Herbert MacKay-Fraser

Herbert MacKay-Fraser (23 June 1922 - 14 July 1957): American racing driver born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil where his parents (who were American) owned a coffee plantation. They registered their two sons' birth with the US Consul to ensure American citizenship. After a period ranching in Wyoming, he moved to California where he started racing with an XK120 Jaguar, finishing third at Reno and winning at March Air Force Base in SCCA National Sports Car Championship races in 1953. He went to Europe in 1955 and raced his own Ferrari Monza, which led to an opportunity racing for Colin Chapman's Lotus organisation in small-capacity sports cars in 1956 and 1957.

He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix—the 1957 French Grand Prix on 7 July 1957, standing in for Roy Salvadori at BRM after the Englishman switched to Vanwall. He qualified 12th at Rouen-les-Essarts and ran sixth during the early laps before his engine failed. A week later he was killed when he crashed his Lotus in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims-Gueux.