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[Auroraf1]

Can anyone remeber the names any particular saloon car races (pre 1970) famously held at Oulton Park?

[Alan Cox]

The most famous must surely be the 1967 Tourist Trophy, which was run as a round of the European Touring Car Championship...
http://homepage.mac......ton Park.html
...or are you looking for names of sponsored races, Phil? I can recall the Redex Gold Cross Trophy, while Osram-GEC sponsored a saloon series in the late '60s, as well as the Spring Grove Trophy series.

[David Wright]

From 1963 - 1968 the British Saloon Car Championship races run at the Spring and Gold Cup meetings do not seem to have a particular name or title.

Edited by David Wright, 01 June 2009 - 20:53.

[Gregor Marshall]

Redex Gold Croos in 1969 was quite a common one at Oulton - my late Dad did four of them at Oulton that year alone!!

[elansprint72]

Can anyone remeber the names any particular saloon car races (pre 1970) famously held at Oulton Park?

BARC Spring Grove series.

Hepolite-Glacier Saloon Car Championship.

[sterling49]

The Redex Gold X, Osram-GEC and the Spring Grove Trophy series were all championships at Brands, as was the Westover series, was that a southern based series, or did it go to Oulton too?

[elansprint72]

The Redex Gold X, Osram-GEC and the Spring Grove Trophy series were all championships at Brands, as was the Westover series, was that a southern based series, or did it go to Oulton too?

Spring Grove had a round at Oulton- no idea then, or now, what Spring Grove was!

[Ian Smith - Diz]

Spring Grove had a round at Oulton- no idea then, or now, what Spring Grove was!

Wasn't it linen hire, or some such.

[sterling49]

Wasn't it linen hire, or some such.

Spot on Ian, they were the never ending towels and entry carpets etc.

[Auroraf1]

All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.

It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.

[sterling49]

All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.

It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.

Westovers, Springrove and Osram are all still trading.....surely a good link to their past, although Westover is predominantly Hants & Wilts based.

[bradbury west]

If HSCC want to do the nostalgia thing and have it related to old saloon car races , perhaps Westover is the more appropriate since Westover Driving Shoes' owner, Ted Lewis, was a saloon car racer of some repute, Riley 1.5 among others IIRC, hence his sponsorship. But I suppose that HSCC would need someone to stump up some money for the series' title name
Roger Lund

[Stephen W]

All great suggestions chaps, keep them coming.

It is in fact HSCC who want to put a name to a saloon car race at the Gold Cup and have asked me for ideas.

If HSCC want to do the nostalgia thing and have it related to old saloon car races , perhaps Westover is the more appropriate since Westover Driving Shoes' owner, Ted Lewis, was a saloon car racer of some repute, Riley 1.5 among others IIRC, hence his sponsorship. But I suppose that HSCC would need someone to stump up some money for the series' title name
Roger Lund

If I read it correctly this is going to be a one-off. Therefore why not approach one of the companys still trading (e.g. Westovers, Springrove or Osram) to see if they would be willing to put up a Trophy etc?