(CNN) -- Bruce McLaren was eerily portentous when he made his famous statement: "I feel life is measured in achievement not in years alone." His eponymous McLaren Formula One team celebrates its 50th anniversary Monday, some 43 years after the New Zealander was killed on the racetrack. McLaren was only 32 years old when he died testing a car for the Can-Am championship but in his short life he broke new ground in motorsport as a popular racer, team manager and forward-thinking engineer. His legacy races on today as the McLaren race team -- winners of a record 182 grands prix and eight team titles in motorsport's elite F1 series.
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Bruce McLaren founded his eponymous race team in 1963
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The late New Zealand racer won his first Formula One race with a McLaren in 1968
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The McLaren team has now won a record 182 grands prix
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The McLaren creative brand also produces sports car, high-tech equipment and cartoons
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