Curt Lincoln was a Swedish-Finnish racing driver and tennis player, born in Stockholm in 1918 and taken to Helsinki as a child in 1926. He fought as a Swedish volunteer for Finland in the Second World War. His racing career began with hydroplanes in 1947, moved to a 500 cc Effyh in 1949 and later took in a Jaguar D-type, a Ferrari and Formula 3 Coopers, with about 400 races and around 200 wins, including 14 Finnish Eläintarha races between 1951 and 1962. He helped organise the building of the Keimola Motor Stadium, last won in 1967 and retired the next year. He was also both Finnish and Swedish tennis champion and played Davis Cup for Finland in 1954. He became a Finnish citizen in 1961 and died in Espoo in 2005.
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was a Swedish-Finnish racing driver
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was a Swedish-Finnish racing driver
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Curt Richard Lincoln (8 October 1918-28 August 2005)
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He was one of the most famous race car drivers in Finland
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He won 14 Finnish Eläintarha races between 1951 and 1962 in the Formula 3 and Junior classes.
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was a Swedish-Finnish racing driver
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was a Swedish-Finnish racing driver
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was also a top level tennis player
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Lincoln represented Finland during the 1954 Davis Cup Europe Zone first round tie against Norway
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