Thanks Ellis, yep thats right, and it was one of the very fastest touring cars in Australia at the time.
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Thanks Ellis, yep thats right, and it was one of the very fastest touring cars in Australia at the time.
Here are the last three pics from this chapter. More from Warwick Farm to come in a new chapter.
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I would guess that this last shot is George Garth in the FC Holden.
Bring on the next batch please.
Dale.
Steve, I think that pic of the TVR has Pedro aboard. The helmet type is my indication, as that was one favoured by PO. True we did share drives, I drove in the more major events for Pedro at Catalina Park and Warwick Farm. I think we ventured further afield on more than one occasion, but the memory dims.
That's Kevin Fisher in the Fiat 1500.
Ron Thorp bought Tom Sulman's DB3S, Ron is better known for the Cobra that replaced it
Dr John Uren?, NSU Prinz?, Lotus Cortina ?
Thanks KB. Did you ever race a Griffith?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Bartlett
Thanks for that John. Ron has good taste in cars!Quote:
Originally Posted by John Uren
Hello Greg, sorry, this is ''young John'', used to be the kid who trailed around as 'pit crew' for the NSU and Lotus.
Dr John died last December, in Bowral, still talking cars
That is sad news.
I helped John with some suspension mods. on the NSU, in the early '60s. He was a pretty handy driver.
Thanks Greg.
re: the Hunter, #41 on the previous page: perhaps this is one of the Hindmarsh cars? Husband and wife, one black and one silver.
Yes, it is the Ian Hindmarsh Holden-powered Hunter...
48/215 No 40 is John Hall, 45 is Brian Donovan (not Bo Seton), 35 is Bruce Stewart, 37 is probably Graham Ryan.
I don't know who the light-coloured EH is, the Mk 3 Zephyr is Bruce Taylor.
Strangely, you don't seem to realise that the December pics of the front-line tourers depict the most exciting races ever run for the class. A fantastic pair of races that left spectators spellbound.
Paul Bolton in the Rennmax (21) with a Hillman engine, I'd forgotten all about that one...Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
First two shots show Bob Jane and Frank Matich again. Any thoughts on who the other drivers are in these photos?
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Brabham No 9 is, I'm pretty sure, Geoff McClelland.
Doug Kelley in the old Cooper leads the top group... there's another pic of him too...Quote:
The Lotus 18s were Fairall and Price, I don't know which is which.
The TR is Bill Hucker, Max Brunninghausen in the SP250, Mike Champion in the blue Morgan, Doug Macarthur in the Spridget, I don't think this Turner is Donnelly.
Alan Puckett was a well-known artist and did a lot of posters for motor racing. He had the 1935 Aston Martin LM20 which had done so well at Le Mans and ran it in the 'Vintage' race at the Farm in '62, later sold it to the US. A real Aston Martin fancier.Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
The following photos are all from a December 1964 national meeting. kicking off with the AM DB3, the only info I can find of this car is that it was raced by an A. Pucket.
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The RCN report described this:Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
Bit more touring car action, with the EH Holdens of Norm Beechey and Brian Muir, plus Bob Jane's Jag.
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This race was just for the over 1600cc cars, it got much more interesting in the combined event!Quote:
Jane had hit the front and led for the next lap but it was far from over. Muir wasn't giving up, and giving the red rocket everything "pushed" Jane at breakneck speed into the Causeway. The Jag nearly let go, Muir saw his chance, ducked underneath - and nearly hung himself on the fence. The Jag was clear again and this time the advantage was too great. Jane flew down Pit Straight 50 yards ahead of Muir, with Beechey, driving furiously and doing his very best but at a great disadvantage with different tyres, a long 200 yards away. Behind them, almost a minute away, came John Hall, followed by Graham Ryan and Bryan Donovan.
Correct on all counts...Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
Bob Jane can't have done a lot of single seater racing, but this is him in the Elfin.
Following pics are (I think) Rocky Tresise in the Cooper, Bib Stillwell in the Brabham, and Matich again.
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However, I think you underestimate Jane's open-wheeler experience. This Elfin served him well for a couple of seasons before being sold to David Collins, he contested many of the Lucas-Davison rounds at Calder and a lot of Gold Star races as well as support events for Tasman Cup races. Not only that, he jumped into his Brabham Repco at a later Calder meeting... the car had lived through an abysmal year, Harvey had ridden it into the fence when something broke at Bathurst, Ian Cook had been all at sea in it at Lakeside, Jim Palmer doddled around in it at the Farm IIRC and then Allan Moffat bundled it up at Sandown.
At Calder, however, Bob got into a dice with Frank Matich's SR3 and Leo Geoghegan's Lotus 39 and set fastest lap!
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Originally Posted by Ray Bell
Alan Puckett's most famous artwork adorned the fairings of Aussie Vaughan Coburn's Yamahas. They were seen in NZ in the Marlboro Series days.Attachment 28144Attachment 28145
Well...
I never knew he had such good models.
Wow!Quote:
Originally Posted by GD66
Interesting trackside group...noise monitoring? One lap to go point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Please, Mick...
They're holding cameras with long lenses, they are located between the flag points prior to the Causeway, neither of your suggestions apply.
There was no noise monitoring in 1964 anyway.
Please, Ray...there is only so much of your vast knowledge that us mere mortals can handle...
The fella sitting on what is probably a camera case might have a long lens in hand
Moving Right to Left,
the female looking person far right seems to be holding a sign...
the fella with his back to camera, seems to playing a baby grand...but could be some sort of console (like noise monitoring for an OB)
the fella with dark glasses watching the cars that have passed, seems to have a directional mic or flag available...OB sound pick up or yellow flag relay?
wonderfull imagination 275GTB
Mick, when I am back at my computer that have these pics stored on it, I will magnify the original in that area to see if we can see more clearly what is going on there.
I zoomed in on the pic and that's my best guess...although, my imaginary friend did agree with me...except that she did say that what I thought was a sign could have been a wind barrier/sound deflector for beside the directional mic...but I thought that unlikely.Quote:
Originally Posted by 928
Thanks Steve, I did zoom in but a higher resolution shot is likely to tell us more :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
It might just be flag point M1, which was later done away with...
It's an odd crowd there with the woman and all, but could that be a yellow flag she's holding?
A photographer joining the flaggies wouldn't be unexpected either.
So we have changed our tune have we Ray?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Bell
I was looking at the wrong picture, Mick...
The photographers on the outside of the curve.
Sure...anyone could make a simple mistake like that...but you, with your encyclopaedic brain?
Here you go Mick. Sorry, it just blurs out.
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Yes, definitely a flag point and flaggies... and 'visitors'...
The clearer pic shows it's not a woman, too, rather a man in shorts and long socks.
Thanks Steve...just like a lot of things in my life at the moment...just blurs out :)
The chap in the dark glasses, looking towards the Cortina. looks very much like Ray Berghouse to me. There seems to be a camera hanging around his neck, in Berghouse fashion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Thanks Greg...you wouldn't know the pre-Zeiss model and serial numbers by chance?
Crikey Mick, how did you know that !
The camera is still in its beautiful leather case...so you wouldn't have been able to take the numbers! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Greg Mackie
I think you'll find it's a bit too early for Bergy...
Isn't it enough for you to query everything on TNF, Mr Doubting Thomas [AKA Know-It-All] ?