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[Ray Bell]

You missed the best then...

I recall Fieldy came out there at least once.

[lyntonh]

Improved Touring Cars, Sports Cars & Sports Sedans in the esses Warwick Farm 2nd May 1970

http://www.youtube.c...p;v=jjgNQy6YIRk

The automatic light metering causes havoc when the Sports Cars are going under the bridge....

[lyntonh]

Lakis, Brian, Bill, Pat, Ross, Jim...& a few others....not all improved touring as I have it captioned.
Oran Park practice 26th June 1970

http://www.youtube.c...p;v=zoFKE-2pV3U

[GMACKIE]

Lakis, Brian, Bill, Pat, Ross, Jim...& a few others....not all improved touring as I have it captioned.
Oran Park practice 26th June 1970

http://www.youtube.c...p;v=zoFKE-2pV3U

26th June was a Friday, that explains the mixture of cars.....private practice.

[lyntonh]

26th June was a Friday, that explains the mixture of cars.....private practice.

No....it was definitely the Saturday, so it was the 27th June.

The mix must have been for another reason, because my next clip is all series production.

[lyntonh]

Oran Park 26th June 1971 Series Production
https://www.youtube....p;v=q8ELmh1TUgg

[lyntonh]

Warwick Farm Open Wheelers 11th July 1970

Edited by lyntonh, 31 December 2012 - 06:29.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by GMACKIE
26th June was a Friday, that explains the mixture of cars.... private practice.

Greg, am I ever ashamed of you!

Friday, long circuit at Warwick Farm? Tintops?

Lynton, you know you'll need to put that Series Production link up in another place, don't you?

[Catalina Park]

Speaking of Series Production, I am interested in any info about a Burgundy Mini Cooper S that may have been raced at the Sydney circuits.

[yasmin]

Warwick Farm Open Wheelers 11th July 1970

i think thats Frank Matich in the first outing of the M10B. i think he crashed it the following day.

i could be wrong though....

[275 GTB-4]

Speaking of Series Production, I am interested in any info about a Burgundy Mini Cooper S that may have been raced at the Sydney circuits.

Would that be the very same Mini that is undergoing one of the longest restorations in automotive history? Just asking?

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by yasmin
I think thats Frank Matich in the first outing of the M10B. I think he crashed it the following day.

I could be wrong though....

Not very wrong...

It is a McLaren, it's the colour of Matich's and it is an M10B. But Lynton's leaning is to film and photograph Niel Allen more than Frank Matich, so I don't think Matich appears at all in that clip. Unless it's fleetingly right at the end of the right hander in the esses segment.

You are also right that Matich was involved in a crash the following day. Allen's harmonic balancer came off and severed a brake line as he downshifted braking for Creek, there's a great photo of this actual incident in our F5000 book.

[Catalina Park]

Would that be the very same Mini that is undergoing one of the longest restorations in automotive history? Just asking?

Yep, that's the one. I did some work on it yesterday, I threw out the cardboard boxes that were piling up on the roof.

[Lee Nicolle]

Yep, that's the one. I did some work on it yesterday, I threw out the cardboard boxes that were piling up on the roof.

So you are doing the 'store' part of restoration.

[Catalina Park]

So you are doing the 'store' part of restoration.

I have only been working on it since 1982. You can't rush these things.

[lyntonh]

Series Production Warwick Farm July 11th 1970
http://www.youtube.c...p;v=XDs-XliZAeg

[lyntonh]

Improved Production Touring Car practice 11th July 1970 Warwick Farm
http://www.youtube.c...ayer_detailpage

Raceday....a brief mix of several races....& then the film ran out.....
http://www.youtube.c...p;v=wqr_bPGUUeI

[eldougo]

Improved Production Touring Car practice 11th July 1970 Warwick Farm.
Bill Brown Porsche ---- Chris Brewer Mustang---- Brian Foley Porsche--- Pete Geoghegan Mustang. Cortina driver ???

Edited by eldougo, 01 January 2013 - 06:30.

[GMACKIE]

Cortina driver........Bill Fanning

[GMACKIE]

A few more:-

#52 Valiant, Leo Geoghegan
#54 Valiant, Norm Beechey
#42 Falcon, Max Douglas
# 7 Porsche, Jim McKeown
White Mini, Herb Vines

[Stinky]

Hullo Catalina;
The Cooper S you are talking about I think was raced by a young lady.
Cannot remember her name at the moment.
It was a family affair and the only thing I can remember was the driver was extremely shy.
NOT like her mother she was a real worry!!
Back when fire resistant underwear first came in fire marshals used to do a random check.
Discretion used of course.
It was I think at Warwick Farm we did a check and this girl pulled up the sleeve of her driving suit for the inspection.
Not good enough for Mum.
She had a very loud voice and her comments were along the line of.
"Better check further boys she is probably wearing nylon panties."
The poor girl near crawled into the footwell.
It was no Chris Cole or Carol O'Shannessy but as said before the name escapes me.
Cheers.
Roger.

[GMACKIE]

Was it Dianne Lewis?

[Stinky]

Hullo Greg;
That name rings a very slight bell.
From memory she was quite tall and had short blonde hair.
She was a mid fielder not in the top ten or so.
Just raced for the fun of it I think.
Scratching to think back near 40 years!!
But as said before Mum was the real worry.
Lovely lady but gave her daughter a bit of stick.
Cheers.
Roger.

[Catalina Park]

My Cooper S I have owned since 1981, I bought it from a bloke in Lawson.
When I pulled it apart it shows all the signs of being a race car but I have no actual history. It has had signs of a fire extinguisher, tacho, bonnet strap, blue printed motor, lock wired sump plug and probably a couple of other bits I have forgotten.
The car has lots of little dings in the rear corners, it had had a decent hit in the front right corner, a little hit in the left side and door. The repairs look like race car repairs, sort of quick tidy it up and get it back on track next week sort of repairs.

It had a "Geoghegan Sporty Cars" sticker on the rear window when I got it.
Car was built burgundy but had the roof painted white sometime later.

[GMACKIE]

Michael, those are the colours of Dianne Lewis' Mini......may be the one.

[Catalina Park]

That is good news! I just need some photos to see if it matches.
I do know the original rego number so that might be a help.

[eldougo]

Thanks for that Greg. Bill Fanning i remember the name now.

TnF,s strikes again Michael. Greg

[Ray Bell]

The Mustang would be Chris Brauer...

The unfortunate who wrote it off (not long after graduating from a Cortina...) at Lakeside.