The Knights of Winfield Racing School fame
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Richard Jenkins
, May 15 2012 21:08
9 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 15 May 2012 - 21:08
I've had a query about Bill, Richard and Michael Knight, who along with Tico Martini, founded the Winfield Racing School.
Michael and Richard, I understand, are still with us - or were in 2010, when they appeared at Magny Cours for a classic event honouring Tico. I understand that they both live in France, if not all year, at some point of the year. Bill Knight, I would presume, is now deceased?
Does anyone know any more about their recent whereabouts/contact details/biographical data?
Michael and Richard, I understand, are still with us - or were in 2010, when they appeared at Magny Cours for a classic event honouring Tico. I understand that they both live in France, if not all year, at some point of the year. Bill Knight, I would presume, is now deceased?
Does anyone know any more about their recent whereabouts/contact details/biographical data?
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#2
Posted 15 May 2012 - 22:24
A letter from Mike Knight appears in the current MotorSport magazine. The address given is Ascot, Berks.
#3
Posted 16 May 2012 - 06:46
Was Bill Knight connected with the Winfield school?
#4
Posted 16 May 2012 - 08:40
I had always associated the school with Richard and Michael, without realising that Bill (their father?) had apparently set things rolling. Seems, as Richie says, he was a close associate of Tico Martini.
http://www.classic-d...ist-school.html
Although I can't see any reference to Bill on this Mike Knight site:
http://www.racecar.c...keknightracing/
Either way, what a superb array of talent passed through their hands.
I think I remember both brothers racing; Richard was lucky to survive a big accident at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972 when his F3 car clipped the back of a rival, cartwheeled over the barrier and dropped down a steep bank.
Does anyone know why the Knights chose the name 'Winfield'? Just curious!
http://www.classic-d...ist-school.html
Although I can't see any reference to Bill on this Mike Knight site:
http://www.racecar.c...keknightracing/
Either way, what a superb array of talent passed through their hands.
I think I remember both brothers racing; Richard was lucky to survive a big accident at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972 when his F3 car clipped the back of a rival, cartwheeled over the barrier and dropped down a steep bank.
Does anyone know why the Knights chose the name 'Winfield'? Just curious!
Edited by john winfield, 16 May 2012 - 09:29.
#7
Posted 16 May 2012 - 21:02
I believe Frank Winterlik of 900 Werks near Kelowna, British Columbia found the Owen-Knight Cooper streamliner, and, last I heard, was restoring it. I think he was in touch with some of the Knights.
Contact info for Frank is on this webpage:
http://www.900Werks.ca/contact.htm
Vince H.
Contact info for Frank is on this webpage:
http://www.900Werks.ca/contact.htm
Vince H.
#8
Posted 16 May 2012 - 21:41
Thanks all - that's given an address, email and phone number for Mike - I'd say that's just about what the querier ordered - they're a childhood friend of both Mike and Richard, who is writing a book about the farms of Jersey, and lived next door to them both, so I know the help here will be much appreciated.
John, I hope you find your fortune soon.
John, I hope you find your fortune soon.
#9
Posted 16 May 2012 - 23:03
I always understood it was their mother's maiden nameDoes anyone know why the Knights chose the name 'Winfield'? Just curious!
Roger Lund
#10
Posted 17 May 2012 - 06:35
I always understood it was their mother's maiden name
Roger Lund
Thank you Roger.
Stefan's site confirms that Richard Knight was driving a Winfield Racing Organistion Martini Mk.9 when he went over the barriers at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972. He was a DNQ at Rouen and I'm not sure how much racing he did that year. I seem to remember a 1968/69 Crystal palace programme with Mike Knight racing sports cars, but I have no details handy.
Richie, I appreciate your concern. All sorted, won the lottery last night, £10. Family can now eat.