It's called multi tasking

PAR

Good question.

750 Motor Club 6 Hour Relay shots next

Chevron B8 possibly Richard Dodgkins as it looks like the heather coloured variety.



Marcos GT and a Mk 1 Lotus Cortina

The butty van at Rhualt Hill is OK, as I imagine would be the American Diner before you get to Holywell,
with Yank sized and Yank style breakfasts.

I suggest the circuit cafe nowadays. It would give the infamous Mallory breakfast a run for its money.

A barrage of stuff from last weekend's Anglesey meeting is currently on display here - http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=78082 - at the TNF Northern & Welsh gallery... Meanwhile, here is Simon Hadfield's Lotus 51.

A trio of Imps from the same meeting.

As we leave Anglesey and travel east......and back in time to 1985, we arrive in time for the Marlboro F3 Championship round at Oulton Park on the 17th August.


Graham de Zille. Pegasus Racing Ralt RT30

Dave Coyne. Dave Price Racing Reynard 853

Dave Scott. Privately-entered Ralt RT30

Mauricio Gugelmin. West Surrey Ralt RT30

Maurizio Sandro Sala. Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Saab 853

Ross Cheever. Intersport Racing Ralt RT30

To nit pick Alan, Scott was run by Intersport, and Cheever by Valour/Upton that year from memory. Did van Kouwen win that race, my bro' had just started working for Pegasus. Though these 2 facts are entirely unrelated...

I took my info from OldRacingCars, rather than check with the programme. Yes. van Kouwen won
http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/resul...p?RaceID=F38544

Andy Wallace behind Coyne.

I'm not sure what subsequently happened to the Valour/Cheever Ralt, but what's that lurking in the background? Could it be the Citroën CX ambulance later acquired by photographic talisman Don Williamson?

Last seen last week in Aldi, Northwich making a purchase for his Middlewich wine cellar.

Meanwhile, some faces behind the names in the F3 field

Mauricio Gugelmin and Cathy Muller

Maurizio Sandro Sala and Russell Spence
Ross Cheever

And yes, Mr Raine, it is Andy Wallace behind Dave Coyne - in the Swallow Racing Reynard

Has anyone told Mike Smith the guy living in the Lodge has pinched his Escort

PAR

Is that what you call an ill Ford

I thought it was the driver who wore the garland not the car!

Great photos

Great variety of cars in f3 in the 80's, compare that now to the strong hold dallara has on the f3 market.

Not really Mr P34, only Ralt and Reynard. The 70s were much better, March, Ralt, Chevron, Argo, Lola, etc etc

Birkett relay again

Austin Healey 3000 POSSIBLY Tony Butt?






Porsche 911 Carrera RS





Pete

Bob Trotter Mallory Hairpin

I've heard of taking the wide line into the corner, but that's a little bit too wide

17th August 1985. Oulton Park. Lap 1 of FF race - any takers for the full run-down of names?

No 1 is Mark (who speaks like wot he does) Blundell

No 7 could be Johnny Herbert

No 6 John Village or John Booth?

Fabulous thread. Some superb cars, keep it up!!!!

Andy King No4, Mark Blundell No1, Johnny Herbert in the red Quest, not sure about the hero in the Reynard 85FF [what a hound of a car], Butcher Booth No6, Jonathan Bancroft in the green Racefax Van Diemen [or Jeremy Packer?] pass on the rest.....

...blimey, this guy knows his stuff! Welcome aboard Heroes!

14 without doubt Jeremy Packer .....I think this is the race where John Booth knocks off Packer's rear suspension at Knickerbrook


PAR

Chevron B8 Ray Bellm? and Mike Wheatley BRM P154

BRM 154 surely? The P153 was a GP car and the only other Can-Am car, the P167 fell off a container ship mid Atlantic. The Chevron B8 appears to say "Metro Racing" on it's side, whoever they were.

Correct BRM P154

The Chevron says Mycill Racing under a spy glass.





Top a Lotus 23? John Foulston/ Brindley McLaren M8, Chevron B19 AND A ?


Bottom
Gerry Marshall Can -AM Lola T222and coming up the hill James Wallace ?

Mycil was one of the products made by the Bellm pharmaceutical firm IIRC. The black car on the inside at Paddock Hill Bend looks like a Healey Silverstone- a somewhat incongruous car in such a field.
Roger Lund

Or perhaps a Cougar?

There is also a Mu-cron decal on the B8's flying buttress, another of Bellm's brands.

Didn't they split the classes by age as well as capacity?

And the same car in the oulton Paddock HSCC May '85

Being a complete anorak, I have found the programme.....the Reynard 85FF is being driven Walsall's Mike Parkes


PAR

Was he being lapped?! If not, he should be in F1.........

I've been here before as Mondiale M85S but had "logging in issues" so renamed myself.....

Thanks for the tip

I don't know if you remember, Alansart, but if you were Emergency Services at Silverstone in the early 70s, there was a case of a certain ES member who spent more time using his camera than his flag/bottle and said member got into enough trouble to have some time out before going into Observing - apparently the concentration levels required are not so great?!

ES Silverstone 1970-76

I started in early 73 and Phil Morom made it plain that anybody taking photos was in for a b*****ing

When he spoke, I listened

I can't remember any offenders.

Hi guys im new to posting on here but have been watching this thread for a while, some really great stuff..
Anyway Im especially interested in the FF1600 pics and was hoping someone may have a few that may include my uncle Pete Childe?
He used to race Formula E during the 80's with my dad Rob spannering the car/ anyway any info stories and photos would be fantastic!

I raced Formula E against Peter and I also have a PRS, so lent him the odd spares on occasion, although more than once his damage was my fault anyway

Peter and your dad were always smiling despite racing on sweet FA of a budget

How are they doing these days?

They doing good cheers still busy running their garage but no racing which is a shame, still smiling though and still big fans of all things motorsport!
I used to come along to the races and ride the circuits on my bmx! Great memories, even remember making an ashtray out of an old piston for a certain Ian Smith!!

Here he is either having trouble with his engine or Ian Smith is lighting up in the Lodge stand ;)




PAR

On the odd occasion that Kidderminster Harriers FC make it onto Final Score, I always think of the pale blue PRS, Pete, Rob and that nice young lad that made me an ashtray out of an old piston - and I've still got it thanks.
Best regards to the Childe family.
Ian

Or Alan Raine has locked up and gone straight on at Lodge, leaving clouds of tyre smoke to spoil your pikkie Phil.

No it's you having a quick fag Mr Smith as this picture of Carl Mallinson illustrates



While here is another shot of the sometime ashtray manufacturer

PAR

These are all great cheers, bit of a long shot here but in '88 Pete had his one and only race win at Brands and ive heard there may have been some filming!? could this be the case?

Who me I never left clouds of smoke as Andrew always had a moan at me about tyre wear.

The smoke is possibly the reason why Ian has a piston ashtray

There was an E race televised at Brands over the Festival weekend, although I think that was earlier than 88.

The first time I met Pete and your dad was at Oulton Park when they had, what looked like, a home built Formula Ford. It was in the evening after practice and they had half the engine in bits trying to sort out a problem before the race next day. Opinions were sought and offered at what was wrong although in the end I don't think it was sorted completely. After that there was always a chat and a smile which is how Formula E was in those days