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Re this bit - "It was at Indianapolis and I was getting depressed by the pace of my life, the limit of being at home."
It is worth pointing out that (due to various delays) the 1973 Indy 500 (which Stewart commentated on for ABC) took place on Wednesday May 30 and not on the previous Sunday as planned, and the Monaco GP (which he won) was then on Sunday 3 June (with practice and qualifying for it taking place even earlier in that same week). It just gives an idea of how crammed his schedule had become.
/info/en/?search=1973_Indianapolis_500 /info/en/?search=1973_Monaco_Grand_Prix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien ( talk • contribs) 11:30, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
From the article: "even though his rain tires were probably better than the ones of the competition." I don't know I believe it was Dunlop tire while as far as remember Lotus and Ferrari were using Firestone. What were Mclaren and Brabham using ? Ericd 23:40, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Should there be a mention that he "cameos" in the music video for the Robbie Williams song "Supreme"? (Specifically, footage of Jackie from the 1970s is spliced with footage of Robbie, to make it look like they were both 1970s racing drivers). -- Athcnv 20:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
What the devil was McLaren doing testing an F3 car?
Also, is it correct "It is a testament to his success that fewer drivers have been killed in the period since his retirement than in a single season before him."? Trekphiler 21:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
He was awarded an honourary degree from University of Edinburgh in 2006, is this ok to add? Or is it not that notable? James ( talk) 12:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Should Jackie's nationality be listed as British or Scottish? Krashski35 ( talk) 13:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Surely the lead should refer to his as British as is consistent with other articles on Wiki? Paul Di Resta is a "a British racing driver from Scotland", Jim Clark was "a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland" Sue De Nimes ( talk) 08:36, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
This page http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/127/ says Jackie won all of his Championships with BRM. It never even mentions Matra. Whats up? -- 158.106.52.10 ( talk) 16:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
"During Stewart's F1 career, the chances of an F1 driver who raced for five years being killed in a crash were two out of three."
While the number of drivers killed in crashes was undoubtably high, a perfunctory examination of the numbers reveals the 'two out of three' to be an exaggeration. Many of the drivers of the time also raced in Formula 2, Le Mans, Indianapolis, and other events such as hillclimbing and sports car races. Of those who started the 1965 season 11 out of 49 died in crashes during their careers, and 5 of these were F1 related. The majority of the drivers of Stewart's era who raced for five seasons or more actually survived. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.9.97.204 ( talk) 09:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
this text is constantly overturned. I suspect somebody is vetting this page - note there is virtually no discussion of resentment about Stuart's tax exile status or his initial refusal to waive his RBS fee. We do not want a page that is just an advert for the man.
"Stewart is also the head sports consultant/ patron for the Royal Bank of Scotland. In March 2009, Jackie finally, after earlier refusals, waived his fee for the year in response to the bank losing £24bn in 2008. [1] [2] " — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.179.82 ( talk) 22:38, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
This section currently reads " The marshals had no tools to help him, and it took his teammate Hill and Bob Bondurant, who had both also crashed nearby, to get him out." I saw him on TV last night describing the accident and he related that Hill pulled over and stopped to help him "when he could have carried on racing". He mentioned nothing about Hill crashing. danno 17:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
How long has he lived there? Can anyone find something that verifies this 'fact'? Not saying it's not true, I just though he still lived in Switzerland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boredreiver ( talk • contribs) 15:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
To be pedantic, are we sure that he was born in Milton, West Dunbartonshire? Even in 1939 probably most mothers gave birth in a maternity hospital rather than at home. As it happens, there was a maternity hospital at Overtoun, which was arguably within Milton, which might have been open in 1939 although it is now closed. However he could have been born further afield e.g. in Braehome in Helensburgh or even Lennoxtown. PatGallacher ( talk) 00:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
The article says "Stewart was born in Dumbarton, a town not far from Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Stewart's family were Austin, later Jaguar, car dealers and had built up a successful business in Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland where Stewart was born." so it provides two places of birth. According to Halmyre, Jackie's autobiography says that Jackie was born in Milton. If this is the case, the sentence above should be fixed.
ICE77 ( talk) 03:44, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
This BBC profile [2] has good stuff on his safety campaigning. Onanoff ( talk) 20:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
There are three places in the article currently that mention the spectator's spanner. Two of them contain paragraph-length descriptions of how this incident intensified his interest in safety. One of those ought to be removed. I think it should be the first one, but I'll leave the decision to you folks who have been working on this fine article. 98.247.224.9 ( talk) 02:43, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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As a young man l worked as a Mercedes mechanic for FBW Motors in Oadby, owned by Frank Bernard Wheatcroft (FBW) who lived in Wigston, along with his many classic cars. I understood he and Jackie Stewart were instrumental in ‘buying’ the defunct Donnington Park racing circuit close to East Midlands Airport. However, if that is true l’m surprised there is no mention of the project here.
"The Flying Scot?" That was Jim Clark's nickname given to him by the racing press. Jackie, junior to Clark on the professional scene, was "The Wee Scott." I never heard Stewart referred to as "The Flying Scott, " although admittedly I haven't followed Stewart's life for many year. Was Clark's nickname conferred to his countryman Stewart after Clark's death? The entry was made without a source. ShelbyMarion ( talk) 12:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
The source does not say this was said by Stewart - it simply states this as fact. This seems to have been changed following complaints on this talk page that the figure is obviously an exaggeration - but seeing as those complaints still stand, this line should probably be removed. -- Eldomtom2 ( talk) 20:39, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
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Re this bit - "It was at Indianapolis and I was getting depressed by the pace of my life, the limit of being at home."
It is worth pointing out that (due to various delays) the 1973 Indy 500 (which Stewart commentated on for ABC) took place on Wednesday May 30 and not on the previous Sunday as planned, and the Monaco GP (which he won) was then on Sunday 3 June (with practice and qualifying for it taking place even earlier in that same week). It just gives an idea of how crammed his schedule had become.
/info/en/?search=1973_Indianapolis_500 /info/en/?search=1973_Monaco_Grand_Prix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien ( talk • contribs) 11:30, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
From the article: "even though his rain tires were probably better than the ones of the competition." I don't know I believe it was Dunlop tire while as far as remember Lotus and Ferrari were using Firestone. What were Mclaren and Brabham using ? Ericd 23:40, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Should there be a mention that he "cameos" in the music video for the Robbie Williams song "Supreme"? (Specifically, footage of Jackie from the 1970s is spliced with footage of Robbie, to make it look like they were both 1970s racing drivers). -- Athcnv 20:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
What the devil was McLaren doing testing an F3 car?
Also, is it correct "It is a testament to his success that fewer drivers have been killed in the period since his retirement than in a single season before him."? Trekphiler 21:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
He was awarded an honourary degree from University of Edinburgh in 2006, is this ok to add? Or is it not that notable? James ( talk) 12:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Should Jackie's nationality be listed as British or Scottish? Krashski35 ( talk) 13:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Surely the lead should refer to his as British as is consistent with other articles on Wiki? Paul Di Resta is a "a British racing driver from Scotland", Jim Clark was "a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland" Sue De Nimes ( talk) 08:36, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
This page http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/127/ says Jackie won all of his Championships with BRM. It never even mentions Matra. Whats up? -- 158.106.52.10 ( talk) 16:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
"During Stewart's F1 career, the chances of an F1 driver who raced for five years being killed in a crash were two out of three."
While the number of drivers killed in crashes was undoubtably high, a perfunctory examination of the numbers reveals the 'two out of three' to be an exaggeration. Many of the drivers of the time also raced in Formula 2, Le Mans, Indianapolis, and other events such as hillclimbing and sports car races. Of those who started the 1965 season 11 out of 49 died in crashes during their careers, and 5 of these were F1 related. The majority of the drivers of Stewart's era who raced for five seasons or more actually survived. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.9.97.204 ( talk) 09:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
this text is constantly overturned. I suspect somebody is vetting this page - note there is virtually no discussion of resentment about Stuart's tax exile status or his initial refusal to waive his RBS fee. We do not want a page that is just an advert for the man.
"Stewart is also the head sports consultant/ patron for the Royal Bank of Scotland. In March 2009, Jackie finally, after earlier refusals, waived his fee for the year in response to the bank losing £24bn in 2008. [1] [2] " — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.179.82 ( talk) 22:38, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
This section currently reads " The marshals had no tools to help him, and it took his teammate Hill and Bob Bondurant, who had both also crashed nearby, to get him out." I saw him on TV last night describing the accident and he related that Hill pulled over and stopped to help him "when he could have carried on racing". He mentioned nothing about Hill crashing. danno 17:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
How long has he lived there? Can anyone find something that verifies this 'fact'? Not saying it's not true, I just though he still lived in Switzerland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boredreiver ( talk • contribs) 15:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
To be pedantic, are we sure that he was born in Milton, West Dunbartonshire? Even in 1939 probably most mothers gave birth in a maternity hospital rather than at home. As it happens, there was a maternity hospital at Overtoun, which was arguably within Milton, which might have been open in 1939 although it is now closed. However he could have been born further afield e.g. in Braehome in Helensburgh or even Lennoxtown. PatGallacher ( talk) 00:08, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
The article says "Stewart was born in Dumbarton, a town not far from Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Stewart's family were Austin, later Jaguar, car dealers and had built up a successful business in Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland where Stewart was born." so it provides two places of birth. According to Halmyre, Jackie's autobiography says that Jackie was born in Milton. If this is the case, the sentence above should be fixed.
ICE77 ( talk) 03:44, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
This BBC profile [2] has good stuff on his safety campaigning. Onanoff ( talk) 20:06, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
There are three places in the article currently that mention the spectator's spanner. Two of them contain paragraph-length descriptions of how this incident intensified his interest in safety. One of those ought to be removed. I think it should be the first one, but I'll leave the decision to you folks who have been working on this fine article. 98.247.224.9 ( talk) 02:43, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
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As a young man l worked as a Mercedes mechanic for FBW Motors in Oadby, owned by Frank Bernard Wheatcroft (FBW) who lived in Wigston, along with his many classic cars. I understood he and Jackie Stewart were instrumental in ‘buying’ the defunct Donnington Park racing circuit close to East Midlands Airport. However, if that is true l’m surprised there is no mention of the project here.
"The Flying Scot?" That was Jim Clark's nickname given to him by the racing press. Jackie, junior to Clark on the professional scene, was "The Wee Scott." I never heard Stewart referred to as "The Flying Scott, " although admittedly I haven't followed Stewart's life for many year. Was Clark's nickname conferred to his countryman Stewart after Clark's death? The entry was made without a source. ShelbyMarion ( talk) 12:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
The source does not say this was said by Stewart - it simply states this as fact. This seems to have been changed following complaints on this talk page that the figure is obviously an exaggeration - but seeing as those complaints still stand, this line should probably be removed. -- Eldomtom2 ( talk) 20:39, 24 April 2022 (UTC)