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Eppie Wietzes

Started by Mattthecat , Nov 24 2005 03:53

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#1 Mattthecat

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 03:53

Not much to say here (anyone who doesn't know who Eppie is, see http://f1rejects.com...tzes/index.html).

But I found a page on a GT40 board with some nice pictures: http://www.gt40s.com.../0/page/0#45842

And here's a pic of his 67 Canada entry:
http://gplmz.bcsims....pe=post&id=2912
(from http://gplmz.bcsims....?showtopic=1706)

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#2 Bob Amblard

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 10:00

I am very upset :mad:

because I have never found a great pic of Eppie Wietzes on board the Brabham #50 with the Canadian flag :down:

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#3 Rob Ryder

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 11:02

Originally posted by Bob Amblard
I am very upset because I have never found a great pic of Eppie Wietzes on board the Brabham #50 with the Canadian flag

Eppie not on board, but a couple of good photos of the car in Mark Windecker's galleries...

http://mwphoto.smugm...32235/4/3715315

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#4 Mattthecat

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 11:15

Bob, for drivers like Wietzes, f1rejects is always the first address to watch :-)

http://f1rejects.com...ture-index.html

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#5 macoran

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Posted 24 November 2005 - 20:30

If you are interested there is a great pic of Wietze's Brabham modelled by
R.Kellerman on the following site :

www.john-w.de/models
go to Miscellaneous and then >>> R.Kellerman

fabulous model !!!

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#6 GeorgeTheCar

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Posted 25 November 2005 - 13:21

f1rejects may slag Eppie but fans of the sport know, that in the glory days of F5000, he, Mario Andretti, Brian Redman and Jody Schecter provided great racing.

Eppie had the smallest team and took the fight to the big names with spirit and panache.

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#7 Rob Ryder

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Posted 25 November 2005 - 13:35

Originally posted by Bob Amblard
I am very upset because I have never found a great pic of Eppie Wietzes on board the Brabham #50 with the Canadian flag

Bob
if you do not mind spending some money the Sutton Archives have three very good images.
Rob

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#8 2F-001

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Posted 26 November 2005 - 09:11

And he features in the film "Red mist stuff", sharing the Cooke-Woods Lola with Brian Redman.

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#9 mwphoto

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Posted 26 November 2005 - 14:01

Rob, Thanks for the mention :wave:

I also have some of Eppie during the 1973 and 1974 F/5000 series.
1973 at Michigan International Speedway:
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Click for more F/5000 pics of Eppie.

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#10 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 26 November 2005 - 18:04

Originally posted by GeorgeTheCar
f1rejects may slag Eppie .

Considering they've done an interview with him & put his name on a wider scale with a good biography, slagging off is the one thing they haven't done.

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#11 Mattthecat

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Posted 27 November 2005 - 20:00

Exactly. F1rejects is treating their boys with respect, always referring to their merits as well. They might have been dawgs in F1 but most of them were more successful in racing than most other drivers around. And rejects loves the guys. And it shows

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#12 Sandeep Banerjee

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Posted 28 November 2005 - 14:28

If you can, get the video, 'Red Mist'.. there's a 37-min review of the 1981 Mosport 1000 where Eppie and Redman drove a yellow Lola sports prototype, don't remember model number, but it has a lot of good interviews with him and also great footage of the race at the great track, especially the battle between their Lola and Rolf Stommelen/xx driver's Porsche 935 till the end. :clap:

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#13 2F-001

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Posted 28 November 2005 - 14:46

The Lola in question is a T600... it's the car (and the film!) I referred to four or five posts back!

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#14 Sandeep Banerjee

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Posted 28 November 2005 - 16:58

Originally posted by 2F-001
The Lola in question is a T600... it's the car (and the film!) I referred to four or five posts back!

Whoops, you sure did. Missed that. :blush:

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#15 2F-001

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Posted 28 November 2005 - 18:44

It does seem to be a little known film though (at least in the UK) so worth the extra mention!

For those that haven't seen it, the other film on the same tape centres on the Group 44 IMSA Jaguar - what would that be, the XJR-5? - Tullius and Adams, anyway; I think that was Mosport too.

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#16 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 11 June 2020 - 19:02

Eppie Wietzes has died of heart failure. https://www.autospor...etzes--19382020

Condolences to his family and friends.

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#17 PCC

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Posted 11 June 2020 - 19:20

Eppie Wietzes has died of heart failure. https://www.autospor...etzes--19382020

Condolences to his family and friends.

I'm sorry to hear this. He was a good man, and an accomplished driver. He and my parents were friends; my Dad continued to buy Toyotas from him until he stopped driving.

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#18 E1pix

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Posted 11 June 2020 - 21:11

It always seems odd to Like a death notice, but Thanks Richard for letting us know.

Eppie was a noble addition to F5000 here, perhaps most impressive was making his T400 work when the bigger teams sold theirs off. He only kept it for lack of budget in replacing it with a T332, but made it work with sheer tenacity.

RIP. :-(

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#19 D28

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Posted 11 June 2020 - 21:40

Sad news. I saw Eppie race many times at various circuits, and in all sorts of classes, He was quick in all of them and Canadian Champion a couple of times. He drove the Porsche 914, pace car at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix.

RIP Eppie