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    Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain. Claes was born in London to a Scottish mother...
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  • Claes is a masculine given name, a version of Nicholas, as well as a patronymic surname. It is also spelled Klas, Clas and Klaes. Claes is a common first...
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    Talbots were entered by Louis Rosier, Philippe Etancelin, and Belgian Johnny Claes, in a yellow car. The rest of the field was made up of local machinery...
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    Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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    Jean Behra 1, 3–4, 6–8 Robert Manzon 1, 3–8 Birabongse Bhanudej 1, 3–5 Johnny Claes 3 Maurice Trintignant 4–8 Écurie Rosier Ferrari 500 166/F2 Ferrari 500...
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  • Philippines, aged 65. 1950: George Orwell – English writer, aged 46 1956: Johnny Claes – British-born Belgian race car driver, aged 39. 1961: Erwin Schrödinger...
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    finish since 1951). The podium was completed by the Belgian pair of Johnny Claes and Jacques Swaters, in their yellow Ecurie Francorchamps Jaguar D-Type...
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    Stirling Moss Ltd Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 D Lance Macklin 2, 6 Johnny Claes 4 Peter Walker 5 John Fitch 7 E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 53 Alta GP 2.5...
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    traditionally began his concerts by introducing himself with "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash". He began to follow that by "Folsom Prison Blues", one of his signature...
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    Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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    the following day. Jean Larivière 23 June, 1951 Ferrari 212 Export C Johnny Claes Tertre Rouge Race Exiting the Tertre Rouge corner, Larivière lost control...
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  • formed through a merger of Jacques Swaters' Écurie Francorchamps and Johnny Claes' Écurie Belge. In Formula One, the team used a variety of different chassis...
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  • Raymond Sommer 6 Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D Johnny Claes 1–2, 4–7 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT 1.5...
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  • Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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  • Tyre Driver Rounds Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D Johnny Claes 1, 3–8 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D Philippe...
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  • Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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    Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s P 6 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D 8 Harry...
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    Jacques Swaters and Charles de Tornaco. The Maserati factory team added Johnny Claes and a third Argentine, Onofre Marimón, to their lineup of Juan Manuel...
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    Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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  • ITA Robert Manzon Ret 3 4 Ret Ret 5 14 Jean Behra 3 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Johnny Claes 8 Prince Bira Ret 11 Maurice Trintignant Ret Ret 6 Ret Simca-Gordini...
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    José Froilán González 1, 3–6 Felice Bonetto 1, 3, 5–9 Oscar Gálvez 1 Johnny Claes 4 Onofre Marimón 4–9 Hermann Lang 8 Sergio Mantovani 9 Luigi Musso 9...
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  • first BBC radio audition in 1938. In 1941, Lee was heard singing by Johnny Claes, a trumpeter who had recently formed a swinging dance-band called the...
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    Gallery of Art Claes Oldenburg: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary Pop Art Masters – Claes Oldenburg Biography of Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg in the...
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    Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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    expected to finish the Liège unpenalised – when one did (1951 winner Johnny Claes in a Jaguar XK120) they tightened the timing to make sure it never happened...
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    Naples Grand Prix when he was pushed off into a tree by a backmarker. Johnny Claes, meanwhile, scored the first post-war win by a British car in a race...
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    (19h) 37 S 5.0 17 William Spear (private entrant) William "Bill" Spear Johnny Claes Ferrari 340 America Barchetta Ferrari 4.1L V12 132 clutch (17h) 38 S...
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    Baugniet 1948 Étienne Gailly 1949 Feru Moulin 1950 Briek Schotte 1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx 1952 André Noyelle 1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and...
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  • "Vera Lynn's father-in-law!".[citation needed] He toured with trumpeter Johnny Claes from 1944 to 1945 and with Ted Heath in 1946. That same year, he appeared...
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     Johnny Claes (BEL)  Jacques Ickx (BEL) Jaguar XK120 1952  Helmut Polensky (GER)  Walter Schlüter (GER) Porsche 356SL Gmünd Coupe 1953  Johnny Claes (BEL)...
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