Rob Slotemaker

Adriaan Robert "Sloot" Slotemaker (13 June 1929 – 16 September 1979) was a Dutch <a href="/facts/Racing_driver/0ErdCCV3">racing driver</a>.
He entered one <a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">Formula One</a> World Championship race, the <a href="/facts/1962_Dutch_Grand_Prix/G5FkkW64">1962 Dutch Grand Prix</a>, with one of <a href="/facts/Carel_Godin_de_Beaufort/hs2o8K5N">Carel Godin de Beaufort</a>'s <a href="/facts/Porsche_in_motorsport/UDtgXpk9">Porsches</a>, but his car was not ready in time for the event. His entry was taken by <a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Seidel/wAmN3MsE">Wolfgang Seidel</a>. Throughout the 1960s Slotemaker competed in the <a href="/facts/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans/lotVMp31">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> race, and was a driver and advisor for the <a href="/facts/Le_Mans_(film)/XYmbouwm">Le Mans</a> film in 1970.
In 1956, he established his "Anti-skid" driving school at Zandvoort, which is still operating today.
On 16 September 1979, at the <a href="/facts/Circuit_Park_Zandvoort/UVxRdRDD">Circuit Park Zandvoort</a>, Slotemaker was killed when he crashed his <a href="/facts/Chevrolet_Camaro/EQAjQBT4">Chevrolet Camaro</a> during the "Trophy of the Dunes" touring car race. His car spun on a patch of oil and collided with a course car parked alongside the track. Despite the relatively minor force of the accident, he suffered a broken neck and died instantly. A doctor in the course car was also injured.
A section of the circuit, the right-hander past Hunzerug, is named in his memory.

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