Maurizio Sandro Sala now runs a Mitsubishi dealership in São Paulo - he has an affiliated off-road rally team, too. I catch up with him most years in the paddock at Interlagos. Really nice guy. First met him at the 1982 FF Festival, where we had to communicate by hand signals: he knew about three English words, which was approximately three more than I knew in Portuguese.

IIRC, Anthony Reid flipped his Saab-engined Reynard after driving over the right-hand rear wheel of Gregg Atkinson's March 793 at Woodcote.

The finest moment of the 1985 Saab F3 campaign occurred at Snetterton, where the team's three cars (Sandro Sala, Reid and Julian Bailey) collided at Riches on lap one... right in front of the Saab hospitality marquee.

Found it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aptf9Em5P8o

Taking up the F3 theme, and following on from SA's comments on Maurizio Sandro Sala, all pics from Oulton 21st June 1986 - another sunny day in Cheshire, where, as we all know, rain is rarely seen.


It is to be hoped that two of the three English words that Maurizio understood were "New pads" - yet another of the splendid helmet liveries from "Sid"


Two from the Emerald Isle, Martin Donnelly and Mark Galvin


Tim Davies and the distinctive eyebrows of Damon Hill.


Harvest Moon's Graham de Zille, and...lucky Mike!


Paul Radisich, NZ driver to Europe, IIRC, and saloon graduate Alastair Lyall.


Donnelly/Swallow Racing RT30 and Radisich/Murray Taylor Racing


Keith Fine/Cellnet RT30 and Damon Hill/Murray Taylor Racing


Dave Simpson, who, I believe, was from the Simpson racewear family/Reynard 863, and Andy Wallace/Madgwick Reynard and Sala

And from the FF support race

Johnny Herbert/Quest, and Steve Robertertson leads Roland Ratzenberger (Van Diemens)

John Booth leads Longridge's own Rowan Dewhurst (Quest)

(P.S. Photo Box is playing silly b...ers today, and is selectively editing certain pics on an entirely random basis)

Great pics. Not sure but I think the Hill livery may have been designed by Damon's buddy Pete Boutwood, himself a 'B' class F3 competitor. Pete also did the Black/Green MG Le Mans & BTCC liveries a few years ago. Damon's car 'sponsored' by a very well known guitarist, sadly no longer with us, a friend of the Hill family.

George Harrison?

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Sala in full oversteer mode circa 1983 at Donington, Andy Wallace in the BRP RF83 [?} and truck racer to be Antonio Albacete in the Ducados RF83 follow. Not sure on the partially obscured car/driver directly behind, could it be John Pratt?

What kind of chassis Sala driving? Van Dieman? I believe it's a RF 84.

It's a Reynard 83FF... He started the year in a Van Diemen RF83, but switched.

Every driver that started the season in a Van Diemen RF83 probably wished that they could switch mid season to a Reynard. Obviously not everyone had the budget to do it. I remember that the high, bulbous original bodywork was ditched mid-season and the works cars ran without rear panels.

The late, great Paul Warwick in his Van Diemen RF86 in which he dominated the Junior series that year.



Mark Goddard, a regular front runner at Silverstone in the Esso series.




Ringo Hine in his Reynard 86FF, not the car to have that season as Van Diemen's RF86 was and still is one of the best 1600's they made.



Touring car star to be, Tim Harvey in the Quest 86FF, a car he was to have a large, ankle breaking incident in at Silverstone that season......

Good stuff! I like the one of Paul. I'm occasionally in contact with Mark Goddard, he is involved with the organisation of the Asian F3 series and has his own team in it. He has lived in the Philippines for many years.
'Savoir Faire' were his sponsors back in the '80s as I did some artwork for Mark and for them.

Yes, I had moved up into the "elite" with my Snap-On tools, a far cry from earlier times with the old cantilever full of ex-MOD wrenches and such, some of which I still have and use!
I actually had a full set of metric as well, purchased from Howden Ganley's Grand Prix Tools (I think it was called?) located in the old Williams Racing shop off the Bath Rd., in Slough. John Bisignano was going to run a Martini in F3 in 72, he purchased them for me and I went over to Nevers and built the car.

Brian

I agree Paul, 76 was superb year for FF, great weather too that summer. IIRC there were often 3 heats + final for the bigger series rounds. Quite often there'd be the 4 yellow Hawkes, battling Kennedy's black Crossle and a Royale or 2.

Are you saying we 3 are all Saddo/Anoraks Mr A??? My wife worked for a few years in Donington Hall, which overlooked the Old Hairpin there for BMA for a while in the 80s. The building, though v nicely restored, didn't look as good as this one.

Hawke DL11 and a Merlyn perhaps?

Aintree 1981

Above: Richard Peacock (Crossle); Andy Middlehurst (Pacer) & Tim Sugden (Royale)

Pace British Formula Ford 2000 - 25th July 1981 Oulton Park

Race winner, Tim Davies/Penistone Hardmetals Royale RP30



Simon Kirkby/Race Car Services Reynard SF81, and Russell Spence, works Royale driver


Julian Morley/Richard Dutton Royale. Julian was son of Miss World organiser, Julia Morley and one of the benefits of his brief dalliance with the world of motor racing was the presence of the then Miss World, Kimberley Santos, in the pit lane

More clubmans, Will leads Creighton at Becketts on the Silverstone club circuit, 1982. Remember the old Land Rover fire tenders?


Mixed historic race start 1973 at Silverstone.

Barry Reece's 850 Mini, Silverstone 1980.


Mike o'Brien's F3 Anson 1982, with 'far forward' seating position as was the fashion.

Doesn't look too enamoured with 1981-style FF2000 does she, Alan. She's probably reminiscing about the great days of pre-RT3 F3, and thinking how well Julian would have gone in an B34...

... and another! This time it is Tiff Needell in an Anson at Silverstone '82 - courtesy of some Autosport sponsorship.

Thruxton in the early 80's and a scene that was (and still is) quite normal!

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p26545595.html

Moreno on his way to winning the FF 1980 festivial.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p26545917.html

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p11518451.html

To my humble eyes one of the very best FF drivers, inch perfect every lap.

Was that with the legendary Patch!

Yep, built by Trevor in 1977. It won 4 festivals!

Cobra

not a race meeting at all, but a Bell and Colvill track day at Goodwood. this was a chance for them the show of the combined collection of cars owned by them.

BRM

Lister

250F

The orchestra

Andrew, how refreshing to see a shot of the navy blue Zagato, as the only other photos of it which I have seen, prior to my own paddock/car park shots of it at Coys in the '90s, are in the Those Were The Days; Racing in the Sixties Goodwood book
It is IIRC the ex RRC Walker car 22 XKX, driven by SCM at the Easter '61 Goodwood meeting, his only drive in it I think, the car later being pedalled in '62 and '63 by Michael Salmon. The last I heard it was in Simon Draper's safekeeping. I think it might be the only race Zagato with the chrome strip on the doors and around the Z trim on the wing air outlets. Nice to see it. Not sure who had it in '73 Lloyds and Scottish series without delving.
Roger Lund.

Thanks. It was Sunday 20th May, the Aston Martin Historic car race, a round of the JCB championship. A support race to the Martini International Supersports.

According to my programme and lap chart, Car 47 is the Cooper Bristol of Peter Van Rossem, behind that no.14 is the red 450S of John Fellows. No.28 is Cameron Millar's 250F hiding John Roberts' Lotus 16. The DB4GT no.18 is driven by Bert Young with Terry Harrison's Lotus and Willie Green in the JCB 250F behind that. Neil Corner's DBR4 won from the second row with Willie Green coming through to 2nd from 22nd on the grid! Green was 5th at the end of lap 1. John Harper's Lister Jaguar finished 3rd. Charlie Lucas in the Hesketh Birdcage was on pole, holding 3rd place for most of the race and disappeared from my chart on the last lap.

If it is the same Terry Harrison I am thinking of, then he still has the Lotus 11.
RL

Any ideas, anyone? Clue: Oulton Park 1980. The points he scored in the championship which he was contesting could have been counted on the fingers of a hand with a few fingers missing.

always great to watch though there were quite a few dnf's. I recall that day thinking that this time, he'll cross the line.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Andrew Kitson
[B]More clubmans, Will leads Creighton at Becketts on the Silverstone club circuit, 1982. Remember the old Land Rover fire tenders?


Cannot have been many drivers who were able to win National Championship Races at senior level while having to display the novice cross

Kind regards

Phil

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phil Rainford
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Andrew Kitson
[B]More clubmans, Will leads Creighton at Becketts on the Silverstone club circuit, 1982.


Cannot have been many drivers who were able to win National Championship Races at senior level while having to display the novice cross

Kind regards

Phil [/QUOTE]
Yes Phil, I think Will was doing karting in '81 and 1982 was his first year in cars. He did one F3 race I think, the end of season non-championship TV Thruxton race that year, won by Senna Da Silva in his first F3 race too! I'm pretty sure that was Will's only single seater race.

Enrique Benamo, maybe?

Sorry I'm late.
Not EJ. His Crossle was blue, not white. Also it was a 30F, not a 25F. This was something that escaped him in his book where he thinks he broke his leg in a 25F

Rad Dougall was involved as well. I've got an action set of these in black and white somewhere. Maybe one day I'll find some of my old stuff and teach myself how to scan and post them.
I've also got a mega set of FF carnage shots, straw bales exploding everywhere and Crossles' every which way. Yep, it could only be Mountjoy Corner at the Phoenix Park

Hi Alan

I haven't figured out how to reply so your original message appears (perhaps someone will explain at the next gathering?) but is that Leon Walger?

Phil

Simple Aurora, press the 'quote' button instead of 'reply'.

I reckon that's a good shout - I presume from the September 20 Aurora meeting, when Jim Crawford (Chevron B45) and Kim Mather (March 802) beat the surviving F1 cars.

Ian Bamsey covered the main event for Motoring News and I did the supports - my first written commission for the paper.

'Twas about this time that I somehow stopped getting my freelancing jobs for MN. Apparently some keen young whippersnapper from Altrincham Nil had taken a spectator photo of some Production Saloons and sent it in. Also badgering MN to be given a go at writing about the meetings.
So there he is now an International jetsetter - and TNF member - and here am I still playing about at the grass roots level. :\

To be fair, I'd have been crap at organising Formula Ford championships - but I still get to clubbies when I can.

Not bitter then Ian

Just think of all the happy days you would have missed keeping us racers occupied.

Probably Simon.
And for Mr Raine's benefit. "Moi bitter". No not at all. Just a bit of banter with an old chum.

I think you're spot on Phil! Any of Ricardo L-B, Alan, another wealthy Latin who didn't trouble the points scorers too often.

I realised that. Hence the

I've also found a picture of you racing.

Aurora F1, corroborated by Mallory Dan, both correct. It is Leon Walger. I think he did 6 or 7 Aurora rounds, beginning at Monza, and his only finish in the points was a fifth place at Snetterton. He ran a Charles Clowes Arrows A1, but, somehow, he failed to attract this particular photographer, and I have no on-track evidence of his participation. Was he a stockbroker, or something similar?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mondiale M85S
[B]

The late, great Paul Warwick in his Van Diemen RF86 in which he dominated the Junior series that year.


Another trio of images:









Kind Regards

Phil

Hi Alan

I have a couple of pics of him on track, but I have long forgotten their provenance, so won't risk copyright probs by posting them.
Great to see this type of photo of him.
He was backed by a company called Cominter which from research seems to do something with fuels etc.

Dan

I have some R L-B pics but for the reasons above I will have to bring them to the next gathering.
Bridge only did the one rounds and that was the last one at Silverstone in the Colin Bennett Lotus 78.
When I spoke to Coline he reckoned Ricardo met his end at the hands of law enforcement officers in Florida!

Phil

September 1979. Chrysler asks the US government for a hand-out, to stave off potential bankruptcy, BA Robertson releases Bang Bang and celebrity organic farmer Jody Scheckter wraps up the F1 world title. Meanwhile, on the 29th, Cheshire reverberates to the sound of Formula Ford...


Philippe Lambert (Crosslé 32F) finished fifth in the Townsend Thoresen final, if my programme notes are to be believed (although I seem to have Mike Dicken's Elden listed as the winner and he didn't qualify for the main race - poor handwriting suspected).


Casino Royale: the RP26s of Marc Smith and Jim Walsh.


Assembly area cocktail: the driver of the Royale RP24 at the head of the left-hand queue is listed as Hava Didion, but I suspect his first name might be Hervé. Thierry Tassin (Van Diemen RF79), Gary Scott (Image FF4) and Brian Holland (Royale RP21) appear to be next in line. The first driver on the right is a mystery, but he has James Weaver (Tiga FF79) and Don Hardman (Crosslé 32F) tucked in behind.

Great photos as usual Simon..........I dooo hope a Genesis fan never bought that DIRE record........ Bang Bang Indeed !