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[wsp77]

Hi everyone

I believe Ann Moore of Olympic showjumping fame once competed in some single seater racing. Are any of you extremely knowledgeable posters out there able to provide me with any more details of this? Which team and formula was this with? How successful was she and are there any photos of her at the wheel?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[Derwent Motorsport]

Ann Moore (* August 20, 1950 in Birmingham, England) won a silver medal in the individual show jumping at the 1972 Munich Olympics on her horse Psalm. Ann Moore is the last British rider to win any medal at the Olympic show jumping event since 1972.

I seem to remember some photos of her in a single seater. She was an attractive lass. I think she once said her boobs got in the way a bit! Can't remember how successful she was but many folk who were good on horses seem to have good car control. I would suspect that either the horses or marriage were priorities.

Edited by Derwent Motorsport, 02 April 2012 - 15:18.

[paulsenna1]

Hi everyone

I believe Ann Moore of Olympic showjumping fame once competed in some single seater racing. Are any of you extremely knowledgeable posters out there able to provide me with any more details of this? Which team and formula was this with? How successful was she and are there any photos of her at the wheel?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

John Webb's FF2000 Elden and she was very slow...

http://forums.autosp...p;#entry4306553

[wsp77]

John Webb's FF2000 Elden and she was very slow...

http://forums.autosp...p;#entry4306553

Thanks for the info everyone. Good to see a photo too.

[Alan Cox]

Surprisingly little about her on the web, but her (brief) Wikipedia entry cites her as now being an O.A.P. and somewhere else records that she lives in East Yorkshire - Good grief! Seems like only yesterday that she tried her luck at motor racing. I do have a portrait pic of her somewhere which I will scan and post...

[Geoff E]

She also "appeared" in "The Archers" as a riding coach when Shula had ambitions in that direction. I know Archers actors stand there reading a script, but with AM it really sounded like it.

[Alan Cox]

I do have a portrait pic of her somewhere which I will scan and post...

[jatwarks]

John Webb's FF2000 Elden and she was very slow...

http://forums.autosp...p;#entry4306553

Ann was one of John Webb's many promotional activities.

I note the caption to the photo refers to Ann being in Davina's car, another of John's many attempts to use women drivers to attract attention.

[Tim Murray]

As Chris Townsend pointed out in the thread that photo came from:

Just realised that Alan described the Elden as 'ex Divina Galica'. It wasn't. It was a new car for the 1976 season. Divina drove the car starting at Oulton May 15 ["the Rubettes Trophy"] after Moore had given up her place in John Webb's "charm school". Syd Fox got the drive when Divina had clashing commitments with the Surtees TS16.

Moore's statement to the press read: "I have decided to end my motor racing activities as I had originally planned to enjoy a season's racing but had not anticipated that the sport would demand so much of my time. Therefore, due to a busy schedule with my other commitments, I reluctantly will only be able to take part in occasional celebrity races." [Autosport 20 May 1976, p. 57]
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