Ronnie Bucknum

Ronald James Bucknum<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (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 Template:Small	AUT	ITA Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX	NC	0
1965	Honda R & D Co.	Honda RA272	Honda V12	RSA	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	NED	GER	ITA Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	14th	2
1966	Honda R & D Co.	Honda RA273	Honda V12	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small		NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
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 Template:Small	MOS Template:Small	LAN	PIP	CDR Template:Small	NAZ	IRP Template:Small	IRP Template:Small	LAN	LAN	MTR Template:Small	MTR Template:Small	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	MCH Template:Small	HAN Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	RIV Template:Small	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 Template:Small	KEN	PHX DNQ	RIV 17					-	0
1970	PHX	SON 16	TRE	INDY 15	MIL DNQ	LAN Template:Small	CDR	MCH	IRP 20	SPR	MIL	ONT DNP	DUQ	ISF	SED	TRE Template:Small	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

External links

• Profile at historicracing.com