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Made in the USA

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More than half a century before Gene Haas, a young Californian had built a US F1 team. Lance Reventlow was the heir to a massive fortune but his Scarab cars were front-engined and almost obsolete by the time of their disappointing debut season in 1960. The car was unreliable and saw a number of retirements, but here's one actually still running on track, driven by Chuck Daigh at Zandvoort.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.