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[Mallory Dan]

"Faute de Mieux", I was looking through this thread from the beginning last night. It's just superb, pics, stories, comments, reminisces! Any more photos from the 60s/70s/80s not yet posted? 

[Alan Cox]

 

Any more photos from the 60s/70s/80s not yet posted?

About 25,000, Dan  Meanwhile, here are a few to be going on with...

One of the star turns at last Saturday's TNF film show, Wendy Markey on the 1975 Tour of Britain

The superfast John Brindley, who always drove his Camaro with the window wound down and wearing a lumberjack shirt

 

 

 

 

[sterling49]

Great phots Alan, just the 25,000 luckily eh?

[Alan Cox]

Brian Pepper - Chevrolet Camaro 1975 Tour of Britain

March 1976 - Mallory Park - David Purley (Chevron B30-GAA) leads Damien Magee (March 75A-GAA)

David Purley - Chevron B30-GAA

[Mallory Dan]

Oh yes!! We're off again, thanks Alan. Bitter cold March 76, 1st ever G8 race, a new era begins, Eff Wun cars at Mallory - well a few entered anyway, including 2 TS16s...

 

The Wendy M pics are good Alan, who's the blond next to the car, looks interesting?? Lovely mid 70s Camaros, and no Malcolms in them, quite rare!

 

Pete, the Elan is the John Bury, Southport car, Steve W may know more.  

 

Bring it on, lets go again!!!

[Allen Brown]

... the 90s and noughties which are of less interest to Mallory Dan 

 

Quite right too!

[paulsenna1]

Wonderful to see this fabulous thread revived, many thanks!

[elansprint72]

Only here for the beer.

 

[elansprint72]

Vin gets squeezed into a half-spin.

 

[elansprint72]

? and ?, Longridge, 1974.

 

[elansprint72]

... and now for something....

 

 

 

Talking of Mallory Park.... I see that there are five confirmed dates for bike racing and a possible 128 days of activity at the circuit. Is anyone aware of possible dates for four-wheel action?

Edited by elansprint72, 14 January 2014 - 23:44.

[Mallory Dan]

The blonde next to Wendy M' s not Jimmy S is it? Could be with the Radio 1 connection...

[Alan Cox]

Here are a few to warm the cockles of Mallory Dan's heart. I will leave him to fill in the full grid from photo no.1

 

Aloysius Lawler - Wigan's finest (via the Irish Sea)

Ian Flux - Ehrlich RP5

Phil Dowsett - March 81A

Ray Mallock - Ralt RT4

Edited by Alan Cox, 21 January 2014 - 13:15.

[Mallory Dan]

Excellent Alan. Are we to assume Richard Hawkins quallied his old RT1 on pole, or is he getting ready for a jump start in pic 1? At a guess behind him its Mallock, Dowsett, Alo, Fluxie, David Duffield and Colin Lees, then Kim perhaps?? Good sized crowd there too.  

[Alan Cox]

Good Friday 1981, Dan, hence the crowd. It is possible that the first pic is of the warm-up/green flag lap, as Hawkins was only fifth fastest, but I rarely snapped warm-up laps (and still don't) as I felt it was 'cheating' and often made the racing look closer than it was.

[Tim Murray]

Here's how A.C.M. reported on the event in MN:

 

DESPITE the meagre entry, the prospects of a good Atlantic race looked promising with Alo Lawler's Ralt on pole and the similar RT4 of Ray Mallock, fastest in the morning warm-up. Lawler made a good start, but Ian Flux in the venerable Ehrlich and the Ralt RT1 of Richard Hawkins took off like the proverbial scalded cat, following the Irishman through Old Hall and down into Cascades. Mallock in contrast, made a tardy start, and finished the first lap behind Phil Dowsett's March.

 

While Lawler romped off into the distance, neither Flux nor Hawkins could do anything about it, and interest focused on the battle between Mallock and Dowsett which rapidly brought them into contact with the courageous Hawkins. Once by, both quickly pulled away and it was not long before Mallock passed Dowsett and began to haul in Flux, passing him too just before half-distance.

 

Mallock seemed to have no trouble catching up with Lawler but it was not until the latter tripped over a backmarker on the last lap that the Chamtex driver got his chance. Seizing it with both hands, Mallock went on to win by less than half a second while behind the unfortunate Lawler, Dowsett finally succeeded in depriving Flux of his hard-earned third place. Hawkins was similarly ill-rewarded with fifth while David Duffield's poorly handling Ralt never allowed the Scotsman to get on terms and he finished sixth, one lap in arrears. A.C.M.

Could Alan's photo perhaps then be of the first lap, with Lawler (and Flux?) already past?

Edited by Tim Murray, 21 January 2014 - 18:15.

[Alan Cox]

Could Alan's photo perhaps then be of the first lap, with Lawler (and Flux?) already past?

That could well be the answer, Tim, as I explained I was unlikely to have snapped the warm-up lap.

[Allen Brown]

Only eight starters are mentioned (and only four others were even entered) so if Lawler and Flux are already past, don't we have too many cars?

 

http://www.oldracing...php?RaceID=B81J

[alansart]

Only eight starters are mentioned (and only four others were even entered) so if Lawler and Flux are already past, don't we have too many cars?

 

http://www.oldracing...php?RaceID=B81J

The white Ralt at the back also looks a bit like Alo Lawler...

[Alan Cox]

Here is a photo of a well-known TNFer, taken on the 8th August 1982 at Mallory. The person trying to avoid the orange PRS is Ray Fenton with his Royale RP21

The first Champion of Oulton, Richard Street, doesn't feature on TNF very often

 

[alansart]

Here is a photo of a well-known TNFer, taken on the 8th August 1982 at Mallory. The person trying to avoid the orange PRS is Ray Fenton with his Royale RP21

 

 

 

Unfortunately Ray is about to take a short flying lesson 

[Mallory Dan]

The white Ralt at the back also looks a bit like Alo Lawler...

Looks a bit like the Argo to me Alan...!

[Alan Cox]

The Rhodes B48 is ex-Robinson I think, Phil, after BR had sold it to Paul Rhodes.

Talking of which, here it his lurking behind the RAM of John Travis on the Oulton Park grid 1st September 1985

Edited by Alan Cox, 25 January 2014 - 15:17.

[Alan Cox]

Kim Mather - Twin-engine Scirocco Lodge Corner - 1st September 1985

[elansprint72]

[Paul Hurdsfield]

Wow!!!

[Muskrat]

Hi All,

This reply is really aimed at Pressman, Mondiale M85S and Gregor Marshall.

You'll have to go back to late August Pressman but you posted a video of the Uniroyal ProdSports race in Oulton in '83 with a certain TR6 providing almost all the entertainment http://uk.youtube.co...h?v=u8YRr-eMFRo

Well Mondiale M85S you were right, I'm Richard Morrant and I was indeed (sort of) driving that day, and I did also enjoy a monster spin at Woodcote that seemed to go on for ever!

I know that I do have a sequence of black and white photos stashed away somewhere that show the spin right from the Gary Wright (Lotus 7) tap to the tyre smoking finish a few hundred yards later; I'll post them as soon as I find them.

Some of the other drivers in that race were your Dad Gregor in the Lotus Esprit, Ian Jacobs in the tasteful green Jensen Healey with Gary White, John Stenning and Maynard Soares in the Lotus 7's.

Honestly I was truely taken aback that anyone would remember me at all, speechless, so thanks to you all and if you want to be bored I have a few pics and a couple of racing tales to pass on.

 Great Skills with the TR6

Edited by Muskrat, 19 March 2014 - 12:04.

[elansprint72]

Bump....

 

[MCS]

Wonderful.

 

Nilsson, Hoffmann (massively underrated), Perkins, Cheever, Ribeiro and South - as of course we all know. 

 

Somebody is apparently writing a book about the last named.  Let's hope it does him justice.

[alansart]

Wonderful.

 

Nilsson, Hoffmann (massively underrated), Perkins, Cheever, Ribeiro and South - as of course we all know. 

 

Somebody is apparently writing a book about the last named.  Let's hope it does him justice.

Different manufacturers, drivers from all over the world, big grids, straightforward cars, races virtually every weekend...where did it all go wrong??

The Stephen South story is certainly an interesting one, which I feel would need input from Stephen himself to do it justice. Whether he's prepared to do that is another matter.

[Alan Cox]

The Stephen South story is certainly an interesting one, which I feel would need input from Stephen himself to do it justice. Whether he's prepared to do that is another matter.

 

Darren Banks is the guy who is undertaking the biography and he posted on here very recently about it.

Posted 22 May 2014 - 21:31

Hi,

 

Thanks for all the good wishes. I have spoken to John Stokes who has been a great help. I have Stephen's approval and he is helping with clarification of facts/events, a real bonus.

 

Will keep you updated on progress

 

DARREN

 

 

 

[Stephen W]

 

Formula Ford chaos at Aintree 1981

[alansart]

 

Formula Ford chaos at Aintree 1981

Wally Warwick going backwards.

[elansprint72]

A dry (but chilly) Cadwell Park VSCC meeting last year; the forecast for Saturday is dreadful- thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening...

 

[elansprint72]

Shame about the modern helmets.

 

[DogEarred]

image uploading

 

 

In this shot, the only car facing in the right direction is the one behind no. 31. (Might be Tony Trevor?)

[Mallory Dan]

Silverstone, around 1980 perhaps? 31 looks like a Hawke DL19, 53 is a VD RF77 or 78, 29 is a VD RF79 or 80, can't make out the other 2. I'd say only the car above the Hawke drivers helmet is heading roughly the right way...

[DogEarred]

Silverstone, around 1980 perhaps? 31 looks like a Hawke DL19, 53 is a VD RF77 or 78, 29 is a VD RF79 or 80, can't make out the other 2. I'd say only the car above the Hawke drivers helmet is heading roughly the right way...

 

Good call Dan,

Yes, Woodcote corner on the club circuit. !980 (or possibly '79). Car behind the RF77 is also a RF77. Car behind the Hawke is a PRS, I pretty sure.

 

(Cars behind the PRS are a Land Rover & a Transit. Not sure why they were allowed to race....) 

[alansart]

Good call Dan,

Yes, Woodcote corner on the club circuit. !980 (or possibly '79). Car behind the RF77 is also a RF77. Car behind the Hawke is a PRS, I pretty sure.

 

(Cars behind the PRS are a Land Rover & a Transit. Not sure why they were allowed to race....) 

Definitely a PRS but I don't recognise the drivers helmet. The 53 VD looks like a Jim Russell car.

[Chris Townsend]

 

image uploading

 

 

In this shot, the only car facing in the right direction is the one behind no. 31. (Might be Tony Trevor?)

 

I think the second RF77 [not the JRRDS car] is Jeremy Fish. The RF79 is a Scorpion Race Hire car, and Cliff Sayer rings bells as the #31 Hawke

[tiff1705]

I am a (forgotten/unknown) Grand Daughter of Chris Meek, looking to find out more about his racing life and life in general...I can not seem to get much information from his family/friends and so have decided that asking motorsport fenatics (such as himself) is the best way to start as it seems that lots of people know him well or certainly did at the 'pinacle' of his career in racing...I hope! Can anybody offer me pictures, info...anything that may help me try and piece together some form of story....Please and Thank You x

[JtP2]

Tiff, don't ask Norman Hodgson.

[D-Type]

I am a (forgotten/unknown) Grand Daughter of Chris Meek, looking to find out more about his racing life and life in general...I can not seem to get much information from his family/friends and so have decided that asking motorsport fenatics (such as himself) is the best way to start as it seems that lots of people know him well or certainly did at the 'pinacle' of his career in racing...I hope! Can anybody offer me pictures, info...anything that may help me try and piece together some form of story....Please and Thank You x

I've opened a separate thread for this: http://forums.autosp...090-chris-meek/