Home  
Site Partners: SpotterGuides Veloce Books  
Related Sites: Classic Cars Monthly Your Link Here  

Go Back   TenTenths Motorsport Forum > Historic Racing & Motorsport History > Motorsport History

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 31 Dec 2011, 00:20 (Ref:3011919)   #9
brendonwood1
Rookie
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Australia
Posts: 94
brendonwood1 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
So, let me clarify this in regard the ex-Synter CC cars.
Mike Newman acquired one in 1985 and continued to race it for several years and probably still owns it.
Frank Synter took one to NZ in early 1985 where he shared it with new owner John Morton. Morton kept this car for a few years and shared it with Jim Richards in the 1986 series. It was then sold to John Sorensen and raced by him for a few more years.
Charlie O'Brien acquired one car and brought it to Australia in time for the 1985 Bathurst 1000. He raced it for a few years and won the Pukekohe round of the 1986 Simpson series in this car.
Finally, an ex-Synter car was leased to Graeme Crosby/Lew McKinnon. They raced in the 1985 B&H 6 hour race at Pukekohe and won the 1986 Nissan Mobil series. I'm assuming they leased it from Graeme Lorimer who took it back, painted it in silver DSIR colours and raced it in the 1986 Bathurst 1000 and the various NZ races during 1986/87. The car was then sold to Warren McKellar, painted yellow (just like the Eggenburger display car earlier in this thread) and was raced by him for a few more years. This is the car discribed in a number of articles as "Chassis RA001" and is referred to as the "first" Group A BMW 635CSI.

So, we have four ex-Synter BMWs. Three were sold to NZ/Australia. All three had some level of success in NZ (Morton's car was 2nd in the 1985 Wellington Nissan Sport 500, Crosby won the 1986 Nissan Mobil series and O'Brien won the Pukekohe round of the 1986 Simpson series).
The two NZ based ex-Synter cars are both still in NZ as far as we can tell.

Have I got this summary right?
brendonwood1 is offline  
Quote
 

Tags
atcc, bavaria automobiles, btcc, cc motorsport, dieter quester, dpm, dtm, eggenberger, frank gardner, garage du bac, group a, hans stuck, helmut kelleners, james weaver, jim richards, ravaglia, schnitzer, spa 24 hours, sytner, umberto grano


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
solid wheels lowermits Touring Car Racing 55 16 Jun 2003 11:29
Metal Gear Solid 2 Minardi fan Virtual Racers 73 19 Apr 2002 19:00
What is Metal Gear Solid all about? Damon Virtual Racers 8 4 Jan 2002 15:24
help rover V8 solid lifters Simon Davies National & Club Racing 1 16 Jan 2000 00:01


All times are GMT. The time now is 21:33.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Original Website Copyright © 1998-2003 Craig Antil. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2004-2021 Royalridge Computing. All Rights Reserved.
Ten-Tenths Motorsport Forums Copyright © 2021-2022 Grant MacDonald. All Rights Reserved.