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Neil McGrath - Mini and Renault 5 Racer

Started by Paul Taylor , Jul 17 2019 06:42

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#1 Paul Taylor

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Posted 17 July 2019 - 06:42

Oulton Park 1972...which series? I have no knowledge of specific Mini Cooper championships in the UK at the time.

As with my other recent topic, Neil McGrath doesn't have his own thread here, he seems to have been a prolific racer so feel free to discuss him as you see fit.

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#2 Tim Murray

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 08:01

McGrath’s car was a 1293 cc Cooper S special saloon. In 1972 he raced it in some of the Hepolite Glacier and Forward Trust special saloon championship rounds, plus a number of non-championship special saloon races. In the Autosport reports of the 1972 special saloon races at Oulton Park he’s most often mentioned as having retired with some mechanical problem or other, although he did manage a second place overall when the car held together, so it was obviously quick.

The only mention of him being involved in any incident was in the Forward Trust round supporting the F1 Oulton Park Gold Cup on 29th May, where the report says he stopped at Clay Hill after a couple of spins.

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#3 Mallory Dan

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Posted 18 July 2019 - 18:46

McGrath was a serial winner in One-Makes. R5s and Mexicos from memory. Good driver at National level, he did some ProdSaloons too I think, in a Capri maybe?? From Cheshire I think