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[ronmac]

Rons Quiz.......9
....n.z.....australia...u.k....s.a....u.s.a....
...Number 9 quiz in about one hour...
...results of quiz...number...8...
...d.mc.kinney...8
...mc.wenoopy..3
...tim murray....3
...gavinevitt......3
...ray.bell.........1
...john.medley..1
...gd.66............half (obe)
...ronmac.........1 (vw price)

[ronmac]

Rons quiz......9..

...1...Who won the 1970...1971 Tasman championship...??

...2...In the 1970....1971..Wo drove car number 34....??

...3...In the 1973 south african grand prix..first to name ..10..competing drivers...??

...4...Where were three gold coast motor racing circuits....(not speedway or motor cycles only )...??

...5...In the biggest nascar race crash in history..
5a...How many cars started in the race...??
5b...How many cars were involved in the crash...??
5c...What racetrack....??

...6...Name the G.M. car that was produced as a performance vehicle based on the 1965.....1967...vauxhall...??

...7...In 1955...who broke the N.Z. motor cycle record....7a.....name
....7b.....what speed
....7c.....what motor cycle..?
...8...In .1955...who broke the N.Z. motor cycle side car record...8a.....name..??
....8b.....what speed ??

...9...In 1971...which F1(grand prix ) team produced a gas turbine race car....9 a...team..??
...9 b....what make of engine...??
...9 c....what was the best grand prix race placing...??
...9.d....who was the driver...??
...9 e....where was the race...??

...10..In the 1977..Long beach grand prix.....who drove the tyrrell race car..??

...11..What was the first year that a gas turbine car won at the Indy 500....//

...12..What was the first year that the wellington street race was held...??

...13..Which race driver won the most wellington street..wharf races...??

...14..Who was the famous movie star who used to race at the acot race track...??

...15..In what year was the wellington street race a round of the fia world touring car championship...??
15.b...who won..??

...16..Who posted the article on ........autosport bulletin nostalgia forum.......entitled....The glory days of anipodean motorsport...??

...17..Which autosport bulletin nostalgia...member (initials J.M. ) raced a formula junior 1100 cc on the Surfers paradise race track...??

...18..What vehicle did Siegfried Farnon drive ...??

...19..What make of engine was used in the world war 2 spitfire war plane...??

...20..Name two other vehicles that were in the same t.v. programmes as mr. Farnon...//

...Good luck...use of a computer is O.K. ( I did )

[GD66]

1. Graeme Lawrence

2. Teddy Pilette

7a Russell Wright

7b 185 mph (Ok 184.83, forgot where I was... )

7c Vincent

8a Bob Burns

8b 163.06 mph

19 Rolls-Royce Merlin

Edited by GD66, 24 January 2011 - 08:30.

[gavinevitt]

1. Tasman 1970 Graeme Lawrence
1971 Graham McRae

3. Stewart, Revson, Fittipaldi, Merzario, Hulme, Reutemann, de Adamich, Sheckter, Ganley, Follmer

4. Lakeside, Surfers Pardise, Indy Circuit.

9. Lotus, 9a Gold Leaf Team Lotus, 9b Pratt @ Whitney, 9c 8th, 9d for 9c Emerson Fittipaldi 9e Monza

11. Never did.

[gavinevitt]

10 Ronnie Peterson and Patrick Depaillier

[gavinevitt]

5a 73
5b 37
5c Daytona (Daytona 250 mile Modified Sportsman race) Feb 13th 1960

[Tim Murray]

6. Brabham Viva
17. John Medley

Edited by Tim Murray, 24 January 2011 - 09:19.

[Tim Murray]

12. 1985
13. Emanuele Pirro
15a. 1987
15b. Klaus Ludwig/Klaus Niedzwiedz (Ford RS500)

[Tim Murray]

18. 1937 Rover 12 (this is the best-known - he did drive other cars during the series)
20. 1935 Morris 8; Austin 7; Hillman; Daimler Barker 18 Special; MG TF; Sunbeam Alpine Coupe; Austin A40 Devon; Ford Anglia.

Edited by Tim Murray, 24 January 2011 - 10:07.

[LittleChris]

3. Stewart, Revson, Fittipaldi, Merzario, Hulme, Reutemann, de Adamich, Sheckter, Ganley, Follmer

Plus Peterson, Fittipaldi, Cevert, Hailwood, Reggazoni, Hulme, Hill, Oliver, Ickx,

Edited by LittleChris, 24 January 2011 - 10:14.

[wenoopy]

4. You could also add Southport (Australian GP 1954) - did they even call it the 'Gold Coast' then?

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by gavinevitt
4. Lakeside, Surfers Pardise, Indy Circuit.....

Wash your mouth, sir!

Lakeside is to the north of Brisbane by about 25kms, the Gold Coast is to the south.

The three circuits on the Gold Coast were:

1954-55 - Southport, 5.6 miles of public road using Ashmore Road, Southport-Burleigh Road and Benowa Road, approximately 5.6 miles around. The Australian Grand Prix was held on it in 1954.

1965-198? - Surfers Paradise International Motor Circuit, two miles built by Keith Williams opposite his Ski Gardens on the Nerang-Broadbeach Road

1990 - now - Gold Coast Indy circuit in the centre of Surfers Paradise.

All three of these circuits used to show on one double page of the Brisbane/Gold Coast street directory.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by wenoopy
4. You could also add Southport (Australian GP 1954) - did they even call it the 'Gold Coast' then?

No, you can't add it... as in my post above, it is one of the three tracks...

And yes, it was called the 'Gold Coast' even then!

Ron, will you please take into account that I endeavoured to make my previous post about an hour and a half ago? Internet failed me.

[wenoopy]

14. Steve McQueen. Regularly?

[ronmac]

Hi guys..good morning..good evening and good night !!
...one point for each part of the question...o.k.
...now to catch up...
...gd66....i meant the 1970...1971 season...but lawrence for 1970 is fine. (a point )
...( and a point forgavin for mcrae 1971)
...7a...wright correct..
...7b...185......correct.
...7c...vincent...correct.
...8a...bob burns ..correct
...8b...163 mph...correct
...19...rolls royce correct

gavin......1....mc rae...correct..
..... ........3....i agree except not shecter and merzio (but i got my list of autonews photo)
..............you are probably correct..where did you get your list...i have 14 total (too few ? )
..............4...surfers and indy correct ( not lakeside....thats brisbane ) one more !!
..............9.a.lotus correct
...............9b pratt and whitney....correct
..............9c..... eighth.....correct
..............9 d....Fittipaldi...correct..
.............11....won indy..( i understood one won ) i will recheck...
gavin.....10 ...depallier (i thought only the one )??
gavin.....5a....73.....correct..
.............5b....37......correct
.............5c....daytona...correct..
timmurray....6...brabham viva (dont know.) can someone confirm.
I was thinking of the british made g,m. car ??
...17....john medley ...correct..
tim murray..12....1985...correct.
..13.....pirro...correct
..15 a 1987...correct..
..15 b....luwig....neidwidz....correct..
tim murray..18...there were different series of course..last night i must have seen a later one..
therewas a rover and i read of a morris 8 tourer ..and i saw an austin big 7..
a hillman crashed down a hill...
18 and 20 ...2 points.....

[GD66]

There certainly was a Brabham Viva, quite a good looker actually...whether you could define it as a "performance vehicle"...well...

[LittleChris]

Hi guys..good morning..good evening and good night !!
...one point for each part of the question...o.k.
..gavin......
..... ........3....i agree except not shecter and merzio (but i got my list of autonews photo)
..............you are probably correct..where did you get your list...i have 14 total (too few ? )

Gavin actually named the top 10 finishers See link below ( even if it is wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia....ican_Grand_Prix

[Tim Murray]

..... ........3....i agree except not shecter and merzio (but i got my list of autonews photo)
..............you are probably correct..where did you get your list...i have 14 total (too few ? )

If you don't trust Chris's Wiki link, the Sheldon Black Book confirms the Wiki info.

.............11....won indy..( i understood one won ) i will recheck...

No way! Came close in '67 and '68, then (effectively) outlawed.

gavin.....10 ...depallier (i thought only the one )??

Peterson qualified 10th, retired with fuel problems. Depailler qualified 12th, finished 4th.

Edited by Tim Murray, 24 January 2011 - 11:25.

[ronmac]

Hi little Chris.....
3......S.A. Drivers.....the rest of the drivers...
I obviously don.t have the full lineup''!!
(take a point )

..mc wenoopy ( the mc is due to comment re auckland tickets )
4.gold coast race tracks ..(southport is one )
Ray bell is first to give me the three tracks.though.!!

..Ray bell..yes ray three tracks correct..one point..
i accept your apology for being late to class..
..If you don.t have all the newspaper cuttings for the
..gold coast australian grand prix i can post them to you.
( i got them from the library)

also if anyone else is interested ..i am happy to send the cuttings to you
just give me a postal address..

mc wenoopy....14..yes steve mc queen correct...

[GD66]

No way! Came close in '67 and '68, then (effectively) outlawed.

Correct. Interesting for a while there, though...

[ronmac]

Thank you gd 66..
Would you believe it was a trick question.???

probably not !!

..Well can you tell me the only gas turbine powered race car ever to win a race ??

for one point !!

i promise to try harder...!!

[GD66]

Didn't the 00 BRM win a prototype class at Le Mans ? Or are you after the Howmet...?

Edited by GD66, 24 January 2011 - 12:10.

[Tim Murray]

Howmet TX driven by Ray Heppenstall at the Heart of Dixie event at Huntsville Alabama 8/9 June 1968 (Race no 76), and again a week later in the Marlboro 300 at Marlboro, Maryland driven by Heppenstall and Dick Thompson.

(as recorded in the booklet Howmet Turbine Experimental by TNFer Pete Stowe)

Edited by Tim Murray, 24 January 2011 - 12:22.

[ronmac]

Hi back again..they said there was a delay due to maintainance..
Yes the race car i read about was the Howmet TX won a race ....at daytona....(wrong again ?? )

[ronmac]

Good morning all...gave up trying to reconnect last night...due to maintainance they told me...so i went to bed...
this morning went in my little dinghy over to stradbroke island to fix
the anchor chains on my houseboat over there......
Now ...sorry for my stuff ups...i.ll try to do better..
The questions that hav.nt been answered........................
...6....what was the g.m. car built in england...based on a vauxhall car about 1965 to 1967...with some performance gear..alloy head etc.??


...16..who posted the article titled.....(The glory days of the antipodean motorsport ) on autosport bulletin nostalgia..??

...

[E1pix]

[quote name='ronmac' date='Jan 24 2011, 01:10' post='4798918']
Rons quiz......9..

...1...Graeme (Graham?) Lawrence

...3...Stewart, Cevert, Follmer, Fittipaldi, Reggazoni, Beltoise, Lauda, Pryce, deAdamich, Peterson.

...5...5a...43.
5c...Daytona

...7a.....Burt Munro
...7c.....Indian

...10..Depaillier, Peterson

...11..Trick question, it never won

All answers from memory....

[ronmac]

HI....E1.pix.....Good to hear from you ...good effort by memory..!!

...1...lawrence 1970....mc rae...1971..(already answered)
...3...all correct...except pryce i think..do you mean pace ?? (already answered )
...5a..73 started in race and 37 crashed.!!!.(already answered )
...5c...daytona yes (already answered )
...7....1955...russell wright on a vincent (black lightning i think ) (but answered )
...10 ..depallier peterson...yes (but answered )
...11..gas turbine at indy..yes never won..(my mistake )

How about using computer..look up 16 ...an article..on this forum..who posted (glory days of antipodean motorsport ) for one point.???

and....6...a G.M. car made in england..a performance model based on a vauxhall about 1964 to 1967 ??? for one point !!

Hope you come back and try again (ron )

[Ray Bell]

That was young Bruce for question 16, Ron...

Posts under the name of 'brucemoxon' for some reason, about Australian rallying.

And there was a Vauxhall Lotus of some kind, wasn't there? Does that do for No 6?

[ronmac]

Hello all..i found it hard to trace where i found the article about ...(the glory days of the antipodean motorsport )

.Question 16......try....2.5 tasman series.com 1964 1969
scroll down to....and click on to....
Tasman series.com..the 2.5 L tasman series 1964 - 69
you will see.....The glory days of antipodean motorsport the 2.5 tasman series 64-9
Surfers paradise international
scroll down to the bottom to see who contributed the article (a long time autosport nostalgia member )

Question 6.................Not lotus that i was thinking...but was based on the vauxhall victor..(what model ) ?? Ray..

[Tim Murray]

Question 6.................Not lotus that i was thinking...but was based on the vauxhall victor..(what model ) ?? Ray..

In the UK the sporty version of the Victor was called the VX4/90 - no idea what it was called Down Under.

[wenoopy]

In the UK the sporty version of the Victor was called the VX4/90 - no idea what it was called Down Under.

They were called VX 4/90 here as well, I think. There would have been a few private imports, whether any were used in competiton - lost in the mists of time.

Edited by wenoopy, 25 January 2011 - 07:23.

[Ray Bell]

The VX 4/90 was a regular sales model, assembled in Australia...

It ran, IIRC from about 1962 to 1965 perhaps.

[gavinevitt]

Having got rid of the taste of soap in my mouth the answer to Q16 is

Ray Bell

[hiteknz]

They were called VX 4/90 here as well, I think. There would have been a few private imports, whether any were used in competiton - lost in the mists of time.

Memories fading was Frank Hamlins Vauxhall a VX 4/90 ,also I can remember Cyril Hyde owned one which he used to tow his Anglia,he gave that the odd workout at Pukekohe Club Circuit and sprint meetings,also in the early mid sixties we built up a VX4/90 motor for a Hydroplane

Edited by hiteknz, 25 January 2011 - 08:30.

[bill p]

9. Lotus, 9a Gold Leaf Team Lotus, 9b Pratt @ Whitney, 9c 8th, 9d for 9c Emerson Fittipaldi 9e Monza

9a - I recall the 56B was entered by Worldwide Racing in 1971 at Monza because of possible legal problems due to Jochen Rindt's accident the previous year. Anyway Lotus were sponsered by John Player in 1971 and ran their cars in the famous Black with Gold pinstiping - Gold Leaf Team Lotus finished at the end of 1970 - with the 56B Turbine Car being mostly Gold with Black nosebands.

Turbine Car also ran at non-Championship Hockenheim

[wenoopy]

..mc wenoopy ( the mc is due to comment re auckland tickets )
4.gold coast race tracks ..(southport is one )
Ray bell is first to give me the three tracks.though.!!

..Ray bell..yes ray three tracks correct..one point..
i accept your apology for being late to class..
..If you don.t have all the newspaper cuttings for the
..gold coast australian grand prix i can post them to you.
( i got them from the library)

mc wenoopy....14..yes steve mc queen correct...

McWenoopy - sounds Irish!

Scottish skinflint phase only lasted until the "Decision at 11 am announcement" re Hampton Downs NZFMR last Sunday. Brother and I decided to flag it away at that point. Next week will do.

Does your local library have "The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix" on its shelves? Page 505 might be of interest.

Steve McQueen was apparently at Ascot Speedway with enthusiast James Garner; I wonder if he ever drove there as well.

[gavinevitt]

9a - I recall the 56B was entered by Worldwide Racing in 1971 at Monza because of possible legal problems due to Jochen Rindt's accident the previous year. Anyway Lotus were sponsered by John Player in 1971 and ran their cars in the famous Black with Gold pinstiping - Gold Leaf Team Lotus finished at the end of 1970 - with the 56B Turbine Car being mostly Gold with Black nosebands.

Turbine Car also ran at non-Championship Hockenheim

Yes it was entered by "World Wide Racing" at Monza due to the Rindt crash in 1970, but Lotus were in Gold Leaf colours in the 1971 season at the other races. JPS came on board for 1972.
So, my answer to the entrant was incorrect.

[ronmac]

Hooray...We finally got there !!! I did.nt think we were going to make it...

'....Tim Murray.....
...6....Yes the victor VX 490... Now they all know ...but you get the point...Well done..(regards to polly)
...There were a couple in christchurch..never raced though....at my car wreckers i had an alloy vx 490 cylinder head..
don.t know where it came from ...sold it for scrap..got $4 for it..!!
...If anyone wants to buy a vx 490..there is one for sale in adelaide for $1500..There is a vx 490 web site..
...Gavin evitt
...question 16....Yes Ray Bell...I stumbled onto it last week but it took me over an hour to find it again..
.....Well worth a read Ray...very interesting..

...Wenoopy...Mc wenoopy...I believe that scotts can have either Mc..or Mac..prefixing their name...All my tribe came from scotland..

...ok i.ll check out the library for the 50 race history of the australian grand prix...page 505...Will i be thrilled..interested or embarrased ??

...I was at ascot race track one night when steve mc queen was racing...a dune buggy i think...and i shook hands with james
garner at Indy ..1977..Had to shove a stack of women aside to do that though...(name dropping )

[bill p]

Yes it was entered by "World Wide Racing" at Monza due to the Rindt crash in 1970, but Lotus were in Gold Leaf colours in the 1971 season at the other races. JPS came on board for 1972.
So, my answer to the entrant was incorrect.

Thanks, gavinevitt - I jumped the gun!! I wonder if the Monza colours of Gold & Black were a precursor to the JPS colours for 1972?? I think the 56B was in GLTL colours at Hockenheim

Edited by bill p, 25 January 2011 - 10:30.

[ronmac]

Welcome to the party Bill p...There is a lot of Inteligent chit chat on here from time to time..(sometimes not )

But i get myself into a lot of trouble too !!!(ron )

[ronmac]

Rons Quiz Number Nine Final Results....

Points given for each part of the answer...e.g. 9a 9b 9c 9d etc........

Gavinevitt.............13 WINNER

TimMurray.............9

GD 66...................8

Ray Bell................1

Wenoopy...............1

EI PIX...................1

Thank you for your interest.....and advise..

[wenoopy]

Re the motor cycle speed records of Bob Burns and Russell Wright (Q 7 and 8) these were also Official World Speed Records.

"Flying Kiwis - A quest for Speed" (Kerry Swanson and Andrea Spinks, 2007) cover this and other records .

[wenoopy]

Hooray...We finally got there !!! I did.nt think we were going to make it...


...Wenoopy...Mc wenoopy...I believe that scotts can have either Mc..or Mac..prefixing their name...All my tribe came from scotland..

I'm sure all my lot are Scottish. The only Irish Buchanan I ever heard of was James Buchanan - President of the USA 1856 to 1860( the one before Abraham Lincoln) - not regarded as one of the better ones, apparently.