If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African could become a Formula One World Champion. Not even their crystal ball, though, could have predicted how: it was when driving a Ferrari 312T4 at Monza, the holiest of holies to the Italians, that Jody won the 1979 F1 World Championship. And with some outstanding performances from his teammate, the legendary Gilles Villeneuve, they won the World Constructors title for…

Jody takes the Wolf WR1 around Long Beach in 1978, a circuit where he looked to be a winner the previous year before being slowed by a late puncture.