Elinye lamagama amakhulu ku-motorsport, Bruce McLaren, washona eminyakeni engu-50 edlule ngesikhathi ehlola iMcLaren M8D Can-Am kusekethe yaseGoodwood e-UK.
Manje, ngemva kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, uMcLaren usenqume ukugubha impilo nomsebenzi womsunguli wawo, emhlonipha ngesifanekiso sakhe esiphelele.
Lesi sichuse sembulwe namuhla emcimbini wangasese ekomkhulu lakwaMcLaren eWoking, sembulwe yindodakazi kaBruce McLaren u-Amanda McLaren.
Emcimbini ofanayo, amakhandlela angu-50 nawo abekwe eduze kweMcLaren M8D ekhonjiswe endlunkulu yomkhiqizo waseBrithani, imodeli efana naleyo lapho uBruce McLaren ayelawula khona lapho elahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe.
Mayelana nalokhu kuhlonishwa, u-Amanda McLaren, indodakazi yomsunguli kanye nenxusa lomkhiqizo wakwaMcLaren uthe: “Kuyilungelo ukukhumbula iminyaka engu-50 uBruce McLaren ashona ngokudalula lesi sithombe esibunjwe kahle ukuze sikhumbule impilo yakhe nempumelelo yakhe”.
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Kulokhu, u-Amanda McLaren wanezela: “Ngesikhathi ubaba wami eshona ngoJuni 1970 (…) wayesevele enze okuningi ukufeza izifiso zakhe, kodwa okuhle kakhulu kwakuseza. Impumelelo kaMcLaren eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 kuFomula 1, ukunqoba okuyingqopha-mlando kuma-Le Mans 24 Hours ngo-1995 kanye nezimoto ezinkulu ezinkulu eziklanywe, zathuthukiswa futhi zakhiwa ngaphansi kwesibhengezo sikaMcLaren, ziyifa lakhe.”
Ikhiqizwe ngethusi, isifanekiso sikaBruce McLaren singumqophi nomdwebi uPaul Oz, owake wabhekelela isifanekiso sika-Ayrton Senna, naye owathunywa nguMcLaren.