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[MCS]

So the first photo is the 1966 Ferrari Dino 206S driven by Nick Mason according to the entry list.

 

The second photo is indeed the Rover BRM turbine car but no idea on the driver/owner yet? So it would be classifed in the Can-Am/Le Mans parade run?

 

The Brabham F2 car is not listed in the entry list but it ran in the Hillclimb category as you can see the other hillclimbers behind in the video John Winfield posted. I can't find anything about the driver yet.

 

Thank you everyone for your help so far.

 

If you watch the video again it would seem that the Brabham BT30 driver is Jack Brabham, albeit in an unfamiliar red crash helmet.  Or so the commentary suggests.

Edited by MCS, 02 December 2020 - 22:00.

[bigears]

I have been reading through the Motoring News coverage of the 1986 Birmingham Superprix especially with the support races.

 

One MN journalist named P.S.B reported on the support races. Who is he? I would like to try to contact him if it is possible.

[Tim Murray]

According to this post from Simon Arron in the Motoring News thread, PSB was Paul Boothroyd. Sadly, he is no longer with us:

Paul Boothroyd RIP

[bigears]

According to this post from Simon Arron in the Motoring News thread, PSB was Paul Boothroyd. Sadly, he is no longer with us:

Paul Boothroyd RIP

That's a shame he passed away. No disrespect for him but it is frustrating for me as I started researching on the Birmingham Superprix since 2002 and there was plenty of people around but there was no social media and the Internet. Now, nearly 20 years later, the Internet takes off and social media helps me a lot especially with my profound deafness but it is a shame that people come and go from time to time.

 

So I could have put more effort to look for the people I want to find when I started researching. 

 

Thank you Tim for clearing up who PSB was.

[bigears]

Now as I have decided to focus on obtaining the official timesheets from the 1986 Birmingham Superprix and get more clarity of the actual timetable of the whole event because of delays, heavy rain and the changing of the programme throughout the event.

 

I have been going through my archives and I found a letter addressed from the publishers of Autocourse to the Birmingham City Council to allow a journalist, John Taylor a pass and a car park space so he can collect the F3000 race results for the 1986/1987 Autocourse edition.

 

I am wondering where I can find John Taylor or is he still around with us?

[Michael Ferner]

Sadly, John Taylor died in July of 1991.

[bigears]

Sadly, John Taylor died in July of 1991.

That's a shame, Thank you for letting me know.

 

What about Tim Jackson, the Renault 5 Turbo Cup spokesman back in 1986? I Googled for him and he later became the Renault Motorsport PR head or spokesperson. I can't find any good leads where to find or contact him.