Innes Ireland (1930–1993) was a Scottish military officer, engineer, and race car driver. He was a larger-than-life character who, according to a rival team boss, "lived without sense, without an analyst and provoked astonishment and affection from everyone." Nelumbo lutea, the American Lotus The term lotus may refer to: The Indian lotus of the genus Nelumbo (see Nymphaeaceae). ... Basic Role-Playing, or BRP, is the name of the generic form of the fantasy_oriented RuneQuest role-playing game rules. ... British Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team. ... The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship (abbr. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Results from the 1959 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Netherlands on May 31, 1959 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss 136. ... The Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1952 to 1985. ... Results from the 1961 Formula One United States Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen on October 8, 1961 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham 118. ... The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ... Results from the 1961 Formula One United States Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen on October 8, 1961 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham 118. ... The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ... Results from the 1966 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix held at Mexico City on October 23, 1966. ... The Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One auto race held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Scots tribe originated from Ireland, from the now-called counties Antrim and Down. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Driving is the controlled operation of a vehicle, which is usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, motorcycle, or car. ...

Ireland was born June 12, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish veterinary surgeon. His family returned to Kirkcudbright in Scotland during his youth, and he trained as an engineer with Rolls Royce, first in Glasgow and later in London. Commissioned as a lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, he served with the Parachute Regiment in the Suez Canal Zone during 1953 and 1954. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Mytholmroyd is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Hebden Bridge and west of Halifax. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... In American and Canadian English, a veterinarian (from Latin veterinae, draught animals) is an animal doctor, a practitioner of veterinary medicine. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Rolls-Royce is a set of companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschù in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Kings Own Scottish Borderers cap badge and tartan The Kings Own Scottish Borderers is an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Parachute Regiments display team, the Red Devils at an American airshow The Parachute Regiment is the main body of elite airborne troops of the British Army. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163-km (118-mile) maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (Būr Saīd) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ireland's first serious year of auto racing was 1957, by which time he was running a small engineering firm in Surrey. Success in sports car racing saw him make his Formula One debut for Team Lotus in 1959. In 1960 he won three non-championship Formula One races and finished fourth in the World Drivers Championship. Badly injured in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, Ireland recovered to win the Solitude and Austrian Grand Prix races, then finished the season with a victory in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... Honda NSX sports car TVR Tuscan sports car New style 2005 Ford Mustang Ruf RGT A sports car is type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing. ... Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in Hethel, Norfolk, formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship (abbr. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The principality of Monaco holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit. ... The Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race. ... The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ... Watkins Glen International (nicknamed The Glen) is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. ...

Ireland upset Lotus boss Colin Chapman and the team sponsors by giving up his car to Stirling Moss of the rival Rob Walker team at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. This led to him being arbitrarily sacked at the end of the '61 season. Despite occasional successes, Ireland never again had a car to match his talent, and his last serious race was the Daytona 500 in 1967. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (9 May 1928 - 16 December 1982) was born in London. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a former auto racing driver. ... Jack Brabhams 1961 Cooper-Climax, the car that began the rear-engine revolution at the Indianapolis 500 The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1947 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. ... The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ... The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile NASCAR race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A talented writer, Ireland produced a classic autobiography, All Arms and Elbows (ISBN 0851840507), and worked as a journalist for Road and Track magazine as well as skippering trawlers in the North Atlantic. Towards the end of his life, he was elected president of the prestigious British Racing Drivers Club, which post he still held at the time of his death from cancer on October 22, 1993. Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Categories: Water-transport stubs | Ship types ... The British Racing Drivers Club (or BRDC) was founded in April 1928. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

External links

• An Innes Ireland fan site (http://www.geocities.com/tredelyn)