Graham Hill was a BARCboy...
#1
Posted 09 February 2013 - 10:55
Four young eastcoast lads formed in the late 50s a 'club' the BARCboys..
They travelled the Eastcoast racetracks as helpers and did a lot of photographs..
Even Graham Hill became a member , hence the BARCboy headline..
http://www.barcboys.com/
Enjoy the photographs..
Best regards Michael
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#2
Posted 09 February 2013 - 22:50
But I don't see the Graham Hill connection
#3
Posted 10 February 2013 - 10:47
It looks an interesting site.
But I don't see the Graham Hill connection
The Graham connection is mentioned only in the FORZA article...the 'boys' once helped towing Graham's BRM to a racetrack--GH immediately 'joined' the Boysclub...
More in the article..In the best times this club has had more than 70 members...Through the internet the old boys rebuilt their connection and started to built up a photocollection..
Best regards Michael
NB http://www.forza-mag.com/issues/124
Sadly this article isn't available online...
Edited by Tuboscocca, 10 February 2013 - 10:49.
#4
Posted 10 February 2013 - 17:41
And here I was wondering about racing tracks in Middlesbrough or Kingston-upon-Hull!
#5
Posted 10 February 2013 - 18:16
Quite so. Boreham, Snetterton and Cadwell are well to the East but not coastal.BARC boys, East Coast...
And here I was wondering about racing tracks in Middlesbrough or Kingston-upon-Hull!
I assumed it was a reference to the British Automobile Racing Club, rather than the Brooklands ditto if NGH was somehow involved.
#6
Posted 10 February 2013 - 21:19
Quite so. Boreham, Snetterton and Cadwell are well to the East but not coastal.
I assumed it was a reference to the British Automobile Racing Club, rather than the Brooklands ditto if NGH was somehow involved.
YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cited far too short...
BARC in this case was coined as 'Binghampton Automobile Racing Club' in Binghampton New York!!!!
And the club members towed Graham Hill's car in 1961 and 62 from the town of Watkins Glen to the track on the trailer owned by one of the members...(imagine Vettels car towed from the city of Monza to the Autodromo...)
So the Graham Hill membership was invented..
I'm wondering that nobody seems to read FORZA-magazine...
Best regards Michael
#7
Posted 10 February 2013 - 21:25
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#10
Posted 11 February 2013 - 09:06
Dave Nicholas, one of the original BARCboys and the man who runs the website, used to post here as Miracle Man
Thank you Tim--didn't know that..
and can't understand that FORZA isn't distributed in UK?? Only airports and mainstations...?
It's totally different to Cavallino, but has its advantages and interesting stories too..
Michael
#11
Posted 11 February 2013 - 09:32