That was a really good meeting, FAtlantics were on the bill too. Gunnar Nilsson won that one in his B29.

You are posting some real gems at the moment Peter


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Oulton yesterday ........mind you these cars would be just as much at home in the 1980s


Jeremy Goodmans' Ralt RT3

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Good stuff Phil, any history of that Anson?

Not from me....however looking at the helmet could Peter Venn be related to Bruce Venn ?

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Philip Bullman

At the recent TNF Northern meeting, there was some discussion about the Oulton Park F3 race of the 22nd April 1978, prompted by a photo in Peter McFadyen's book of 1970s Oulton photographs. It was a race in which there was a terrific 4-way battle for the lead between Chico Serra, Nelson Piquet, Derek Warwick and Philip Bullman. Here are a few photos from that day.

Bullman was always quick around Oulton Park - despite relatively few visits - but that F3 afternoon was probably his high point. He appeared briefly (I think) in an F1 Surtees during the Aurora series, but my memory from then on is non-existent, as it were.

Behind Simon Kirkby is that Neil Betteridge in a CTG? It looks familiar.

Always rated Bullman..........at last week's TNF meeting Mr Cox asked the question if anybody remembered him challenging Davina Galica to a duel with regards to their respective abilities behind the wheel.

Anybody else remember the incident?

Dear Alan
Gone but not forgotten which is nice, Indeed at a very early stage in my FFord career about 6 months into my first season. We questioned why John Webb was putting money behind Divina when there were many other young British drivers short on budgets, we did challenge Divina to a race but John Webb turned it into a 3 laps against the clock duel in Divina's FF2000 which of course I had never driven with wings and slicks and then a Ford Escort, her FF2000 was a bit of a old nail and the gears where sticking causing me to be unable to select any gear coming out of the hairpin on one lap, so I was 5 seconds down, next onto the Escort and I drove the balls of the thing pulling back 4 seconds and ended up only 1 second behind overall, in a race Divina would not have stood a chance, as I demonstrated later by setting a new lap record on the Indy circuit in the Formula Ford race .
Kind regards
Philip

Richard Bateman rings a bell Simon, or does he drive it these days? Whats the yellow car behind the Tiga in the last shot, looks like an RT1?

Simon, whats the yellow sportscar behind Coyne? The nose looks Chevron-esque, is it a B61 or similar?

At the recent TNF Northern meeting, there was some discussion about the Oulton Park F3 race of the 22nd April 1978, prompted by a photo in Peter McFadyen's book of 1970s Oulton photographs. It was a race in which there was a terrific 4-way battle for the lead between Chico Serra, Nelson Piquet, Derek Warwick and Philip Bullman. Here are a few photos from that day.

Derek Warwick relaxes after pracice sitting on the front wheel of Piquet's Ralt

Derek Warwick

ian Taylor's Unipart March

Ian Taylor

Philip Bullman

Chico Serra

Taylor's team-mate Tiff Needell

Bullman leads Serra

Jim Crawford and John Bright

Serra leads Piquet

One month later, they are back at Oulton when Warwick had ditched his Ralt in favour of a new March, which proved to be something of a mistake

Piquet's Ralt had gained the familiar green and blue stripes on the side of the nosecone, and a small spoiler ahead of the cockpit cowl

Vauxhall Viva: Chris Sims deserves a pat on the back for hauling his HB from Cornwall to Liverpool for a Saturday clubbie.

Aintree 1st August 1981 - FF1600 Race 2 - Wally Warwick heads off backwards; John Anderson runs wide onto the grass; the rest press on!

I think that may be Fazakerley PW depot behind, Steve.

Aintree 1st August 1981 - FF1600 Race 2 - Wally Warwick heads off backwards; John Anderson runs wide onto the grass; the rest press on!

I think that may be Fazakerley PW depot behind, Steve.

Are you sure this Aug 1st?

I have the programme and results here and it was won by Wally Warwick and car 14 is listed as a Kenny Andrews Van Dieman, not John Andersons Merlyn.

The results included at least one TNF'er. Photo ace Brendan McFarlane

The picture seems to have disappeared chaps...

Yes most certainly 1st August 1981. Kenny Andrews (Van Diemen) was a none starter as were Nos 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 50 & 51. There were several additional runners:

14 - John Anderson (Merlyn)
30 - Michael Dale (Royale)
80 - Steve Furness (Merlyn), and
112 Helen Bashford (Merlyn)

There were 3 FF1600 races that day; a 10 Lapper for Non-qualifiers; The 15 Lap Bernard Hunter Crane Hire Northern FF1600 Championship Race; and a 12 Lap BRSCC FF1600 Invitation race.

Few of my old ones

'Tis almost a month since any club racing talismans were scanned for display here, so in an effort to redress the balance... The following were snapped at Aintree on May 3 1982.


A quiz of sorts... but only as a by-product of my own ignorance. I have no idea who this is, but somebody out there might know.

A collection of odds and ends from 1978 - First group is from the support programme for the USAC race at Silverstone (run on the Saturday, the rain prevented the Americans from running but didn't stop the hardy F3 and FF boys from strutting their stuff).


Race-winner Nelson Piquet

I remember that race well. All the other drivers went for the conventional high-downforce setup for the wet, but Piquet opted for a low-downforce nose and splitter (with the splitter in its lowest downforce position), and flattened the wing right off. He figured that he'd be so fast on the straights that nobody would be close enough to attempt to pass. He was right...