22nd of November

22th of November - If that’s a colour scheme you’ve never seen on a Brabham, what better opportunity than today to show this BT26A off? After all it’s Jackie Pretorius 73rd birthday. All the best.

22/11/1934, 73 years ago, Jacobus Pretorius is born in Potchefstroom (North West) – 72 years

Jackie Pretorius is a South African racing legend from the 60s and early 70s. His best season was handling the Team Gunston Brabham BT26A in 1971 and winning the championship races at Killarney and Natal’s Roy Hesketh circuit. He was called in at the 1973 SA Grand Prix by Williams for the final time to replace Nanni Galli making it four appearances at the South African Grand Prix before returning to the local series with his ex-Motul Brabham. In 2003 he survived an assault to his Midrand home, sadly his wife Shirley was shot by the criminals.