but the team failed to move forward and the company pulled out at the end of 1993 due to financial trouble.

Jackie Oliver had his team back, but money was tight, and in 1996 he again sold most of his shares to Tom Walkinshaw's TWR group.

Jackie Oliver remained on the board until 1999, when he sold his remaining shares.