What about 749 ? Alan i have a magnifing glass on the pic and it may be a 9 at the end.






Mallory Park and a Kit Car pairing, an Ultima 'Bob Light'? and what i believe is a Sutol 23 .



Pete

Not registered on the DVLA site.

I'm trying to figure out first and subsequent owners of a Marcos Fastback which I am restoring, registration number 999 THY. I am not a UK resident and the car was exported from the UK back in 1986. Anyhow, I made an effort through the DVLA but got the answer "this service is only available to residents in the UK" or something similar . Anyone who can help or any idea about how to proceed?

What I know is that the car was first registered in 1963 in Bristol. I have been told there was a gentlemen from Bristol called Arnold Denman who raced a Marcos Fastback in British club racing back then. Could have been my car. Anyone who has any records of the racing exploits of Mr Denman (and what he raced)?

A Mike Whatley did win the TGP F1 championship not sure it is the same one though!

It is

It's not on the DVLA registration database. Probably because it's been exported

Thanks anyhow for trying to help.

Still, second part of my question remains. Does anyone know anything about Arnold Denman and his racing efforts?

Good Friday Oulton Park Formula 'E' race.

Old Hall lap 1

A few laps later and Alan Raine can be seen taking a wide line at Old Hall.

The Ecclestons in front & Malcolm Barfoot 4th.



Looking after my nice new nosecone

I think these are Kit Cars or Road Going Sports Cars from a 750MC meeting at Cadwell in the 80's.

I've no idea who's driving what

First photo looks like a Sylva Leader 400 ahead of a Westfield XI whilst the 2nd and 3rd photos look to be of Westfield XIs.

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the info, I have contacted the 750 Motor Club and they have passed on my details to Mike Whately. It doesn't look as if the Scimitar SS1 was ever put back on the road after the crash, which is a great shame as it was an early Reliant development car

Cheers

Dave Poole
www.sporting-reliants.com

Tha ts not a problem glad to help .
I was the 750 MC 's race control radio operater for nearly 10 years and a marshall for a long time before that.


The Cadwell picture is Nigel Brown' s Silva leader 400 and i think Ken Culverwell's Lotus 11 no 6 and Michael luck ? in the other Lotus 11 all kits of course not genuine 11 s.

Unless I am mistaken..........which I am rather frequently: this is Mike Whately outbraking himself at the Mallory hairpin




PAR

I raced F750 for a couple of years and then did the 750MC FF1600 Championship when it ran in the early 80's. I often used to take photos of the other races at the time.

Our paths may have crossed at one time

I was in that race, and can clearly remember coming round Barn corner to find Mikes then-wife Lynda running up the track towards Barn. My wife said she saw the March flying through the air several feet off the ground before disappearing into the trees - one of those moments where you can't quite believe what you've seen.

I was marshaling at Hall bends one day when in an F2000 race an American whos name i forget as it was a northern championship race if i remember correct. His Reynard' s suspension collapsed and with zero ground clearence it slide literally down the little muddy track infield and into the hedge.

The tow truck arrived as we had slide the car back onto tarmac , the driver was just a lttle shaken, it was one of those trucks with the spectacle lift.

They attached the rope to the roll bar and got the wheels in the spectacle bit lifted and said car slide straight off . Three times the same result, till they sent for the Hiab to remove it .

Oh i forgot to add it was raining.lol

I may have to start a marshaling tales thread.

Pete

There are many tales from Cadwell Park. For example: They used to open the barn doors, so that if anybody went off they could go straight through and out the other side. One driver was said to have reappeared on foot and white as a sheet muttering "they could have moved the bloody tractors out of the way"

Yes i have witnessed that with the doors open when Karl Jones in a prodution saloon Fiat Abarth 130TC somehow failed to slow or take barn corner and hit the wall of the barn at speed. What happened next was at the time unbelievable as i watch it hit the wall and the front of the car litterally climbed vertical up the wall , then landed back down all the inertia could not go forward so it went up .

And what was even more amazing was it was driven away after the race, ok all 4 wheels were les than round now as it lurched and crabbing lol.


Pete

Pete,

Just think that if all you marshals spent less time faffing about saving peoples lives, waving flags and clearing up debris, you could have had some very nice and exciting photos to show us.

Yes it was a pity that we could not carry cameras or we could have had some really good action shots for Autosport lol....



A mini trying a novel direction at druids.





A westfield? trying to emulate the previous Reliant Scimitar route.






Pete

I did sneak the odd one...... & got unmercifully b----cked for taking this one from behind the grid at the 1970 British Empire Trophy at Oulton....


By giraffe138 at 2009-01-07

AMOC Oulton Park October 1990

Gerry Marshall with the Marsh Plant 'Formula Libre' Aston V8

Gideon Hudson has his Carrera's mirrors full of Aston V8

From the Jaguar Car Club meeting of April 1990, Mike Greasley's Porsche 935

Valentine Lindsay's Carrera and Bill Shepherd's AC Cobra

David Perry's 930 Turbo is cooking on coal

I have only ever seen those fearsome Porsche 935K3 s twice, Le Mans and a Brands WSC round, i was a marshal on the exit of Westfield and the shear exceleration of the 935 was awesome , just a whoosh and it was gone .
The Lancia Monte Carlos were there as well and they were equally awesome , but not quite in such a brutal way.



Pete

That's the problem. I marshalled most weekends from 1973 until 1979, so most of my photos were confined to the paddock.

Hi Sterling, how are you!?
Right a couple from Brands in 1974.

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Oh should of said!!, anyone wondering why posted these, a forum member asked if I had any ShellSport Mexico pics on the Snett thread.

Great photos Graham! A summers day at Brands, what could be better???

And the Shell Sport Mexico's. All good fun

Hi Picblanc

Great quality pics, thanks for posting.
Rare to see colour too.
Do you have any more?

Shellsport271

Thank you, I will have a look, got one or two others? got to scan the negs though, will be back soon(ish?)

I believe this is a road saloon race or practice , With an Escort mk2, Renault 8 ?, and what looks like a Capri, plus of course my usual speaker pole , seems Brands had a lot of them back then.

Cool Thread - I'll have to add to this Soon.

Musky

Rather dark images but a Vauxhall Viva GT no idea who or when but its Snetterton.

I think it may well be the infamous Hunt muscle flexing meeting. I went to almost all the CP meetings from it..

Regards

Landene
Surendettement

Are you referring to the CP photos on Page 1?

There was a video online of Hunt thumping Dave Morgan but I can't find it.

Hi Everyone,
Please find below some pics taken by Steve Jones during the 1997 BMW national championship season,
hope they are of some interest to our readers,
Regards,
Les.

On my way to the race win, Croft 1997.


On the Mountain at Cadwell 1997.


Knickerbrook Oulton Park 1997.


The Hairpin at Mallory Park 1997.


Cascades Oulton Park 1997.


Russells at Snetterton, on my way to the championship class win 1997.


Silverstone 1997.


Club Chicane Thruxton 1997.

I think that's Mike Newman - the car sold on ebay about 18/24 months ago, well, I say car, it had been quite badly damaged but definitely same car.

Marcos GT looks like Radial Ltd on the nose so that would be Richard Gamble , VW Golt GTI dont know who , and a Mazda RX 7 ?




Pete

Geoff Thomas in the Golf, I believe.

Yes Simon, you are right it came to me last night i have a closer pic of it and it suddenly came to me .

I still wonder what sort of race this was as there are Modifed Sports, Mod Saloons and some standard looking saloons like the Capri.
Normally i can remember most of what i have seen. Looks more like a Winter Series type of free for all , but did think that only took place at Brands.

It is with great interest that I await Simon's ramblings on this Sundays Welsh "type of free for all"

How's the entry looking?

Varied to say the least ......three Hillman Imps entered

Looks like there is still room for a multi - coloured PRS in the FF1600 race


PAR

Not much chance of that. The gearbox is in my garage, the engine is spread over Andrew's garage and the car is under a tarpaulin in a barn!

Ian

More important than SA's scribings is where should we stop for breakfast on the A55?

PAR

Don't you lot have any work to do?

Kettle calling pot me thinks!

What time are the Cheshire Three planning to arrive on the sainted isle?