Chief designer for the Cooper Car Company from 1950 to 1963.
Owen Richard Maddock (24 January 1925 – 19 July 2000)[1] was a British engineer and racing car designer, who was chief designer for the Cooper Car Company between 1950 and 1963. During this time Maddock designed a string of successful racing cars, including the Formula One World Championship-winning Cooper T51 and T53 models.
The T51 was the first mid-engined car to win either the World Drivers' or Constructors' Championships, feats it achieved in the hands of Jack Brabham in 1959.[2] A year earlier Stirling Moss had taken the first ever Formula One victory for a mid-engined car in another Maddock-designed vehicle: a Cooper T43. In addition to his Formula One work, Maddock also produced race-winning Formula Two, Formula Three and sportscar designs. After leaving Cooper in 1963 Maddock went on to a successful career as an engineering consultant, including a spell as a hovercraft designer working for Saunders-Roe on the Isle of Wight. In his spare time he also enjoyed racing hovercraft, and was a co-founder of the Hovercraft Club of Great Britain.
Away from engineering Maddock was an accomplished jazz musician. Among others, he was a part of Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band, playing sousaphone, that featured George Melly on vocals.[3] When the band decided to turn fully professional Maddock preferred to remain an amateur and left the group. He also counted saxophone, bass clarinet and piano among his repertoire, and continued to play and compete in jazz competitions until shortly before his death.
Owen Richard Maddock (24 January 1925 – 19 July 2000) was a British engineer and racing car designer, who was chief designer for the Cooper Car Company...
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T66 Category Formula One Constructor Cooper Car Company Designer(s) OwenMaddock Predecessor Cooper T60 Successor Cooper T73 Technical specifications...
T60 Category Formula One Constructor Cooper Car Company Designer(s) OwenMaddock Predecessor Cooper T58 Successor Cooper T66 Technical specifications...
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died in 1964 and his son John sold the company in April 1965. Designer OwenMaddock had left. The 1.5 litre formula was in its final year and the focus was...
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by the fear of failure". The Independent. London. p. 31. Dillon, John; Maddock, David (12 May 2001). "Abide with moi, boyo!". The Mirror. London. Retrieved...
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