Louis Zborowski | |||||||
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Born | Louis Vorow Zborowski 20 February 1895 Mayfair, London, England | ||||||
Died | 19 October 1924 Monza, Lombardy, Italy | (aged 29)||||||
Champ Car career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
First race | 1923 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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Louis Vorow Zborowski (20 February 1895 – 19 October 1924) was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and culminated in the "Higham Special" which, much modified in the hands of John Godfrey Parry Thomas, broke the World Land Speed Record 18 months after the death of its creator.[1]