This is the story of a hero who was more heroic than most. You may not have heard of Archie Scott-Brown, but that shrewd judge of racing driver talent Juan Manuel Fangio, who won the Formula One World Championship five times, called this diminutive Scot phenomenal, and said he showed uncanny car control. Why more heroic than most? Well, he was born deformed on May 13, 1927 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, because his mother had contracted measles during her pregnancy….

Scott-Brown in the Lister-Jaguar he jumped into—alongside Pat O'Connor and Ed Crawford—after his team car was wrecked at Sebring in 1958.
Photo: Ed McDonough Collection