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Raymond Mays

Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (died 1980)

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Born
August 1, 1899
Died
January 6, 1980
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1899

About Raymond Mays

Thomas Raymond Mays was an auto racing driver and entrepreneur from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Mays was one of ERA's most notable drivers, winning the British Hill Climb Championship in its first two years, 1947 and 1948 and also the Brighton Speed Trials in 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1950 in his black ERA R4D. Mays was initially entered in the first ever Formula One World Championship race, the 1950 British Grand Prix, but his registration was cancelled before the start of the event.

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Raymond Mays timeline

  1. Mays was one of ERA's most notable drivers, winning the British Hill Climb Championship in its first two years, 1947 and 1948 and also the Brighton Speed Trials in 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1950 in his black ERA R4D.
  2. Mays was initially entered in the first ever Formula One World Championship race, the 1950 British Grand Prix, but his registration was cancelled before the start of the event.

The world when Raymond Mays was born

Raymond Mays was born in 1899. 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.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

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Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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