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[IanMH]

I have no more photos but while we are all enjoying these holiday quizzes , here goes-

1 Name an Englishman and a Swiss run by Rushen-Green racing in FF2000 1981?

2 Name the English driver whose career ended after hitting a tree at Ingliston Esses in a F.Atlantic 1978?

3 Name the 80's racing brothers from Burnley who were in the wholesale flower business and name three makes of car they raced?

4 Which well known Scottish racing school instructor had his own team in 1982 running Anthony Reid?

5 Name the Morpeth menswear shop owner who raced the ex-Fittipaldi 'Moonraker' F2 Lotus and a Clan Crusader?

6 Name the Father/Daughter racers from Shildon in the NE?. The Father built his own FF which he named after himself.

7 Whose car somersaulted over a trackside toilet block at Ingliston in 1975?

8 Who caused young girls to throw themselves in the lake at Mallory Park at a Radio 1 raceday in the seventies?

9 Which King who was a motoring enthusiast visited Ingliston in the sixties?

10 Which race preparation business was run from Ledbury in the eighties?

TBC

Cheers Ian

Edited by IanMH, 30 December 2010 - 10:29.

[elansprint72]

#8. Modesty forbids. Damn, I was a handsome brute in those days.

[paulsenna1]

1. Calvin Fish and Max Buslinger?

[alansart]

8. Bay City Rollers

[David McKinney]

All a bit Northern for me...

How about Johnny Blades for No.5?

[Vitesse2]

9 King Hussein of Jordan

[LittleChris]

2 - Rick Gorne
6 - Amanda Whittaker ?

Edited by LittleChris, 29 December 2010 - 22:49.

[Alan Cox]

Tough questions, Ian, if you don't know the answers!

My offers are:
5. Johnny Blades
7. Doug Niven
9. King Hussein of Jordan

Edit: beaten by Vitesse and D McK

Edited by Alan Cox, 29 December 2010 - 22:54.

[Alan Cox]

With reference to Johnny Blades, he seems to have moved on from simply owning a menswear outlet - http://www.johnbladestailoring.co.uk/

[frp]

6 - Amanda Whittaker ?

...and, her dad, Ron?
(Whitaker - only one 't')

Andy

[IanMH]

correct so far-

1 Calvin Fish, Max Busslinger
2 Rick Gorne
3
4 John Kirkpatrick
5 Johnny Blades
6 Ronnie/Amanda Whitaker, Roni
7 Doug Niven
8 Bay City Rollers
9 King Hussein of Jordan
10

Well done everyone... no ideas for No.3?...

Cheers Ian

Edited by IanMH, 30 December 2010 - 11:04.

[Simon Hadfield]

So number 4 is John Kirkpatrick? And the Whitaker's car was the Roni

[IanMH]

Yes, just 3 and 10 to go...
Ian

[Simon Hadfield]

3 would be the Bridge brothers (and father), had Mallock and Vision and I presume one other, and the Ledbury business in 10 would be Christal Racing?

[Stephen W]

3 would be the Bridge brothers (and father), had Mallock and Vision and I presume one other

I think the one other was Motus?

[IanMH]

Well done Simon,

3 DNA Racing Derek (Dad), Nick and Anthony ( Tony ) Bridge - Clubmans B Mallock, Maguire-Imp special saloon and Sports 2000 Shrike. The cars were mostly a vivid yellow with red trimmings

10 Christal Racing

Well done and thanks to everyone for taking part, I'll add some more later.

Cheers Ian

[pud0007]

Well done Simon,

3 DNA Racing Derek (Dad), Nick and Anthony ( Tony ) Bridge - Clubmans B Mallock, Maguire-Imp special saloon and Sports 2000 Shrike. The cars were mostly a vivid yellow with red trimmings

10 Christal Racing

Well done and thanks to everyone for taking part, I'll add some more later.

Cheers Ian

hi im prity sure rick gorne is not the answer to no 2 as rick was in FF2000 in 78 driving a reynard sponsored by Barrats and run by richard utton racing rick went in 2 atlantic in 79 with a argo so maybe the year is out by one

[Chris Townsend]

hi im prity sure rick gorne is not the answer to no 2 as rick was in FF2000 in 78 driving a reynard sponsored by Barrats and run by richard utton racing rick went in 2 atlantic in 79 with a argo so maybe the year is out by one

I think Rick Gorne is the right answer, but it was indeed 1979 when he wrecked the Argo at Ingliston
There was no British Atlantic series in 1978, and no Atlantic race at Ingliston

[IanMH]

I'm wearing my orthopaedic shoes and stand corrected! Thanks guys 1979 it was! Cheers Ian...

[Mallory Dan]

Well done Simon,

3 DNA Racing Derek (Dad), Nick and Anthony ( Tony ) Bridge - Clubmans B Mallock, Maguire-Imp special saloon and Sports 2000 Shrike. The cars were mostly a vivid yellow with red trimmings

10 Christal Racing

Well done and thanks to everyone for taking part, I'll add some more later.

Cheers Ian

Didn't the Bridges also have an S2000 March, in about 1982?

[IanMH]

I'll need to do more research before posting on here, and not rely on the old memory!!, I could have checked this one though!



Note the Barratt oak tree logo !!! spooky

bit of a shame for Barratt as they sponsored the car, the meeting and the race!

Dan, I mainly recall their early cars and stopped getting programmes in 1981 . The S2000 was one with the flowing , all-enveloping bodywork. Shrike sprang to mind. The yellow paint really attracted insects! and I seem to recall they spent a lot of time wiping greenfly off it! Cheers Ian

Edited by IanMH, 31 December 2010 - 11:33.

[Derwent Motorsport]

I was at that meeting. There were a lot of jokes about oak trees of course! The Barratt helicopter was there too - it was famous in their adverts at the time. I seem to remember Russell Spence driving one of their cars at Ingliston. I'll have to dig my programmes out!

[brakedisc]

Pretty sure I raced at that meeting................................................................... how many years ago was it?

[IanMH]

You retired with a broken driveshaft................................................not from memory!

[brakedisc]

Broken driveshaft? I cannot remember that.

What I can remember was that strange bloke that took all the photographs at Ingliston. He must have thousands of fantastic photographs but it appears he much prefers to post strange looking Italian cars on TNF rather than some decent Ingliston photographs.

[IanMH]

Part deux - no Scottish stuff!!

11 Race car 1981 or golf ball? and was the driver a comedian? Make of car/driver?

12 Name three family members, all with the same initials, who raced Lolas in 1992 monoposto-kent?

13 Name the three works Van-Diemen FF1600 drivers in 1981 and their nationalities?

14 Nicknames
a. George Potter?
b. Bill Dryden?
c. Barrie Williams?

15 For what was the Griffin Golden Helmet trophy awarded in 1976?

16 Sponsors
a. David Kennedy ff1600 Crossle 1976?
b. Stuart Graham Gp1 Capri 1977?
c. Chico Serra F3 March 1978?
d. Chris Craft Gp1 Capri 1977?

17 Who ran a company called Formula Services in the eighties and what did they do?

18 What trophy has been won by Allan McNish,Jonathan McGall and David Coulthard and what was it awarded for?

19 What sportscar series was on the bill at the 1990 FF Festival and which company built the chassis?

20 Name the two rapid mini special saloon drivers from the Carlisle area in the early seventies?


Cheers Ian Happy New Year

[alansart]

13. One was Ayrton Senna Da Silva

14 a "Welly"

14c "Whizzo"

16a Group Waterworks
16b Faberge
16c Jesus Saves

18. Val Adaway - Race entries, PR etc

Edited by alansart, 31 December 2010 - 16:15.

[Phil Rainford]

16D Hammonds ?


PAR

[brakedisc]

14 b Twiggy
20 Cedric Bell

[MCS]

16c: Sadia

Project Four ran the maroon March from a huge transporter and there was a spare chassis for Chico. F3 had become "professional"

[Derwent Motorsport]

20) Eric Smith with his BDA engined car and Sedric Bell

[Phil Rainford]

16b Faberge

Did the car not also specify one of their aftershave brands

"Splash it all over " Brut 33


PAR

Edited by Phil Rainford, 31 December 2010 - 16:29.

[Alan Cox]

13) Alfonso Toledano (Mexico), Enrique Mansilla (Argentina) and Ayrton da Silva (as he was then) (Brazil)

Sadia SA were Brazil's largest meat processor - In the UK we tended to think of them as makers of gas water-heaters.

[Ian Smith - Diz]

12. Daddy Timms and his two sons maybe
Jim, Jeremy and Jason

Edited by Ian Smith - Diz, 31 December 2010 - 16:51.

[Simon Arron]

I suspect #11 might be a reference to John Walker's FF2000 weapon, the Myrtle Special (although really it was a reworked Crosslé, as any fule kno)...

[IanMH]

12,13,14,16,17,20 all answered correctly

[brakedisc]

19 Multisports Made by Van Dieman

[Phil Rainford]

Was 15 a Formula 3 race ?

PAR

[IanMH]

That leaves just 11,15,18

Phil, no

Brakedisc, the drive-shaft thing from the July'79 Ingliston was from GG's report in Wheelspin.

Well done everyone, Cheers Ian

[Simon Arron]

I really thought the Myrtle had legs as an answer to #11. There is a golf ball called Myrtle on Twitter and there are at least two satirists called John Walker. I'm deeply intrigued.

[brakedisc]

No 11 got me thinking.

The car is the Penfold FF2000 and the driver was Peter Cooke.

[LittleChris]

Is 18 the trophy given in memory of the late Pete Rogers ?

[IanMH]

Well done Graham, although I had it as a Clubman 'B' car...

LittleChris - Yes The Pete Rogers Memorial Trophy...

Cheers Ian

15 and half of 18 to go...

[LittleChris]

LittleChris - Yes The Pete Rogers Memorial Trophy...

half of 18 to go...

Fastest lap by a British driver in the Formula Ford festival I think

[IanMH]

It,s actually The Pete Rogers Trophy ,not memorial, my mistake...

You are very close - Most Outstanding Performance by a British Driver at the Formula Ford Festival , well done...

15 may be a bit obscure ... it was something to do with Indylantic...

Cheers Ian

[Simon Arron]

Mildly embarrassing that I didn't get #18. I used to be on the judging panel for the Pete Rogers Trophy...

I seem to recall that Indylantic had a strange qualifying system, based on results achieved in three short sprint races. Was the Griffin Golden Helmet awarded for the most feature race poles, or something relating to the highest number of victories recorded during these qualifying races?

[IanMH]

Well done Simon,

Griffin Golden Helmet- " A brand new Griffin Grand Prix helmet will be presented to the driver achieving pole position at each Indylantic race in the series. At the end of the season the driver with the best practice record will be awarded the Griffin Golden Helmet - a special trophy valued at £1000. " - Wonder if it had gold frangible bolts!?

Anyway, thanks to everyone for taking part - seems to have stirred a few brain cells!!

and thanks to Ronmac for the inspiration!...;)

Cheers Ian

Edited by IanMH, 02 January 2011 - 12:37.