Photos: The Gary Clarke Collection - Part 2

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Time now for Part 2 of this fascinating collection, compiled by Gary Clarke. This is the final installment in the collection, so i hope you guys enjoy it. Once again, lots of grass-roots stuff in here, and some very cool cars, and familiar names.

As in Part 1, please feel free to jump in and ID cars and drivers.

Here we go.....

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[Ray Bell]

The Jane Jags are at Warwick Farm...

The spinning Mini would most likely be Bruce Taylor. Of course, that's Pete in the Grace Bros Falcon - the 'Super Falcon' when it got tamed - and it's John Goss in the McLeod Ford Falcon.

John Goss again in the yellow Porsche during Laurie O'Neil's ownership, this was the drive that got him the spare lightweight Falcon shell from which he built the Sports Sedan.

Barry Sharp and Wayne Rogerson in the last pic.

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Thanks for filling in the details Ray. Much appreciated.

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[Ray Bell]

It's Brian Foley's Porsche on the Causeway...

Wayne Rogerson again over the Dogleg, Peter Woodward in the Calder pic was the ASCC in the Elfin 350.

I can't place the date of that bunch of Falcons at Amaroo.

[Dale Harvey]

, Peter Woodward in the Calder pic was the ASCC in the Elfin 350.


Ray, that looks like an LC XU1 not an Elfin 350.
Dale.

[librules]

, Peter Woodward in the Calder pic was the ASCC in the Elfin 350.


Ray, that looks like an LC XU1 not an Elfin 350.
Dale.

Inded it is, but I think Ray was saying that Peter later won the ASCC in a lovely Elfin 350........

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[Dale Harvey]

Inded it is, but I think Ray was saying that Peter later won the ASCC in a lovely Elfin 350........

Yes, I believe you are correct. My mistake, I didn't read it correctly.
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some guesses if I may:

The two blue Falcons are Johnson and Goss.

The blue #34, could that be London to Sydney winning Hillman Hunter?

Would love to know driver of BL Works Mini. Could it be Don Holland?

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Is the Camaro that of Graeme Blanchard?

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Yes it looks like it Terry, ex-Terry Allan.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by librule
Indeed it is, but I think Ray was saying that Peter later won the ASCC in a lovely Elfin 350.

Close, but no cigar...

I was saying 'was the ASCC' as I was in a hurry to get out to work and 'ASCC' stands for 'Australian Sports Car Champion' just as much as 'Australlian Sports Car Championship.' And I didn't want to take the time to check whether that was later or earlier than the Torana.

In the meantime, Terry's guesses... the Hunter was a Series Production car which raced regularly for a year or so, never in the money, it would rarely have rated a mention in reports. The London-Sydney car was green, IIRC.

I don't know about the Mini. I am sure the EH is a Beechey lookalike, not Beechey's. And Blanchard's Camaro would be right, as would Kym Aunger with the monochrome Mustang pic further up.

And it's Niel Allen's Mustang on the trailer.

[seaqnmac27]

Close Ray, it was Blue, but the lack of the Bull bar on the front was the giveaway for me.

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[Ray Bell]

The last one is surely Sambo in his Celica...

Morris and Moffat at Rothmans at Amaroo is up there, we see KB at Creek in both the Brabham-Alfa and the Mildren-Chev, I don't think it's Foley beside Manton at Hume Weir but again it's too hard to check. Similarly, I don't know who is in the Vee, nor who's in the Mini following Mike Gore off the Dogleg.

And that's the second time we've seen that pic of the John Lord Holden with the Valiant in the background.

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yeah, lovely is'nt she. much easier on the eye than bloody cars

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The Falcon is Denis O'Brien. This is the car 67E in post # 13 that was rolled off the top of Mt Panorama then rebuilt by O'Brien

The yellow Holden is Chris Strode

The yellow Mini is Peter Manton

The Alfa is Brian Foley

[Dale Harvey]

The Chris Strode FE was actually a funny shade of green. The lighting and time has made it look different in the photo.
Dale.

[Ray Bell]

Yes, a kind of lime green...

His EJ was the same colour.

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[Ray Bell]

Is that last one Chris Brauer's ex-Jane car?

The Ross Bond pic shows him chasing three Elans and a Super 7, one of the Elans will be either Gibson or Allen, I think the last one is Doug Macarthur, perhaps the other is Bill Gates?

The blue and white sporty at Amaroo is Paul Gibson in the ex-Ayers Rennmax when owned by Jim (or Mrs...) Phillips, he's got Bob Hinrichs behind him in the little Kaditcha.

[Terry S]

Is that last one Chris Brauer's ex-Jane car?

The Ross Bond pic shows him chasing three Elans and a Super 7, one of the Elans will be either Gibson or Allen, I think the last one is Doug Macarthur, perhaps the other is Bill Gates?

The blue and white sporty at Amaroo is Paul Gibson in the ex-Ayers Rennmax when owned by Jim (or Mrs...) Phillips, he's got Bob Hinrichs behind him in the little Kaditcha.

Ok Ray, that's the easy ones.

What about the white Falcon two door? Could this have been the Algiers brothers?

Or what about the red clubman?

[Ray Bell]

It's not the Don Algie Falcon from '62-'63...

Without programmes it's a bit hard. The Clubman is a fairly old pic, I'd say. It looks like it's at Hume Weir.

[Dale Harvey]

The white Falcon will be Russell Kramer.
Dale.

[Ray Bell]

Later painted orange, Dale?

Wasn't it written off against the wall at Oran Park?

[Dale Harvey]

I am not sure.
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[Terry S]

Looking at Autopics this Falcon was a 4 door in 1969, and a "two Door" in 1970.

I guess the idea of welding up the back doors was to give it more strength, and it must have been allowed by the sports sedan rules.

[Ray Bell]

Yes, it was allowed under the rules...

Not that there was anything much in the way of firm rules in 1969.

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[Terry S]

Some thoughts on those in last three posts:

Post 45
John Mann Falcon This was a 6 cylinder model and ran in special series for 6's at Calder. Most against Toranas
Sports ??
Peter Hopwood in Capri V6 at Amaroo
FX ??

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Brian Foley in Alfa GTAM
Elfin 400Reoco V8 Could be Jane in cockpit? Hairstyle looks similar
Moffat and Denis O'Brien in GTHO's
Vees ??

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Jane in 7 litre Camaro at Oran Park
Bernie Stack in Cheetah Mk 6 at Amaroo
Bob Holden in Escort T/C. Unusual for #10. Normally he was "unlucky #13
Red Cortina ??

Now that I have done the hard ones I'll leave the easy ones for Ray.

[Ray Bell]

Moffat following Jane... that's not a hard one, so it qualifies for me...

But the Cheetah must be a hard one as it's not Bernie Stack. It's Mike Stack.

In the Vees we have two Rennmaxes leading a Revell, probably Phil Revell. I always used to look at that brace on the roll bar of the first Rennmax and wonder how sound it was from an engineering standpoint, but I don't remember whose car it was.

I think that would be Alan Cant's Capri behind Hopwood's Speedo-sponsored car. And if I recall correctly, that Cortina has a small block Ford V8 in it, probably a 289. You need programmes to pick a lot of these cars.

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Post # 46.
Vee #1...Terry Quartly, Quartly Vee
Vee #2...Aub Revell, Stand Fast Vee
Vee #3...Neil Revell, Revell Vee

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And those vees in numerical order!

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That sports car was an interesting machine...

Bob Hinrichs' Kaditcha, it had a Chevy Vega engine as developed by Cosworth. It always seemed a strange engine choice to me in that it was the only one around, but it went pretty well. A very neat car.

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Thanks Ray, great info. Does the car still exist?

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I imagine it's still around somewhere, Steve...

The EH two pics up is John Bourke, I'm not sure whether or not the Celica is Doug Clark, his boss.

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Thanks Ray.

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I suspect that the Lotus 7 might be Ray Kaleda...

It's very hard to pick these without programmes etc, but I can see possibilities that the open-wheeler could be the Lynx Peugeot.

The Elfin 600ff might be Richard Knight.

The yellow Charger next to Leo's would be Jim McKeown, I'd think.

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My ideas on these:

Denis O'Brien Falcon(This Gary Clarke must be an O'Brien fan as every set of photos seems to have him

Frank Gardner Camaro

Bill Fanning Lotus Cortina

Nick Petrilli in Falcon #42. Torana #62 may be Ray Kaleda

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Chris Brauer Cortina, isn't it?

[Terry S]

Chris Brauer Cortina, isn't it?

No Ray, definitely Fanning.

Have a look in autopics.

Brauer's was normal Lotus Cotins colours, white with green side stripes

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Blue and red EH are both driven by Denis O'Brien anf the Falcon wreck is what Denis built his XY race car out of
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[Ray Bell]

So we still don't know about the Super 7 or the openwheelers...

[Terry S]

So we still don't know about the Super 7 or the openwheelers...

Ray as you have said several times you need a programme to identify cars like that.

But doesn't that take the fun out of it?

Surely the enjoyment for posters is seeing how many you can identify from memory.

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Yep, I agree! This is a hugely enjoyable thread, and what makes it so much fun are the number of grass-roots race cars included.

[Dale Harvey]

So we still don't know about the Super 7 or the openwheelers...

The car you suggest is Super Seven looks like a Nota to me and the openwheeler is definitely not the Lynx Peugeot. Looks like a Brabham.
Dale.

[Terry S]

So we still don't know about the Super 7 or the openwheelers...

The single seater is John Valentin in a Renmax Ford 1.6

If the clubman car is a Nota, as Dale suggests, then it could be Ray Hanger

By the way Ray I cheated and looked up the programme. I hate to do it but it was so you would not have to go to sleep wondering.

[Ray Bell]

Not Ray Hanger, his car had a distinctive nose different to that...

And as far as I know it was always dark-ish blue.

Then there's the FF, any takers on that?




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Then there's the FF, any takers on that?

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Ray you said Richard Knight so I believed you.

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Its Pat Crea's VW, whether its him driving or not is the question

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If not Pat Crea, it could be Darrylyn Huitt...and couldn't she drive that VW.

The Vee, #33, is Godfrey Handschuh in the Bardahl Vee.

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some guesses if I may:

The two blue Falcons are Johnson and Goss.

The blue #34, could that be London to Sydney winning Hillman Hunter?

Would love to know driver of BL Works Mini. Could it be Don Holland?

And I believe it is highly likely that the red Falcon with the light blue stripe between Goss and Johnson is Gary Wilmington (post #8).

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The open wheeler in post #14 is Gary Campbell's Provincial Motors Elfin 600B, thanks for sharing the photo.

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Thanks Ray, great info. Does the car still exist?

Steve, that Kaditcha is under restoration in Sydney.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by GFR
And I believe it is highly likely that the red Falcon with the light blue stripe between Goss and Johnson is Gary Wilmington (post #8).

You forced me to go back to the race reports...

It's Bill O'Brien's car (Everlast Batteries, Canberra), probably in this event driven by Kevin Bartlett. Check the hazy name over the windscreen:

http://s26.postimg.org/4qki55j21/threefalcons.jpg

And the FF Elfin is definitely a Stillwell car:

http://s26.postimg.org/6h3j6n0l5/stillwellelfin.jpg

But is it Knight, Perkins or Stillwell?

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You forced me to go back to the race reports...

It's Bill O'Brien's car (Everlast Batteries, Canberra), probably in this event driven by Kevin Bartlett. Check the hazy name over the windscreen:

http://s26.postimg.org/4qki55j21/threefalcons.jpg

And the FF Elfin is definitely a Stillwell car:

http://s26.postimg.org/6h3j6n0l5/stillwellelfin.jpg

But is it Knight, Perkins or Stillwell?

I do believe it is Richard Knight in the #36 Stillwell Elfin. It is his yellow helmet.

Perkins helmet at this stage was black

The event is at the Warwick Farm AGP meeting in November 1970.

The Formula Fords did not get much time in the sun. There was only one race for them, a 10 lapper starting at 12 noon.
So less than 20 minutes. A long journey for the interstaters.

See also this Autopics photo:

http://autopics.com.au/richard-knight-elfin-formula-ford-warwick-farm-1970-photographer-russell-thorncraft/

That's Knight leading, I think, Bob Beasley, with Perkins third in the other Stillwell Elfin.

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[Ray Bell]

This bloke got around!

What have we here? Baskerville, Winton, Amaroo Park and Calder?

It's Peter Larner in the F2 version of the Elfin 700 at Amaroo. Two shots clearly shot for Ross Woodbridge, I don't know who the early Holden belongs to nor the other Toranas.

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WIthout any specific knowledge, the #9 Torana, looks like the same colour sceme as Beechey's Monaro, however it looks like it says Leffler above the front left wheel arch

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Dick Johnson, maybe?

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The yellow Torana #9 is John Ziegler

The humpy is one of the O'Brien Diesel Engineering Team. That's easy there is one in just about every group.

The Elfin is Peter Larner, a car they are still trying to sell

The red Torana just may be Ross Woodbridge

[Terry S]

WIthout any specific knowledge, the #9 Torana, looks like the same colour sceme as Beechey's Monaro, however it looks like it says Leffler above the front left wheel arch

Go back to post # 33 and you will get a clue......

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Go back to post # 33 and you will get a clue......

i would call that a bit more than a clue Terry, I was just looking through Aatopics for my clues.

[Terry S]

Steve these are great photos you are putting up, especially for us older Aussies with reasonable memories of the times. Not programme looker uppers.

A comment please. Can we please have less of the Obrien Diesel Eningeering cars and Ross Woodbridge? They seem to be in so many posts. More variety please

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Steve these are great photos you are putting up, especially for us older Aussies with reasonable memories of the times. Not programme looker uppers.

A comment please. Can we please have less of the Obrien Diesel Eningeering cars and Ross Woodbridge? They seem to be in so many posts. More variety please

Thanks terry, glad you're enjoying them.

Unfortunately this is the total collection as I've received it. Its a combination of several collections brought together by Gary Clarke. He didn't take any of these photos himself. The O'Brien cars I assume are a personal collection from that family.

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Winding down towards the finish on this one.

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Winding down towards the finish on this one.

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Some thoughts on theses photos:

-number 1 Don't know and don't care
-number 2 Moffat leading Jane at Oran Park in last round of 1971 Touring Car Championship. This was early in the fantastic race.
The photo in post # 47 is later in the race with Jane leading. Moffat had gear selection problems and had to come to complete stop. Then stormed back to be right on Jane's tail at the finish. Was the race where some fool drove an officials Valiant into the race for several laps. Moffat claimed to have not even seen it he was concentrating so much (typical Moffat). A great race.
-number 3 Yet another photo of the O'Brien Diesel Engineering team. I think I've seen that before. Oh yeas it's in post #23.
--number 4 John Cannon in the Hogan Racing McLaren M10B at the Warwick Farm round of the 1971 Tasman Series. Cannon had won the US series in 1970. David Hobbs drove the same car the following year to win the US series.

I'd still like to know who was driving the British Leyland works Mini in post # 8.

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I'd still like to know who was driving the British Leyland works Mini in post # 8.

Terry, looking through Autopics and Old Race Photos websites, the only 2 Mini's in those colours with the same sponosship decals I could see were, Don Holland and Lakis Manticas, the Manticas one with a LOT more decals though, and the only clear shot of Holland, so I think, your original response on page 1 of this thread is right, but, that is through researching only through images, with no other evidence.

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Terry, looking through Autopics and Old Race Photos websites, the only 2 Mini's in those colours with the same sponosship decals I could see were, Don Holland and Lakis Manticas, the Manticas one with a LOT more decals though, and the only clear shot of Holland, so I think, your original response on page 1 of this thread is right, but, that is through researching only through images, with no other evidence.

Thanks Sean mac, yes it has got me baffled.

In the phot you can see through the rear window that Lakis in the green car next to it.

When you look closely at the front of the Mini is that a later square nose version or the earlier round nose. I think it might be the square nose.

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Didn't McRae win the '71 Tasman Cup?

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Pos Driver [3] Car [4] Entrant [4] Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur Pts [3]
1 New Zealand Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn 1 3 1 Ret 8 1 3 35
2 Australia Frank Matich McLaren M10B Repco Holden Rothmans Team Matich Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 31
3 Australia Neil Allen McLaren M10B Chevrolet NE Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd 2 1 Ret 1 4 Ret Ret 27
4 Australia Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola Cars Ltd Ret 4 Ret 1 Ret 2 18
5 New Zealand Chris Amon March 701 Cosworth
Lotus 70 Ford STP Corporation 3 9 5 2 4 15
6 Belgium Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 Ret Ret 3 5 2 13
7 New Zealand Graeme Lawrence Ferrari Dino 246T/69 Air New Zealand Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 6 4 9
8 Australia Kevin Bartlett Mildren Chevrolet Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Ret Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 7
9 Canada John Cannon McLaren M10B Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 5 5 Ret Ret 7 DNS 7 4
= United Kingdom Malcolm Guthrie Lola T190 Chevrolet Guthrie Racing 7 6 5 DNS Ret 6 4
11 New Zealand David Oxton Lotus 70 Ford 4 Ret DNS 7 3
= United States Mike Eyerly Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Bonphil Racing Ret 4 DNS 9 DNS 3
= Australia Bob Muir Mildren Mono Waggott Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd 6 8 5 3
14 United Kingdom Keith Holland McLaren M10B Chevrolet Road & Track Auto Service 9 5 Ret 2
15 Australia Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott Geoghegans Sporty Cars 8 6 Ret 1
Pos Driver Car Entrant Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur Pts

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Pos Driver [3] Car [4] Entrant [4] Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur Pts [3]
1 New Zealand Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn 1 3 1 Ret 8 1 3 35
2 Australia Frank Matich McLaren M10B Repco Holden Rothmans Team Matich Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 31
3 Australia Neil Allen McLaren M10B Chevrolet NE Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd 2 1 Ret 1 4 Ret Ret 27
4 Australia Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola Cars Ltd Ret 4 Ret 1 Ret 2 18
5 New Zealand Chris Amon March 701 Cosworth
Lotus 70 Ford STP Corporation 3 9 5 2 4 15
6 Belgium Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 Ret Ret 3 5 2 13
7 New Zealand Graeme Lawrence Ferrari Dino 246T/69 Air New Zealand Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 6 4 9
8 Australia Kevin Bartlett Mildren Chevrolet Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Ret Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 7
9 Canada John Cannon McLaren M10B Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 5 5 Ret Ret 7 DNS 7 4
= United Kingdom Malcolm Guthrie Lola T190 Chevrolet Guthrie Racing 7 6 5 DNS Ret 6 4
11 New Zealand David Oxton Lotus 70 Ford 4 Ret DNS 7 3
= United States Mike Eyerly Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Bonphil Racing Ret 4 DNS 9 DNS 3
= Australia Bob Muir Mildren Mono Waggott Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd 6 8 5 3
14 United Kingdom Keith Holland McLaren M10B Chevrolet Road & Track Auto Service 9 5 Ret 2
15 Australia Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott Geoghegans Sporty Cars 8 6 Ret 1
Pos Driver Car Entrant Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur Pts

Sean.. I am getting old took me a while to translate the code, a bit of an enigma ..
Have it now thanks .. the tracks !! Levin, Pukekohe, Wigram, Teretonga, Warwick Farm !, Sandown, Surfers Paradise .. and i thought the series was four races in each country, that may have been earlier, when Longford was still used in the 1960's .. Have lots more reading to do now ..

cheers

Roger D ..
PS didn't get to the wet Lakeside, but did enjoy your videos from the 2015 meeting, up at the top of the hill .. and those sliding HMC .. Camaros, Mustangs etc .. great ..

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Last four photos from this collection folk. Hope you enjoyed them.

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[Terry S]

Last four photos from this collection folk. Hope you enjoyed them.

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My thoughts on these 4:

- Lionel Ayres in MRC Mk 2 Repco V8
- Pete Geoghegan's "SuperFalcon"
- Allan Moffat in ex Alan Mann Escort BDA. Despite spelling of MOFFATT on the car. This car seemed to disappear quickly?
- I think Mini could be John Dellaca

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Is it just me, or does the windscreen angle on Moffats Escort look a little more swept back than standard?