Alan's correct... Dave Lowe wasn't involved in this one

Roger's coming through


- no it didn't roll over, but nearly

Judging by his tyres, Rog is just landing at this point

Rog didn't hit him up the back, I seem to recall, they locked wheels under braking. Amazing how little damage there was to the Crossle.

BTW: Dave Lowe and AlanR were involved in this one

Hence my Dave Lowe quote earlier. I'm still not sure what happened, but my bit of road got rather crowded and I was shoved up the escape road

I've just put the full gallery from this meeting online, you can see a few more pics from this incident...

Looks like you were the first up the escape road

Brilliant stuff Brendan.

Looking at the sheets that Andrew kept Peter Childe (19) started 9th, Simon Jackson (54) was 10th, I was 11th (59) and Dave Lowe was 12th (61). It looks as though Simon Jackson lost control inside Peter Childe and spun holding Peter up. I don't know who hit Dave Lowe, but it may have been Graeme Woodhouse whose RF78 is the car beached in the sand in later pics. He started 5th so must have lost a few places. I seem to remember a gap appearing for me to turn in, but somebody tapped me up the back, so I aimed for the gap in the cones instead!

Looking at Lyndsay's lap chart I started 11th (out of 30), finished the first lap in 23rd but was 15th at the end of the race , so for me it was still quite a good race

Brendan, you took some really interesting photos with the Fisheye lens. One from Cadwell springs to mind - looking up to the first corner but at the same time showing the run down towards the Mountain. Any chance of seeing them again?

I'll see if I can dig them out. I'm working backwards through my archives, have only got about 20% of the way through so far...

I belive number 5 is Paul Hogarth.

Yes it his. He ended up having a spin as well

It's no wonder they all crashed, there should have been a sign saying "Merge in Turn". That is one of the most unusual racing shots I've ever seen, cars coming from two different directions.

You had to be there...

Alan and Dave got a bit excited on the run up to the chicane and forgot to brake, meanwhile a bunch of following cars got distracted and missed their braking points, and scattered all over the kittylitter - it was like Hyde Park Corner on a wet Friday night

I think Dave Lowe and myself were trying to avoid what was going on in front and just got caught up at the start of the chain reaction. It's a pretty heavy braking zone.

Here Richard Peacock wonders why he seems to be going backwards on the straights.....



.... while a shot of Roger in his pre-Formula E days



PAR

Scott Stringfellow celebrating his Champion of Oulton victory against mostly Formula E opposition in his Jim Lee Racing run Van Deimen RF86. He seems pleased with his performance...


...while a stroppy teenager pulls a face for the camera


And once again, our Rog was in good form


Full gallery for Oulton Park October 1986 here

92.4% sure this is also Paul Hogarth



While Roger back in Formula E mode.....



....and Richard Peacock has still to find a way past !!




PAR

Yes it is.

If this is the same Paul Hogarth, perhaps it would have been safer to stay in Formula Ford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHf3qgmvMNc

Spool back a few years to Formula Ford at Oulton, once again. A few names here went on to greater things (if there is anything greater than Formula Ford!)


Geoff Lees - all-conquering Royale


Rad Dougall

A slightly "iffy" shot of one D Daly

Matt Argenti - Van Diemen

Stein Lager's greatest driver, Kelvin Hesketh

Tiff Needell

To answer your question Alan..........personally I have yet to see anything better than Formula Ford in the mid 1970s

PAR

1 litre F3 came close

Nice to note some of the evocative stickers reminding one of various FF Championship sponsors - British Air Ferries, Tate of Leeds and the notorious National Organs...

Whatever happened to Rad Dougall did very well in FF1600, then went to F2000 with Kismet ? I remember he also ran in F2 maybe still with Kismet .

Did not Geoff Smailes also run with him in FF1600 another ZA driver.

That's the start of the Toleman/Benetton/Renault lineage.

That is him all right.

The problem about the Rally Car Series, was that the drivers soon realised that the quickest line through the corner was the racing line and there was no point scrubbing off speed by throwing the car sideways......



....err hang on a minute


PAR

Lovely shot of Yuk

Just added a gallery from the meeting at Oulton on 28/06/86 - Prodsaloons, Formula E and C of O. Some samples:

Funnily enough that doesn't look like Dad driving but the one on your website of the start is definitely him - on the grass!!
I forward the link to Karl Jones, I'm sure he'll enjoy the Strada shots.

.........it livens up the proceedings though, great to watch too

No mistaking him Gregor...

Just put up a new gallery from the June F3 meeting at Oulton

Perry McCarthy overdid Lodge


Colin Blower was having fun in the Starion


While Andrew Thorpe had yet another biggy at Knickerbrook in the Renault race


http://www.brendanmcfarlane.co.uk/2010/03/...lton-park-1986/

1986 Willhire 24 hours, a few samples:

Be careful where you park at the 24hrs, you may end up minus a few bit & pieces...


An MOT failure I think


Skid (I think) at the wheel of the Capri

I'm sure stories of requisitioned spares from parked cars at the Willhire (and other long distance races) could run for quite a long time

Just noticed the far from FIA approved pitlane footwear, and the discarded Heineken tinny...

Just like LeMans

Thank goodness you missd Dad's Monza he shared with Tony Lanfranchi and Ian Khan - he had new Escort RS Turbo and said it'd never last 25 hours so raced the Monza, the engine went in practice and they ended up starting from the pitlane and last 50 odd laps before the clutch went - what won? As Escort RS Turbo!!
Good picture in there of Jeremy Walton in the "heavy" XR4x4 Sierra - they decided perfect car as it was going to be a wet race - was the hottest weekend in June for years!!

Was it the Monorep Monza?

This must have been after he retired, back in his civvies already

No, it was the Teroson car, same car as the pics from Oulton.
I think they did about 50 odd laps and glad to see Dad in his normal attire!!
Great pics Brendan and Jeremy loved the Sierra pic on your site.

Bit out of focus ..........but you get the general idea of the picture from behind


PAR

Mitsubishi, TVR...the approach was always the same with Mr Blower

A few shots from the Fiesta 100 meeting at Oulton in June 86, new gallery up on my site.

Charles Fogg and Paul Howarth.

Great stuff Brendan. I have Andrew's results sheets here and the weather was down as "HOT".

Not sure, here are earlier shots. No5 has Paul Hogarth and Trevor Williams names on the side...

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Not sure, here are earlier shots. No5 has Paul Hogarth and Trevor Williams names on the side...
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Hogarth according to the results.

Prodsports - Oulton Park - 1977


David Beams' exciting Ginetta G15


Chris Meek (Europa) and Colin Blower (TVR)

Pictured before on TNF with his Merlyn, Hawke and Ford Falcon, Stuart Baird - Hmm, nice haircut, Stuart.

FF1600 and 2000 protagonist, David Macpherson

An incognito Thorkild Thyrring

No introduction necessary..

Cool dude having a Malboro helmet sticker with your name on it


PAR

Derek really looks like a farmer in this pic...

From the great, early days of Donington Park
Formula Ford action from 1977

Bernard Vermilio (Merlyn) leads Bernard Devaney (Hawke)

Bernard Devaney

Barry Pigot (Van Diemen)

Wow, great pics Alan. Any more of FF '77?
That was the year I was 'gopher' on the Van Rooyen RP24 with Trevor and his mechanic Chris Bailey. Great season.
That Vermilio picture - looks like Mansell in 3rd in the red crossle, the high airbox (hidden car) probably David Heale's Dulon. Then Pigot's RF77, with David Leslie's blue RP24 coming into shot.
Seems like yesterday

And here is Stu pictured at last year's Gold Cup at Oulton talking to Bev Bond. He told me he's looking for a Classic F3 for 'one last pop!'


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(NB Revised haircut as per Alan Cox's request!)

Supervee seemed to be category of which I seem to have taken very few photos. However, a few from Aintree 1977
Bruce Venn, Nick Anger and Olly Hollamby




And a couple from the Libre race at the same meeting
Northern (and Mallory Dan) favourites, Alo Lawler and Kim Mather

Sadly, none of Trevor van R at the moment. I'm sure I have some somewhere, Andrew. However, two of the very few I took of Nigel Mansell during his rise to the top


In contrast, I have plenty of his fellow front row-sitter, Michael Roe (I wonder why?)

Aintree 1977. Someone gets the line wrong into Country Corner

PAR

Some Formula 3 images from 1977 (some of you may have detected that I am working through a box of slides from 1977 )




British GP support race - Beppe Gabbiani and Ian Taylor. Note that Taylor is running one of James King's aerofoils after his practice "off".


Mallory Park September 4th. Warwick, Bernasconi, Flux, Bright and Gaillard were all eliminated in a startline crash. South went on to win.

As a result of the attrition, Mario Pati finished second from Ian Grob

Mallory again, September 25th. Daly won from Warwick and Riley.

Brett Riley and Ian Flux.

Chevron driver, Eje Elgh