Both brothers travelled from the United States to Europe in the early 1960s with future Grand Prix winner Peter Revson.

However, Mayer was killed in practice for the final race of the series, at Longford, Tasmania, when he lost control at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) and spun and hit a tree next to the course.

There was a memorial stone placed on the side of the road where Mayer had died, but it was moved, and is now to be seen, with his helmet, at the Country Club Hotel in Longford.

In his eulogy of team mate and friend Tim Mayer, Bruce McLaren wrote: "The news that he had died instantly was a terrible shock to all of us, but who is to say that he had not seen more, done more and learned more in his few years than many people do in a lifetime?

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