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Title: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on March 17, 2012, 05:34:37 AM

From my Vol. 11 No. 6 issue of Corvette News (1968)

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News
Post by: Jon Mello on March 19, 2012, 05:01:31 AM

Another profile of Mark Donohue from the February '68 issue of Auto Racing magazine. Thanks to Mike K (Swede70) for sharing this with us.

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News
Post by: Jon Mello on March 31, 2012, 05:12:14 AM

Here's an interview with Mark Donohue taken from the April 27-28, 1968 Riverside USRRC program
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Bob Sanders Collection, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News
Post by: Jon Mello on June 16, 2012, 04:40:43 PM

A Goodyear Q&A ad after Donohue won the USRRC and Trans-Am Championships in 1968, both on Goodyear tires of course.
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Jon Mello Collection

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News
Post by: Jon Mello on June 17, 2012, 05:22:16 AM

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Jon Mello Collection

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News
Post by: Jon Mello on June 17, 2012, 05:26:04 AM

Two slightly different shots for the same ad.
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Jon Mello Collection

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on June 18, 2012, 05:32:22 AM

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Jon Mello Collection

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on June 18, 2012, 06:29:57 AM

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Jon Mello Collection

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on July 13, 2012, 03:21:48 PM

Road & Track article upon the retirement of Mark Donohue from auto racing, courtesy of Mike K (Swede70).

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on September 08, 2012, 07:24:17 PM

I highly recommend this video/film. Copies can be obtained at Autobooks-Aerobooks in Burbank, CA, (818) 845-0707.

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on September 22, 2012, 04:51:34 PM

A not-too-particularly flattering profile done by Joe Scalzo for Stock Car Racing magazine, courtesy of Mike K (Swede70).

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: MO on September 23, 2012, 02:17:42 AM

Whatever...scoreboard!

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on October 08, 2012, 05:13:49 AM

Here's a Road & Track magazine article on retired racers. Mark Donohue and his contemporaries Dan Gurney,
Parnelli Jones and Jackie Stewart. This was put together just as Donohue was deciding to come back out of
retirement to run Penske's car in Formula 1. Many thanks to Mike K (Swede70) for sharing this with us.

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on October 13, 2012, 06:07:37 AM

1969 Sunoco ad

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: OCTARD on October 15, 2012, 05:19:06 PM

That article, "ON RETIREMENT FROM RACING," is outstanding!  Though I respect each of the driver's in this article, the humility expressed by some, really helps you gain a sense of their character.

Thanks Mike K (Swede 70) and Jon, for sharing.

-Chad

Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on October 28, 2012, 06:19:57 AM

Mark Donohue article as found in the 1969 Laguna Seca Trans-Am program, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk.

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on April 20, 2013, 05:39:27 AM

Donohue article in the 1968 Riverside Trans-Am program. (Jon Mello Collection)

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: Jon Mello on July 05, 2014, 05:08:59 AM

Mark Donohue article from the Delaware County "Daily Times" newspaper, January 4, 1968.

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Title: Re: Mark Donohue profile in Corvette News (& more)
Post by: 69Z28-RS on July 05, 2014, 12:13:39 PM

That's the best article on Mark Donahue that I've read, in helping to understand the man his background and goals...