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[ensign14]

Didn't that happen in the BTCC too? I have a vague recollection of "Dave B&Q" or similar....

John Batchelor, quondam York City chairman, became John B&Q pro tem.

[nexfast]

Didn't that happen in the BTCC too? I have a vague recollection of "Dave B&Q" or similar....

 

Actually, John B&Q, aka John Batchelor entered the BTCC in 2001 and 2002. Previously known as John Top Gear.

 

P. S. Ensign 14 was faster...

Edited by nexfast, 09 December 2024 - 21:03.

[sabrejet]

Thanks for that. I knew I wasn't going mad. This time.

[Catalina Park]

Back in the day the sun visor on cars in the Australian touring car championship could only have drivers names on them. So Peter Janson changed his name by deed poll to Peter NGK Janson, or so i heard.

I know it was always claimed that he officially changed his name, but all you had to do was pay a fee to CAMS and they would issue a license in any name. (I told Glenn Seton to change his name to Peter Jackson but he wouldn't do it)

[GregThomas]

 

 

 Indycar team names are very mainstream,but Superformula have a couple of weirdies - Dandelion and ThreeBond.  

 

Threebond is the top of the class gasket goo worldwide. If you're not building engines you've probably never heard of it.

[BRG]

Apparently "gazoo" is Japanese for image, so aside from being one of those funny foreign words like "tonale" or "ausfahrt", it seems pretty innocuous. Unless you're from 1975.

Ah, so it is 画像?

 

Not..

[LittleChris]

Ah, So not Japanese for rich man's crackpipe !

Edited by LittleChris, 10 December 2024 - 10:28.

[10kDA]

Apparently "gazoo" is Japanese for image, so aside from being one of those funny foreign words like "tonale" or "ausfahrt", it seems pretty innocuous. Unless you're from 1975.

Just wondering if Team Gazoo's drivers gear looks like this:

 

[moffspeed]

I'll never get sick of Holman Moody's 1967 Can-Am challenger - the "Honker".

 

Resplendent in pink and with (chief sponsor) Paul Newman's name emblazoned across the nose it equally frightened and disappointed America's Greatest Living man.

 

I remember a contemporary race report wherein Mario suggested that it should be his name painted on the nose of the car and that Newman should get the opportunity behind the wheel.

 

All is forgiven though - the pink (well, Passino Purple in official circles) pig had a half-sister in the form of the achingly beautiful Ford F3L/P68 prototype.

 

Thought for the day - a Goodwood F.o.S. class for lesser-known Can-Am cars - the Honker ( I think it has already made one visit), McKee, Mac's IT special, Adams Escort, Invader 02, Schkee etc. Maybe Tony Dean's 908/02 also ?

Edited by moffspeed, 10 December 2024 - 17:01.

[WonderWoman61]

BTC Racing in British Touring Car Racing

[WonderWoman61]

BMW Sauber-Ferrari in 2010

[ian senior]

Thought for the day - a Goodwood F.o.S. class for lesser-known Can-Am cars - the Honker ( I think it has already made one visit), McKee, Mac's IT special, Adams Escort, Invader 02, Schkee etc. Maybe Tony Dean's 908/02 also ?

And add also the Costello Can-Am, aka Rawlson. Driven by David Saville-Peck, a name which rings a bell but can’t remember why.

[moffspeed]

Ian - as a Can Am nerd I was aware of the Rawlson but only recently realised that it was engineered by the same Rawlson Co. that we are familiar with here in the UK. So the company that, out of Dover/Folkestone, made the fabulous Rawlson Imps, Gerry Marshall's 1970's Motoring News GT challenger (the CR 7) and a rather pretty S2000 car. Someone, somewhere in the depths of the TNF knowledge pool will probably be able to tell us how the "Costello" re-name came about.

 

Saville-Peck was British-born but emigrated to Canada. The Rawlson/Costello was a car that would not allow him to mix it with the big boys in Can Am but by no means did he disgrace himself. His Can-Am adventures ended with a fiery accident in 1975 at Road America.  He subsequently turned his attentions to importing Lotus 7's/Caterhams and was well before his time in fitting them with big bike engines.

 

I have travelled (unintentionally) backwards at moderately high speed in a Caterham. As you gaze in the mirrors there is this unpleasant realisation that the crumple zones available to you are a) a flimsy fuel tank and b) your thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Bravely Saville-Peck chose to do the same - but intentionally so. In 2005 with his Hyabusa-engined Caterham he was timed at a record-breaking 160kph (backwards) at Nanaimo Airport, Vancouver.

 

As for his name ringing a bell. It is a distant chime but almost 19 years ago to this day you welcomed a new member to this forum - CanAm45. The member's name was David Saville-Peck...

Edited by moffspeed, Yesterday, 11:33.