Garrie Cooper

Garrie Cooper

Garrie Cooper was the founder of the highly successful Elfin Sports Cars and a competitive racing driver in his own right, winning the 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship and the 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship. He suffered a broken leg in a high speed crash while driving his own Elfin MR8 during the 1978 Australian Grand Prix at Sandown International Raceway.He also won the Singapore Grand Prix in the year 1968.

References

*"Motor Racing The Australian Way", Lansdowne Press, 1974, ISBN 0 7018 0497 1
* www.camsmanual.com.au


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