57 replies to this topic

[Angus Lamont]

Hi Jayne,

I remember the "Moorat" girls from the MSCHK events. The events were always good fun and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I am sorry that learn that your father passed away some years ago but I will always remember him as a larger than life guy.

Please pass on my best regards to your mother, Kathleen.

All the best,

Angus

[Jesper O. Hansen]

A link to Guia photos: http://www.fotop.net/Reis/Reis26

Jesper

[Kevan]

A link to Guia photos: http://www.fotop.net/Reis/Reis26

Jesper

Jesper, that's a great find- I'd seen a collection of Macau Guia pics on the web a while back but had lost the link- Not sure if this is the same photographer, but there are lots of pics on your link I've never seen before

Edited by Kevan, 06 March 2010 - 12:37.

[Frank de Jong]

Yes, great find. I wonder if they are magazine scans or photograps (or both) but they are sure interesting.

[Lotus2318]

Hello

We have restored the Team Harper Lotus 23 driven by Albert Poon that won the 1963 Singapore Grand Prix, the 1964 Macau Grand Prix and the Johore Grand Prix in 1963 and 1964. We are in the process of painting the car in its original livery as it was raced at the 1964 Macau Grand Prix and are hoping to confirm the correct Team Harper colors.

Does anyone know this car? Does anyone have a color photo of it or know the Team Harper colors during this period? We have letters about the car from Bob Harper and Bill Wylie and the books, "Color and Noise" and "Snakes and Devils" and want to celebrate this history.

Appreciate any help you can provide.

Thank you.

[John Starkey]

I am trying to find information about a 1972 Porsche 911ST that was, so I am told, crashed whilst racing in Macau, probably in the mid to late 1970s.

 

If anyone knows of such an incident, can they please respond and perhaps lead me to the driver/owner?

 

Many thanks.

[Rupertlt1]

1971 Touring cars, 20-laps, 75 miles, (Best Efforts)

1. Dieter Glemser, Harper Team, Ford Capri RS, 2,900 c.c.

2. Peter Brock, Holden Dealer Team, Holden Torana XU-1

3. Albert Poon, Alfa Romeo

 

6. Allan Moffat, Ford Falcon GTHO, 2 laps (red)

7. #142 Anne Wong, Newton Racing, Austin Mini-Clubman GT (red)

 

Brock fought a close race for

second with Hong Kong's Al-

bert Poon who was driving an

Alfa Romeo.

He finally overhauled Poon

on the last lap when Poon's

car suddenly lost speed. "I ran

out of petrol" said Poon. 

 

Note there is a conflict (Brock/Poon) with the results here:

http://touringcarrac...1971 Macau.html

 

Also he is Ted Moorat.

 

1969: #17 "One that didn't make the grid, Jim Curtis' Porsche [911] which crashed and set on fire in practice." See previous post.

Reservoir Bend:

"It was at this bend that

Hong Kong driver Jim

Curtis made his exit from

the race two years ago

when his crimson Porsche

careered off the road be-

fore being engulfed by

flames."

1970: #48 Don O'Sullivan, Porsche 911S.

1974: #102 N. White, Porsche 911 (was he Neville White?)

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 24 September 2023 - 02:47.

[Rupertlt1]

28-29 November 1970, Touring Car Race — Two Heats and Final

The Touring Car Race, renamed after being known

for years as the Production Car Race, consisted of two

heats of ten laps on Saturday and a Final of 20 laps

on Sunday.

 

Heat One (10 laps), started a lttle late at 2-30 pm.

23 starters:

Front Row: John Tse, NSU TTS; Peter Chow, Mini-Cooper S; John Leffler, Ford Escort TC ^

2nd Row: Ahmed Khan, Ford Escort; Walter Haskamp, Mini-Cooper S

3rd Row: L. Kirtisinghe, Mini-Cooper S; K. N. Suen, NSU; Siu Man To, BMW

 

The heat was devoid of incidents, Ku Chun Pu

making a pit-stop with his Chamois and Ho Wing

pulling out towards the end of the heat in his Suburu

— probably thankfully after working round the clock

for a few days attending to the Schomac Stable's

entries.

For the first six laps or so, it rather looked as

though the race was to be a procession. John Leffler

had a comfortable lead of over half a minute from

second-placed Peter Chow with Walter Haskamp in

third place. However all was not well with Leffler's

Escort and it started to lose ground gradually as the

heat wore on. Peter Chow was obviously being given

the plus sign as he closed the gap steadily and finally

took the lead going into the last lap.Leffler hung on

for second and, almost at the finish, Siu Man To came

through to take third place from Walter Haskamp.

 

Heat Two (10 laps)

23 starters:

Front Row: Alex Cheung, Mini-Cooper S; Anne Wong, Mini-Cooper S; Dieter Quester, BMW 2002 TI ^

2nd Row: K. W. Leung, Mini-Cooper S; S. Y. Tam, Mini-Cooper S

3rd Row: Peter Mok, Mini-Cooper S; K. F. Chang, NSU; Herbert Adamczyk, VW 1500

 

As the start lights flashed to green, Quester delayed

his start, almost causing Herbert Adamczyk to shunt

him. It was almost as though his plan was to de-

liberately allow Anne Wong to take the lead — which

she certainly did. Anne went on to lead for the first

five laps with Dieter Quester almost leisurely keeping

on her tail. With the crowd cheering her on, Anne

Wong developed plug trouble and came into the pits

for a quick check and Quester immediately took over

the lead and started to increase his speed.

Yan Por, in his Mini came to grief at Statue

Corner and Karsono, Philip Lam, Joe Chan and Ber-

tram Ng all made pit stops. Anne Wong went out

again well down the field with no hope of catching

the leaders but carried on gamely.

Henry Liu took over second place followed by

S. Y. Tam. These two had a great dice for a few laps

and S. Y. overtook Henry to reverse the order of

second and third. Quester won comfortably in 33m.

33.29 s. with S. Y. Tam second on 35m 6.63 s and

Henry Liu third on 35 m. 11.52 secs.

 

The Final (20 laps)

Out of the qualifiers for the final (based on best

times in the heats) Walter Haskamp, C. P. Ng and

Tony Mitchell could not take their places on the

grid and the three next in line came onto the line to

make up the grid of thirty. Although it may seem

out of order, we will name these three who made up

the last line of the grid before we give those up front.

They were John Tse in his NSU TTS, Anne Wong

in her Mini Cooper S and C. K. Chan in his Honda

N600.

Now to the front. On the front row were the big

guns. Dieter Quester in the BMW, Peter Chow in his

Mini, winners of the two respective heats, along with

John Leffler in his Escort. S. Y. Tam, Cooper S, and

Siu Man To, BMW, made up the second line with

Henry Liu, Cooper S, Alex Cheung, Cooper S, and

K. W. Leung, Cooper S were in the third line. Follow-

ing them we had:— Ahmed Khan, L. Kirtisinghe,

Peter Mok, Tony Lam, K. F. Chang, Herbert

Adamczyk, K. N. Suen, Jacky Chan, Chan Siu Fai,

R. Chan, Y. L. Chan, Wong Wai Tao, T. Cheng, Paul

Leung, Jason Ho, Raymong Fung, Alan Leung and

the three back-markers already mentioned.

As expected, Dieter Quester took the lead from

the start chased by Australian John Leffler in the

Newton Escort. First to retire, after only one lap,

was Paul Leung, then Henry Liu suffered a broken

windscreen in the back leg and also called it a day.

S. Y. Tam also came to grief on his second lap in the

back stretches. John Tse's NSU TTS was smoking

badly and had a couple of pit stops before calling it

a day with 6 laps completed.

John Leffler pushed things too hard trying to catch

Quester and blew his engine between Fisherman's Bend

and R-Bend, leaving no immediate challenger and

Quester looked to have the race in his pocket. How-

ever this was not to be for, on his tenth lap, he went

out with mechanical trouble near the Barracks. After

Leffler went out, Tony Lam moved up into second place

but it was momentary because he broke down after

nine laps near the Reservoir. Peter Chow was not

doing too well, first having a pit stop and then having

to stop at Maternity to remove a trailing exhaust

pipe. Leung Kwok Wah hit a tree opposite the

hospital on his tenth lap but didn't need to cross the

road for attention.

At this time, Anne Wong was cutting her way

through the field from her back-marker position on the

grid. By the ninth lap she had gone through the lot

except for Quester and took over the lead after his

retirement. As the race went on, Sui Man To in the

BMW moved up into 2nd place followed by L. Kir-

tisinghe and Ahmed Khan. Peter Mok, who had made

a brief stop just past Maternity Bend, was hard on the

heels of this pack followed by K. F. Chang.

Once in the lead there was no holding the flying

Anne Wong and the crowd were adding massive vocal

support. Watching proudly were her father and

mother. It happened also to be Mrs. Wong's birthday.

In their early battle, Dieter Quester had done a lap

in 3.03.77 and Johnn Leffler had replied with a 3.06.11.

No-one could approach these remarkable saloon car

lap times but it is to her great credit that Anne pro-

duced the third best lap lap time of the race with 3 m.

17.35 s. which is moving with a Mini.

With only one lap to go, her nearest rival, Siu

Man To in his BMW made a one minute pit stop.

He must have had a vital reason but it was very

hard luck on him after driving a great race that it

cost him a place in the first three. During his tempor-

ary exit, L. Kirtisinghe and Ahmed Khan surged

through into second and third respectively but nearly

2 mins. behind Anne Wong. So the race ended, with

Siu Man To getting back to claim 4th place only

just ahead of Peter Mok. The only other one to

complete the 20 laps was K. F. Chang.

Anne Wong's total time for the 20 laps was 1 hr.

8 mins. 46.13 secs. which is an average speed of 66.309

mph. L. Kirtisinghe did it in 1 hr. 10 mins 28.17 s.

(avge. 64.709 mph) and Ahmed Khan in 1 hr. 10

min. 32.93 s (avge. 64.636 mph).

This was story book ending as far as Anne

Wong was concerned. First of all, after her

mechanical troubles in the Heat, she was lucky to be

in the final at all. As luck had it she got on the

final row of the grid. Then to go through the entire

field from back-marker to eventually win by almost

two minutes completed her hour of glory. And on

her mother's birthday too! The crowd gave her a

rousing ovation and she certainly deserved every bit

of it. The Guia Circuit has never had a woman

driver like this before and Anne should really go

places. We sincerely hope we shall have the pleasure

of seeing her in action once more next year.

Chequered Flag, The Motor Sports Club of Hong Kong Ltd., Vol. 14 No. 4, December 1970, Pages 15-17

 

Touring Car Race Final, 20 laps

1. #70 Anne Wong (SGP), Newton Racing, BLMC Mini-Cooper S, (green/white roof), 1 hr. 8 mins. 46.13 secs, (avge. 66.309 mph)

2. #27 Lucky Kirtisinghe (HKG), Austin Cooper S, (blue/white roof), 1 hr. 10 mins 28.17 s. (avge. 64.709 mph)

3. #7 Ahmed Khan, (HKG), Ford Escort TC, 1 hr. 10 min. 32.93 s (avge. 64.636 mph). 

4. Siu Man To, BMW 2002 TI

5. Peter Mok, Mini-Cooper S

6. K. F. Chang (HKG), NSU, 20 laps

 

Notes:

Schomac was Fred Scholle and John Macdonald: https://forums.autos.../#entry10385825

Alex Cheung, L. S. Cheung and Cheung Lak-Shan are one and the same?

Jacky Chan is the Jacky Chan? Also in the A.C.P. Trophy race?

 

RGDS RLT

Edited by Rupertlt1, 24 September 2023 - 12:28.