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Tim Schenken

Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver

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Born
September 26, 1943
Age in 2026
83
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1943

About Tim Schenken

Timothy Theodore Schenken is a former racing driver from Sydney, Australia. He participated in 36 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 August 1970. He achieved one career podium at the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix, and scored a total of seven championship points. He did however have two non-championship race podiums – he finished third in the 1971 BRDC International Trophy and third in the 1972 International Gold Cup. In 1974, Schenken co-founded Tiga Race Cars in Britain with New Zealander Howden Ganley, whose cars had great success in the Sports 2000 category, and constructed cars for a number of over formulae. On 16 June 2016, Schenken was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division as part of the Queen's Birthday honours. In 1975 and 1976, he finished second in the Nürburgring 1000 km, and then in 1977, he won the Nürburgring 1000 km race for a second time.

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Tim Schenken timeline

  1. In 1974, Schenken co-founded Tiga Race Cars in Britain with New Zealander Howden Ganley, whose cars had great success in the Sports 2000 category, and constructed cars for a number of over formulae.
  2. In 1975 and 1976, he finished second in the Nürburgring 1000 km, and then in 1977, he won the Nürburgring 1000 km race for a second time.
  3. On 16 June 2016, Schenken was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division as part of the Queen's Birthday honours.

The world when Tim Schenken was born

Tim Schenken was born in 1943. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1943

  • #1 song"As Time Goes By" – Dooley Wilson
  • Top movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Best-selling bookThe Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League founded
  • Top headlineAllies invade Italy
  • Technology milestoneLSD accidentally discovered by Albert Hofmann
  • Defining fadZoot suits
  • Notable inventionSlinky
  • World population2.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population136.7M

1943 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tim Schenken's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19432026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$4,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population136.7M341 million

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