Jackie Stewart
Chronology
| 1939 | Born June 11 in Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
| 1953 | Begins competition shooting |
| 1954 | Leaves school to work in family gas station |
| mid-1950s | First drives Auston 16; brother Jimmy is injured in crash and retires from racing |
| 1959-62 | Wins British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and English trap shooting championships |
| 1960 | Fails to make the British Olympic shooting team |
| 1962 | Drives first race at Charterhall |
| 1962 | Marries wife Helen |
| 1963 | Drives for Scottish Ecurie Ecosse team in a Cooper-Monaco sportscar |
| 1964 | Drives the British Formula Three championship in a Cooper-BMC |
| 1964 | Turns down prestigious Lotus F1 team position, signs with BRM |
| 1964 | Drives as guest for Lotus in the Rand Grand Prix |
| 1965 | Debuts with BRM and earns sixth place in South African Grand Prix |
| 1965 | Wins Italian Grand Prix at Monza |
| 1966 | Crashes during Belgian Grand Prix, becomes a champion of F1 safety reform |
| 1967 | Leaves BRM for new Tyrell team |
| 1968 | Loses F1 World Championship to Graham Hill |
| 1969 | Wins first F1 World Championship |
| 1971 | Wins F1 World Championship |
| 1973 | Wins F1 World Championship, retires with record twenty-seven Grand Prix wins |
| 1973 | Joins ABC Wide World of Sports; signs with Ford as engineering consultant |
| 1997 | Launches Stewart Racing team with son Paul |
| 2001 | Is knighted by the Queen of England |
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