Mallala Easter Historics 2014

Here are a few photos I took over the weekend............

Robert Surman Van Dieman RF88...........with Matich SR4 beyond

Tony Burrage Rennmax 23B (32), John Evans Lotus 23B (23), Pete FFrench Elfin Mallala (63)

Bill Hemming Elfin 400

Road Registered Elfin

Tim Kuchel Brabham BT40, Brad Miller Elfin 630B, Malcolm Miller Tiga SC83 Sports 2000

Robert Sales Marsel Chrysler

Dummy Grid

Dick O'Keefe Photon Special Lotus Eleven Replica

Norm Falkner Staguellini

Chris Hillman MGA

Ian Brown MGB

Robert Sales

Hamish MacLennan MGB

Glenn Warren Mallock M21B

Edited by lyntonh, 22 April 2014 - 13:07.

Somehow they all ended up in the Northern Loop at the same time.....

at the end of practice.........

Here are a few photos I took over the weekend............

 

 

Robert Surman Van Dieman RF88...........with Matich SR4 beyond

 

 

Tony Burrage Rennmax 23B (32), John Evans Lotus 23B (23), Pete FFrench Elfin Mallala (63)

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Hemming Elfin 400

 

Road Registered Elfin

 

Tim Kuchel Brabham BT40, Brad Miller Elfin 630B, Malcolm Miller Tiga SC83 Sports 2000

The road registered Elfin Streamliner is Ian Brock in the blue suit with his back to the camera. Three generations of Brocks competed at the event.

I stand to be corrected.....

Ian Brock in the Elfin Streamliner usually uses his age as his race number.......a habit he inherited from the late Ken Virgin.

He was racing with 90 on his car.

Derek Greneeklie (sorry if misspelt) is also 80 plus.

WOW!!

I can remember writing Ken Virgin's "74" on the inside of his Porsche 911 rear side window at Collingrove Hillclimb.

Pete S.

I stand to be corrected.....

Ian Brock in the Elfin Streamliner usually uses his age as his race number.......a habit he inherited from the late Ken Virgin.

He was racing with 90 on his car.

Derek Greneeklie (sorry if misspelt) is also 80 plus.

WOW!!

 

I can remember writing Ken Virgin's "74" on the inside of his Porsche 911 rear side window at Collingrove Hillclimb.

 

Pete S.

You are correct.

Black Bess

Andrew Ford Mallock U/2, Jim Doig ASP 340C, Darren Holliday Prad 11

Jim Doig, Blake Miller Elfin 630B, Andrew Ford, Malcolm Miller Tiga SC83, Graeme Hughes Royale RP37 S2000, Ian Ross Beatrice F1

Brenton Griguol Lola T142

Graeme Hughes Royale RP37 S2000

Doig

Beatrice F1

cover the numbers & it will disappear.........

Bob Collinson ASP340C & Beatrice

Collinson stopped with a flat

Tim Kuchel Brabham BT40

Blake Miller on the kerb

Waiting patiently.........

John Medley

Norman Falkner

Gerard Miller

2 x Schapel

John Virgo

Richard Nitschke Elfin Catalina

Edited by lyntonh, 23 April 2014 - 05:09.

Originally posted by lyntonh
Here are a few photos I took over the weekend............


 
Bill Hemming Elfin 400

Black Bess

 

Andrew Ford Mallock U/2, Jim Doig ASP 340C, Darren Holliday Prad 11

 

Jim Doig, Blake Miller Elfin 630B, Andrew Ford, Malcolm Miller Tiga SC83, Graeme Hughes Royale RP37 S2000, Ian Ross Beatrice F1

 

Brenton Griguol Lola T142

 

Graeme Hughes Royale RP37 S2000

 

Doig

 

Beatrice F1

 

cover the numbers & it will disappear.........

 

Bob Collinson ASP340C & Beatrice

After a long absence I was there for this meeting and if there were still magazines that report local racing they would have to be talking about Jim Doig's battle with Ian Ross in The Beatrice Lola F1!

I realise that Ian was looking after a prized investment and to be fair, he got quicker all weekend, but the sight of a 1972 1600cc ASP Clubman giving him curry would have been worth TV! (Declaration of interest. Jim and I are long-term friends... and racetrack rivals).

Their coming together in race #2 was a classic "racing incident" where Jim was being his usual cheeky self and Ian did not realise that Jim was a late braker! 

Check here for your view of Ian's "Scandinavian Flick" just as Jim drew alongside. -

That makes my next lot look pretty tame..................

Bob Collinson hitching a ride...........

It's only flat on the bottom..........

Robert Sales Marsel Chrysler

Jo Shearer Cooper T57 FJ

Tony Burrage Rennmax 23B

Frank Moore Black Bess

Nigel Tait Matich SR4

Robert Schapel MG TC Supercharger

Coopers

Brenton Griguol Lola F5000 T142

Holden Torana LC driven by For Sale.........oh, no......Lee Nicolle

Alistair Brown Datsun 1000

Graham Boulter FJ

Bruce Combe Mazda RX7

Tracy Combe Maxda RX7

Nathan Mills Ford Escort.....quick all weekend

Simon Pfitner Nissan Stanza

Pascoe Ayling Mazda RX3

Serg Deluca Anglia

Regularity

Ron Townley Lago Talbot

John Evans Lotus 23B

Nigel Tait Matich SR4

Glenn Warren Mallock M21B & Pete FFrench Elfin Mallala

David Umlauf Toyota Special & Andy Ansell Triumph TR7

Black Bess

Ian Brock Elfin Streamliner

Frank Chessell Stag Formula Vee

Mystery car & Marsel chrysler

Fabulous images...Mr H...any on Elfin Mono's ?

After a long absence I was there for this meeting and if there were still magazines that report local racing they would have to be talking about Jim Doig's battle with Ian Ross in The Beatrice Lola F1!

 

I realise that Ian was looking after a prized investment and to be fair, he got quicker all weekend, but the sight of a 1972 1600cc ASP Clubman giving him curry would have been worth TV! (Declaration of interest. Jim and I are long-term friends... and racetrack rivals).

 

Their coming together in race #2 was a classic "racing incident" where Jim was being his usual cheeky self and Ian did not realise that Jim was a late braker! 

 

Check here for your view of Ian's "Scandinavian Flick" just as Jim drew alongside. -

 

I think the footage says it all!

Regularity

Ron Townley Lago Talbot

 

John Evans Lotus 23B

 

 

Nigel Tait Matich SR4

 

Glenn Warren Mallock M21B & Pete FFrench Elfin Mallala

 

David Umlauf Toyota Special & Andy Ansell Triumph TR7

 

Black Bess

 

Ian Brock Elfin Streamliner

 

Frank Chessell Stag Formula Vee

 

Mystery car & Marsel chrysler

David Jarrett I think you will find. In the Jarret Streamliner.

Holden Torana LC driven by For Sale.........oh, no......Lee Nicolle

 

Alistair Brown Datsun 1000

 

Graham Boulter FJ

 

Bruce Combe Mazda RX7

 

Tracy Combe Maxda RX7

 

Nathan Mills Ford Escort.....quick all weekend

 

Simon Pfitner Nissan Stanza

 

Pascoe Ayling Mazda RX3

 

Serg Deluca Anglia

The Sports Sedans were a very mixed bag. Running as a Supersprint to get some extra numbers and an eclectic mix of proper period cars and quite a few ring ins to make up the numbers.

Serge in what was brother Louies  Anglia. Serge has been around motorsport for about 50 years!

Nathan Mills in the ex Monterosso Escort now with 2 litre Nissan Turbo power which did 10s, speaking to Mick Monterosso Friday he reckons it will do 8s again with the Nissan

Tracey and Bruce Coombe in the late 80s! RX7s which really did not fit in. Though Bruce raced Sports Sedans back in the 70s! Tracey has been around 20 years too in mostly Club Cars.

Myself in the ex Chris Brown 2E Torana, a car that I actually sponsored in the late 80s and 90s and raced as a Sports Sedan a couple of times, and as a Club Car too. I raced Sports Sedans from 81 until 2000.

The RX3 I dont know but it ran out of brakes after the first event.

Simon [PPG] Pfitzner in the ex Barry Bray/ Bill Emeny Stanza Coupe, crewed by Barry Bray who is restoring his older A30 with Fairlady power, as it was in the 70s. Simon was quicker in the Stanza than he was in his stroker Supercar powered Falcon Sports Sedan yesterday at the Shannons meet.

And Graham Boulter in the ex Farrisey/ Peter Rule FJ. A car that has been around a very long time! As has Graham who raced FJs in period,, actually against that car. Though it was grey powered then.

The Datsun 1000 is an Adelaide owner of an ex Victorian car. Not the well known Kieth Linnel car but another whose name I have forgotten. Alastair did tell me but age is setting in. It is a pretty little car.

The field was completed by the Garry and Ryan Brock Centura that was reasonably quick but shook off two balancer outer rings and the fan belt too.

As well as Jon Pillekers from Victoria in his Bluebird that broke a turbo in qualifying and Troy Ryan in the ex Ken Messenger Rover V8 Imp that broke the clutch in qualifying. 

I believe Simon  [as organiser] did have a couple more cars supposed to be coming. At a guess the dreaded cost probably precluded that unfortunatly.

Edited by Lee Nicolle, 28 April 2014 - 00:21.

Malcolm Bennett MRB L7R

Robert Sales Marsel Chrysler

Black Bess

Fabulous images...Mr H...any on Elfin Mono's ?

Just the one............& it's a good one.......Richard Carter in the 1966 John Walker Mk 2C chassis MC6652

Chasing Laurie Bennett's Elfin 600B...........the Vern Hamilton car from 1970

That was Saturday..........then on Sunday they were never too far apart.............more to come............

"Troy Ryan in the ex Ken Messenger Rover V8 Imp that broke the clutch in qualifying."

"The field was completed by the Garry and Ryan Brock Centura that was reasonably quick but shook off two balancer outer rings and the fan belt too."

Just the one............& it's a good one.......Richard Carter in the 1966 John Walker Mk 2C chassis MC6652

Beautiful Lynton...no not you!...the Mono! Thanks

[and tuthers..]

Beautiful Lynton...no not you!...the Mono! Thanks
 
[and tuthers..]

Yep. Will never complain about seeing Monos at Mallala!

6652 won at it's debut meeting here on 28 Dec 1966, SA Tourist Trophy Meeting. Walker over McEwin.

Great to see Richard continuing to bring her back home every year!

Edited by SJ Lambert, 29 April 2014 - 13:17.

Edited by SJ Lambert, 30 April 2014 - 14:28.

Forming up for the Saturday 2-15 pm Group Q & R

Tim Kuchel Brabham BT40, John Bryant LolaT140, Keith Williamson Farrell Clubman

Andrew Ford Mallock U/2, Brenton Griguol Lola T142, Blake Miller Elfin 630B

Griguol, Miller, Williamson, Collinson

Guy Chick ASP 340C, Malcolm Miller Tiga SC83 Sports 2000, Darren Holliday Prad 11

 Darren Holliday

Brenton Miller

Guy Chick

Bob Collinson ASP 340C

After Contact......

Ian Ross Beatrice, Tim Kuchel

Clubby lifting a wheel

Jim Doig Motorlab ASP 340C

Williamson & Collinson, with Malcolm Miller cooling his heels....

Graeme Hughes Royale RP37 S2000

The Buick is now racing in Germany where apparently SUs are OK.

 

Nigel Tait Matich SR4

 

Robert Schapel MG TC Supercharger

 

Coopers

 

Brenton Griguol Lola F5000 T142

 

My first post, but a long time reader.

I am intrigued by the names on the side of the Lola, they seem a mixture of owners and drivers.

The one I am surprised at is the 3rd from the bottom "Mike Gore (AUS)".

Is this THE Mike Gore? I thought he was basically a sports sedan driver, never recall him being involved with F5000.

Also why does Frank Gardner have (AUS/US)?

Perhaps Frank Gardner drove the car while in the U.S.  Just an uneducated guess.

My first post, but a long time reader.

 

I am intrigued by the names on the side of the Lola, they seem a mixture of owners and drivers.

The one I am surprised at is the 3rd from the bottom "Mike Gore (AUS)".

Is this THE Mike Gore? I thought he was basically a sports sedan driver, never recall him being involved with F5000.

 

Also why does Frank Gardner have (AUS/US)?

http://www.oldracing....com/lola/t142/          A link to old racing cars.....may help, although I suspect Brenton Griguol would know more............

As suggested here http://www.lolaherit...uol/T142_01.htm

Edited by lyntonh, 02 May 2014 - 10:03.

Was this Mike Gore a Gold Coast property developer in the late 1980's?

I ask only because it was subject to a bankrupcy order, which was common with Gold coast property developers in the late 1980's.

Who know's but it does look great in Brentons living room.

Here is the Lola  First outing At Oran Park Sept 18th 1985 .

Edited by eldougo, 03 May 2014 - 03:05.

Here is the Lola  First outing At Oran Park Sept 18th 1985 .

I remember Mike Gore driving a Torana Sports Sedan when I was racing in QLD in the late '70s. He was actually quite a nice guy.

From my memory of Mike Gore it would be somewhat of a tight squeeze.

Gore owned the car and from memory it was repo from his estate?

Hey, who are we to judge? At least he was out there making up the grid - even though he was not a winner.

Didn't Patrick Head say that AJ used to sit on his wallet?

...so Ray. What is your point? 

Did you invest in one of his schemes? 

Re Mike Gore, is there any real evidence that he ever owned or raced this car, i.e, a program or photo?

He did race some good cars in the early 70's such as ex Beecheey ATCC winning Monaro and ex Jane Transam Mustang. I thought he then gave racing away.

Ray, re the ex Thomson Torans V8, I thought that went to Greg Crick in Tasmania?

I think the "Old racing cars" may have this wrong about the Lola, and that is whereBrenton Griguol picked it up from. I wonder what evidence they had?

The wording on the "oldracingcars" site is a little strange:

"before being acquired by Mike Gore (Aus) by Lincoln Small (UK)"

This does not read properly!

Mike Gore was in enormous debt by the late 80's from his Sanctuary Cove development. He was desperately trying to avoid liquidation.

He fled to Canada in 1989 to escape creditors.

It is therefore EXTREMELY unlikely that he would be buying this Lola in 1989. He had other things on his mind.....

Lola5000 what do yoiu base your statement on that he owned this Lola?

For background on Mike and Craifg Gore refer to http:/moreongore.blogspot.com.au

Skipping through the financial shenanigans it is interesting to see the deals that both Mike and Craig did with TONY COCHRANE.

I wasn't aware of these before reading this.

Mike Gore died in 1994 in USA.