AGAINST ALL ODDS ARCHIE
Jaguar Magazine|Issue 201
CHARISMATIC SCOTTISH-BORN DRIVER ARCHIE SCOTT BROWN WAS BORN WITH PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES WHICH DID NOTHING TO HINDER HIS BRILLIANCE BEHIND THE WHEEL NOR WITH HIS FANS.
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AGAINST ALL ODDS ARCHIE

JAGUAR AND ECURIE ECOSSE RACE ENGINEER RON GAUDION SUGGESTED we feature Lister team lead driver Archie Scott Brown. Ron worked with Archie when he drove the Ecurie Ecosse Le Mans winning D-Type XKD606 in the 1956 Swedish Grand Prix. Archie made such a strong and positive impression on Ron that he treasures their time together, and marvels still at Archie’s amazing abilities and happy disposition. All that in the face of severe physical deformities he was born with. They were the result of his mother contracting Rubella while pregnant. He was her only child.Archie was born in Paisley, Scotland, on May 13, 1927 and named William Archibald Scott Brown after his father who had been an Alvis works driver. His mother, Jeay, had twice raced at Brooklands. It was an ideal background for a future racing driver except for the fact that Archie was born deformed.

He had the trunk of a tall, well-developed man, but his legs were extraordinarily short and his feet deformed causing him to wear special shoes. He stood no more than five feet tall and his right arm stopped just below the elbow with a tiny thumb and palm.

When Archie was seven he ran his pedal car into a gate post, so it was taken away by his father and returned with a 125cc Villiers engine and three-speed gearbox! 1950 saw Archie living in Cambridge and working as a sales rep for Dobie’s 4-Square Tobacco. He had immense charm, and because he was apparently unconcerned about his appearance, nobody else was bothered. People remarked: “We met and shook hands. It was only afterwards I realised we’d shaken with our left hands. Archie made the first move to spare me any embarrassment.” He affected not to be concerned about his job, but of course, Archie was nothing if not competitive.

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