Famous Oulton Park saloon car races
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Auroraf1
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Auroraf1
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 16:28
Can anyone remeber the names any particular saloon car races (pre 1970) famously held at Oulton Park?
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Alan Cox
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 17:28
The most famous must surely be the 1967 Tourist Trophy, which was run as a round of the European Touring Car Championship...
http://homepage.mac......ton Park.html
...or are you looking for names of sponsored races, Phil? I can recall the Redex Gold Cross Trophy, while Osram-GEC sponsored a saloon series in the late '60s, as well as the Spring Grove Trophy series.
http://homepage.mac......ton Park.html
...or are you looking for names of sponsored races, Phil? I can recall the Redex Gold Cross Trophy, while Osram-GEC sponsored a saloon series in the late '60s, as well as the Spring Grove Trophy series.
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David Wright
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 20:52
From 1963 - 1968 the British Saloon Car Championship races run at the Spring and Gold Cup meetings do not seem to have a particular name or title.
Edited by David Wright, 01 June 2009 - 20:53.
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Gregor Marshall
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 20:52
Redex Gold Croos in 1969 was quite a common one at Oulton - my late Dad did four of them at Oulton that year alone!!
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 22:17
Can anyone remeber the names any particular saloon car races (pre 1970) famously held at Oulton Park?
BARC Spring Grove series.
Hepolite-Glacier Saloon Car Championship.
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 22:43
The Redex Gold X, Osram-GEC and the Spring Grove Trophy series were all championships at Brands, as was the Westover series, was that a southern based series, or did it go to Oulton too?
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 22:48
The Redex Gold X, Osram-GEC and the Spring Grove Trophy series were all championships at Brands, as was the Westover series, was that a southern based series, or did it go to Oulton too?
Spring Grove had a round at Oulton- no idea then, or now, what Spring Grove was!
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Ian Smith - Diz
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 22:51
Wasn't it linen hire, or some such.Spring Grove had a round at Oulton- no idea then, or now, what Spring Grove was!
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 23:10
Wasn't it linen hire, or some such.
Spot on Ian, they were the never ending towels and entry carpets etc.
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 07:24
All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.
It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.
It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.
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sterling49
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 07:49
All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.
It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.
Westovers, Springrove and Osram are all still trading.....surely a good link to their past, although Westover is predominantly Hants & Wilts based.
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 08:10
If HSCC want to do the nostalgia thing and have it related to old saloon car races , perhaps Westover is the more appropriate since Westover Driving Shoes' owner, Ted Lewis, was a saloon car racer of some repute, Riley 1.5 among others IIRC, hence his sponsorship. But I suppose that HSCC would need someone to stump up some money for the series' title name
Roger Lund
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Stephen W
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Posted 02 June 2009 - 08:19
All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.
It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.
If HSCC want to do the nostalgia thing and have it related to old saloon car races , perhaps Westover is the more appropriate since Westover Driving Shoes' owner, Ted Lewis, was a saloon car racer of some repute, Riley 1.5 among others IIRC, hence his sponsorship. But I suppose that HSCC would need someone to stump up some money for the series' title name
Roger Lund
If I read it correctly this is going to be a one-off. Therefore why not approach one of the companys still trading (e.g. Westovers, Springrove or Osram) to see if they would be willing to put up a Trophy etc?
