Curt Lincoln

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Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln (Stockholm, October 25, 1918 - Espoo, August 28, 2005) was one the most famous race car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947 and 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he drove also cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers. ^[1] During his career he drove around 400 races and took around 200 wins.^[2] He won 14 Finnish Eläintarha races between 1951 and 1962 in the Formula 3 and Junior classes. Other wins were GP of Angola and two class wins at the Swedish GP in Kristianstad. Curt was also top level tennis player, being Finnish and Swedish Champion. He was also one of the organizers when Keimola Motor Stadium was built in Finland. He took last win 1967 with F3 Brabham BT 21 at Keimola and retired from racing in the next year. Curt Lincoln became Finnish Citizen in 1961. His daughter Nina was married to Formula One World Champion Jochen Rindt.