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[alfredaustria]

Hi dear motorsportfriends
Everybody knows Alan Mann as very succesful team-manager. Was he himself an active racing driver?
Regards from Vienna

[Bjorn Kjer]

Hi Alfred , did you look through all the Alan Mann threads we have, through the SearchBB button ?

[alfredaustria]

Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Hi Alfred , did you look through all the Alan Mann threads we have, through the SearchBB button ?

Thanks for the hint - but there are so many threads that I did not find a quick answer to my question

[Alan Cox]

He has been racing, in recent years, in historic saloons but I don't recall his racing pedigree "in period".

[raceannouncer2003]

There was apparently an Alan Mann who raced an HWM Jaguar in 1960. Is that the same guy?

Vince H.

[Doug Nye]

Yes - the ex-Ted Greenaway car - HWM single-seater, but Alta-engined I think, not at that stage Jaguar?

DCN

[David McKinney]

Run in partnership with Ted Whiteaway?

[raceannouncer2003]

Originally posted by David McKinney
Run in partnership with Ted Whiteaway?

...not to be confused with Ted Blackaway, Ted Blueaway, or Ted Redaway!......(sorry)

Vince H.

[hipperson]

Alan Mann ( in the dark jacket) chatting to his Mustang driver JW at the Revival (say 2006)

[simon drabble]

he lives in the next door village to me - his son is running an Aln Mann liveried Lotus Cortina in the historic saloo car race at this years British GP next weekend

[hipperson]

I believe Alan Mann was a recipient of one of the 28 UK spec Ford GTs in 2005.

[Doug Nye]

Originally posted by David McKinney
Run in partnership with Ted Whiteaway?

That's the one! Post in haste - correct at leisure! Naples GP and all that...survived in a garden summer house for some years (the car that is - not the owner).

NCD

[Bjorn Kjer]

Does any of you know how to contact Alan Mann ? Or has the possibility to pass on a couple of questions.I tried through his old company without luck , been told he was not well , hopefully not serious (?).

[Red Socks]

What do you want to know-I'll will pass a message on or ask him

[simonlewisbooks]

Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
Does any of you know how to contact Alan Mann ? Or has the possibility to pass on a couple of questions.I tried through his old company without luck , been told he was not well , hopefully not serious (?).

I remember around 1990 someone I knew was researching a GT40 book (which never actually appeared) and he'd managed to conduct a lengthy interview with Alan Mann . At the time it was a major coup as Alan had apparantly kept his distance from anything motor racving related for many years and refused many such interview requests in that time, concentrating on his other business interests.

The same was said of Sir John Whitmore and it's nice that both gentlemen came back to the sport with enthusiasm.

I seem to recall the late Bruce Halford was much the same - getting back behind the wheel on a Lotus 16 in the 1970s/80s with great gusto after having no contact at all with the sport for well over a decade.

I recently met ex 1 Litre F3 driver Mike Watkins who's back behind the wheel of a single seater in southern France after three decades away from the sport. "You never lose it!" he said and he's suddenly bursting with enthusiasm again.

It seems motor sport is like a chronic medical condition; once infected, it never quite leaves your system !

[Frank de Jong]

Alan Mann himself raced occasionally in various Fords (Zephyr, Galaxie, Anglia and probably Cortina) in the early 60's.

[lotcor]

Alan Mann has past away.

http://www.classican....alan-mann-dies

[Edington Mains]

Alan Mann has past away.

http://www.classican....alan-mann-dies

Very sad news... was only watching historic racing last weekend with a couple of cars in his famous livery

[D-Type]

Would it be better to put responses HERE on the thread "Alan Mann RIP"?