595 replies to this topic

[Michael Ferner]

Jim, you probably know without looking anything up, but Ficel Hindi, was he a brother of Shawkeet and, thus, uncle of Dion Hindi? And what about Baheej Hindi - another brother of Ficel and Shawkeet? Any birth dates?

About Kinerk, I have him qualifying in fast time at the San Jose Fairgrounds on the last of April, 1972 - so, that must be the race where he was injured. Any details?

[Jim Thurman]

Jim, you probably know without looking anything up, but Ficel Hindi, was he a brother of Shawkeet and, thus, uncle of Dion Hindi? And what about Baheej Hindi - another brother of Ficel and Shawkeet? Any birth dates?

About Kinerk, I have him qualifying in fast time at the San Jose Fairgrounds on the last of April, 1972 - so, that must be the race where he was injured. Any details?

I always understood Ficel to be Shawkeet's brother, but in the linked obituary, Shawkeet isn't listed as a survivor, while Baheej is

Here are a couple of nice photos of Ficel (the second with Shawkeet):
http://kingnitro.smu...16_M552v/Medium
http://kingnitro.smu...37_5esL5/Medium

I'll have to dig out my racing papers and check on Kinerk in April 1972. While I was too young to really grasp much about driving styles, I do recall seeing Kinerk in action with the SDRA at Cajon Speedway in a very nice looking car.

Edited by Jim Thurman, 05 October 2012 - 16:04.

[Michael Ferner]

Thanks, Jim. I felt sure I'd read about the "Hindi brothers from Albuquerque", but maybe it was about Ficel and Baheej - but then, I don't have a single race in which both appeared together! On the other hand, every race in which I have an entry for Ficel, had Shawkeet in it as well, without exception. Hm. Surely Shawkeet must've been related, one way or another.

[Piquet959]

Hope that this is not out of place.

It is just over 6 years since the great Peter Brock was killed in a Targa event in Western Australia.

Brocky was a 9 times winner of the Bathurst 1000 km race held in October each year. He was a true legend of Australian Motor racing

RIP Peter Brock

[Richard Jenkins]

John "Bont" Roberts, former rallying winner - 4 times Cambrian Rally winner, has died - http://www.dailypost...55578-32004551/

[Terry Walker]

On my website www.terrywalkersplace.com I have a"Vale" section which has in alphabetical order a list of Western Australian racing drivers and personalities who have died--date of death, age, and a comment or two. It is under the "Articles" menu item.

Pictures of many of them can be found in the Gallery "Personalities", and some in "reunions"

[ReWind]

@Terry:
Since you mention your "Vale" section, I think you have the wrong Mal Chapman there.
The right one's middle name was Thomas (instead of Cyril). He was born on 7 November 1926 and died on 15 November (instead of 28 September) 2011 at the age of 85 (instead of 78).

[Jim Thurman]

Post #500 has been updated to include Carter Johnson and revise racing career info for Marty Kinerk.

[Richard Jenkins]

Eddie Russo, who was until his death, the 2nd oldest living Indy 500 starter, has died - http://www.wibc.com/...aspx?ID=1796288

[Terry Walker]

Thanks Rewind--I'll check.

regards
terry

[raceannouncer2003]

Hello from France,

André SIMON : 5 january 1920 in Paris / 11 july 2012 in Evian

RIP

Last week, I put on display a model of the 1962 Tour de France winning Ferrari 250GT SWB, driven by André Simon over 50 years ago !

Haine Kane's post back in July was the only mention of Simon's passing that I noticed. He had a long and enviable career. Another driver that I would have liked to have met !

Vince H.

[Lemnpiper]

Eddie Russo, who was until his death, the 2nd oldest living Indy 500 starter, has died - http://www.wibc.com/...aspx?ID=1796288

Another of the roadster drivers leaves the scene , Godspeed Eddie Russo .



Mr Jenkins ,


Over at "where are they now" board it says Eddie Russo was born in 1925. Yet i've seen an obit that have him born in 1923. Which is correct?


paul

Edited by Lemnpiper, 24 October 2012 - 06:51.

[Richard Jenkins]

Paul, I've only ever seen 1925.

[Jim Thurman]

Dan Clark, died October 28 in Riverside, California, he was 74. Clark raced NASCAR Late Model Sportsman in Southern California in the 60's and 70's, running primarily at Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino. Known for driving Ford products, Clark also joined his fellow local competitors in LMS races at Riverside International Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway. He did quite well at the big tracks, finishing 4th in the January 1973 "Permatex 200" at Riverside and 3rd in the 1977 "Warner Hodgdon 200" at Ontario.

Gordon Haines, 91, died October 3 following a traffic accident in Yakima, Washington. Nicknamed "Tiger", Haines was a top short track stock car racer in the Pacific Northwest in a lengthy career. In 1956, Haines competed in 7 races that counted towards NASCAR's Grand National championship, finishing 2nd at Eureka, CA and 4th at Sacramento.

Edited by Jim Thurman, 04 November 2012 - 04:55.

[raceannouncer2003]

From Ken Graham on the Canadian Motor Sport History Group forum:

"Sad News...My long time good buddy Craig Hill passed away to-day.... I'll post funeral arrangements later.
R.I P. Craig. Race on..."

From the Canadian Motor Sport Hall of Fame:

"In a driving career that spanned almost 40 years, Craig Hill raced and won in almost every type of racing car, from midgets and super-modified stock cars to sports cars and sophisticated open-wheel formula cars. He was Canadian Formula B champion in 1969 and '70, driving a Formula Ford he modified to formula B spec. He co-drove with Ludwig Heimrath to win the Sundown Grand Prix in 1973 and 1974.

As advertising and promotions manager of Castrol Canada, he was instrumental in that company's wide involvement in all forms of motor sport."

Vince H.

[ReWind]

Something about Craig Hill from the Elgin County archives: scroll to page 6.

[Richard Jenkins]

As mentioned in the WATN update thread, I've found that Domenico Gitto, 4 time Formula 3000 driver, died back in June, aged only 52. http://www.repubblic...ttaglio/4187791 http://www.oldracing.../Domenico_Gitto

[ReWind]

In order to keep anyone who is interested up to date
(for details turn to page 1 of this thread)

Most recent entries (last 30 days):
Petra Fuchsberger, Craig Hill (November 2012), John Fitch, Georg „Joe“ Weber, Dan Clark, Tyler Wolf [so young! ], Tim Wardrop, Gaston Andrey, Dino Turco, Osamu Nakajima, Marty Davis, Warren Fairbanks, Milutin Gavrilović, Jack Steck, Bill Caruso, Eddie Russo, Paul Brown, Yves Sunhill, Bob Pickell, John Bont Roberts, Vadim Reutsky, Jack Seckler, Gordon Haines (October 2012), Georgiy Husainov, Herb Shannon (September 2012), Buster Musgrave (August 2012), Waylon Grant, Carter Johnson (July 2012), Domenico Gitto, Wally Satterfield (June 2012), Edward Kinderman (April 2012), Karel Porsch (November 2011), Elmer Davis (October 2011), Stanislav Firtl (March 2011), Sebastiano Scamporlino, Lev Shugurov (October 2009), Giorgos Velis (February 2009), Martin Vodehnal (October 2006), Miro Solomunović (May 2006)

Previous new entries:
Chris Economaki, Bob Newton, Fred Meyer, „Mike Sparken“, Marty Kinerk, Cecil Gordon, Jean-Jacques Lebrun, Annie Soisbault, David Loring, Peter Hughes, Butch Phillips (September 2012), Brian Mahoney, Ficel Hindi (August 2012), Michael Stott, Marco Crosara, John Davies, Ron Hammel (July 2012), Dean Huss (June 2012), Tom Nehl, Neil Thompson Sr., Julian Doty (May 2012), Alan Newton (April 2012), Jaswant Singh (August 2011), P.J. Wiggins (July 2011), Brian Koski (April 2011)

[Mekola]

Osamu Nakajima? The owner and racer of Team LeyJun in F-Nippon? Oh, no! Condolences for Reiko and Junko.

[ReWind]

@Mekola: Racing accident at Suzuka

[Marc Sproule]

My post about Craig HIll..#950..is on this page of the Atlantic thread...with links to a number of pics of him in action.

http://forums.autosp...p;#entry6014180

[ReWind]

On 1 July 2010 Jack Cordingley from Lancashire died.
According to the following obituary from the Rossendale Free Press he was 93.
Can anyone with access to the relevant records provide his birth date? (I had him listed under 1918 but that seems to be wrong.)

FORMER motor racer Mr John Stancliffe Cordingley, of Gregory Fold, Helmshore, died on Thursday, July 1, aged 93.

Mr Cordingley, also known as Jack, was a motor dealer and grandson of the founder of Cordingley Corner, a well established motor dealers of Haslingden, where he worked up until retirement.

He was also a dispatch rider in World War II and took part in the D-Day landings.

Mr Cordingley, was a great sportsman throughout his life winning junior formula motor racing at Silverstone. He was also an honour member of Rossendale Golf Club and former captain.

And in his youth he played water polo for Haslingden Baths.

He leaves behind his wife of 70 years, Mary, daughter Pat, son-in-law Peter, granddaughter Louise and grandson Charles, and two great grandsons, George and Freddie.

The funeral took place on Thursday, July 8, with a service at St Thomas Church in Helmshore with Canon Roger Smith, followed by an interment at Haslingden Cemetery.

[Vitesse2]

On 1 July 2010 Jack Cordingley from Lancashire died.
According to the following obituary from the Rossendale Free Press he was 93.
Can anyone with access to the relevant records provide his birth date? (I had him listed under 1918 but that seems to be wrong.)

Registered in Haslingden second quarter of 1917 according to Ancestry.

[ReWind]

In order to keep anyone who is interested up to date
(for details turn to page 1 of this thread)

Most recent entries (last two weeks):
Don Satterfield, Vladislav Barkovsky, Richard Lindner (December 2012), Bill Hollar, Frank Gehling (November 2012), Roland Görner (October 2012), Phil Gibson (August 2012), Albert Mirko (July 2012), Neil Penny (May 2012), John Paget (March 2012), Boris Dienerstein (January 2012), Bif Caruso, André Francisci (December 2011), Burke LeSage (November 2011), Fred Alexander (September 2011), Viktor Shavelev (January 2011), Jan Chalupný st. (December 2006), Ed Watson (October 2006), Ted Wise (September 2006), Gene Gennetten (August 2006), Bob Brooks (July 2006), Roger Schuur, Bill Seidelman (June 2006), Ron Erfurth (April 2006), George Steitz (March 2006), Phil Libby (February 2006), Moe Tweedie (January 2006)


Previous new entries:
Des Wall, Jack Buytaert, Jean Deschazeaux, Phillip Yau, Bill Wigzell, Kerry Cox, Ron Curties, Karl-Heinz Spur, Larry Miller, Al Cosentino (November 2012), Bob Kennedy, Tom Galbraith, Charlie Mitchell, Mike Oldenberg, Glen Reilly, Mark Zimmerman (October 2012), Monique Proulx, Red O’Keefe (August 2012), Don Halliday [= Liz’s dad] (May 2012)

[David McKinney]

Is that the former driver/designer Don Halliday from New Zealand?

[ReWind]

No.
That`s why I said he was Liz Halliday’s dad.

See here & there.

[JacnGille]

I learned tonight that long time race mechanic and fabricator Tim Douthat passed last month. He worked for Al Holbert and many, many other race teams over the years. I lost contact with him and his brother Dick, who raced in the SCCA. Their mother was my High School secretary. She passed this week.

[Richard Jenkins]

Reinhard, most news reports are saying that Walther died on the 27th.

Also, Tony Greig Australian? South African, maybe, but surely British as befitting a former English cricket captain and cricket legend.

[ReWind]

I stand corrected.

Many thanks for having a watchful eye on these things, Richard!

[Richard Jenkins]

You're welcome. I'm only sorry that I don't get more time to look and search and try and help out more.

However, I went through the 2012 list and I've got a few gaps filled. If you haven't already tried it - this site; http://www.dellam.co...b...DE=GB&BOT=0 - the link takes you straight to the search page, but it is basically www.dellam.com has FULL dates of birth for any director listed and it's where I got Dave Baldwin, Severino Nardozi and other details...

So the three that I can fill in are; Roger Dowson 9th February 1944; Selwyn Hayward, 25/9/1933 and Graham Dyson, 26 Feb 1944. But hopefully Dellam will allow you to solve a lot more. Word to the wise, it may, after a while, stop you looking at any more records. This only happens during one login as it were, so normally you can go on the next day and try again.

Edited by Richard Jenkins, 30 December 2012 - 20:28.

[les2ours]

Dellam is excellent for finding dates.
It gives Hugh Hayden's date of birth as 18/10/1944

[ReWind]

Summary 2012

Argentina (27 passings)
Jorge Asís (c.25 years old) Popy Balbuena (c.65) Gustavo Brescia (56) Martín Copello (28) Óscar Cordonnier (82) Humberto Crespi (69) Arturo Damín (82) Pedro Doumic (67) Roberto Gálvez (89) Osvaldo Luppi (70) Vicente Luppino (c.59) Horacio Maglione (c.64) Antonio de Maio (??) Gustavo Mandrini (49) Eulogio Maquirrian (87) Roberto Mieres (87) Héctor Moreno (71) César Padilla (70) Carmelo Palazzo (c.81) Guillermo Piazzano (41) Mauro Pichini (33) Waldemar Schaufler (73) Federico Schmid (62) Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (88) Juan Viaggio (89) Pepe Zanetta (93) Víctor Zucchini (c.51)

Australia (21)
John Arter (77) Helene Bittner (??) Kerry Cox (c.73) Dick Crawford (95) John Davies (c.67) Tom Galbraith (c.69) Diana Gaze (86) Ken Harper (87) Bob Kennedy (??) Barry Lake (69) Ted de Lissa (71) Brian Mahoney (90) Johnny Motteram (82) George Reynolds (83) Blair Salter (c.71) Paul Samuels (79) Don Smith (73) John Uren (82) Des Wall (61) Warren Weldon (71) Bill Wigzell (82)

Austria (2)
Willy Penzinger (64) Alexander Witting (49)

Belgium (17)
Johan Bastiaens (52) Herman van Bedaf (69) Jan de Boey (58) Jack Buytaert (62) Jean-Marc Cherton (51) Jacques Coune (88) Maurice Dantinne (72) Joël Davin (49) Ludovic Dethaye (30) Jean-Manuel Jamar (52) Georges Jobé (51) Guy Léonard (65) Rémy Marquet (65) José Mayné (c.63) Pascal Roulet (46) Roel Vrolix (39) Stef Winters (43)

Bolivia (1)
Roberto Sánchez (62)
 
Brazil (3)
João Leme (19) Carlos Proença (c.55) Fábio Steinbruch (51)

Canada (13)
Mike Cassese (53) Ron Curties (82) Stan Friesen (78) Craig Hill (78) Tom Hnatiw (53) Maurice Keeler (86) Phil LePan (64) John Paget (82) Monique Proulx (c.65) Peter Ray (c.91) Bill Reimer (71) Norman Schihl (85) Linda Lou Schlamb (69)
 
Chile (1)
Hernán Videla (82)

Cyprus (1)
Costas Kourtellas (35)

Czechia (6)
Bohuslav Ceplecha (35) Amos Krejčí (66) Libor Mejznar (55) František Neřád (65) Miroslav Urban (66) Aleš Zimolka (49)

Denmark (1)
Jan Warkentin (c.69)

Estonia (4)
Ravu Ivask (67) Aare Kaaristo (55) Tõnu Kurro (64) Kaupo-Lembit Virk (75)

France (41)
Pierre Bardinon (81) Didier Bécet (49) Jacqueline Bernigaud (90) Philippe Bugalski (49) Christian Craff (63) Isabelle Fontenelle (39) André Girard (57) René Goesel (62) Olivier Gonzales (42) Régine Gordine (96) Henri Gréder (81) Carl Guichon (26) Michel Jacquier-Laforge (66) Roger Janvier (69) Roger Jonquet (75) Éric Juvin (49) Renaud de Laborderie (81) Jean-Jacques Lebrun (56) Philippe Leclerc (64) André Lecoq (83) Pascal Loizeaux (56) René Mazzia (74) François Migault (67) Jean de Mortemart (77) Sébastien Picornell (40) Raymond Quilico (90) Lionel Raudet (83) Michel Renardat (58) Pascal Rey (49) Giovanni Rossi (66) Gérard Sauce (65) Jean-Claude Savoye (59) André Simon (92) Annie Soisbault (78) „Mike Sparken“ (82) Yves Sunhill (65) Fabrice Tellier (59) Roland Théau (62) Fernand Tsaropoulos alias „Lee Banner“ (83) Lucie Vauthier (28) Émile Viollat (75)

Georgia (1)
Guram Dgebuadze (c.61)

Germany (29)
Kurt Adolff (90) Wolfgang Daewel (85) Erwin Derichs (68) Franz Eichhammer (70) Marcel Engels (30) Eckhard Erbach (71) Heinrich Esch (84) Heinz Fuchs (78) Petra Fuchsberger (54) Roland Görner (65) Hermann Hanf (90) Alfred Herberth (55) Gerhard Holup (83) Sigismund von Kahlen (76) Raimund Kosar (??) Ernst Lautenschlager (99) Günther Mangold (62) Dieter Nakaten (76) Hans Pesl (74) Paul Pietsch (100) F.A. Porsche (76) Peter Röbke (c.65) Victor Rolff (77) Dietrich Schlutz (48) Roland Sobkowski (53) Karl-Heinz Spur (64) Thomas Stoltz (60) Hendrik Vieth (30) Georg „Joe“ Weber (69)

Great Britain & Northern Ireland (52)
Peter Agg (82) Dave Allan (47) Dick Barker (72) Ivan Bishop (81) Bernard Blyth (91) Michael C. Brown (55) Charles Bulmer (89) Ian Burgess (81) Alan Burnard (86) Michael Crowley-Milling (95) John Cussins (66) Nick Cuthbert (80) Ted Cutting (85) Colin Davis (79) Celsus Donnelly (54) Roger Dowson (67) Graham Dyson (68) Peter Eccles (87) Robert Fearnall (59) Jon Finch (71) Alastair Findlay (68) Fred Gallagher Sr. (85) Michael Greenhalgh (30) Tony Greig (66) Colin „Dan“ Grewer (71) Selwyn Hayward (78) Mike Hewland (89) Doug Jennings (75) Terry Kitson (76) Les Leston (91) Alan Mann (75) Janice Minton (61) Albert Mirko (69) Alan Newton (c.68) Denzil Price (80) Gareth Roberts (24) John „Bont“ Roberts (54) Peter Ross (83) Roy Salvadori (90) Trevor Scarratt (75) David Scotney (c.61) David Shale (81) Joe Shaw (19) Juliette Slaughter (66) Patrick Stephens (86) Merrick Taylor (73) Reginald Varney (82) Tim Waddingham (53) Tim Wardrop (62) Sid Watkins (84) Douglas Wilcocks (90) Ian Woodside (78)

Greece (4)
Ioánnis Andrikopoulos (c.61) Mihalis Giolman (74) Michális Moschous (62) Athanassios Tsilis (31)

Hongkong (1)
Phillip Yau (c.40)

Hungary (3)
Tamás Frank (c.65) László Grózli sen. (54) László Tóth (69)

Ireland (7)
Andrew Clarke (16) Caroline Cleary (c.29) Eamonn Cotter (70) Rory Galligan (39) Brian Hurley (38) Robert Tynan (c.30) Rodney Wilson (29)

Italy (26)
Paolo Alessandrini (c.56) Daniela Bertoneri (34) Davide Bogaro (24) Vittorio Canestraro (c.51) Francesco Cascone (c.26) Valerio Catelani (37) Marco Crosara (c.85) Lanzo Cussini (94) Renato Girola (78) Domenico Gitto (52) Cornelio Maffiodo (88) Claudio Maglioli (72) Giannino Marzotto (84) Mario Moscatelli (c.75) Giampiero Moretti (71) Sergio Pininfarina (85) Rovigno Rimondi (93) Gianni Rogliatti (83) Claudio Romano (??) Gian Paolo Soave (c.67) Dario Strukelj (c.46) Luigi Susan (c.66) Pino Trivellato (c.76) Sandro Uberti (c.70) Giorgio Valentini (83) Franco Zagari (82)

Japan (1)
Osamu Nakajima (54)
 
Kazakhstan (1)
Andrey Kulemzin (28)
 
Kenya (1)
Peter Hughes (c.77)

Latvia (3)
Jānis Alliks (65) Igors Bartaščenoks (48) Gatis Lapāns (29)
 
Mexico (1)
Francisco Dávalos (c.59)

Morocco (1)
Jean Deschaseaux (86)

Netherlands (3)
Kees Rijshouwer (98) Ad den Teuling (71) Bettine Vlasman (47)

New Zealand (4)
Paddy Davidson (61) Merv Neil (85) Nigel Roskilly (c.72) Bill Stone (72)
 
Peru (1)
Marco Pinto (42)
 
Poland (3)
Tadeusz Buksowicz (c.60) Wiesław Cygan (63) Edward Kinderman (c.77)
 
Portugal (4)
António Carvalho (26) Alberto Costa (??) Rafael Costa (??) Marco Santos (c.33)
 
Russia (6)
Vladislav Barkovsky (68) Valeriy Beloborodov (c.48) Boris Dienerstein (90) Georgiy Husainov (23) Yuri Semenchev (48) Sergey Yakovlev (56)

Serbia (3)
Milutin Gavrilović (c.69) „Mikišon“ = Petar Stanišić (c.64) Dejan Zdravković (c.63)

South Africa (3)
Curt Alchin (44) Mike Domingo (c.65) Bob van Niekerk (84)

Spain (4)
Toño Fernández (21) Rubén García Álvarez (c.22) Omar Martín (c.25) Carlos Piñeiro (c.57)

Sweden (9)
Vinco Bercic (64) Stene Eriksson (69) Kenneth Hager (66) Bo Hellberg (c.80) Roland Johansson (c.75) Anders Kulläng (68) Sylvia Österberg (77) Bertil Sanell (c.77) Kurt Simonsen (73)

Switzerland (5)
Alberto Francioni (54) Pierre Greub (81) Franz Landolt (61) Gérard Pillon (75) Jacques Rey (89)

Tanzania (1)
Bert Shankland (79)

Turkey (1)
Muhip Aksoyer (??)

Ukraine (1)
Vadim Reutskiy (66)

USA (251)
Don Abney (66) Sal Accardi Sr. (76) Wally Albro (86) Stephen Allard (40) Bob Anderson (77) Gaston Andrey (86) Andy Appelhans (64) Frank Arciero (86) Cal Arthur (85)
Baldy Baker Jr. (50) W.E. Baker (79) Bob Ballenger (82) Jack Barrick (68) Dwayne Belt (72) Gene Bennett (62) Clarence Benton (89) Jim Bickham (87) Kenny Black (75) Kenny van Blargen (80) Lee Bliss (86) George Bragg (62) Mike Brooks (63) Paul Brown (43) Gary Bruckler (57) John Burnett (68) Benton Burns (74)
Vic Carter (85) Bill Caruso (91) Joe Castellucci (80) DeForest Chalker (80) Dan Clark (74) Matt Clevenger (28) Jerry Clinton (74) R.L. Combs (88) Harry Conklin (91) Don Cope (77) Al Cosentino (83) Bobby Coyle (64) Donnie Ray Crawford (24) Curtis Crider (82)
Marty Davis (54) Don Diffendorf (83) Julian Doty (89) Scott Doty (41) Tim Douthat (62) Harold Dunaway (78)
Hinky Eanes (64) Kyle Eastham (21) Chris Economaki (91) Harold Elliott (64) Robert Ennis (82) Don Eyerly (60)
Warren Fairbanks (76) Chuck Faulkner (81) Carl Fink (79) John Fitch (95) J.C. Flach (29) A.J. Flores (22) Frankie Foster (70) Bob Foulk (80) Lanky Foushee (75) Bill Fox (??) Charles Fox (69)
Jim Gallison (65) Jerry Gappens Sr. (72) Dick Gastineau (60) Frank Gehling (70) Jeff Gibson (52) Phil Gibson (70) Billy Gill (78) Don Goodrich (78) Cecil Gordon (71) John Goss (58) Carter Graham (81) Jerry Grant (77) Waylon Grant (31) Johnny Grum (82)
Tom Hager (62) Dick Hagy (82) Gordon Haines (91) Jim Hall (78) Don Halliday (68) Ron Hammel (81) Dave Heath (66) Buddy Herndon (89) Bud Hervey (88) Denton Hill (92) Roger Hill (64) Ficel Hindi (72) Ed Hitchcock (79) Hoyette Hodnett (69) Dave Hoffman (64) Doug Hoffman (54) Bill Hollar (74) Hooker Hood (86) Dean Huss (80) Scott Hutchison (58) Ed Hyder (61)
John Igleheart (84) Larry Jackson (72) Grumpy Jenkins (81) Dick Jerrett Jr. (71) Bill Johnson (66) „Marietta Bob“ Johnson (85) Carter Johnson (78) Milt Johnson (78) James Justice (82)
Richard Kaylor (78) Jesse Keen (64) Pat Kehoe (74) Francis „Wild Man“ Kelly (87) Marty Kinerk (72) Thomas Kinkade (54) Margareta Kircher (84) Floyd Kline (58) Ross Kloeber (74) Rick Knowles Jr. (48) Ed Kramar (69)
Keane Laakson (46) Richard Lamont (45) Anatole Lapine (81) Ronnie Lee (84) Lee Lilley (88) Jack Lindhout (80) Richard Lindner (73) Don Ling Sr. (70) David Loring (61) John Lovas (74)
Johnny Mackison (76) Larry Manning (69) Mildred Marcum (98) David Marquardt (51) Joe Mattioli (86) Jack McCorkell (75) Chris McDonald (35) Bill McLaughlin (82) Duke McMillen (72) Bill Meiklejohn (70) „Johnny Mercury“ (87) Fred Meyer (84) Larry Miller (76) Milt Miller (79) Bill Milliken (101) Lawton Minchew (53) Charlie Mitchell (74) Rich Moore (56) Al Moss (85) Jimmy Mosteller (85) Buster Musgrave (53)
Tom Nehl (89) Jim Nelson (84) Bob Newton (85) Mark Newton (57)
Red O’Keefe (80) Mike Oldenberg (64) Tommy Olivier (50) Bert Oostlander (71) Jeff Osborn (38) George Ott (68) Cotton Owens (88)
Vince Pantuso (71) Jim Partipilo (58) Bernie Partridge (79) John Partridge (56) Harold Pearson (78) Neil Penny (87) Pezz Pezzimenti (80) Oakley Phearsdorf (77) Dale Phelon (70) Andy Phillips (76) Benny Phillips (75) Butch Phillips (75) Rance Phillips (78) Bob Pickell (78) Andy Porterfield (80) Lauden Potts (81) James Puckett (81)
Jack Radtke (87) Bob Rauscher (84) Vern Raymer (88) Glen Reilly (60) Ray Reimer (59) C.J. Richards (74) Biddle Ridley (72) Don Riley (71) Chuck Ringling (75) Jack Ritts (82) Scott Roembke (51) Les Rose (71) Eddie Russo (86)
Frank Sagi (78) A.C. Saint (71) Tim Sands (48) Don Satterfield (59) Wally Satterfield (84) Jerry Schild (57) Bill Schultz (81) Jack Seckler (76) Herb Shannon (81) Carroll Shelby (89) Rick Sheltra (56) Lee Shumosic (49) Bill Shurtleff (65) Billy Simmons (53) Buck Simmons (66) Jack Simpson (63) Bill Slater (83) George Smaldone (86) Duffy Smith (56) Dumont Smith (81) Dick Snare (78) Bob Snow (81) Bob Sowle (92) Delbert Spencer (86) Bryce Spoehr (89) Jack Steck (74) Shane Stephens (46) Bill Stern (65) Elmer Stevens (96) Bucky Stoner (72) Roy Storey (85) Michael Stott (75) Denny Strimple (65) Wayne Sue (77) Martin Swig (78)
David Tarter (30) Steele Therkleson (82) Dave Thomas (62) Neil Thompson Sr. (73) Bob Tidaback (84) Leonard Tippett (91) Jim Tobin (69) Lois Tyler (81)
Jerry Vanderpool (51)
Salt Walther (65) Jimmy Warren (52) Tony Waters (84) Donnie Watson (74) Brock Weidner (65) Jim Weinert (58) Burt Weitemeyer (70) Chick Whitehead (62) George Wilkins (51) Spanky Wilson (81) Mike Witzman (68) Tyler Wolf (20)
Tony Yacovone (93) Greg Young (50) John Zahar (87) Mark Zimmerman (65) Bob Zurawski (56)

Venezuela (1)
Dino Turco (88)


And as always: If you can give additional info where I had to guess the age or didn't know it at all please do it.

Edited by ReWind, Yesterday, 08:31.

[Richard Jenkins]

Ted Pool MC, war hero and former racing driver, has died, aged 90 - http://www.brdc.co.u...-Edward-Pool-MC

[Richard Jenkins]

Reinhard, this week's Autosport confirmed that Michael Brown was born in 1957.

[ReWind]

Thanks, Richard!

[Nanni Dietrich]

Guido Forti from Alessandria, Italy, founder of the Forti Corse F1 racing team, passed away on 11 January 2013 at the age of 72.

[Tim Murray]

I'm sorry to see that Len Brammer is no more. I saw him racing Minis many times.

[David McKinney]

Formula Junior pioneer Aquila Branca died a few days ago, at the age of 89

He took part in the very first FJ race, at Monza in June 1958, and built cars bearing his own name and that of Moretti, for whom he also competed in the 750 sportscar class

The FJ Historic Racing Association reports that 'Aquilino' returned to FJ in recent years through involvement in historic racing

[Richard Jenkins]

Formula Junior pioneer Aquila Branca died a few days ago, at the age of 89

He took part in the very first FJ race, at Monza in June 1958, and built cars bearing his own name and that of Moretti, for whom he also competed in the 750 sportscar class

The FJ Historic Racing Association reports that 'Aquilino' returned to FJ in recent years through involvement in historic racing

Sad news, he also raced in Formula 2 in 1960 at Siracusa, but his race was pretty short, spinning out on lap one.

[Jim Thurman]

Russ Bullen, San Diego area super stock star of the 60's and early 70's, who also raced at other Southern California tracks and made one start in NASCAR's Western series, passed away January 13 in Chula Vista. Bullen began racing jalopies at San Diego's Balboa Stadium in 1953 and was 1964 and 1966 ECSCRA super stock champion at Cajon Speedway, the first coming on dirt, the second in the first season the track had a paved surface. He won a track record 7 consecutive main events during the 1966 season.

I know there are a number here who picture short track racers in the U.S., particularly stock car racers, as rednecks and yokels, driving cars that are primitive (at least to them*), while wearing t-shirts with a rolled up sleeve containing a pack of cigarettes. While there was occasionally someone fitting this broad caricature, Russ Bullen was the antithesis of the stereotype. Bullen was a CPA and carried himself with the class and dignity of a Dan Gurney. In fact, Gurney is a good comparison save for Bullen having dark hair. He was a lifelong member of the San Diego Country Club and spent his later years travelling and golfing extensively.

And, lest you think this was an anomaly, the same Cajon Speedway near San Diego also had a judge racing alongside Bullen.

*the "stock cars" that Bullen raced had evolved by the late 1960's into tube framed chassis with fiberglass bodies. One writer described them as "essentially sprint cars with fiberglass stock car bodies."

Edited by Jim Thurman, 10 April 2013 - 23:45.

[Richard Jenkins]

Reinhard, just for your records, Ginny Williams was born on the 1st December 1946.

[Richard Jenkins]

Reinhard, just for your records, Ginny Williams was born on the 1st December 1946.

[Gabrci]

I'm sorry to report that Giancarlo Martini, private Ferrari F1 driver in the 1970's has passed away at the age of 66.

[Richard Jenkins]

I'm sorry to report that Giancarlo Martini, private Ferrari F1 driver in the 1970's has passed away at the age of 66.

Very sad and very unexpected news. 66 is no age at all these days. One of the better drivers never to make a F1 start.

[Tim Murray]

He did make the one F1 start - I saw him race in the 1976 International Trophy at Silverstone, having also witnessed him crashing on the run up to Druids on the warm up lap for the 1976 Race of Champions.

RIP

[Vitesse2]

He did make the one F1 start - I saw him race in the 1976 International Trophy at Silverstone, having also witnessed him crashing on the run up to Druids on the warm up lap for the 1976 Race of Champions.

RIP

Some bloke called Armstrong wrote this more than a few moons ago ...

[jumpeyspyder]

RIP

Nice tribute from Giancarlo Minardi here

[Nanni Dietrich]

RIP

Nice tribute from Giancarlo Minardi here

Please, correct: Giancarlo Martini (not Minardi).

[john winfield]

Please, correct: Giancarlo Martini (not Minardi).

Nanni, the tribute to Giancarlo Martini is from Giancarlo Minardi.

[bradbury west]

Dr Kelly Swanston 1930s motorcycle racer of some repute and success.
http://www.telegraph...y-Swanston.html
Roger Lund