Grp C/Grp A/V8SC 'Where are they now?' continued... - Page 49

racer69 · 1 Nov 2006, 13:09 (Ref:1755269)

MMM sponsored the Mazda team in 1995, they started the year with the older cars, one painted silver, the other painted black. From memory the silver one was racing at the Gold Coast Indy in 1995, didn't Allan Grice win one of the races in it there?

The SP model was debuted at the Calder round of the '95 GTP series, which also featured Dick Johnson in the other 'old-spec' RX7, now painted white, and would go on to win the 12 Hour at Eastern Creek in SP form.

Gordon Leven converted his Group E Commodore back to road-going form. Living near his tyre service he regularly used to have the car parked outside, later on (after he stopped racing it) it was still parked outside, but in road-going form (from memory with a For Sale sign as well)

William Dale Jr · 1 Nov 2006, 14:03 (Ref:1755320)

Originally, there were two RX-7s that were run by Mazda in the 1992 and 1993 12Hrs. From what I understand, these two cars were sold on to Terry Bosnjak (or was it Peter Hopwood first?) and Peter McLeod, who ran the cars in the '94 12 Hour and other races. I think Bosnjak's might have been updated to SP-spec for the 95 12 Hour. Was it a Mazda or a Porsche that Bosnjak put in at Lake corner at Amaroo?

For 1994 Mazda built up two new cars. One of them is almost certainly the one sitting in the Bathurst museum, meaning that there must have been another car built up in 1995, probably in SP-spec from the ground up.

alfacors · 2 Nov 2006, 02:03 (Ref:1755823)

If you're talking about Bosnjak's huge shunt roof-first into the wall at Stop-Go, that was the Porka, not the Mazda

M-Kart · 2 Nov 2006, 13:06 (Ref:1756188)

No one knows anything about the Grice Akubra ute? Or, did that suffer the fate of return to a road car?

**GTRMagic** · 7 Nov 2006, 08:55 (Ref:1759701)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lloyd12a

STILL Looking for a Group C mazda RX-3 or RX-7.

WOOHOO... Found one.. Here

**GTRMagic** · 7 Nov 2006, 08:57 (Ref:1759702)

On the Certificate of Description... the 2nd owner is interesting...

Mr Winterbottom's father perhaps?

A9X05 · 7 Nov 2006, 09:21 (Ref:1759733)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

On the Certificate of Description... the 2nd owner is interesting...

Mr Winterbottom's father perhaps?

Yeah maybe? Frostys dad is well known speedway star from the 70's and his name is Jim Winterbottom! He used to race Super Modifieds mainly based at Liverpool Speedway! By the way, Jim's race number was number 41, which was Frosty's number in his S.B.R. Konica car from 2003!

Chatters · 7 Nov 2006, 10:42 (Ref:1759798)

Do I also see a Bargwanna on that list?

Falcadore · 7 Nov 2006, 12:12 (Ref:1759885)

Could be Harry Bargwanna, Jason's Dad and 1995 Australian Production Car Champion.

Jim Winterbottom was more than a star, he was once Australian Sprintcar Champion.

Peter O'Brien - Bill's son? Seems more than just a pair of Falcons travelled North to Qld from the O'Brien family.

pete55 · 7 Nov 2006, 12:21 (Ref:1759890)

Or was it Peter O'Brien of O'Brien's Aluminium?

drbob · 7 Nov 2006, 20:56 (Ref:1760312)

That's just been sold

**GTRMagic** · 8 Nov 2006, 00:55 (Ref:1760466)

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Originally Posted by drbob

That's just been sold

The car or the O'Brien Aluminium business?

They were in some difficulty not long ago, an auction of surplus equipment was in the news as well...

pete55 · 8 Nov 2006, 01:39 (Ref:1760477)

I wouldn't have minded having that Mazda in my garage.

Henry · 8 Nov 2006, 02:02 (Ref:1760481)

Would current Cp C Historic reg's mean it would have to compete on Goodrich street radials?

pete55 · 8 Nov 2006, 02:05 (Ref:1760484)

It only ran radials when run under BF Goodrich sponsorship and i don't think it ran on them all the time then either. I think it was mainly for enduros.

drbob · 8 Nov 2006, 07:50 (Ref:1760581)

Sorry GTRMagic
I meant the car It is Frosty 's old man and Bargs old man. O'Brien is of Aluminium fame
Gerry Burges/ Lyn Brown ran the car at Bathurst in '82 and Burges/ Mandeville at Bathurst in '83
It also had a Group A history

Henry · 8 Nov 2006, 09:18 (Ref:1760656)

Quote:

Originally Posted by drbob

Sorry GTRMagic
Gerry Burges/ Lyn Brown ran the car at Bathurst in '82 and Burges/ Mandeville at Bathurst in '83
It also had a Group A history

What's it's Gp A history doc?

It had a dreaful 1982 great race... the Barry Jones car, which ran Goodrich radials (with Steve Millen IIRC?) was a much more successful campaign...

drbob · 8 Nov 2006, 09:45 (Ref:1760689)

Henry 1983 Bathurst was a DNF as well Crashed and sustained damage to the right hand front guard and RH suspension and RH firewall

Not sure about its Group A history but I think it was logged as a Group A car around October 1985. It ran at the Adelaide AGP in '85 and many races in '89 Not sure what category it was in '89 but Harry Bargwanna owned it then. It also ran at a few meetings in 1990 then nothing till 1995. Can anyone else shed light on its history. I haven't really looked at it in any detail.

**GTRMagic** · 8 Nov 2006, 09:56 (Ref:1760697)

Did it appear as the "Unleaded" Rx7 at Bathurst 1985?

Henry · 8 Nov 2006, 10:37 (Ref:1760736)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Did it appear as the "Unleaded" Rx7 at Bathurst 1985?

That was the only Gp.A Rx-7 I could remember hearing of...

**GTRMagic** · 8 Nov 2006, 11:33 (Ref:1760783)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henry

That was the only Gp.A Rx-7 I could remember hearing of...

It was also probably the easiest Scanlens card of the 1986 series of motor racing cards you could get

William Dale Jr · 8 Nov 2006, 11:46 (Ref:1760792)

Quote:

Originally Posted by drbob

Not sure about its Group A history but I think it was logged as a Group A car around October 1985. It ran at the Adelaide AGP in '85 and many races in '89 Not sure what category it was in '89 but Harry Bargwanna owned it then. It also ran at a few meetings in 1990 then nothing till 1995. Can anyone else shed light on its history. I haven't really looked at it in any detail.

Harry ran the car in a Group C demonstration race at the second AMSCAR round at Amaroo in 1989, so it was definitely in Group C trim then. Not sure what other races it did, though. It was in a bright orange livery at this point.

Henry · 8 Nov 2006, 11:56 (Ref:1760800)

Aw hell, Scanlens cars didn't make it out to the sticks... anyway it would've been the common card due to the ease in getting a clear photo of it: it didn't move to quick from memory...

pete60 · 8 Nov 2006, 12:59 (Ref:1760859)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Did it appear as the "Unleaded" Rx7 at Bathurst 1985?

No, different beasts. The Unleaded car was run by Norm Carr and was a rebuild of his Group C RX7 built in 1983.

cavvy · 9 Nov 2006, 03:32 (Ref:1761286)

Quote:

Originally Posted by pete60

No, different beasts. The Unleaded car was run by Norm Carr and was a rebuild of his Group C RX7 built in 1983.

Norm co drove, it was John Bundy's car.

Norm did have some interesting projects , a Chevron open wheeler & a Lotus Elan.

What happened to the JB car?

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