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[petestenning]

Each month i will do a small quiz for those who like to do these;

January 2011

1] Who are known in racing circles with these nicknames ?, some very easy some not so;
A] The Shunt
B] Sideways
C] Whizzo
D] The Frizz
E] Plastic
F] Boyo
G] Dusty [Mod Sports]

2] Who mainly drove these cars .?
A]Hustler
B] Elova
C}Nomad [f2000 not the sports car]
D] Beagle
E] Rover Special

3] Which titled man drove his car to and from the meetings a Green A.C.Cobra .?


4]Motor Racing Stables entered a Honda 800 for which F3 star?


5]October 67 Worcestershire Racing Association entered 2 Ginetta G12 at Silverstone in a Grand Touring race , one 1.0 litre and one 1600 who were the drivers?


6] Taking part in the 1975 Formula Ford Festival were at least 5 drivers who went on to drive F1 cars how many can you name.?

7] Daily Express meeting 1972 Formula 3
A] Who were entered by [Mum for Men]
B] -------"------------Travisco Racing, 3 drivers
C] -------"------------John Player Team Lotus
D] -------"------------Alpine Renault



8] In the main Daily Express race how many World Champions past or present took part.? and Who?




9]The June 1969 European 6 hour Touring car race who were the entered drivers for the British Leyland Motor Corporation in Cooper S 1300.?



10]
Formula 2 whose car did David Morgan use when he won the Mallory F2 race against all the works teams.?

[Simon Arron]

1A) James Hunt
1B) Barry Sidery-Smith?
1C) Barrie Williams
1D) Geoff Friswell
1E) John Pearson

2C) Phil Lloyd
2D) Jim Yardley
2E) Frank Lockhart?

3] The Hon Amschel Rothschild?

6] Geoff Lees, Tiff Needell, Derek Daly, David Kennedy, Rupert Keegan, Derek Warwick - that's six, although they might not all be right.

7C] Tony Trimmer, Bernard Vermilio

10] Ed Reeves Racing, Brabham BT35

[Allan Lupton]

Ah, thanks I think I understand some of these (If I've read 'em right!)
1A James Hunt
1B MG racer Barry Sidery-Smith liked to be called Barry Sideways-Smith but it was Roger Clark who wrote "Sideways to Victory" so take your pick!
1C Barrie Williams
1E There were two John Pearsons who raced Jaguar XK120s: one had a reasonably standard car and the other a full house modsports job which had a fibreglass body so he was called John "plastic" Pearson to distinguish him from t'other man.
1G must have been a Miller, but which one . . .

2C Phil Lloyd
2E Frank Lockhart drove the (Spen King/Peter Wilks) single-seat Rover Special for many years

3 Assheton, Viscount Cross of happy memory

8 four: Fittipaldi, Surtees, Hulme, Graham Hill

[petestenning]

Well done Simon

3 is not the correct one i was looking for.

The f1 drivers there are actually 8 that fit the criteria, note i said drive F1 and not GP's

[pressman]

Hi
I think no 4 is Denny Hulme ,
Cheers
Steve.

[Simon Arron]

If there are two missing F1 drivers on the Festival list, might one be Phil Bullman? I seem to recall that Divinia Galica contested the Festival one year, too. Was that in '75?

[Tim Murray]

2a: Richard Groombridge
2b: Sid Marler

4: Tetsu Ikuzawa

5: Paul Ridgway and John Bamford

7b: Barrie Maskell, Geddes Yeates and Ross Ambrose
7c: Tony Trimmer (but not Bernard Vermilio)
7d: Patrick Depailler, Alain Serpaggi and Michel Leclere

9: John Handley/Roger Enever and John Rhodes/Paddy Hopkirk

Edited by Tim Murray, 03 January 2011 - 09:52.

[Alan Cox]

Good morning, Pete. Thanks for taking the time to set a little more entertainment for us 'saddos'. Unfortunately I have been beaten to all of the answers I knew, but I had thought that John Burton might have been one of the WRA Ginetta drivers in Q.5

[john winfield]

Thanks for another quiz , Pete.

8) Would Mike Hailwood make a fifth World Champion?

[petestenning]

Yes John it was partly a trick question as Hailwood was a Bike World Champion.

Davina is correct she was entered in an Elden MK17 Number 13 as she normally used that number.

Hi Alan, Yes the 2 WRA drivers were Johns Bamford And Burton

Correct so far
1A, James Hunt [The shunt]
1B, Barry [Sideways]Siddery Smith
1C, Barrie [Whizzo] Williams
1D, Geoff[Frizz]Friswell
1E, John [Plastic]Pearson [XK120]

2A.Richard Groombridge
2B, Sid Marler
2C, Phil Lloyd
2D, Jim Yardley
2E, Frank Lockhart

3, Lord Cross

4, Tetsu Ikusawa

5, John Burton 1.0, John Bamford 1.6

6, Derek Daly, Derek Warwick, Geoff Lees, Tiff Needell, Davina Galica, David Kennedy, Keagan/Bullman ?

7B, Geedes Yeates, Barrie Maskell, Ross Ambrose
7C, Tony Trimmer, Bernard Vermilio were both in the program as entries.
7D, Patrick Depailler, Alain Serpaggi

8, Denny Hulme ,Emerson Fittipaldi, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood[Bike WC], Graham Hill. Also entered was Jackie Stewart but he is scratched out so i doubt he raced.

9, John Handley/Roger Enever and John Rhodes/Paddy Hopkirk

10, Ed Reeves Brabham BT35

Edited by petestenning, 03 January 2011 - 10:49.

[Tim Murray]

7a: Ulf Svensson and Jörgen Jonsson

7C, Tony Trimmer, Bernard Vermilio were both in the program as entries.

That's fair enough, but following accidents to both cars at the previous race they only had one car available, which was driven by Trimmer.

7D, Patrick Depailler, Alain Serpaggi

There were certainly three works Alpines there, which were raced by Depailler, Serpaggi and Leclere, and I believe they were all entered by Societé des Automobiles Alpine. Lingard Goulding raced his private car.

Many thanks Pete for some more testing questions. Looking forward to the next one.

Edited by Tim Murray, 03 January 2011 - 11:31.

[brakedisc]

1 F Anthony "boyo" Hieatt