• David Charles Purley, GM (26 January 1945 – 2 July 1985) was a British racing driver born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, who participated in 11 Formula...
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    Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least...
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  • using a March in 1973 and their own car, the LEC CRP1, in 1977. In 1973 David Purley hired a March 731 and with backing from his family's refrigeration company...
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    trained and badly equipped, and did not assist him. Another driver, David Purley, upon witnessing the crash of his friend, abandoned his own race and...
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    Prix where marshals arrived too late on the scene and fellow driver David Purley was unable to free Williamson from the burning wreck. The following teams...
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    car. Williamson's countryman David Purley stopped alongside, crossed the track and ran over to the burning March. Purley tried in vain to turn the car...
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    1976 British F3 champion Rupert Keegan was their number-one driver. David Purley returned to Formula 1, after a one-off entry to the 1974 British Grand...
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    which would become significant over the next few minutes. Fellow driver David Purley, who witnessed Williamson's impact, almost immediately pulled his car...
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    Hailwood left F1 after heavily crashing his McLaren at the German Grand Prix. David Hobbs returned to F1 after three years to take over, before Jochen Mass...
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    Kozarowitzky, another debutant Andy Sutcliffe, Guy Edwards, Tony Trimmer, David Purley, Emilio de Villota, Brian Henton, Arturo Merzario and yet another debutant...
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