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[Kvadrat]

Tony Lanfranchi was BARC and BRDC/BRSCC saloon car champion of 1972-73 racing Soviet Moskvich entered by SATRA Motors. Then championships' rules were changed to engine capacity classes instead of price classes and Lanfranchi changed to different cars. SATRA Motors and various "privateers" were still using Moskvich cars in 1974 and then SATRA switched to Lada cars, "privateers" raced Miskviches in 1975-76. In 1977-80, I presume, only Ladas raced in Britain but I have little clues.

 

Here's list of races in which Moskvich and Lada cars could race. If known, starting numbers are given according to photos or entry lists in programmes.

 

05.03.1972 Brands Hatch 220

18.03.1972 Oulton Park 30

19.03.1972 Thruxton 32

26.03.1972 Mallory Park

03.04.1972 Brands Hatch

29.04.1972 Oulton Park 193

30.04.1972 Mallory Park

07.05.1972 Snetterton

14.05.1972 Silverstone

14.05.1972 Ingliston

21.05.1972 Brands Hatch 156, 157, 159

27.05.1972 Rufforth

28.05.1972 Croft

29.05.1972 Silverstone

11.06.1972 Silverstone

18.06.1972 Mallory Park

02.07.1972 Silverstone

08.07.1972 Oulton Park

23.07.1972 Mallory Park

30.07.1972 Snetterton

06.08.1972 Mallory Park

12.08.1972 Oulton Park 251, 252

13.08.1972 Brands Hatch 130, 131, 132

20.08.1972 Brands Hatch

26.08.1972 Oulton Park

27.08.1972 Mallory Park (16), 19, (20)

03.09.1972 Brands Hatch

10.09.1972 Silverstone 131, 132, 133

10.09.1972 Brands Hatch

24.09.1972 Brands Hatch

01.10.1972 Brands Hatch 239, 240

08.10.1972 Mallory Park

14.10.1972 Oulton Park

29.10.1972 Snetterton

02-07.12.1972 RAC Rally 131, 137, 143

 

 

04.03.1973 Brands Hatch

11.03.1973 Mallory Park

18.03.1973 Silverstone 292, 293, 294

25.03.1973 Thruxton

31.03.1973 Oulton Park

01.04.1973 Silverstone

20.04.1973 Snetterton

23.04.1973 Silverstone

06.05.1973 Brands Hatch

12.05.1973 Oulton Park 28, 30, 32

13.05.1973 Silverstone

20.05.1973 Silverstone

28.05.1973 Snetterton

10.06.1973 Brands Hatch

17.06.1973 Thruxton

01.07.1973 Silverstone

07.07.1973 Tour of Britain, Oulton Park 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41

08.07.1973 Tour of Britain, Brands Hatch 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41

15.07.1973 Cadwell Park 22, 23, 24, 27

21.07.1973 Oulton Park

22.07.1973 Mallory Park

29.07.1973 Snetterton 383, 384, 385, 386, 387

29.07.1973 Mallory Park 23

05.08.1973 Mallory Park

11.08.1973 Oulton Park 128, 130, 131, 132, 137

12.08.1973 Croft

27.08.1973 Castle Combe

02.09.1973 Rufforth

09.09.1973 Brands Hatch

09.09.1973 Cadwell Park 140

16.09.1973 Thruxton

23.09.1973 Brands Hatch

30.09.1973 Mallory Park 76, 77, 78, 80

07.10.1973 Oulton Park 200, 201, 202, 203, 204

27.10.1973 Oulton Park 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134

28.10.1973 Thruxton

 

 

03.03.1974 Brands Hatch

09.03.1974 Oulton Park

17.03.1974 Silverstone

24.03.1974 Thruxton

30.03.1974 Oulton Park

31.03.1974 Silverstone

14.04.1974 Snetterton

15.04.1974 Brands Hatch

21.04.1974 Llandow

27.04.1974 Oulton Park

05.05.1974 Oulton Park

12.05.1974 Snetterton

19.05.1974 Brands Hatch

27.05.1974 Mallory Park

09.06.1974 Silverstone 73, 74, 75, 76

16.06.1974 Brands Hatch

23.06.1974 Mallory Park

30.06.1974 Silverstone 51, 52, 53, 54

13.07.1974 Tour of Britain, Oulton Park 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100

14.07.1974 Mallory Park

21.07.1974 Cadwell Park

27.07.1974 Oulton Park

28.07.1974 Snetterton

04.08.1974 Silverstone

10.08.1974 Oulton Park

11.08.1974 Brands Hatch

18.08.1974 Thruxton

26.08.1974 Silverstone 31, 32

08.09.1974 Silverstone

15.09.1974 Brands Hatch

22.09.1974 Thruxton

29.09.1974 Mallory Park

06.10.1974 Oulton Park 63, 64

13.10.1974 Mallory Park 1, 2

27.10.1974 Thruxton

03.11.1974 Brands Hatch

 

 

02.03.1975 Brands Hatch

08.03.1975 Oulton Park

16.03.1975 Silverstone

31.03.1975 Brands Hatch 55

13.04.1975 Llandow

20.04.1975 Thruxton

27.04.1975 Silverstone

04.05.1975 Brands Hatch

18.05.1975 Mallory Park

26.05.1975 Snetterton

01.06.1975 Cadwell Park

08.06.1975 Silverstone

15.06.1975 Snetterton

22.06.1975 Croft

28.06.1975 Oulton Park

29.06.1975 Mallory Park

13.07.1975 Cadwell Park

26.07.1975 Oulton Park

27.07.1975 Snetterton

09.08.1975 Oulton Park

10.08.1975 Mallory Park

17.08.1975 Brands Hatch

25.08.1975 Brands Hatch 91

31.08.1975 Silverstone

07.09.1975 Brands Hatch

14.09.1975 Thruxton

21.09.1975 Mallory Park

04.10.1975 Oulton Park 96 (L), 107 (M)

05.10.1975 Brands Hatch

12.10.1975 Mallory Park

19.10.1975 Snetterton

26.10.1975 Thruxton

02.11.1975 Brands Hatch 69

 

 

07.03.1976 Brands Hatch

14.03.1976 Silverstone

21.03.1976 Mallory Park

27.03.1976 Oulton Park 71 (L), 79 (M)

28.03.1976 Silverstone

04.04.1976 Thruxton

11.04.1976 Cadwell Park

16.04.1976 Oulton Park 74 (L)

18.04.1976 Snetterton

19.04.1976 Brands Hatch 74

25.04.1976 Silverstone

02.05.1976 Mallory Park

09.05.1976 Thruxton

15.05.1976 Oulton Park

16.05.1976 Snetterton

23.05.1976 Brands Hatch

30.05.1976 Brands Hatch

31.05.1976 Snetterton

06.06.1976 Silverstone

13.06.1976 Snetterton

20.06.1976 Silverstone 74 (L), 75 (M), 83 (L), 86 (L)

27.06.1976 Croft

25.07.1976 Ingliston

01.08.1976 Snetterton

08.08.1976 Thruxton

14.08.1976 Oulton Park 83 (L)

15.08.1976 Mallory Park

29.08.1976 Mallory Park 74, 86 (L)

30.08.1976 Snetterton

05.09.1976 Silverstone

12.09.1976 Brands Hatch

18.09.1976 Oulton Park

26.09.1976 Mallory Park

03.10.1976 Snetterton

10.10.1976 Mallory Park

17.10.1976 Brands Hatch

31.10.1976 Thruxton

24.10.1976 Brands Hatch

 

 

27.03.1977 Thruxton

03.04.1977 Silverstone 63 (L)

17.04.1977 Cadwell Park

01.05.1977 Snetterton

29.05.1977 Brands Hatch

07.06.1977 Donington Park 64 (L)

26.06.1977 Brands Hatch

10.07.1977 Snetterton

31.07.1977 Donington Park

07.08.1977 Croft

14.08.1977 Brands Hatch 64

04.09.1977 Silverstone

24.09.1977 Oulton Park

08.10.1977 Oulton Park

23.10.1977 Mallory Park

30.10.1977 Thruxton

 

 

12.03.1978 Thruxton

02.04.1978 Silverstone

22.04.1978 Oulton Park

30.04.1978 Donington Park

07.05.1978 Brands Hatch

14.05.1978 Mallory Park

21.05.1978 Donington Park

29.05.1978 Thruxton

04.06.1978 Silverstone

11.06.1978 Brands Hatch

25.06.1978 Cadwell Park

02.07.1978 Mallory Park

22.07.1978 Oulton Park

23.07.1978 Donington Park

28.08.1978 Thruxton

16.09.1978 Oulton Park 84 (L)

24.09.1978 Snetterton

29.10.1978 Thruxton

 

 

04.03.1979 Brands Hatch

11.03.1979 Thruxton

01.04.1979 Snetterton

29.04.1979 Lидден-ХиLL

06.05.1979 Cadwell Park

12.05.1979 Oulton Park

20.05.1979 Snetterton

03.06.1979 Mallory Park

01.07.1979 Brands Hatch

05.08.1979 Croft

02.09.1979 Silverstone

15.09.1979 Oulton Park

23.09.1979 Croft

30.09.1979 Thruxton

14.10.1979 Mallory Park

28.10.1979 Thruxton

 

 

02.03.1980 Brands Hatch

16.03.1980 Silverstone

13.04.1980 Mallory Park

27.04.1980 Thruxton

10.05.1980 Oulton Park

11.05.1980 Croft

01.06.1980 Cadwell Park

22.06.1980 Mallory Park

29.06.1980 Brands Hatch

06.07.1980 Snetterton

10.08.1980 Brands Hatch

24.08.1980 Snetterton

31.08.1980 Silverstone

20.09.1980 Oulton Park

12.10.1980 Snetterton

18.10.1980 Oulton Park

26.10.1980 Thruxton

 

More to follow but everything you know is welcome.

[IanMH]

Ingliston 15th April 1973

 

entries

 

29 Tony Lanfranchi / Kensington Close Hotel / Moskvich 412  1st in class up to £800

 

30 "Olinkha"  / Satra Motors / Moskvich 412

 

31  John Webb / Leicester Post House Hotel / Moskvich 412

 

Webb's entry was taken over by Eric Horsfield who finished 3rd in class up to £800

 

Cheers Ian

 

 

[GazChed]

Thruxton 27/10/1974

36 Peter Jopp Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 1st in class

37 Tony Stubbs Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 Retired (Rolled at chicane)

51 Nigel Stovin-Bedford Jemwood Cars Moskvich 412 Unplaced

I seem to remember Gerry Marshall having a column in CCC and Nigel Stovin-Bedford became Nigel Stoved-in Backwards !

[The Mountaineer]

Silverstone 11.06.1972

 

Second in class behind Tony Lanfranchi was another Moskvich driven by one Daniel Künzli. Künzli is a 100% Swiss name. Does anybody know anything about that man?

[RS2000]

There were 4 Moskvitch 412s entered in the 1972 RAC Rally (all in class1).

 

Wenche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby

Tony Lanfranchi/John McKerrell

Nicholas Price/Antoine Lurot

David Hood/John Grant

 

I recall servicing near Lanfranchi (Clocaenog Forest?) and noticing "Racing driver on major rally" syndrome - over active driver expecting to engage those around him in animated conversation instead of taking the opportunity to rest/close eyes for a bit -  and thinking he'll regret that lost opportunity later on.

[Kvadrat]

Ingliston 15th April 1973

 

entries

 

29 Tony Lanfranchi / Kensington Close Hotel / Moskvich 412  1st in class up to £800

 

30 "Olinkha"  / Satra Motors / Moskvich 412

 

31  John Webb / Leicester Post House Hotel / Moskvich 412

 

Webb's entry was taken over by Eric Horsfield who finished 3rd in class up to £800

 

Cheers Ian

 

Are you sure about the date?

 

There's no such a meeting neither in championship races lists at http://motorsportwin...mpionship-barc/ and http://motorsportwinners.com/defunct/production-saloon-car-championship-mcdbrdcbrscc/ no in Motor Sport 1973 April fixture list (https://media.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/april-1973/full/22.jpg).

[Kvadrat]

Thruxton 27/10/1974

36 Peter Jopp Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 1st in class

37 Tony Stubbs Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 Retired (Rolled at chicane)

51 Nigel Stovin-Bedford Jemwood Cars Moskvich 412 Unplaced

I seem to remember Gerry Marshall having a column in CCC and Nigel Stovin-Bedford became Nigel Stoved-in Backwards !

 

Thank you! What is your source?

[Kvadrat]

There were 4 Moskvitch 412s entered in the 1972 RAC Rally (all in class1).

 

Wenche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby

Tony Lanfranchi/John McKerrell

Nicholas Price/Antoine Lurot

David Hood/John Grant

 

I recall servicing near Lanfranchi (Clocaenog Forest?) and noticing "Racing driver on major rally" syndrome - over active driver expecting to engage those around him in animated conversation instead of taking the opportunity to rest/close eyes for a bit -  and thinking he'll regret that lost opportunity later on.

 

There are two ways of writing marque's name in English: Moskvich and Moskvitch. The reason for difference is in original Russian pronouciation. We say "ch" as in "choose", not in "Christian". To define this "tch" is used for this. I don't know why SATRA used Moskvich name but you can see that "privateer" Knudtzen had a proper name on the body of his car.

 

 

Copyright unknown, eBay source is no longer avaiable.

[GazChed]

My source is an original programme which I carefully filled in from the results in Motoring News. I can remember the Moskvitch rolling as it happened right in front of me at the chicane ! Perhaps Tim Murray could corroborate it through his MN collection ?

[Kvadrat]

Thank you! If possible please photo entire programme and send me via PM.

[Kvadrat]

There were 4 Moskvitch 412s entered in the 1972 RAC Rally (all in class1).

 

Wenche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby

Tony Lanfranchi/John McKerrell

Nicholas Price/Antoine Lurot

David Hood/John Grant

 

Three other entries other than Knudtzen were SATRA.

 

 

# 131 - Lanfranchi.

 

 

Copyright unknown, eBay source is no longer avaiable.

[Kvadrat]

Moskvitch 412, Tony Lanfranchi /John McKerrell RAC rally1972

https://www.alamy.co...e225056169.html

 

 

Moskvitch 412, Wedsche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby RAC rally 1972

https://www.alamy.co...e225056168.html

[GazChed]

Thruxton 26/10/1975

45 Tony Stubbs Satra Motors Racing Lada 1200 1198 1st in class.

47 Peter Wallace Driver Moskvich 412 1478 Unplaced in class.

Both in class D Up to £1299.

A year on from my previous post and things seem to have rapidly changed. The classes which in 1974 were A Over £1600, B £1251-£1600, C £1000-1250 and D Up to £1000 are in 1975 A Over £2300, B £1700-£2300, C £1299-1700 and D Up to £1299. Was inflation really that bad ?

[Vitesse2]

Thruxton 26/10/1975

45 Tony Stubbs Satra Motors Racing Lada 1200 1198 1st in class.

47 Peter Wallace Driver Moskvich 412 1478 Unplaced in class.

Both in class D Up to £1299.

A year on from my previous post and things seem to have rapidly changed. The classes which in 1974 were A Over £1600, B £1251-£1600, C £1000-1250 and D Up to £1000 are in 1975 A Over £2300, B £1700-£2300, C £1299-1700 and D Up to £1299. Was inflation really that bad ?

7% 1972-3, 10% 1973-4, 16% 1974-5, 24% 1975-6, 16% 1976-7 ...

 

Source: http://inflation.iamkate.com/

 

Plus you have to factor in the change from Purchase Tax to VAT and the changing VAT rates!

[IanMH]

Regarding Ingliston date Kvadrat post 6 ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regarding the Ingliston race date on your list 14th May 1972...no Moskvich in the results...but I have no info on any taking part...

 

 

 

 

Cheers Ian

[IanMH]

Ingliston 25th July 1976... Wendy Markey out in a Lada...

 

 

 

Cheers Ian

Edited by IanMH, 16 August 2020 - 15:19.

[Tim Murray]

Perhaps Tim Murray could corroborate it through his MN collection ?

From Motoring News 31/10/74:

[GazChed]

Wow Tim that's brilliant ! I couldn't remember the race being stopped and sure enough it wasn't, continuing while Tony Stubbs was hanging upside down in the middle of the chicane ! Inconceivable these days thankfully.

Regarding the interest rates, in this day and age of low interest rates and inflation it's easy to forget how high inflation was in the seventies.

I found another couple of programmes relating to the relevant period, first of all from the 30/10/1977 meeting at Thruxton. The Britax Production Saloon championship was now divided into capacity classes rather than the previous price classes and the only Lada/Moskvich entry in what was the smallest class (up to 1500cc) was 64, Roger Turner, Lada 1200 entered by Satra Motors Racing Team Lada. He wasn't in the first three in class.

The final programme I have is from Thruxton on 12/3/1978. With an entry half the size of the previous years final round, there were no Lada or Moskvich entries, the smallest class being a straight fight between Renault 5s and Honda Civics. Roger Turner was to race Ladas for many years notably in the Modified Production Saloon championship in the 1990s.

[Kevan]

 

Tony Lanfranchi was BARC and BRDC/BRSCC saloon car champion of 1972-73 racing Soviet Moskvich entered by SATRA Motors. Then championships' rules were changed to engine capacity classes instead of price classes and Lanfranchi changed to different cars. SATRA Motors and various "privateers" were still using Moskvich cars in 1974 and then SATRA switched to Lada cars, "privateers" raced Miskviches in 1975-76. In 1977-80, I presume, only Ladas raced in Britain but I have little clues.

 

Here's list of races in which Moskvich and Lada cars could race. If known, starting numbers are given according to photos or entry lists in programmes.

 

07.07.1973 Tour of Britain, Oulton Park 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41

08.07.1973 Tour of Britain, Brands Hatch 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41

 

 

 

I suspect Kvadrat may have this already, as the race/rally numbers are quoted in the original post, but according to a scan I have of the Oulton (I think) programme and entry list for the 1973 Tour, the Moskvich entries were:

 

32 Bill McGovern/Tony Stubbs (Kinson Motors, Birmingham)

33 Eric Horsfield/John McKerrill (Satra Motors)

34 Peter Jopp/Maxwell Boyd (Kinson Motors, Birmingham)

35 John Lyon/Mike Desmond (Satra Motors)

36 Tony Graham-Enoch/Tony Parry (Satra Motors)

38 Roger Baynham/Ernie Thomas (South Wales Auto Club)

39 Peter Ripley/Mike Knutton (Outwood Autos/Wakefield Albany Inn)

40 Gethin Jones/David Bradley (Gethin Jones)

41 David Bates/Roger Hinchcliffe (David Bates)

 

All Class D, up to £800- the only interloper being Mike Merrick's Mini 1000

 

The scan quality is pretty poor, so apologies for any misreadings of names.

 

I thought I used to have results for the event as well, but can't find them- there was a thread on the forum some years ago which gives a top 20 for 1973, but doesn't go far enough into the leaderboard to pick up the Moskviches! Can anyone fill in the gaps?

Edited by Kevan, 31 August 2020 - 14:53.

[Lee Nicolle]

Moskvitch 412, Tony Lanfranchi /John McKerrell RAC rally1972

https://www.alamy.co...e225056169.html

 

 

Moskvitch 412, Wedsche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby RAC rally 1972

https://www.alamy.co...e225056168.html

I think the lights are worth more than the cars!

I have owned TWO Ladas though. One the smallish hatch, the other the 4wd. Both 80s when they were sold here in Oz. Very basic but quite tough cars. Both my salesladie's trades. But for very little money and they got rid of old stockers,,though the Ladas did not race out the gate either.

[Kvadrat]

Thank you for all your assistance. Sorry for not responding for so long time.

 

14.10.1978, Croft, Lada #84.

 

Source - https://www.ebay.co....4-/184503973769.

 

05.08.1979, Croft, Lada #77.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....24/184503949460.

[Kvadrat]

More clues from race programmes.

 

06.05.1973, Brands Hatch.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/363188488673.

 

01.07.1973, Silverstone

Source - https://www.ebay.co....73/274564317893.

 

19.10.1975, Snetterton

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184520594435.

 

07.03.1976, Brands Hatch

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/203189429194.

 

31.05.1976, Snetterton

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184520631588.

 

05.09.1976, Silverstone

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/203180159135.

[Kvadrat]

08.07.1977, Donington

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184526947089.

 

10.07.1977, Snetterton

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184520784499.

 

31.07.1977, Donington.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184526929198.

[Kvadrat]

30.04.1978, Donington

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184526825762.

 

23.07.1978, Donington.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....13/184526911652.

 

28.10.1979, Thruxton.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/154204710971.

 

01.06.1980, Cadwell Park.

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/363183527775.

[Kvadrat]

06.10.1974, Oulton Park

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/363198145838

 

05.09.1976, Silverstone

Source - https://www.ebay.co....me/154210623948.

[Kvadrat]

23.06.1974, Mallory Park

Souce - https://www.ebay.co....me/154216282723.

[Rupertlt1]

B.A.R.C. WELLA TROPHY MEETING, Thruxton, Sunday 24th March 1974

Britax Production Saloon Car Championship Race

Event Six, 8-laps:

Class D: Up to £999

#35 Conders of Peterborough (Dvr: Peter Jopp) Moskvich 412, 1478, Red/Black/White

#36 Conders of Peterborough (Dvr: Tony Stubbs) Moskvich 412, 1478, Red/Black/White

 

RGDS RLT 

[Rupertlt1]

Thruxton 27/10/1974

36 Peter Jopp Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 1st in class

37 Tony Stubbs Conders of Peterborough Moskvich 412 Retired (Rolled at chicane)

51 Nigel Stovin-Bedford Jemwood Cars Moskvich 412 Unplaced

I seem to remember Gerry Marshall having a column in CCC and Nigel Stovin-Bedford became Nigel Stoved-in Backwards !

 

B.A.R.C. Championship Finals Meeting

Race 3 — 8-Laps: Britax Production Saloon Car Championship Race

Class D: Up to £1000

He was Nigel Stovin-Bradford, entered by Jemwood Cars Ltd., of Cobham, Surrey.

The programme states that Tony Stubbs was already the class winner in the series with 36 points. 

 

RGDS RLT

Edited by Rupertlt1, 20 November 2021 - 06:58.

[BRG]

There were 4 Moskvitch 412s entered in the 1972 RAC Rally (all in class1).

 

Wenche Knudtzen/Eidis Huseby

Tony Lanfranchi/John McKerrell

Nicholas Price/Antoine Lurot

David Hood/John Grant

 

I recall servicing near Lanfranchi (Clocaenog Forest?) and noticing "Racing driver on major rally" syndrome - over active driver expecting to engage those around him in animated conversation instead of taking the opportunity to rest/close eyes for a bit -  and thinking he'll regret that lost opportunity later on.

Do you have an actual entry list for the '72 rally?  I was intrigued about this, having known John McKerrell a bit and looked up the e-wrc site.  It shows Lanfranchi finishing 67th, and beating Knudtzen, so the 'racing driver on major rally' syndrome doesn't seem to have kicked in!  Of course, knowing McKerrell, they probably took a short cut!

 

But no sign of the other two entries at all.  E-wrc is only as good as the stuff that gets put there and if you hold an official document, that would be more trustworthy!

Edited by BRG, 20 November 2021 - 12:25.

[RS2000]

My RAC entry records are compiled from several sources - MN, Programmes, entrants own lists from the RAC itself etc. Over the years I've been adding reg nos from photos etc. I've never been greatly interested in results, so they are not so extensive. 

Obviously that means non-starters may not always be recorded. RAC results are greatly influenced by who has been off the road and for how long. Often in the old days more significant than overall speed and not obvious without individual stage times.

I have:

114 Knudsen DA36656

131 Lanfranchi HPC14K

137 Price

143 Hood

 

The late McKerrell set his legacy with me by extreme (unsuccessful) efforts to get the results of an LCAMC/ACSMC road rally changed by me as Clerk of Course and attempted bribery of my Sec of Meeting to do so. It was beyond a joke to have other competitors call me to say which section he would try to get changed by one minute and that they had passed his driver removing a broken rear damper on it....

Edited by RS2000, 20 November 2021 - 20:24.

[BRG]

OK, looking at e-wrc again, I see that #137 and #143 are absent from the entry list, as are some other numbers.  So your info is clearly more complete. 

 

As for results being influenced by off road adventures etc, yes, of course, but isn't (wasn't) that all part of rallying?  No point being super fast if you end your rally in a ditch.  To finish first, first you must finish. 

 

And you saw the worst of McKerrell, I fear.  I didn't really encounter him until he had taken up driving, although he was still capable of making a nuisance of himself.

[Rupertlt1]

Welsh Rally, May 1972:

#222 R. Birchhurst J. King, Moskvich 1478, registered UKG14G, Class 3

 

They were Moskvich-dealer Bob Birchhurst, from Cardiff, and Jim King in a Moskvich 412, described as works-entered, (Birch-Hurst in one source).

 

RGDS RLT 

Edited by Rupertlt1, 22 November 2021 - 09:20.