John MacDonald (motorsport)
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John MacDonald (born May 27, 1936 Worcester) is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of Hong Kong. He was originally from England, where he started his career racing motorcycles, then cars until he served at the National service.[1] He then lived in Hong Kong and raced as a competitor of Hong Kong, where he owned a garage business. He is best known as the most successful driver in Macau Grand Prix in the early 1970s.
He is only person who won all international races of Macau; Macau Grand Prix (1965, 1972, 1973 and 1975), Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (1969) and Guia Race (1972). Also he is the most Macau Grand Prix winner with 4 wins and the first winner of the Guia Race in 1972.
Besides Macau, he also won four times at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Albert Poon |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1965 |
Succeeded by Mauro Bianchi |
| Preceded by Jan Bussell |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1972 - 1973 |
Succeeded by Vern Schuppan |
| Preceded by Vern Schuppan |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1975 |
Succeeded by Vern Schuppan |
| Preceded by none |
Guia Race winner 1972 |
Succeeded by Peter Chow |
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