Ronnie Bucknum

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Ronald James Bucknum[1] (April 5, 1936 – April 23, 1992) was an American race car driver, born in Alhambra, California.

Bucknum participated in 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on August 2, 1964. He scored a total of two championship points. At the 1964 German Grand Prix, he became the first person to drive a Honda-engined car in Formula One.

After Formula One, Bucknum drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1967–1970 seasons with 23 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1968–1970. He finished in the top ten 10 times, with his one victory coming at Michigan International Speedway in 1968.

He was the father of Jeff Bucknum, an Indy Racing League and American Le Mans Series driver. Ronnie Bucknum died in San Luis Obispo, California following complications from diabetes.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1964 Honda R & D Co. Honda RA271 Honda V12 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX NC 0
1965 Honda R & D Co. Honda RA272 Honda V12 RSA MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR NED GER ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		14th 2
1966 Honda R & D Co. Honda RA273 Honda V12 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1965 Template:Flagicon Scuderia Filipinetti Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller Ford GT40 P +5.0 29 DNF DNF
1966 Template:Flagicon Ford Motor Company
Template:Flagicon Holman & Moody 		Template:Flagicon Dick Hutcherson Ford GT40 Mk.II P +5.0 348 3rd 3rd
1967 Template:Flagicon Ford Motor Company
Template:Flagicon Shelby American 		Template:Flagicon Paul Hawkins Ford GT40 Mk.IIB P +5.0 271 DNF DNF
1970 Template:Flagicon North American Racing Team Template:Flagicon Sam Posey Ferrari 512S S 5.0 313 4th 3rd
1975 Template:Flagicon North American Racing Team Template:Flagicon Carlo Facetti Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GTX 0 DNS DNS

Complete USAC Championship Car results

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pos Points
1966 PHX TRE INDY
DNQ 		MIL LAN ATL PIP IRP LAN SPR MIL DUQ ISF TRE SAC PHX - 0
1967 PHX TRE INDY
DNQ 		MIL LAN PIP MOS
DNS 		MOS
18 		IRP
9 		LAN
DNQ 		MTR
3 		MTR
12 		SPR MIL DUQ ISF TRE SAC HAN PHX RIV
9 		- 0
1968 HAN LVG PHX TRE INDY
21 		MIL MOS
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MOS
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAN PIP CDR
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAZ IRP
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IRP
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAN LAN MTR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MTR
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPR MIL DUQ ISF TRE SAC MCH
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HAN
20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIV
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22nd 760
1969 PHX
DNP 		HAN
DNP 		INDY
30 		MIL LAN PIP CDR NAZ TRE IRP IRP MIL SPR DOV DUQ ISF BRN BRN TRE SAC KEN
DNPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KEN PHX
DNQ 		RIV
17 		- 0
1970 PHX SON
16 		TRE INDY
15 		MIL
DNQ 		LAN
DNPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CDR MCH IRP
20 		SPR MIL ONT
DNP 		DUQ ISF SED TRE
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAC PHX 45th 60
1971 RAF RAF PHX TRE INDY
DNQ 		MIL POC MCH MIL ONT TRE PHX - 0

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1966 Lola Chevrolet Failed to Qualify
1967 Gerhardt Ford Failed to Qualify
1968 Eagle Ford 19th 21st
1969 Eagle Offy 16th 30th
1970 Cecil Ford 27th 15th
1971 Vollstedt Ford Failed to Qualify

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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