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[Ray Bell]

Good thing...

People such as this just love quoting the old one:

"Rumours of my death have been highly exaggerated!"

[Richard Jenkins]

https://www.citynews...ani-dies-at-91/

Far more famous for other things but he also designed the Eifelland racing car; Luigi Colani has died.

Edited by Richard Jenkins, 16 September 2019 - 13:31.

[Michael Ferner]

Sad news. An eccentric man, no doubt, and controversial for controversy's sake, but also a very fertile mind. Just last week I saw a sports car of his design in a local museum.

[Arjan de Roos]

Indeed the Eifelland F1, and many other cars too. 

 

As well as the Ferrari Testa D'Oro like the Eiffelland used for performance albeit as land speed record car. https://www.classicd...nd-speed-lunacy

[Richard Jenkins]

John Della Penna has died;
https://www.google.c...o-/4547317/amp/

Sad news. RIP

[JacnGille]

Sad news

[Tim Murray]

The posts relating to Ben Pon have been moved to the Ben Pon thread.

[RogerFrench]

Mike Taylor, F1200 racer of Tetranychus Telarius in the early 1970s, died September 17th in Panama.

[DouglasM]

RIP Mike Taylor. Loved F1200 and TT was a cut above most in performance and build quality.

[19500513]

Regarding Champcarstats, Tom Frantz has passed away on 23 September 2019, but unfortunately I cannot see any evidence or notice:

http://www.champcars...s/FrantzTom.htm

[ReWind]

According to this source he passed away on September 22^nd.

A portrait.

Edited by ReWind, 03 October 2019 - 14:26.

[E1pix]

That's sad to hear, I lettered Tom's McLaren in 1980.

Very nice man, and a Real Deal racer.

RIP, and Thanks for enlightening a 19 year-old. :-(

[19500513]

David Shale's obituary from 2012:

 

https://announcement...e&pid=184875323

[Richard Jenkins]

I don't know if Reinhard is still updating this thread (I do hope so, I find it valuable with what I do) but one from 2017 is Marcus Niven, former Formula 2 driver. He died on the 6th January 2017. Only found this out via gov.uk death record information and subsequent death certificate so no link, I'm afraid.

[Richard Jenkins]

Terrible news today that Tuka Rocha has died of injuries sustained in a plane crash recently. More recently in touring cars but also raced in A1 GP. He was just 36.
https://www.google.c...il/4598888/amp/

[GMiranda]

It's another day of great sadness for the Portuguese motoring scene, as one of our best drivers ever passed away today. Joaquim Moutinho, widely known abroad for winning the 1986 Portuguese Rally, marred by the accident of his long-time rival Joaquim Santos in Sintra, which led to the boycott and retirement of the remaining works teams, was a driver which excelled both in circuts and open roads, being Portuguese National Champion in 1981 and Portuguese Rally Champion in 1985 and 1986. He died today, aged 68, after a long ilness.

[SamoanAttorney]

IMSA racing veteran and confidant of Paul Newman, Michael Brockman, passed away last month.

 

Brockman was an endurance racing specialist who had overall podium finishes at Sebring ('73) and Daytona ('95 and a class victory) to his credit, competing in the Daytona 24 Hours no fewer than 14 times.

 

He had been a journalist with Motor Trend, then an actor and a stuntman before settling in Milford CT running the local Mazda dealership.

[GMiranda]

Sadly there's even more bad news from Portugal. After Joaquim Moutinho, the renowned co-driver Jorge Cirne passed away last Tuesday with 74 years old. And, today, the morning news reported the death of Domingos Piedade after a long ilness. Piedade was, perhaps, one of the most renowned Portuguese man among the motoring fraternity, as he had a long career on the car industry, but also as a journalist, team and driver manager and TV Commentator. He had 75 years old.

[proviz]

Domingos Piedade... wonderful company on a Saturday night in the Le Mans paddock! Another one gone way too early.

[JacnGille]

IMSA racing veteran and confidant of Paul Newman, Michael Brockman, passed away last month.

 

Brockman was an endurance racing specialist who had overall podium finishes at Sebring ('73) and Daytona ('95 and a class victory) to his credit, competing in the Daytona 24 Hours no fewer than 14 times.

 

He had been a journalist with Motor Trend, then an actor and a stuntman before settling in Milford CT running the local Mazda dealership.

Sad news. I watched Michael many times.

[E1pix]

Ohhhh, that is sad.

Mike's son Spencer runs a F/Atlantic car in SCCA Club races under old chum Ove Olsson's tent. We've spent some recent time with Mike at Mid-Ohio and Indy and he was a really nice guy.

RIP.

[GMiranda]

Domingos Piedade... wonderful company on a Saturday night in the Le Mans paddock! Another one gone way too early.

 

I never managed to reach him, even if he was also on social media. He was retired from journalism and I haven't so many big connections to meet him. Many people from my age, even if they're not so focused on motoring history like me, said they all loved to meet him and hear his amazing stories from his days. He and the sadly departed António Cerqueira were TV commentators for Portuguese television during the 90's, so the days when my generation became a fan of F1.

[fbarrett]

Renowned American Porsche dealer Chuck Stoddard passed away in October. In the 1950s he began racing Alfas, including a TZ, in SCCA. When he opened Stoddard Imported Cars in Willoughby, Ohio, he switched to Porsche 356s. Chuck was a full-on technical expert but also appreciated Porsche history. He was a national officer in the Porsche Club of America and owned a Gmuend Coupe, an America Roadster, and several plastic 1960s Porsche racecars, including a 917. Chuck's business was the first dealership to focus on restoration parts for 356 and early 911 models. Eventually the dealership was sold to Porsche and Chuck retired. American Porsche collectors can thank him for making their lives a little more complete.

[E1pix]

Sorry to hear that Frank, we just spoke about him here recently.

RIP.

[JacnGille]

^^ Sad news

[D-Type]

I've just seen this.  Australian motorcycle racer and nearly F1 driver Ken Kavanagh has died in Bergamo, Italy where he lived.

https://www.gpone.co...grand-prix.html

[Tim Murray]

Sorry to read this - condolences to his family and friends. However, he was a genuine F1 driver as he drove in three non-championship F1 races in 1958.

[ensign14]

John Martin, from a tiny town in the back of beyond, who entered several Indy 500s with the most honestly named car ever - the Unsponsored Special.

 

Basically, was his own team manager, crew chief, engine builder, set-up merchant, and driver.  Yet made the show a number of times.  Even nabbed a top ten finish.  The Boys of Indy by Bortstein has a chapter on his efforts.  Died on 20 November, aged 80

 

[Tim Murray]

John Martin was remembered in the USAC/CART thread - see this and subsequent posts.

[GMiranda]

Pavel Eisenhammer, Czechoslovak Formula Easter driver and, later, representative of his country on the board of the Cup of Peace and Friendship, died today, according to Jiri Moskal's Facebook announcment.

[ReWind]

In order to keep anyone up to date who appreciates it

 

Most recent entries (last ten weeks):

Paco Josa, Claude Roure, Richie Betz (December 2019), Domingos Piedade, Marc Nicolosi, Jorge Cirne, Ken Kavanagh, Louis Brewster, Clive James, Larry Fisher, Joaquim Moutinho, John Martin, Lucas Segura, Tuka Rocha, Jim Grbac, Charley Pasquier, Tim George, Sonny Meyer, Randy Sweet, Mike Raymond, Mike Streicher (November 2019), Erwin Heckmann, Guy Verrier, Russell Brookes, Françoise Gaujour, Katja Heim, Keith Schellenberg, Michel Aubertin, Bill Pursell, Andrew Cowan, Mike Brockman, Nicolas Panzo, Joe Sheppard, Nanni Galli, Ken Golden, Jeroen Hin, Hartmut Thaßler, Peter Molloy, Dirk Buwalda, Norm Mackereth, Konrad Hahn, Bud Burdick, Edi Kofel (October 2019), Leon Gentry, Freddy Sinner, Scott MacKay (September 2019), Charlie Stoddard (August 2019), Rick Wetzel, Bob Ridgard (July 2019), Alan Dillard (May 2019), Michael Neumann (April 2019), David Garmann (March 2019), Klaus-Peter Rosorius (February 2019), Josette d’Anna (January 2019), Carlos Peres, Maurice Nagle, Charles Muhangi (December 2018), Mel Baker, John Cockerill, Ivor Peltz, Capi Saiz, Sharon Gruwez (November 2018), Vicente Climent, Gabriele Franzoni, Mark Terken, Manuel Morín, José Manuel Tavares, Jacky Auffret, Peter Wells (October 2018), Wilfried Rüschenbaum (September 2018), Marcus Niven (January 2017), Raffaello Lazzarini (November 2016), Hans Byttebier (February 2015), T.J. Winegardner (April 2014), Bob Nikel (January 2014), Irena Jaroszewicz (December 2013), Joost Byttebier (April 2013), Kees Rijshouwer, Jesse Keen (May 2012), David Shale (February 2012), Eberhard Irmler (October 2010), Guy Brunninghausen (December 2009), Stefania Paszkowska (October 2007)

 

Previous new entries:

Ben Pon, John della Penna, Monique Bouleux, Tom Frantz, Dick van Ekris, Warren Gracie, Norbert Wagner, Luigi Colani, Dan Pimentel, Mike Stefanik, Jonathan Price, Morrie Williams, Bruce VanderLaan, Tom Jobe, Don Toal, Jean Berger, Mike Navybox (September 2019), Anthoine Hubert, Bob Meacham, Jessi Combs, Renée Guillon, Ferdinand Piëch, Clive Benson-Brown, Natalie Goodwin, Jürg Beiner, Doug Mould, Gérard Delaunois, Speedy Spiers, Hans Schuller, Stewart Halstead (August 2019), Red Hamilton, Marg Hortin, Randy Veldman (July 2019), Roger Andreason (May 2019), Jürgen Kannacher (March 2019)

 

Note: This is a temporary post. As soon as the next update is on it will be deleted.

 

EDIT: Because of the following postings this one has to stay, for once.

Edited by ReWind, 15 December 2019 - 10:18.

[E1pix]

Thanks as always, Reinhard.

[SamoanAttorney]

A sobering post...........to see two names that I remember from my time at the races.

 

Katja Heim was FIA Media Delegate in Group C' s later days. She had been Bernie's PA prior to that. She went on to be a significant marketing figure in F1, especially involved with the circuits at Bahrain and COTA.

 

Monique Bouleux was the smiling face of the ACO's press operation during the '80s and '90s. She was patient and friendly with complete no-hopers like myself in my early days at Le Mans.............it was a very different scene back then.

[Tim Murray]

The posts relating to Bill Simpson have been moved to Bill’s tribute thread.

[Tim Murray]

The posts relating to Junior Johnson have been moved to his tribute thread.

[E1pix]

She was patient and friendly with complete no-hopers like myself in my early days at Le Mans.............

Surely you recognize this as an incomplete post.   

[SamoanAttorney]

Surely you recognize this as an incomplete post.   

As I contemplate my 40th attendance at the 24 next June I can assure you that my status remains at the same level, I just have better excuses or so I tell myself.

[GMiranda]

Ex-driver and renowned tuner Luigi Cimarosti, one of the biggest names in the history of Touring Cars, died yesterday with 89 years old, after some years of ailing health. Here is a Facebook link, as most of the headlines are in French, Dutch/Flemish, and German: https://www.facebook...&epa=SEARCH_BOX

[19500513]

HI All,

 

The austrian driver (ABB - Motorsport) Sandro Bickel's father, Werner Bickel sadly passed away on 12.12.2019. He was born on 13.05.1954:

http://todesanzeigen...-bickel-85594/#

 

He was also race car driver in '70s and '80s (including Renault R5 cup)

 

But, keep in mind the race with Fiat Abarth in 1964, he should have been only 10 years old in that time (Maybe we can see on the picture Helmut, his elder brother, I dont know):

http://www.norisring.../1964/64_38.htm

 

And keep in mind, he should have been only 16 years old when he entered to the Spanish GP in 1970 with BRM P139.

 

It seems, there are (were) 2 different Werner Bickels. A german and an austrian race car driver.

Edited by 19500513, 02 January 2020 - 11:44.

[19500513]

Emilio Giletti passed away on 4th january 2020. He was 90.

 

https://www.gazzetta...429304259.shtml

[Ray Bell]

Some lovely stuff there:

 

In a long interview for Sportweek he said: "I started driving when I was 10 years old, on the famous Mickey Mouse of those times. I waited for Sunday to arrive, when the factory emptied, and I took it in secret. I was almost standing in the in order to reach the steering wheel and the pedals, sometimes I was unable to reverse and I was helped by the workers to move it.

 

Then I turned between the 86 thousand square meters of the complex, careful that my parents did not discover me. races incognito. I used a pseudonym: Piliomo. The initial came from the name of my older brother, Pier Anselmo. As soon as I got my license, in 1948, I enrolled in the Biella-Oropa time trial with a Lancia Ardea, canceling the race numbers before going home ... ".
 

A friend of fangio—

"At the GP of Syracuse - he still said - I was going faster than a second per lap. I was doing a full curve that the Sicilians had renamed the 'Cemetery'. Fangio wanted us to go for a walk on the track and to tell him in every point which gear I put in and where I braked. He was one of the few to be fast both on the circuits and on the road races. A great mechanics connoisseur.

 

He tried four cars, then at the end of the day he said 'put that engine on this chassis' the rest of the car remained. It happened to me in the F.2 GP of Modena, so much so that the car stopped after a few laps. But in general it was not jealous. In the free practice of Monza, where I was in reserve, he explained to me how I should to face the curve of Lesmo, which was then done in full after the straight, at 230 per hour. 'Enter firmly and put the wheels where I put them.'

 

But my favorite terrain was definitely the streets of the Targa Florio, with mud and rain, or the Passo della Futa-Raticosa e of Radicofani at the Mille Miglia, where you risked because of the narrow and hard tires like wood ".

 

[Jim Thurman]

Norm Rapp passed away December 28, 2019. Racing out of his hometown of San Francisco, Rapp raced midgets for 20 years (from 1947-1967), primarily in Northern California with BCRA. He ran Norm Rapp Racing Equipment, a popular supplier to racers, from 1953. Inducted into 6 Halls of Fame, including the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, he was interviewed for an online publication.

 

Word arrived yesterday via Facebook on the passing of Don Hamilton, 1973 California Racing Association sprint car champion. Hamilton is listed with 19 career CRA wins. Hamilton, of El Cajon, California, near San Diego, began racing with the San Diego Racing Association modified sportsmen before moving on to the CRA.

Edited by Jim Thurman, 07 January 2020 - 23:57.

[ReWind]

Summary 2019
 
Andorra (1 passing)

Ferran Font (c.91 years old)

 

Angola (1)
Santos Pêras (77)

Argentina (25)
Antonio Abiusi (59) Cristián Baeza (34) José Basso (68) Juan Bellavia (86) Emanuel Blanc (c.35) Aldito Cancelo (40) Aldo Cancelo (66) Néstor Comelli (c.74) Félix Defelippo (c.83) Jorge Ducasse (c.68) Luis Fieg (66) Norberto Gallo (64) Pedro Giambroni (??) Fernando Herraiz (72) Silvio Huzmán (48) Juan Iglesias (40) Carlos Lostalo (97) Narciso Mendoza (80) John della Penna (68) Eduardo Pino (78) Guillermo Quattrocchio (c.35) Jorge Serafini (73) Juan Carlos Silenzi (??) Hugo Sosa (c.40) Gustavo Videla (32)
 
Australia (30)
Clive Benson-Brown (71) Ken Britton (c.86) John Bruderlin (86) Gos Cory (69) Ray Dean (??) John Edmonds (86) Warren Gracie (c.83) Colin Hall (73) Graham Hoinville (90) Clive James (80) Ken Kavanagh (95) Bruce Leer (c.81) Scott MacKay (c.58) Rod Mackenzie (??) Clive Manifold (81) Ash Marshall (c.89) Peter Molloy (84) Doug Mould (70) Mike Navybox (??) Bill Prowse (94) Maurie Quincey (90) Mike Raymond (76) Patrick Ryan (66) Doug Stewart (90) Doug Thompson (75) Fred Vogel (87) Max Volkers (??) John Webb (93) Des White (c.81) Gerry Witenden (72)
 
Austria (10)
Jürgen Berlesreiter (45) Werner Bickel (65) Jo Karasek (78) Niki Lauda (70) Hansjörg Matzer (57) Ferdinand Piëch (82) Willi Stengg sen. (69) Siegfried Stromberger (78) Norbert Wagner (83) Egon Zimmermann (80)
 
Belgium (23)
Michel Beudin (74) Godfried de Bontridder (75) Roger Borlez (49) Antoine Brajkovic (71) Arnel Calcoen (64) Luigi Cimarosti (89) Claude Collaer (80) Gérard Delaunois (53) „Eldis“ [= Hubert Saelens] (85) Thierry Gabriel (44) Jean-Paul Gendarme (60) Georges Harris (98) Dorothée Jacquemin (75) Jean Kankelj (82) Lysiane Léger-Rary (63) Jean-Claude Legros (??) Guy de Maegd (62) Christian van Malleghem (69) Grégory Orban (45) Jef Schroven (75) Sandro Theodore (30) Manu Uytterhaegen (61) Michel van Welden (42)
 
Bolivia (1)
Ramiro Arce (55)
 
Brazil (3)
Edu Paula (c.61) Neri Reolon (c.77) Tuka Rocha (36)
 
Bulgaria (2)
Alyosha Markov (??) Radoslav Petkov (72)
 
Canada (14)
Jeno Begolo (90) Dave Dunbar (76) Garry Evans (66) Sylvia Gozzard (c.77) Barrie Hobkirk (??) Marg Hortin (80) Alec James (87) Horst Kwech (82) Norm Mackereth (92) Dean McNulty (c.70) Jean-Paul Ostiguy (92) Lloyd Saunders (79) Doug Syer (88) Cam Wingrove (81)

 

Chile (1)

Juan Gac (86)
 
Croatia (3)
Borivoj Blanuša (c.66) Darko Rafaj (63) Robert Vojvodić (39)

Cyprus (1)
Andreas Erotokritou (??)

Czechia (5)
Václav Civín (72) Pavel Eisenhammer (72) Albín Patlejch (91) Marian Šín (46) Břetislav Šindelář sen. (59)

 

Ecuador (2)

Marco Baca (83) Marcelo Darquéa (c.72)
 
Estonia (4)
Ants Kulgevee (72) Enn Sarap (74) Mati Schmidt (57) Tarmo Trummal (65)
 
Finland (6)
Hannu Kahi (82) Kullervo Mäkelä (63) Matti Nykänen (55) Tapio Vaittinen (??) Kari Vihinen (72) Johan Wiklund (73)
 
France (62)
Roger Alaux (76) Jacques Amiard (77) Josette d’Anna (80) Michel d’Anna (??) Italo Arena (68) Michel Aubertin (70) Jean Bée (76) Jean Berger (96) Francis Bernière (64) Louis-Michel Blutte (74) „Bob“ [= Robert Sicot] (91) Monique Bouleux (77) Jean-Claude Bouttier (74) Franck Bouvier (59) Jean-Robert Bureau (69) Georges Buzzi (94) Paul Canasi (79) Jean-Pierre Champeau (69) Bernard Charlet (82) Philippe Charriol (76) Jean-Michel Coll (73) Patrick Daire (75) Pierre Darmendrail (70) André Desaubry (83) Didier Desespringalle (69) „Didix“ [= Pierre Routelous] (73) Jean-Paul Driot (68) Jean-Marie Dumazer (90) André Durantou (93) Paul Flament (89) Claude Gallais (??) Jean-Paul Gardent (67) Françoise Gaujour (68) Jacques Guérin (73) Renée Guillon (100) Pascal Hennequin (50) Anthoine Hubert (22) Denis Hustache (63) Philippe Jacquet (55) Daniel Job (64) Alain Junguenet (77) Amélie Lebroc (23) Régis Lelan (55) Marc Nicolosi (84) Jacques Onraet (71) Nicolas Panzo (37) Charley Pasquier (72) Peter Petit (95) Jimmy Piget (71) René Portal (70) Claude Riche (76) Claude Roure (80) Gilbert Sabine (97) Yves Salat (92) Denis Sire (65) Gilberte Stempert (103) Jean-Luc Thérier (73) Francis Ulmann (81) Pierre Vernet (26) Guy Verrier (91) Robert Vinegra (77) Jérôme Vinel (39)
 
Germany (44)
Thomas Averbeck (54) Horst Baumann (84) Peter Becker (69) Georg Bellof (94) Klaus Bierlich (83) Hortolf Biesenberger (95) Rainer Bratenstein (80) Hanspeter Brömmer (70) Luigi Colani (91) Enno Czibura (72) Klaus Enders (81) Franz Engstler sen. (88) Rainer Grosse-Siestrup (75) Kai Günther (48) Helmut Hagemann (83) Konrad Hahn (71) Hubert Hahne (84) Erwin Heckmann (75) Katja Heim (61) Heidi Hetzer (81) Robert Huhn (87) Jürgen Jochum (53) Hans Wöltje Kaemena (69) Jürgen Kannacher (73) Heribert Küke (82) Charly Lamm (63) Michael Lauer (64) Werner Lungstrass (66) Klauspeter Neugebauer (67) Michael Neumann (71) Ed Peter (87) Klaus Pfannschmidt (86) Gerald Rauch (85) Klaus-Peter Rosorius (78) Pit Schabacker (73) Klaus-Dieter Schmitt (67) Ursula Schmitt (62) Hans Schuller (87) Wolf Georg von Staehr (78) Hartmut Thaßler (78) Frank Töpfer (58) Sebastian Walker (44) Rainer Wesemann (60) Werner Wisinger (77)
 
Great Britain & Northern Ireland (63)
Kenny Allan (c.81) Roger Andreason (75) Mike Barney (84) David Beckett (c.83) John Bedford (77) Doug Bertram (84) Eoghan Bogue (21) Russell Brookes (74) Shaun Buckley (41) Jeff Churchill (76) Richard Cleare (75) Paul Conn (60) Andrew Cowan (82) Paul Craven (82) Norman Dewis (98) Geunda Eadie (67) Len Freshwater (63) Natalie Goodwin (79) Stewart Halstead (66) John Haynes (80) Robin Herd (80) Jeff Heselwood (71) Alex Holmes (??) Jimmy Horne (76) Alex Jones (30) John Kennerley (79) Mike Lawrence (c.85) Hefin Lewis (55) Maureen Magee (c.82) Tony Maslen (80) Stephen McClory (22) Bob Meacham (82) John Mulholland (55) Ed Nelson (85) Mike Oates (??) Jonathan Price (c.58) Colin Rawlinson (80) Peter Rickitt (72) Bob Ridgard (c.76) Alan Rollinson (76) John Ross (85) Mike Rowe (69) Tony Rudlin (86) Jim Russell (98) Ron Salt (c.84) Keith Schellenberg (90) Simon Scrimgeour (c.81) Alan Simpson (72) Les Skeet (58) Billy Skelly (87) John Smith (75) Robin Smith (75) Tommy Sopwith (86) Carl Sorensen (c.48) Freddie Sowrey (96) Mal Stuart (??) Mike Taylor (??) Ward Thomas (95) Richard Utley (84) Paul Watson (??) Charlie Whiting (66) Jim Woodley (67) Ted Worswick (78)
 
Greece (16)
Labros Angelakis (56) Athanassios Assikis (46) Eleni Basdeli (63) Theodoros Digonis (45) Sifis Farantakis (58) Níkos Filinis (c.100) Evangelos Katsinas (??) Chrístos Liapis (34) Manolis Makrakis (66) Stavros Maratos (71) Stathis Marinos (??) Chrístos Nanos (54) Alexandros Saradinakis (62) Serafeim Siros (62) Dimítris Skitzis (??) Stefanos Zannos (c.80)
 
Guatemala (1)
Toyo Cuestas (c.70)
 
Hungary (4)
Mihály Balatoni (80) György Kővári (c.74) Jenő Pataki (67) László Szabóki (c.70)
 
India (1)
George Francis (c.57)
 
Ireland (5)
Mick Kehoe (c.56) Manus Kelly (41) John Leonard (??) Michael Naughton (??) Denis O'Brien (c.54)
 
Italy (27)
Carlo Abate (86) Giovanni Alberti (101) Orlando dall'Ava (c.77) Fabrizio Bonacchi (53) Alessandro Bonacini (38) Marco Bonvicini (54) Roberto Botta (53) Valentino da Campo (41) Carlo Canova (62) Gino Carenini (??) Emanuele Crestini (46) Spartaco Dini (75) Beppe Donazzan (69) Massimo Droandi (66) Bruno del Fante (c.76) Nanni Galli (79) Franco Gay (79) Giovanni Malandra (c.50) Pierluigi Mattioli (57) Luca Pasuto (40) Gianni Pitturru (45) Angelo Presotto (81) Andrea Pullè (c.57) Eros Rinaldi (47) Lucio de Sanctis (83) Giuseppe Spatafora (72) Lino Vardanega (78)

Ivory Coast (3)
Alberto Paze (??) Moriféré Soumaoro (53) Didier Sudre (68)
 
Kenya (4)
Bharat Bhardwaj (c.75) George Kiama (??) Jack Simonian (84) Jonathan Toroitich (64)
 
Latvia (1)
Ivars Caune (60)
 
Liechtenstein (1)
Peter Kieber sen. (77)
 
Lithuania (1)
Tomas Savickas (50)
 
Netherlands (7)
Cees Bos (73) Dirk Buwalda (74) Dick van Ekris (69) Hans Ernst (72) Henny Hemmes (70) Jeroen Hin (62) Ben Pon (82)
 
New Zealand (6)
Dave Baker (c.74) Laurence Brownlie (75) Cameron Moore (45) Roger Goss (c.68) Dene Hollier (91) Wally Willmott (78)
 
Paraguay (1)
Luis Centurión (68)
 
Peru (2)
Ive Bromberg (52) Atilio Canepa (83)
 
Philippines (2)
Jun Espino (64) Boy Saycon (69)
 
Poland (8)
Stanisław Brzozowski (82) Tomasz Czepukojć (50) Krzysztof Komornicki (88) Tomasz Marciniak (c.50) Włodzimierz Maślak (65) Łukasz Semkiw (c.34) Tomasz Spurek (38) Marek Szramowski (74)
 
Portugal (15)
José de Almeida (??) António Baptista (64) Jorge Cirne (74) Mário Coutinho (??) João Cruz (??) Gualberto Marques (54) Carlos Mendes (46) Manuel Monteiro (68) Rui Morgado (47) Paulo Moura (60) Joaquim Moutinho (67) Domingos Piedade (74) Paulo Serra Cruz (??) Nuno Silva (??) Manuel Teixeira (86)
 
Romania (2)
Tiberiu Gedeon (65) Nicolae Zaberca (71)
 
Russia (4)
Grant Babinyan (49) Aleksandr Eryzhinsky (33) Sergey Shtin (??) Mikhail Ukhov (61)
 
Serbia (1)
Srdjan Jevtić (48)

Slovenia (1)
Robert Šintler (47)
 
South Africa (4)
Dolf Coetzee (??) Neville Lederle (80) Zap Lupini (82) Koos Roos (70)
 
Spain (19)
Felipe Arteaga (??) José Barquilla (c.56) Julio Barrachina Alegre (c.78) Julen Bilbao (35) Ángel Casanova (c.62) Jesús Benjumea (c.82) Gregorio González (52) Gerardo Hofmann (c.74) Paco Josa (73) Antonio López Santos (??) Pedro Mansito (75) Ana María Mor (??) Jorge Palau-Ribes (c.82) José Pujol (68) Sebastià Salvadó (86) Jesús Segura (??) Lucas Segura (c.68) Jordi Tarrés (c.42) Zourab Tchkotoua (82)
 
Sweden (9)
Louis Birath (63) Hans Ericsson (73) Nils Flygare (71) Jan Hagman (68) Tony Jansson (60) PeO Kjellström (60) Rolf Krahner (81) Björn Mårtensson (49) Ursula Wirth (84)
 
Switzerland (12)
Jean-Jacques Baume (c.79) Jürg Beiner (56) Jacques Calderari (91) Daniel Fausel (73) Karl Foitek (87) Jimmy Froidevaux (74) Edi Kofel (82) Gody Naef (100) Beat Schenker (76) Freddy Sinner (c.73) Jean-Jacques Thuner (86) Gianni Vescovi (85)
 
Tansania (1)
Ken Kassam (??)
 
Uganda (2)
Edwin Kalule (c.39) John Kulubya (84)
 
Ukraine (2)
Oleksandr Kuznetsov (c.38) Petro Naumchuk (??)
 
USA (171)
Ronny Adams (68) Willie Allan (89) Ray Alley (86) Vernon Apperson (91) Sherman Armstrong (86) Jerry Ayers (71)
Earl Balmer (83) John Barker (91) Syl Barlow (85) Cub Barnett (84) Sam Bass (57) Tommy Bear (57) Bob Bellows (93) Jack Bertling (77) Richie Betz (72) Brian Blank (27) Randy Boggs (67) Frank Brantley (86) Johnny Brazil (86) Ken Brenn Jr. (67) Louis Brewster (70) Mike Brockman (74) Jeff Brown (70) Conny Burdett (79) Bud Burdick (96)
Marilyn Canale (97) Bill Carter (75) Neal Carter (95) John Chemidlin (79) Tom Cimpko (85) Bryan Coffey (58) Jessi Combs (39) Russ Conway (70) Kenny Coon (67) Mike Corning (48) Bill Corum (80) Bernie Couch (95) Dale Cox (71) Chet Crane (87) Bruce Crower (89)
J.C. Danielsen (89) Alan Dillard (80) George Drolsom (84) Verlin Eaker (86)
Art Fillbrunn (85) Larry Fisher (59) Bill Fleischman (80) Doyle Ford (85) Bill Foster (84) Tom Frantz (76) Jack French (75) Steve Froines (87)
David Garmann (57) Leon Gentry (74) Tim George (59) J.D. Gibbs (49) Peter Giddings (78) Charley Gilmore (82) Ken Golden (79) Fred Gormly (75) Jimmy Grasso (25) Jim Grbac (69) Carl Grinar (85)
Red Hamilton (93) Ralph Harpe (86) Nick Harrison (37) Charlie Hayes (82) Ralph Heintzelman (81) Pete Henderson (92) Marks Hernandez (85) Harry Heuer (83) Bill Hewlett (81) Garry Hill (65) Bobby Hillin Sr. (79) Silas Hiscock Sr. (78) Mary Hodge (79) Richard Hoffman (76) Gary Howard (68) Robert Hubbard (75)
Keith Jacobs (58) Tom Jobe (79) Junior Johnson (88) R. David Jones (80) Dick Jordan (74)
Kris Kaiser (45) Don Kimberling (89) Henry Krolikowski (68)
Wayne Landon (87) Rat Lane (81) Gary Laughlin (95) Ron Leek (80) Val LeSieur (82) Eddie Leviner (53) Ray Lipper (85) Michael Lynch (80)
Paul Marconi (60) Bill Marsh (92) Bob Martin (90) John Martin (80) Darren McCaughey (54) Miles Melius (95) Sonny Meyer (89) Mike Mittler (67) Don Montgomery (88) Brian Muehlman (65)
Ray Neary (76) Bob Nixon (68) Glenn Noland (60) Whitey Norman (93)
Glenn O’Connor (66) Bill Ogle (79) Frank Oglesby (79) Gus Olexen (70) Terry Oliger (79)
Dan Pimentel (82) Garry Poindexter (75) Bob Potter (78) Pappy Pryor (87) Bill Pursell (80)
Norm Rapp (92) Jim Reed (93) Red Rinehart (89) Andy Roscoe (74) Don Rounds (91) Jason Russell (39) Betty Rutherford (80)
Don Sesslar (91) Ed Sheaffer (89) Monte Shelton (85) Joe Sheppard (91) Don Shervey (97) Michael Sherwin (77) Billy Shuman (70) Frank Sickle (79) Kenny Sigmon (49) Carl Simmons (70) Bill Simpson (79) Jack Slaymaker (71) Archie Smith (90) Clint Smith Jr. (57) Speedy Spiers (92) Mike Stefanik (61) Sandy Stigall (81) Charlie Stoddard (84) Chuck Stoddard (89) Mike Streicher (62) Fred Strube (80) George Summers (83) Randy Sweet (72) Kenny Sword (63)
Kenny Takeuchi (92) Cecil Taylor (90) Don Thomas (87) Rick Thum (79) Don Toal (82) T.A. Toomes (88) Sal Tovella (90) Lonnie Troxell (68)
Sherman Utsman (87) Bruce VanderLaan (66) Randy Veldman (60) Ed Vocu (62) Bobby Vodnik (75)
James Walker (74) Bobby Weatherly (88) Roger West (78) Rick Wetzel (63) Morrie Williams (85) Glen Wood (93)
Tom Yeager (83) Ray Young (87)


The annual summaries from former years:
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Edited by ReWind, 12 December 2024 - 08:23.

[D-Type]

On January 7th we lost Colin Seeley the builder of rather special motorcycles https://www.goodwood...s-died-aged-84/

[GMiranda]

Summary 2019
 
Argentina (1 passing)
John della Penna (68 years old)
 
Australia (26)
Clive Benson-Brown (71) Ken Britton (c.86) John Bruderlin (86) Gos Cory (69) John Edmonds (86) Warren Gracie (c.83) Colin Hall (73) Graham Hoinville (90) Clive James (80) Ken Kavanagh (95) Bruce Leer (c.81) Scott MacKay (c.58) Rod Mackenzie (??) Clive Manifold (81) Ash Marshall (c.89) Peter Molloy (c.84) Doug Mould (70) Mike Navybox (??) Bill Prowse (94) Mike Raymond (76) Patrick Ryan (66) Doug Stewart (90) Fred Vogel (87) Max Volkers (??) Des White (c.81) Gerry Witenden (72)
 
Austria (5)
Werner Bickel (65) Niki Lauda (70) Ferdinand Piëch (82) Willi Stengg sen. (69) Norbert Wagner (83)
 
Belgium (6)
Luigi Cimarosti (89) Gérard Delaunois (53) Georges Harris (98) Dorothée Jacquemin (c.75) Jean Kankelj (82) Christian van Malleghem (69)
 
Brazil (1)
Tuka Rocha (36)
 
Bulgaria (1)
Radoslav Petkov (72)
 
Canada (9)
Jeno Begolo (90) Dave Dunbar (76) Garry Evans (66) Barrie Hobkirk (??) Marg Hortin (80) Alec James (87) Horst Kwech (82) Norm Mackereth (92) Cam Wingrove (81)
 
Czechia (1)
Pavel Eisenhammer (72)
 
Finland (1)
Hannu Kahi (c.82)
 
France (35)
Roger Alaux (c.77) Josette d’Anna (80) Michel d’Anna (??) Michel Aubertin (70) Jean Berger (96) „Bob“ [= Robert Sicot] (c.91) Monique Bouleux (77) Jean-Claude Bouttier (74) Jean-Pierre Champeau (69) Bernard Charlet (82) Philippe Charriol (76) Jean-Michel Coll (73) Pierre Darmendrail (c.70) André Desaubry (c.83) Jean-Paul Driot (68) Jean-Marie Dumazer (90) André Durantou (93) Claude Gallais (??) Françoise Gaujour (68) Renée Guillon (100) Anthoine Hubert (22) Daniel Job (??) Amélie Lebroc (c.23) Marc Nicolosi (84) Jacques Onraet (71) Nicolas Panzo (37) Charley Pasquier (c.72) Peter Petit (95) Claude Roure (80) Gilbert Sabine (c.97) Denis Sire (65) Jean-Luc Thérier (73) Francis Ulmann (c.81) Guy Verrier (91) Robert Vinegra (c.77)
 
Germany (21)
Klaus Bierlich (83) Hanspeter Brömmer (70) Luigi Colani (91) Klaus Enders (81) Kai Günther (48) Helmut Hagemann (83) Konrad Hahn (71) Hubert Hahne (84) Erwin Heckmann (75) Katja Heim (61) Heidi Hetzer (81) Hans Wöltje Kaemena (69) Jürgen Kannacher (73) Charly Lamm (63) Michael Lauer (64) Michael Neumann (71) Klaus-Peter Rosorius (78) Pit Schabacker (73) Hans Schuller (87) Hartmut Thaßler (78) Sebastian Walker (44)
 
Great Britain & Northern Ireland (40)
Kenny Allan (c.81) Roger Andreason (75) Mike Barney (84) Russell Brookes (74) Richard Cleare (75) Paul Conn (60) Andrew Cowan (82) Norman Dewis (98) Natalie Goodwin (79) Stewart Halstead (66) John Haynes (80) Robin Herd (80) Jeff Heselwood (71) John Kennerley (79) Mike Lawrence (c.85) Maureen Magee (c.82) Bob Meacham (82) Ed Nelson (85) Jonathan Price (c.58) Colin Rawlinson (80) Peter Rickitt (c.71) Bob Ridgard (c.76) Alan Rollinson (76) John Ross (c.85) Tony Rudlin (86) Jim Russell (98) Keith Schellenberg (90) Billy Skelly (87) John Smith (75) Robin Smith (75) Tommy Sopwith (86) Freddie Sowrey (96) Mal Stuart (??) Mike Taylor (??) Ward Thomas (95) Richard Utley (84) Paul Watson (??) Charlie Whiting (66) Jim Woodley (c.67) Ted Worswick (78)
 
Greece (1)
Alexandros Saradinakis (62)
 
Ireland (1)
Manus Kelly (41)
 
Italy (11)
Carlo Abate (86) Fabrizio Bonacchi (53) Alessandro Bonacini (38) Carlo Canova (62) Emanuele Crestini (46) Spartaco Dini (75) Beppe Donazzan (69) Nanni Galli (79) Andrea Pullè (c.57) Lucio de Sanctis (83) Lino Vardanega (78)
 
Kenya (2)
Bharat Bhardwaj (c.75) Jack Simonian (84)
 
Netherlands (7)
Cees Bos (73) Dirk Buwalda (74) Dick van Ekris (69) Hans Ernst (72) Henny Hemmes (70) Jeroen Hin (62) Ben Pon (82)
 
New Zealand (3)
Dave Baker (c.74) Laurence Brownlie (75) Wally Willmott (78)
 
Poland (2)
Tomasz Czepukojć (50) Łukasz Semkiw (??)
 
Portugal (9)
José de Almeida (??) António Baptista (64) Jorge Cirne (74) Gualberto Marques (54) Manuel Martins Teixeira (??) Manuel Monteiro (68) Paulo Moura (??) Joaquim Moutinho (67) Domingos Piedade (74)
 
Russia (2)
Aleksandr Eryzhinsky (33) Mikhail Ukhov (61)
 
South Africa (1)
Neville Lederle (80)
 
Spain (2)
Paco Josa (73) Lucas Segura (c.68)
 
Sweden (2)
PeO Kjellström (60) Björn Mårtensson (49)
 
Switzerland (9)
Jean-Jacques Baume (c.79) Jürg Beiner (56) Daniel Fausel (73) Karl Foitek (87) Jimmy Froidevaux (74) Edi Kofel (82) Beat Schenker (76) Freddy Sinner (c.73) Jean-Jacques Thuner (86)
 
USA (116)
Willie Allan (89) Ray Alley (86) Sherman Armstrong (86)
Cub Barnett (84) Sam Bass (57) Jack Bertling (77) Richie Betz (72) Johnny Brazil (86) Ken Brenn Jr. (67) Louis Brewster (70) Mike Brockman (74) Conny Burdett (79) Bud Burdick (96)
Bill Carter (??) Neal Carter (95) John Chemidlin (79) Tom Cimpko (85) Bryan Coffey (58) Jessi Combs (39) Russ Conway (70) Mike Corning (48) Bernie Couch (95) Chet Crane (87) Bruce Crower (89)
Alan Dillard (80) George Drolsom (84)
Art Fillbrunn (85) Larry Fisher (59) Doyle Ford (85) Bill Foster (84) Tom Frantz (76) Jack French (75)
David Garmann (57) Leon Gentry (74) Tim George (59) J.D. Gibbs (49) Peter Giddings (78) Charley Gilmore (82) Ken Golden (79) Fred Gormly (75) Jimmy Grasso (25) Jim Grbac (69) Carl Grinar (85)
Red Hamilton (93) Nick Harrison (37) Charlie Hayes (82) Pete Henderson (92) Marks Hernandez (85) Harry Heuer (83) Bill Hewlett (81) Garry Hill (65) Bobby Hillin Sr. (79) Silas Hiscock Sr. (78) Mary Hodge (79) Richard Hoffman (76) Gary Howard (68) Robert Hubbard (75)
Tom Jobe (79) Junior Johnson (88) R. David Jones (80) Dick Jordan (74)
Kris Kaiser (45)
Wayne Landon (87) Rat Lane (81) Gary Laughlin (95) Ron Leek (80) Ray Lipper (85) Michael Lynch (80)
John Martin (80) Darren McCaughey (54) Miles Melius (95) Sonny Meyer (89) Mike Mittler (67) Don Montgomery (88) Brian Muehlman (65)
Ray Neary (76) Bob Nixon (68)
Glenn O’Connor (66) Gus Olexen (70)
Dan Pimentel (82) Bob Potter (78) Pappy Pryor (87) Bill Pursell (80)
Norm Rapp (92) Jim Reed (93) Red Rinehart (89) Andy Roscoe (74) Don Rounds (91) Jason Russell (39) Betty Rutherford (80)
Monte Shelton (85) Joe Sheppard (91) Don Shervey (97) Billy Shuman (70) Frank Sickle (79) Bill Simpson (79) Jack Slaymaker (71) Speedy Spiers (92) Mike Stefanik (61) Charlie Stoddard (84) Chuck Stoddard (89) Mike Streicher (62) Fred Strube (80) George Summers (83) Randy Sweet (72)
Cecil Taylor (90) Don Thomas (87) Rick Thum (79) Don Toal (82) Sal Tovella (90)
Bruce VanderLaan (66) Randy Veldman (60)
Roger West (78) Rick Wetzel (63) Morrie Williams (85) Glen Wood (93)


The annual summaries from former years:
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Manuel Martins Teixeira died with 86 y/o, I know his son, an experienced co-driver in Portugal, but even more known for his encyclopedic knowledge of everything in motor racing and with such a superb ability to remember everything. That man is a great storyteller and a true computer.

Manuel Teixeira's wife, Maria Alice, had died on 1/3/2018 with 84 y/o. She used to be her husband's co-driver.

[ReWind]

Many thanks, Guilherme. Meanwhile the birthdates are on www.ewrc-results.com (which I had not seen).

But, please, reduce the extent of your quote.

[GMiranda]

Many thanks, Guilherme. Meanwhile the birthdates are on www.ewrc-results.com (which I had not seen).

But, please, reduce the extent of your quote.

 

Yes, I saw there. I didn't know how to quote solely the Portuguese drivers, sorry.

[cooper997]

Thank you to Reinhard for his recent list. I didn't realise Bill Prowse had passed away until I saw the list. I can't say I knew Bill, but he first came to my attention in the late 80's when fellow Mini Club committee member, Mike Darling was playing with Bill's Ferrari spyder (ex 275 GTB). Mike played with Minis, but to pay the bills worked on Italian cars and hence how the Prowse Ferrari came through his door. I recall an engine rebuild and the expense of Cosworth pistons for the car made Mini prices pretty cheap. Mike also navigated for Bill in a couple of Blanden's GP Rally events too. 

 

Belated condolences to Bill's family and friends.

 

Stephen

[Lola5000]

Thank you to Reinhard for his recent list. I didn't realise Bill Prowse had passed away until I saw the list. I can't say I knew Bill, but he first came to my attention in the late 80's when fellow Mini Club committee member, Mike Darling was playing with Bill's Ferrari spyder (ex 275 GTB). Mike played with Minis, but to pay the bills worked on Italian cars and hence how the Prowse Ferrari came through his door. I recall an engine rebuild and the expense of Cosworth pistons for the car made Mini prices pretty cheap. Mike also navigated for Bill in a couple of Blanden's GP Rally events too. 

 

Belated condolences to Bill's family and friends.

 

Stephen

Bill was terrific fellow in the early days of the VHRR,always a joker .

[Terry Walker]

I see Western Australian motor sport identity Rob Janney had died. For many years a mainstay of behind-the-scenes motor sport in Western Australia.