Steve, thats the ex Stuck March 741-1. has been in Australia for a while, owned by Joe Calleja from Melbourne. Scott replaced John Bowe at the wheel.Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Steve, thats the ex Stuck March 741-1. has been in Australia for a while, owned by Joe Calleja from Melbourne. Scott replaced John Bowe at the wheel.
Thank you for that. I do recall reading somewhere JB was to drive the car at another event. How did he enjoy it? It must be over 25 years since he raced an open wheeler.
How can you tell the difference between a 741 and 751?
This became Dave "Skippy" Parsons car in 82 and had a hefty hit at Adelaide in 83. It was later used in 84 by Peter Brock in the Vita Brit Commercial. It can be seen in a Amaroo Sports Sedan race on Youtube still in the same Vita Brit commercial..
Tub wise there is very little difference mostly only the bodywork changed between the 74 -77 series Marches. The cockpit and nose in the photo are 751. At some stage, (1976?) they mounted the radiators parrallel rather than angled as on that car.
Thanks Howard.
Thanks Bondy, great info.
This is the Lola T163 with which Penske entered just one round of the 1969 Can-Am. The team received the chassis well after the season had already started. They were in the middle of a huge battle in the Trans-Am series with their Camaro's, and had a full-on USAC program on the go, so didn't have the time required to dedicate to the Lola. Donohue had Karl Kainhofer fit a 430ci Traco Chevy in the back, and they spent a couple of days with it at their skidpad, before taking it to Mid Ohio, which was the 5th round of the championship.
The Lola broke a couple of rear axle half-shafts in practice and qualifying, and was both understeering and oversteering, but someone Donohue qualified 3rd behind the factory McLaren M8Bs. But in the race another rear axle half-shaft broke which put the car into the wall, and Roger Penske made the decision on the spot to pull out of the Can-Am for good, until they could dedicate themselves properly with a full program. This, of course, they eventually did in 1972 with the Porsche 917/10K.
More Sports Car action
Genie Mk10. Its always rare to see a Group 7 sports car thats left hand drive.
The pretty MRC Repco Brabham
More big-bore Sports Car action, just prior to, and immediately following the rolling start.
Larry Perkins again in the ex-Kevin Bartlett De Tomaso
This Lola T160 was originally raced by Sam Posey in the 1968 Can-Am, as part of a 2-car team run by Ray Caldwell (Autodynamics). The other car was one designed by Caldwell himself, named the Caldwell DB7, and driven by Brett Lunger. The Caldwell/Posey combination also teamed together in 1970 to run the factory backed Autodynamic Dodge Challengers.
In the Group C/A group, was this RS500 of George Nittis, which I believe to be the car raced in the 1989 British Touring Car Championship by Sean Walker. At the longer distance BTCC Round 4 at Donington, Walker was joined in the Sierra by future World Champion Damon Hill.
The fact this 635CSi is wearing #62 on the door makes me think its Jim Richards' 1985 ATCC winning car. But I don't know the various JPS team car chassis' from this era too well, so someone else could correct me on this.
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