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Tui F.Atlantic race cars

Started by oldtransamdriver , Nov 01 2009 06:20

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#1 oldtransamdriver

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 06:20

Had a query from a friend who was involved with F/A racing here in Canada in the 70's and 80's. He is a Kiwi and would like to know what happened to the 2 F/A cars campaigned by Alan McCall Racing, driven by John Nicholson, Brett Lunger, Damien McGee (and maybe others?) in the mid seventies Canadian races. Are they alive and well somewhere?

Any info would be helpful, and I will pas it on to him. Thanks.

Robert Barg

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#2 Chris Townsend

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 09:40

Had a query from a friend who was involved with F/A racing here in Canada in the 70's and 80's. He is a Kiwi and would like to know what happened to the 2 F/A cars campaigned by Alan McCall Racing, driven by John Nicholson, Brett Lunger, Damien McGee (and maybe others?) in the mid seventies Canadian races. Are they alive and well somewhere?

Any info would be helpful, and I will pas it on to him. Thanks.

Robert Barg

Robert

By spring 1978 at least one of the cars [chassis 2] is in the hands of a Fred Greenfield, who runs it in qualifying for the Atlantic race at Long Beach. I have somewhere a scan of a photo, but will have to get permission to reproduce it here. Greenfield either rents or buys this car at some point in 1977 as he has four points in SCCA nationals by the end of that year, with a Tui - and an FSV Tui wouldn't get you those, given the number of old Atlantics in California.
Greenfield is listed in SCCA points tables as registered with CSCC [southern California] but perhaps came from the Seattle/Portland area as he also runs at least one ISCC race at Portland in 1978.

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#3 David McKinney

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 12:06

Fred Greenfield had two Tuis at Long Beach in 1978. From memory, they were the ex-works Atlantic cars

If it's my photo you want to post, feel free

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#4 oldtransamdriver

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 07:27

Fred Greenfield? any further info?

Robert Barg

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#5 David McKinney

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:40

According to publicity issued by 1978 series sponsors Labatt, Fred Greenfield of Seattle was born 26 August 1938.

“Fred has taken over the famous Tui cars run by Allan McCall and has spent the winter rebuilding them...

“He is an accomplished sailor, winning several championships in boats he designed. In his spare time he enjoys painting in both oils and acrylics, and has also written a book entitled First Aid for Business"

So now you know...

Greenfield in one of his Tuis at Long Beach 1978

Edited by David McKinney, 02 November 2009 - 09:40.

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#6 Chris Townsend

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 12:35

Greenfield also finished 17th in the Atlantic race at Westwood, 23 April and either did not arrive or failed to qualify for the street race at Hamilton 6-7 August, 1978

Still around in 2004, try http://sailingandboa...fred-greenfield
Born 1938, so chances are he's still with us

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#7 David McKinney

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 14:52

Interesting they say he wrote First Aid for Business in 1980 when I already knew about it in 1978 :lol:

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#8 Marc Sproule

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Posted 14 April 2010 - 04:31

If memory serves me properly the list of those who drove the Tuis for Alan in North America is:
Lunger, Nicholson, Damien Magee, EFR, Tom Gloy, Tom Klausler, and David Oxton.

I have a lot of Tui pics but apparently have uploaded only 2, the first two in the links below. The second 2 links feature the Tui man himself. I will definitely be adding more Tui pics in the future....

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4506035623

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4506671966

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4444584122

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4443814073

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#9 Twin Window

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Posted 14 April 2010 - 09:37

Not sure if this is what you're after, Robert, but it's the only photo I ever took of a Tui!

According to OldRacingCars.com it is chassis BH2-2 and finished 8th in the Atlantic race on the day I took the pic at Mallory Park - April 1st 1973 - in the hands of Jim Murdoch...

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#10 Marc Sproule

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Posted 15 May 2010 - 04:09

Here are two of Nicholson in the BH2 at Trois Rivieres in '75......

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4608164134

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4607554861

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#11 timnevinson

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Posted 15 May 2010 - 07:30

Not forgetting Bert Hawthorne, the BH in McCall's later numbering system!

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#12 EDWARD FITZGERALD

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Posted 15 May 2010 - 07:50

Not sure if this is what you're after, Robert, but it's the only photo I ever took of a Tui!

According to OldRacingCars.com it is chassis BH2-2 and finished 8th in the Atlantic race on the day I took the pic at Mallory Park - April 1st 1973 - in the hands of Jim Murdoch...

To my mind there was only one colour for a TUI , black , as a car an all time favourite .

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#13 Marc Sproule

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Posted 15 May 2010 - 14:09

I always liked it this color....

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4506035623

http://www.flickr.co...@N03/4506671966

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#14 Marc Sproule

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Posted 04 February 2011 - 04:04

More Tui pics. These are black and whites of Dave Oxton in action and with Alan McCall.

They are the bottom of the thumbnails in my Atlantic set.....

http://www.flickr.co...57623186773769/

All my sets....

http://www.flickr.co...81980@N03/sets/