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DRIVERS: HARRY BLANCHARD
Name: Harry Blanchard
Nationality: United States of America
Date of death: January 31, 1960 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
American privateer who made his only World Championship appearance in the first US Grand Prix at Sebring in 1959, at the wheel of a Porsche RSK Formula 2 car. He finished seventh and last, four laps behind the winner Bruce McLaren. A few months later he was killed when his Porsche sportscar overturned during the Buenos Aires 1000km race.