1970s racing photos from South Africa
#1
Posted 11 February 2006 - 09:03
The first one is easy - and identifies the source of the pictures:
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#2
Posted 11 February 2006 - 10:22
NarcÃs.
#3
Posted 11 February 2006 - 10:31
#4
Posted 11 February 2006 - 11:22
It is a Capri, but I don't think it is a Perana. Why? Because the number is 16B, i.e. Class B. The Peranas were Class A. Classes were based on the price of the car, incidentally.
It is Kyalami - at Clubhouse.
I have several programmes from 1971 where Keizan is listed as car 16, Class B, Ford Capri V6 3000 GT. I have some from 1970 and 1972 where he isn't in this car... so the year is almost certainly 1971.
Okay... next one:
#5
Posted 11 February 2006 - 11:52
#6
Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:33
No more cars - the rest are people. This one is 50% easy to guess given the context... but who is the other 50%?
#7
Posted 11 February 2006 - 15:37
#8
Posted 11 February 2006 - 15:41
#9
Posted 11 February 2006 - 15:45
http://img88.imagesh...4/img2661ue.jpg
#10
Posted 11 February 2006 - 15:56
The next one is pretty easy...
#11
Posted 11 February 2006 - 16:32
#12
Posted 11 February 2006 - 16:34
NarcÃs.
#13
Posted 11 February 2006 - 16:36
#14
Posted 11 February 2006 - 16:49
#15
Posted 11 February 2006 - 17:02
Also... I just found a picture of Alex Blignaut - which confirms that it is him! The 1970 SAGP programme has a history of Kyalami, with a 1961 photograph of Alex with Francis Tucker. Definitely the same chap.
Okay - on the next one I score 2 out of 4...
#16
Posted 11 February 2006 - 19:41
#17
Posted 12 February 2006 - 09:23
This one is two-thirds easy, at least...
#18
Posted 12 February 2006 - 09:39
#19
Posted 12 February 2006 - 15:23
Only two more to go... and this one is my favourite! Partly because I must have been just a few yards away when it was taken.
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#20
Posted 12 February 2006 - 16:17
1. Peter Revson
2. Mauro Forghieri
3. Jackie Stewart
4. Francois Cevert
5. Dave Charlton
6. Emerson Fittipaldi
7. Jody Scheckter
8. Niki Lauda
9. Howden Ganley
10. Carlos Pace
11. Andrea de Adamich
12. Clay Regazzoni
13. Jean-Pierre Jarier
14. Jean-Pierre Beltoise
15. Denny Hulme
16. George Follmer
17. Ronnie Peterson
Did I miss any?
Rob
Is that Stu 'Twinny' Dent in the blue top with red stripes?
#21
Posted 12 February 2006 - 16:41
I think he looks a tad more aged than the 15 year-old I was at the time!Originally posted by Rob Ryder
Is that Stu 'Twinny' Dent in the blue top with red stripes?
I'm pretty sure number 2 isn't Forghieri...
#22
Posted 12 February 2006 - 17:30
The only other thing I can recognise is a Pretoria Boys High summer school uniform on the far right (but he's taken the tie off) - because I used to wear one of those.
And finally...
#23
Posted 12 February 2006 - 18:20
#24
Posted 12 February 2006 - 18:25
Originally posted by Twin Window
I'm pretty sure number 2 isn't Forghieri...
Gordon Coppuck ?
NarcÃs.
#25
Posted 12 February 2006 - 19:23
Jochen Mass, Mike Hailwood, Francois Migault, John Watson, Ian Scheckter, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Eddie Keizan, Arturo Merzario, Graham Hill, Jacky Ickx and Emerson Fittipaldi.
I'll let someone else put the numbers on ;)
One that is driving me crazy is the driver second from right with his hand on his chin.
Paddy Driver? Please put me out of my misery.
Rob
#26
Posted 12 February 2006 - 19:26
Originally posted by a_tifoosi
Gordon Coppuck ?
NarcÃs.
I've just looked at a photo of Gordon in 1974 and I think you are correct NarcÃs.
Rob
#27
Posted 12 February 2006 - 20:05
That's Peter Macintosh, Rob.Originally posted by Rob Ryder
One that is driving me crazy is the driver second from right with his hand on his chin.
Paddy Driver? Please put me out of my misery.
The other chap isn't Gordon Coppuck either, I don't think. He's most likely some journo, IMO.
#29
Posted 12 February 2006 - 20:37
BTW I wonder why Hulme isn't wearing his 1974-spec overalls? He definitely had them by then as he was wearing them on the podium in Buenos Aires. Given how few items the drivers had back then, they could quite literally have been in the wash!
PS Russell - could you make your images a smaller file size bofore you post them, please? They're waaaaay too big at the moment, and are taking eons to load.
#30
Posted 12 February 2006 - 20:44
#31
Posted 13 February 2006 - 04:51
#32
Posted 13 February 2006 - 05:29
Originally posted by MCS
Forgive my intrusion chaps - great pictures by the way - but why do most of the drivers look so down in the dumps???
...too many late evenings at the Kyalami Ranch!?
#35
Posted 13 February 2006 - 07:31
#36
Posted 13 February 2006 - 08:15
Twin
By the way, who is Peter Macintosh that you mentioned in post #27?
#37
Posted 13 February 2006 - 08:23
Is it? Blimey; I've only been to the SA GP once (in 1992) and I had a meeting with Graham whilst I was there... clearly, I'd never have recognised him! He had a helmet design similar to Giunti's.Originally posted by Hieronymus
The chap next to Charlton and behind Turner is Graham Duxbury. He was South African FAtlantic champion and also won the Daytona 24H with Sarel van der Merwe and Tony Martin (1984, I think).
Twin
By the way, who is Peter Macintosh that you mentioned in post #27?
Peter Macintosh was probably a CSI (or whatever they were called back then) employee at the time. Later on he fulfilled roles such as team manager (or similar) for Fittipaldi Automotive, IIRC.
#38
Posted 13 February 2006 - 08:39
RE. Peter Macintosh
For a moment I thought Peter Macintosh was my late friend that compiled the book on the South African F1 Championship stats that Paul Sheldon published. OK then, the Peter Mac on the photo is not the Peter Mac I knew.
#39
Posted 13 February 2006 - 09:13
Originally posted by Hieronymus
The chap next to Charlton and behind Turner is Graham Duxbury. He was South African FAtlantic champion and also won the Daytona 24H with Sarel van der Merwe and Tony Martin (1984, I think).
Twin
By the way, who is Peter Macintosh that you mentioned in post #27?
Looks like Arnold Chatz far right
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#40
Posted 13 February 2006 - 09:48
#41
Posted 13 February 2006 - 09:50
#43
Posted 13 February 2006 - 12:50
Now we'll never figure out who the Forghieri/Warr/Journo chap is
It must be Revson rather than Oliver - that is clearly a McLaren driving suit (compare with Hulme).
I think we've got the lot now (of the Keizan collection) - well done everyone!
#44
Posted 13 February 2006 - 15:08
last I heard he was still running Tiger Wheels, an aluminium wheel manufacturer, which had grown into a large multinational company and who had purchased ATS in Germany. Is that the same ATS as in the 80's?
#45
Posted 14 February 2006 - 05:36
1. Basil Mann
2. Jan Hettema
3. Geoff Mortimer
4. Jackie Pretorius
5. Peter de Klerk
6. Dawie Gous
7. Eddie Keizan
8. Rory Byrne
9. Graham Duxbury
10. Clive Puzey
11. Basil van Rooyen
12. Paddy Driver
13. Rad Dougall
14. Ian Scheckter
15. Dave Charlton
#46
Posted 14 February 2006 - 11:17
#47
Posted 14 February 2006 - 11:20
#48
Posted 14 February 2006 - 11:56
#49
Posted 14 February 2006 - 12:26
Originally posted by zakeriath
Could that be Len Booysen standing between Basil Mann & Jan Hettema?
No, not Len. Some chap with a Italian/Portuguese surname...can't recall it for the moment. He was a saloon car racer in the 50s and 60s.
Eddie Keizan still has a hand in Tiger Wheels. He also initiated the trust fund for old racing drivers, marshalls, etc that have financial problems.
Mike White use to race saloons sometime ago.
Ja, that is Rad Dougall!!
#50
Posted 14 February 2006 - 13:13