Peter Ashdown

Peter Hawthorn Ashdown (born 16 October 1934 in Danbury, Essex)[1] is a former motor racing driver.

Ashdown had trained as a vehicle mechanic, and had been a few years in the Royal Air Force when he started racing.

[4] He continued racing, and competed in a Formula Two (F2) Cooper-Climax entered by Alan Brown at the 1959 British Grand Prix at Aintree.

[5] From there he drove a Formula Junior Lola and many small-engined sports cars, winning his class in the 1960 and 1962 1000km of Nürburgring.

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Ashdown is celebrated after winning his class and being 3rd overall, at the Kanonloppet race at Karlskoga racetrack (Gelleråsen) on 26 August 1956 in his Lotus Mark IX license "KH9". On his return he drove this tiny car back to the UK, but had an accident from which this car was not to be repaired. [ 2 ]