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Red #60 Cooper Mk IX-Norton 500 c.c., driver Rowland Keith, Mount Equinox Hill Climb, 17 June 1956:

 

https://library.revs...ll-climb/480774

 

https://library.revs...ll-climb/271246

 

https://library.revs...ll-climb/479975

 

Looking for his earlier Cooper from 1951 onward? Thought to be a Mk IV with J.A.P. engine? Possibly more than one?

 

Watkins Glen, Seneca Cup, 19 September 1953

Rowland Keith of Ashland, N. H., 1st F3, 12th O/A in #78 Cooper.

 

Mt. Equinox Hill Climb, Vermont, 20 June 1954, 5.2-miles

Two Coopers, driven by Alexis du Pont and Rowland Keith, headed an

Effyh, in the Formula 3 class, du Pont's

climb in 5 mins. 30.2 secs. gaining him sixth place overall.

Autosport, 16 July 1954, Page 69

 

Giants' Despair, Pennsylvania, 23 July 1954

500 c.c, Class: 1. R. D. H. Keith (Cooper), 74.11; 2. Phil Cade (Cooper), 90.49; 3. C. F. Irish (Kieft), 94.87.

 

BRYNFAN TYDDYN ROAD RACES, Pennsylvania, 24 July 1954

TROPHY WINNER: (Left) Rowland Keith (Cooper) who won the 500 c.c. road race, and was awarded a challenge trophy for the fastest average speed of the day. [Picture shows Cooper Mk V, side tank(s).]

1. #34 Rowland Keith (Cooper-J.A.P.), 33 mins. 51.2 secs.— red

2. #20 George C. Perrington (Cooper), 35 mins. 8 secs.

3. #75 Alexis I. du Pont (Cooper-Triumph), 35 mins. 31.2 secs.— yellow

Autosport, 13 August 1954, Pages 212-214.

 

Is this Rowland Keith at Thompson, Connecticut, 10 October 1954?

https://library.revs...on-races/167550

 

Rowland Keith at Thompson, Connecticut, 31 May 1955: #110 Cooper Mk V:

https://library.revs...on-races/134772

 

Recent 'barn finds' re Milo Kibbe in Massachusetts here: https://loosefilling...ir-cooled-cars/

Kibbe is listed #53 Cooper Mk IV, at Lime Rock Park, 13 June 1959. Note New England connection.

At Thompson Raceway, Connecticut, 1961: https://www.barcboys...2eazgchcg00da0r

See here also: https://forums.autos...n/#entry6068970

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 28 March 2022 - 04:12.

[Rupertlt1]

Russ Moodie, #96 Cooper, at Watkins Glen, 20 September 1952:

 

https://library.revs...and-prix/211214

 

This is the ex-David Knight 'green' Cooper Mk V. We now have good photographs of the 'blue' car and the 'green' car. When was the last known competition appearance of the 'blue' Cooper — Dillnutt at Bridgehampton, 24 May 1952, Hayground Cup Race, #79 DNF?

 

Official Programme: The Sports Car Club, Sports Car Trophy Races, Edenvale,

August 2nd, 1952:
"Peter Dillnutt—Peter is usually seen driving Trident Motors 500 c.c. Cooper in
which he won the Formula III at Palm Beach in Florida last December. There is
some doubt whether front end parts will come from England in time but Peter will
be driving something perchance even his 1931 Stutz.

Peter Dillnutt finished 3rd in Event No. 1 driving a Morris Minor.

 

Still blue in early 1953:

First Annual Canadian International Hobby and Homecraft Show,

Coliseum at the Exhibition grounds, Toronto, Feb 6-14, 1953.
The British Empire Motor Club had a booth:
"In the far corner was a blue Cooper-J.A.P., a 500 c.c., 14 to 1 compression ratio, Formula 3 Grand Prix Race Car. We certainly would like to have seen it in action."

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 31 March 2022 - 07:25.

[Rupertlt1]

1951 fragments:

Edenvale Sprints, British Empire Motor Club, Sunday 22 July 1951

FTD (cars) Peter Dillnutt, Cooper, .293 min

Dillnutt was outpaced by 14 motorbikes, headed by George Rampling, Vincent Rapide, .231 min.

BEMC Bulletin, Aug-Sept 1951, Pages 1-2

For more on Rampling and the Vincent see (Pages 80-83):

https://issuu.com/vi...ocs/summer_2020

 

Watkins Glen, Seneca Cup, 15 September 1951

#75 Cooper in the programme, listed as "P. W. A. BILLNUTT"

"Peter Dillnutt did not finish the race and we wish him better luck next time."

BEMC Bulletin, Oct-Nov 1951, Page 3

 

With thanks to Duke Argetsinger, Josh Ashby, IMRRC, Watkins Glen, New York.

 

Still looking for evidence on Edenvale races, September 1951?

 

Globe and Mail, Toronto, Wednesday, September 19, 1951, Page 10

Plans are already afoot for a

really sizable event similar to the

Watkins Glen meet, with the

Sports Car Club of Canada as

sponsors, at Edenville (sic) (near Bar-

rie) next year, when it is hoped

to give the U.S. entries a run for

their money. A small meet was

held this year at the old airdrome

there.

 

Official Programme: The Sports Car Club, Sports Car Trophy Races, Edenvale, August 2nd, 1952:

E. J. "Tobey" TOBIN—Tobey came from Buffalo last year

with his 328 B.M.W. which, though a bit sick, gave

Tommy Hoan an exciting 25-lap duel. The B.M.W. is

now rebuilt and very healthy with a new Fiberglass

body, and Tobey is bringing it all the way from

Yonkers, N.Y., to this meet.

 

The Toronto Star, Tuesday, August 5, 1952, Page 10 

HAMILTONIAN SCORES

AT SPORTS CAR MEET

Barrie, Aug, 5—Roaring close to

100 mph on the short straightaways

Hamilton's Tommy Hoan won the

Purilator (sic) trophy in the one-hour

handicap at the Sports Car Club

races Saturday at Edenvale airport.

It was Hoan's second straight win

in the annual event and he aver-

aged 62 miles an hour.

 

1951:

"The next year, Brad

Richardson rolled his M.G. TD

in the very same spot but was

more fortunate."

"The year 1951 saw a big entry

in the formula race including a

J2 Allard (Elizabethan Hot-Rod)

a B.M.W. numerous M.G. both

T.C. and T.D. two Morris Minors

and Fiat 500.

That year saw Pat Sword rac-

ing her yellow and black Riley

and we shall not forget the sight

of Pat leaving the car in a dead

run when she thought it had

caught fire. Everyone else thought

so too, but actually the dip stick

had broken and it was too full of

oil. The cloud of smoke was indeed

impressive."

Alice Fergusson, Canadian Speed Special, Friday 14 August 1953, Page 6

 

Update: Donald B. Clark, sometime Cooper driver, was announced as a new member of the B.E.M.C. in the Monthly Bulletin, June-July 1951.

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 01 April 2022 - 09:08.

[Rupertlt1]

A Cooper FIII with B.S.A. motor was entered as #10 by Donald R. Smith of Calgary, Alberta, at Fort Macleod, AB, 11 October 1964.

He was a member of the Calgary Sports Car Club.

 

See also: https://forums.autos...dpost&p=6715660

 

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 31 March 2024 - 11:03.