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7 cars in total!! Shame really because I'm sure a lot of hard work has gone in to trying to make these classes a success for all to enjoy only to be let down by the car owners. But then I'm not one of them so I can't really talk. Hopefully they will all come out of the woodwork for the festival. Well done to those of you who turned up to race.
Eight Nigel. For some reason, the 1st attachment of part 2 doesn't always show!
Agree. It is bitterly disappointing for the Series' organisers. Maybe we need a new thread to explore the state of play?
From looking on MYLaps, there looked to be a sizeable difference in some of the grid sizes between yesterday and today, so did lots of people break down?
In a word, yes!
Plus 2 who had to get away early or were only doing 1 day anyway.
Leg out of bed.
Couple with dodgy clutches.
Head gasket failure.
Electrical failure.
Gearbox reluctant to change out of 1st gear.
Two or three no shows Sunday - no reasons given.
One with low oil pressure.
DNFs included brake pads taking a walk and a couple I didn't find out about.
Three different classes.
Please note that if anyone knows the driver of this car (ran Saturday only), please let him know the following, as I missed the opportunity - better still, PM his email address as he wasn't in the race programme - so presumably entered after the closing date anyway:
1) Read the regulations about race numbers...
2) Read the ASR's about which races/grids you are allowed to enter...
3) Read up on the history of the Queenstown fatalities and how race/meeting/series organisers can end up in the dock, when drivers/organisers don't adhere to the published regulations regarding eligibility and it all goes to custard.
Spotted on a transporter Tuesday, heading north. (Taken by my wife of course.)
Ray- in reply to your question above, taken from entry list-
24 Fred Geissler BMW E36 Coupe Historic Sports Sedans.
No idea how/why entry was accepted for this class, assumed wrongly listed, Definitely not one of ours.
As I said John, he hadn't read the ASR's for the event and ran with Arrow Wheels - in practice (which isn't really an issue), but in the scratch race, which is an issue.
What driver's like this fail to understand, is that in an 'Invitation Series', they cannot just rock up and race. If they (like at Queenstown) were the one to be involved in a fatal, (Queenstown, entered on the day, despite the ASR's having a closing date), then organisers/officials are responsible for allowing them on track, without them being invited or registered for that series. At my age, I have no wish to return to a prison environment, particularly if I was unaware of the problem at the time!
As you can tell from the pic, I was at turn 1 but could just as easily have been on the grid, belted in, well in front of this character, so in either case, I wouldn't be able to intervene.
His numbers weren't to MSNZ standards and I was standing with the accident investigation officer when the same car came out again in the following race, and once again, not in the programme for that race. Neither of us could see his race number, which brings in my other point. In an accident or incident, marshals have to radio in the car number, so how can they do that if one isn't easily visible?
As many cars aren't scrutineered, the onus is 100% on the driver to conform.
I guarantee that 95% of drivers never read the ASR's, but it is unfair to expect our fantastic and enthusiastic young team of dummy grid marshals to challenge drivers. The fact that he went out and practiced with Arrows meant that he appeared on the grid sheet, but cars often practice out of session with the blessing of the CoC to bed in brakes etc., so no one would have challenged it.
Ardmore Reunion 1989. Sorry about the lack of variety of viewpoint, but that is what happens when you are marshalling and well back from the track - and not a very long lens...
...and a few more from the same piece of film that for some reason wasn't with the other negs...
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Ignore the image title. Ferrari - see post below...
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And of course 113 should be the Ex Roycroft Ferrari, not a Maserati. Think it is Gavin Bain driving. Just to keep your records straight Ray. I am hoping to earn brownie points for that good handicap :) :) Les Parkinson driving the Jaguar C type replica.
Whoops! Thanks AMCO. Yup, I'll give you 5 seconds on your handicap. Once.
Whilst saving one or two this morning, batch 2, the originals got overwritten with the wrong captions and parked on the computer in the wrong place...
Whilst we tend to revel in nostalgia, at least it doesn't take 3 minutes to scan each negative, when using a digital camera these days.
With both, having to then make a copy that has to be resized and shrunk to be uploaded on here, which I find slow. There must be a programme that does it by batch instead on doing it singly. Any help appreciated.
More older stuff. Dating old slides is even more difficult than negatives - especially when you don't have a race programme... I can't accurately state the date for any of these.
The 5 weekend winter sprint series at Silverstone around November was an annual highlight, with 2 laps of the club circuit, when most of us just had to put up with the 900 yard Curborough course for our action. Genuine Cobra of course. We often had to wait for the November fog to lift before we could start, so sought refuge in the paddock café, for a fry up! I was often on nights and had driven up from Middlesex after my shift finished at 7:15am, competed, drove back, grabbed an hour or two's sleep then back on duty 8:45pm...
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The John Pope Special - road registered twin turbo Aston Martin powered Magnum, also at Silverstone. I wonder how LVVTA would get on with certifying that in NZ...
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Pre '57 series in the UK had some interesting cars. Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire, not sure of the date.
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Motorsport photographer Robin Rew in his well campaigned Reliant, at Curborough
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A Rover 105 wouldnt be the first choice for most people as a race car, but this guy is giving it a bit of wellie thats for sure. Great stuff. And an Aston Martin engined Vauxhall !!!!!!! for goodness sake. That certainly involved a bit of lateral thinking.......wild-as.... That Cobra is nice.....before they went all bloated.
I love these old pics, keep them coming Ray! This car was for sale a couple of years ago:
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...8920#post18920
Thanks for the photos of "our" pre 61s Ray. That A30/Elan looks way more like one of the bigger Climax motors than an Imp one to my eye. Very cool car IMHO
Pity so many pre '61's have been scrapped, particularly the very cars you need, as restoration was uneconomic. Restoring a Mk2 Jag is expensive, but worth it. Restoring a Riley Pathfinder might cost just as much, but probably not worth it.
Standard Ensigns Rover P4's and suchlike are now quite rare and those in good nick are not going to be racers. Moggie Minors and some Vauxhalls might still be cheapish, but A30 prices seem off the clock for what they are. Mk1 Jags? Not that many around. Good to see the Morris Oxford out there at HD - though it wouldn't be my choice! Ford Zephyrs also seem to be sought after, but most are for restoration/concours these days, not racing.
My choice would be a Riley 1.5...
The Magnette on TM went for a shade under $10,000!
In Ref to post 646
Those issues aside,
1980 Sandown results
1 Peter brock HDT
2 Fred Geisler - Gary Rodgers
3 Alan Moffat
As well as quite a few bathurst and ATTC starts in Torana A9X's then Group C, and group A Commodores.
Not a bad CV
Just saying :)
Whangarei street races January 2000.
Alan Lacey who also raced a TVR at Pukekohe/Whenuapai and a Sierra in Targa.
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Gary Kirkand-Smith - obviously before his altercation with the concrete.
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No driver comment required... but taken before the clutch master cylinder failed and so the car didn't run Monday. PS NOT me behind the wheel...
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I did title it a MIX of Pics...
Taken with a fold out Ensign camera on 30 year old film, which wasn't the best... Dad had hogged the Leica - but I haven't ever seen the pics he took, other than one of me! Shelsey Walsh 1965 before drivers needed overalls...
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The annual January Racing Car show was a must for me and this was the first pubic sighting of the Cooper Maserati.
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1979 Oulton Park Sprint at a guess.
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Donington Paddock was always a nice place to wander. The later 'bulging' Cobra.
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Minis - again...
More really slow scanning... Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies Meeting Oulton Park 1975.
Oh how I wished I'd had a modern camera back then. Even a telephoto lens would have been great. No rangefinder either - or exposure meter! At least Kodak film was pretty reliable but Photoshop has had to be used to tidy up the colour and eliminate or reduce dust and scratches.
My favourite car (Remus) lapping a Lagonda. The Hon Pat Lindsay at the helm. It was reputed that this car was at one stage, the most raced car of all time - and it still sounds fantastic.
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Neil Corner with trademark helmet.
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Not Neil Corner...
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But this is...
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Some say that the Rover 'Viking' was based on Frank Lockhart, the owner/driver of this very famous Rover Special, that was in fact built by the Rover works as an experiment.
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a few more...
Gerry Walton (I think another Nottingham local, but not sure on that).
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Guy Smith a real Fraser Nash stalwart
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Bob Fowler was a Nottingham gentleman who also sprinted a lovely Aston Martin DB4 GT.
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Not a very good pic and looks like a Maserati and probably is! If the number is 30 then R Felton at the wheel and a 1938/40 1496cc supercharged.
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From the archives - for the Jag fans. (I only scan in the day time.)
ERC, great photo's love the C-type versus Leaf and friends..
A narrow French flavour from the archives. Even a cheap digital camera seems to cope very well these days compared to an expensive camera of a decade or three ago.
Wow, I will pass these onto my son who is a French fanatic. Great photos as usual. Cheers
My pleasure! Any requests? (Other than stop posting on other threads of course...) Make, model, circuit, body type, age, era etc.
Still so many to scan and a fair pile I doubt I'll ever get around to. I have recently been scanning from old negatives, but for a change, may have a go at a few slides (I get bored easily), but dating them is a total nightmare, other than when I took slides and negs on the same day. The other problem is that many slides are in glass mounts and really need removing and the glasses cleaning, as after up to 50 years or so, they tend to get a bit misty.
Overseas for a few days shortly, so it may go a bit quiet on this thread. I'll miss the TACCOC meeting.
Back to the 1970's.... Still from negatives and in order of date taken. File name is always by year, month, day where known. Anything that is '00' is a not known, so a blind guess.
Mallory Park - of course. My favourite viewing spot as it was the only place where you could get a half decent pic without a telephoto lens. A great viewing spot anyway so once there, I rarely moved as the crowd was usually 3 or 4 deep.
Malcolm West, Camaro, having a bit of a moment.
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John Pope finished 3rd or started from 3rd on the grid!
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The 7 litre Mustang driven (not owned) by Tony Rosen laps the Minis on this 1.35 mile track. Sadly, the Mike Berman 'Berpop' was a non-starter. Fastest was Alec Poole or Rhoddy Harvey-Bailey in the Broadspeed modified Escort. My pic of that is too fuzzy to print. Sorry.
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From the 'if only I'd kept it' section. I bought this1955 RMA Riley for a song but with clapped out big ends. Beyond my ability to restore so sold on for a handsome profit (then). The number-plate alone would now fetch at least $10,000 in the UK. SLH 85 - and I also just happen to have 55 CEW on my old Greeves which needs to go back to the UK to capitalise on the plate value. Co-incidence with a two digit number.
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Neil Corner again at Oulton Park. I wonder what they were soldering? I still have an identical blowlamp and I even had the same brand of solder!
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First and only one of these I think I have ever seen.
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When you look at the construction of cars built for racing in this era, you realise just how inefficient the use of space, but, they have a character that makes them memorable.
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Not the best of pics, but a nice car anyway... Taken at Wollaton Park 1975 during a Festival. Wollaton Hall was in the latest Batman film as Wayne Towers I believe. Same venue as the pics I posted last year of the Nottingham Industrial Museum which has a great display of Brough Superior bikes and one car under restoration.
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Chris Milner was not just a very competent driver, but he also spent a lot of time and effort getting his Capri to handle and steer. I could be wrong, but he may even have worked for Ford. picture taken at Curborough Sprint course, where I seemed to spend most Sundays for a year or two.
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Arthur Nash - who built my Mini engine that may yet see service in Mike Lucas' car... Also at Curborough. When last contacted, Arthur believes he may have been related to Walter Nash, better known in NZ!
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Thanks for the photo of my car "Alpene" Ray, now owned by Peter Benbrook.
Loton Park Hillclimb August 1973. One of the UK's longest climbs and very tricky to learn with so few runs.
Alan Payne's Smiley Riley, still with an 1800cc engine, before he shoehorned the Rover V8 in. Judging by the width of the tyres, I'd guess that the V8 wasn't so far away.
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Castrol/BARC Hillclimb contender Nigel Pow's E Type Jag
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Di McMasters Clan Crusader. Amazing how many of these were used in competition.
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Open necked long sleeved shirt, elbow on the door. Yup, even another BARC contender looked casual - but he is wearing gloves...
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Roger's thread elsewhere alerted me to the considerable number of 'specials' in my collection. So, in date/alphabetical order, here goes, starting with Roger Herrick's A40 special at Chelsea. By the way, when is it this year - I missed it last year?
Some of these really are superb and a real credit to their builders.
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Probably one of my least favourite specials...
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Good news Graeme! I have a fair few bits removed from my own, (no engine or gearbox bits) so give us a call if you are stuck!
Any date yet for the Chelsea climb?
Its a shame that so many afterthought roll hoops are so ugly.
Might be a bit visually jarring, but it has a long and successful race history dating back to 1952.
www.bmhcomic.com.au/