Scheckter

Number Fourty Nine

Jody!!
I hope I did my grandfather proud
Because my grandfather used to rally with Jody (as my family, and Jody, are originally from South Africa)

Its strange actually
That my grandfather actually knew a F1 world champion

His familiars name is actually one of his nicknames
No I dont know why either I just thought it was funny


Ok so please dont hate me for having more with pics instead of gifs but the last two pictures are just too funny too resist

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Formula One World Championship career Nationality: South African Active years: 1972–1980 Teams: McLaren, Tyrrell, Wolf, Ferrari Entries: 113 (112 starts) Championships: 1 (1979) Wins: 10 Podiums: 33 Career points: 246 (255) Pole positions: 3 Fastest laps: 5 First entry: 1972 United States Grand Prix First win: 1974 Swedish Grand Prix Last win: 1979 Italian Grand Prix Last entry: 1980 United States Grand Prix Jody David Scheckter; born 29 January 1950, is a South African business proprietor and former motor racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980, winning the Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari. Scheckter remains the only African driver to win the Formula One World Championship. In 1981, CBS Sports hired Scheckter as a Pit reporter for its F1 coverage. Scheckter was brought in by ABC's Wide World Of Sports as a Pit reporter for the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix. Scheckter was a guest commentator for ITV during the 1999 San Marino Grand Prix, replacing Martin Brundle. In 1981, Scheckter won the World Superstars competition in Key Biscayne, Florida. He defeated athletes such as Russ Francis, Renaldo Nehemiah, Peter Müller, Rick Barry, Gaétan Boucher and Andy Ripley. In 1983, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. After Scheckter's retirement, he founded FATS Inc, a company which built firearms training simulators for military, law enforcement and security organisations.[4] The sale of the company provided funds to allow Scheckter to help the racing careers of his sons Tomas and Toby. Tomas raced in the Indy Racing League where he won two races. Scheckter's brother, Ian, also raced in F1 for a few years. In 2004, Scheckter was reunited with his championship-winning Ferrari at the South African two-seater F1x2 Charity Grand Prix at Kyalami in South Africa. Scheckter now spends his time as a biodynamic farmer, having bought the 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) Laverstoke Park Farm, near Overton, Hampshire, 40 miles (64 km) west of London. As an organic farming expert, Scheckter was featured in 2005 on the Visionhealth DVD and TV documentaries "Asthma: An Integrated Approach", "Arthritis: An Integrated Approach" and "Diabetes: An Integrated Approach".

On 20 November 2011, he also appeared on the Countryfile television show to make a case for organic food. Laverstoke Park Farm was also featured on BBC's Escape To the Country where Jody showed viewers how Buffalo Mozzarella was made. In December 2009, Scheckter announced his intention to produce a biodynamic sparkling wine by 2012. In 2015, the farm was the setting for ITV's Sugar Free Farm where a group of celebrities had to go sugar free for two weeks whilst working on the farm.

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