Ernie de Vos explained

Ernie de Vos
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date:1 July 1941
Birth Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Death Place:St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Team(S):Canadian Stebro Racing
Races:1 (0 starts)
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Points:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
First Race:1963 United States Grand Prix
Last Race:1963 United States Grand Prix

Ernest Nathan de Vos (1 July 1941 – 5 March 2005) was a Canadian racing driver.

Career

After his family moved from the Netherlands to Canada when he was young, de Vos started his racing career in karts. Moving up to Canadian Formula Junior, he was generally the second fastest driver at the time, behind John Cannon.

He had a brief experience in Formula One when he was entered in the 1963 United States Grand Prix in a second Stebro-Ford carrying #19, although only one car was present at the circuit, with #21. Peter Broeker drove the car in practice and the race, and de Vos and other reserve driver Ludwig Heimrath Sr. did not take part.[1]

De Vos died in a cycling accident in Florida in 2005.

Complete Formula One results

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Notes and References

  1. John Thompson, "The Formula One Record Book", Frewin, 1974.