Donington and Oulton Park - August 1978


Michael Roe leads Kenny Acheson in one of their great scraps from that summer

Bernard Devaney in the PRS


Micheael Roe takes the garland

Front row of the FF grid - Howard Groos on pole with his Hawke


Gerry Marshall leads Neil Corner in the battle for Donington historic honours

Martyn Chapman leads Corner, with the Monza Lister


Gordon Spice pits during BTCC practice..

...as does GDR Marshall


Tom Walkinshaw's Bee Emm

Future F1 TV pundit (after a spell with single-seaters) Martin Brundle with his Toyota

John Fitzpatrick

A trio of shots which I have to inform those who can remember these car and driver combinations was some 24 years ago

Dave Scott hugs the kerbs on his way through Knickerbrook.....



...Sean Walker at the 1985 GP F3 support race.



While Wally Warwick has an out of shape moment at Lodge corner under the watchful eyes of Bryan Mullarkey and Dave Mellor



Kind regards

Phil

Which one of this trio has an Oulton Park Medical Centre claim to fame - of sorts?

Don't know the answer to Ian's poser, but I wouldn't say Warwick was 'out of shape', Phil - it looks pretty controlled to me.

No idea ......but please spill the beans !!

Kind regards

Phil

24th March 1974 and my first visit to Mallory Park, hence the lack of knowledge in where to position myself.
Richard Hawkins/Elden
Syd Fox/Mike Young and Mike White
A pretty impressive crowd for an FF thrash, I think you'll agree, but they were, in fact, there for the second round of the Rothmans F5000 championship.

I'd imagine me and my dad are in the crowd somewhere, despite me being only 2 and a half years old. He didn't like to miss his F5000 meetings......

That head on position at the hairpin used to be a great place to stand, i still have some hazy memories of peering over the fence watching 3 heats and a final for the FF1600's.

Great days.

Escort Mexico racing, Oulton Park 1974-style. Colin Vandervell leading.



Catchpole's much-missed creator, the supremely gifted Barry Foley, enjoying some Clubman's racing with the St Bruno Roughcutter. Front row features Foley (pole), Noel Stanbury and Caldwell Smythe.

For a second there I thought one of Smythe's helpers was wearing a thong

Mo

So did I, Mo, when I first scanned it - Pleased to say he isn't!

Alan,

Richard Hawkins car is a Dulon Formula Ford.

Regards,

Henk A. Hazelaar

Of course, Hank, blame old-timers' disease!

The FF Festival was pretty popular with the crowds in the 80's. Come the final empty seats in the Paddock Grandstand were limited

This is 1986.

Alan's hairpin FF pic I don't think shows Mike White, he didn't come over from ZA until 1978. I presume its Roger White isn't it, Elden maybe?? Fox in Hawke and Young in VD RF74 I think.

Looks like an Elden.

Why is my mind saying Peter White? Maybe the green helmet? Not sure.

Didn't Peter W usually use Royales, Mark?

It has the look of a Palliser to me...

Palliser WDF2 - Peter White

That's all-White then. Thanks for the correction.

OK, the answer is Bryan Mullarkey.
Last race meeting of whatever season it was and Bryan had a big off and a visit to the Med Centre. Details logged in the Accident Book.
First test day of following season and Bryan had another big off and reacquaintance with the Med Centre. Under drivers details in the Accident Book, they could have just put "ditto".

He had consecutive entries in different years. Not a lot of people know that - or probably would want to know for that matter.

Did the Eccleston brothers have an Accident Book to themselves ;)

Kind regards

Phil

Only if it was kept behind the bar

Mallory 1986 - I can't remember who the driver of 31 is, although his helmet looks familiar. Paul Warwick follows.




Andrew Raybould was soon off to Van Dieman for a new nosecone




Ex Formula E racer Simon Olley attempts to take ?? at Gerrards.



I wonder how many bored spectators aimed their old beer cans at the targets by the lake?

No31 is Antonio Russo i'd say?

Agreed......



Kind regards

Phil

All of the few that were there - if they could be bothered - I would guess.

It was a bit different in the early seventies, three heats and then a final, with anybody capable of victory from the top ten in each.

I remember a Formula Atlantic race that Ken Bailey qualified on pole for at Mallory. He fluffed the start and it was then a battle royal between Purley, Nicholson and Mallock with Bailey trying to catch up. Mallock won as I remember; he was quick around Mallory. Dave Morgan had the place sorted as well - first time in an F5000 car and he won pole. A regrettable non-starter though I seem to recall.

EDIT: Apologies for the last paragraph - I'd obviously "gone" again. (Not long now)...

No input on the race cars, but amazing that I used to sell Silver Reed back in the '80s and knew nothing of their involvement in sponsorship!

If I remember correctly Simon's girlfriends dad owned the company.... or something like that.

The mighty throng were so enthralled that one guy welded his head to the fence

Caption: Allo..allo..allo...wots occuring here then!!

Prod saloons Oulton Park 78 Derek Brunt in the3.0 Si.

Kind regards

Phil ;)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by alansart


Andrew Raybould was soon off to Van Dieman for a new nosecone




From this shot it looks like the nose arrived.



While the Mallory hairpin could always spring a surprise. There you are minding your own business and next thing.....












I have lost the Programme for this meeting. While I am fairly certain Car No 3 is Dave Hart, I have no idea who the inverted individual is

Kind regards

Phil

Mallory Park May 1979

Tony Strawsons Chevie Corvair




Same day and VW Beetle of Doug Niven





Though it could be Jeff Wilson (Dan??)

My favourite Super Saloon

Sorry, not Dan as he will be having a Sunday off. In the livery of Border Reivers it will be Doug Niven, Norman.

You are right Alan,


Same car Aintree '80



Jeff Wilson this time. Anyone know the Johny Rutherford conection?

I saw somewhere (possibly on TNF) that the Beetle is being rebuilt

Absolutely wonderful - do you know what? I can hear it even now !!! Fantastic.

Posted this on another thread but it also belongs here.

John Morrison/Chester Wedgewood Tiga 85/BMW 28th March 1986 Oulton Park.......



Kind regards

Phil

Having said that the Border Reivers livery indicates Doug Niven, I note that Jeff Wilson retained the livery into 1980. Johnny Rutherford Ltd were plant hire contractors from Berwick on Tweed and were one of Niven's sponsors.
http://www.johnnyrutherfordplanthire.co.uk/

PS In the Mallory pic, I can read 'Doug Niven' on the door.

With regards to the Beetle and its driver.......

Look at the numer of Shell Stars on the roof, they are reduced in number in 1980 compared to 1979.

Which could signify different drivers,unless of course they had to be stripped off at the end of each year

Kind regards

Phil

Summer 1980. Altrincham FC were the team to beat in the Alliance Premier League, Lipps Inc released Funkytown, Narada Michael Walden staked a claim for having one of the silliest names ever to grace the Top 40, Debbie Harry exhorted the world to Call Me and Olivia Newton-John teamed up with the Electric Light Orchestra for Xanadu. Elsewhere, meanwhile...


Tim Lee-Davey seemed to know where he was going, even though his Tiga FF79 was entered by Mark Thatcher Racing.


Dave Coyne (Royale RP26) was preparing for a career that blended outrageous speed with equally outrageous absence of even-handed opportunity.


Mike Boulton (Image FF5) had little clue about his future direction...


...and Chris Meek became the first man to enter a prodsports race in a car named after the Peruvian capital.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Simon Arron
[B]Summer 1980. Altrincham FC were the team to beat in the Alliance Premier League, Lipps Inc released Funkytown, Narada Michael Walden staked a claim for having one of the silliest names ever to grace the Top 40, Debbie Harry exhorted the world to Call Me

If an excuse was needed.....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7LZRaHz0Q8


....2.9 million people can't be wrong ;)

Kind regards

Phil

The inverted RF84 is Steve Parker.

Many thanks..... :

Kind regards

Phil

Is that the same Mark Bailey who worked for Hewland? Known as 'Mr.Gearbox'...he designed the LD200 I think, raced in Toyota F3 in 88/89 ish and has run his own team since in FF/ARP & Club F3 and club sportscars.

You learn something every day on TNF - I never knew 'Panther' was the capital of Peru...

.... and there was me thinking it was named after the bean!