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Champion IndyCar engineer ‘Mo’ Nunn dies

‘Mo' Nunn Renowned IndyCar engineer and Formula 1 team owner Morris Nunn has died aged 79. Born in Walsall, England on September 27, 1938, ‘Mo’ Nunn caught the motorsport bug only in his mid-twenties when he bought a Cooper Climax. The self-taught racer went on to establish himself as a talent in Formula 3 but never broke into the ranks of Formula 1 as a driver. After a short stint running his own Formula 3 team and constructing cars for others, his Ensign team entered F1 in 1973. Ensign battled during its 10-year run at the top of the sport, a span in which it fielded the likes of Chris Amon and future Bathurst 1000 winner Jacky Ickx, and gave Nelson Piquet his debut. Its best...
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