Jack Dunfee
Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Jack Lawson Dunfee (26 October 1901 – 13 September 1975)[1] was a British motor racing driver, theatrical impresario, and later farmer who was one of the "Bentley Boys" at Brooklands before the Second World War.[2]
Motor racing
Dunfee was one of four sons of Colonel Vickers Dunfee, and the older brother of Clive Dunfee. Dunfee came 2nd in the 1929 Le Mans 24 Hours with Glen Kidston, winning the 5 litre class,[3] and won the 1931 Brooklands International 500 Mile Race with Cyril Paul in the "Old Number One" Bentley Speed Six.[4]
In the same race in 1932, the Dunfee brothers shared "Old Number One", with a brand new 8-litre engine installed. After the first driving stint Jack Dunfee was in fourth place when he entered the pits. Clive took over, and shortly after, in passing Earl Howe's Bugatti, he went too high up the banking, putting the wheel of his car over the lip. The car cartwheeled over the top, hit a large tree and plunged down through the trees to the road below. Clive was thrown out and killed instantly.[5]
Marriage
In 1939 Jack Dunfee married actress and dancer Sandra Storme, but the marriage ended in divorce.
In 1953[6] he married model Audrey White, but that marriage also ended in divorce.
References
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- ^ Jack Dunfee. Driver Database. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Jack Dunfee's Racing Days. Motor Sport, 2014. Original June 1973. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bentley Win at the 1929 Le Mans 24-Hours". Historic Racing News. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Otton, Mr Justice. "The Case of Old Bentley Number One". gomog.com. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Clive Dunfee". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ^ "The Poster Bride Weds", Daily Mirror, 20 July 1953, p. 4.
External links
- http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Jack-Dunfee-GB.html
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/allbufvc/search.php?q=Jack+Dunfee
- National Archives article about their holdings relating to Dunfee
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