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Good afternoon,
I am hoping I can revive this topic and discover a little more about it; hopefully enough to develop an article. I believe the article referred to earlier in this thread, may be the one found in the March 1963 issue of "Sports Car Graphic" magazine titled "Winner From Detroit". If there is a second article, would you please advise where it is.
In the article, Kelsey details competing in six of the eight rounds of the 1962 BTCC. He also says he won a race at Brands Hatch on May 27, 1962. I can find a record of a race meeting that weekend, but only results for sports and GT cars. Can anyone confirm his victory claim?
The car was prepared by Alexander Engineering Company Limited. Is that firm still in business? Are there any company archives?
As to his other racing activity, he raced a Morgan in the Northeast U.S. in the late 50's & early 60's. He did not return to the BTCC in 1963. Again the article says he was pursuing a factory ride with Ford, although I have been unable to find any record of this happening. As to the Lotus 20 FJ, he posted an ad in the March 1962 issue of "Sports Car" advertising the car for sale with a note that it had not been raced. Perhaps he entered the races but never actually competed. His family doesn't know much about his racing. They commented that he stopped racing and got into competitive shooting. There are records of him holding multiple patents on firearms.
Thanks and take care,
Mike
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