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The passing of motorsport's headmaster Jim Russell
Jim Russell, the founder of the eponymous racing driver school attended by many champions from the past, passed away on Wednesday, aged 98. Russell's career in racing started in the early fifties, with the Brit rising to prominence in the motorsport's junior ranks. His success also encouraged him to open up Britain's first motor racing school, at Snetterton in 1956. Unfortunately a serious crash at Le Mans in 1959 put an end to his racing ambitions, but not to his aspirations of teaching and mentoring others, such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Derek Bell or Danny Sullivan. Russell also played an active role in the production of the Hollywood epic 'Grand Prix', supplying modified Formula Junior...
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