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Jan 4
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Sports Bizarre Hall of Fame Inductee: Ja...

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Perhaps no other Formula One Driver has captured the imagination of racing fans as much as James Hunt.

For a man who said, “my first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground," he spent an enormous amount of his early career crashing.

James Hunt, race car driver, international playboy and keen breeder of budgerigars, is a worthy addition to the Sports Bizarre Hall of Fame.

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