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25 Apr 2007, 07:01 (Ref:1899847)
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RAC Saloon 1980's photos
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/c192832.html
I have these photos posted on my site. All from the RAC saloon car series in the early 80's. I would like if possible to caption them correctly. Some are more obvious than others. Any help would be gratefully recieved. |
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25 Apr 2007, 08:36 (Ref:1899923)
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Indeed,
I see a 1985/86 Rouse Sierra XR4Ti has slipped in amongst the Grp 1 Capris and Rovers as well?!! Not sure how easy or difficult it would be to do this but it look as though some of them are from 1981 and 82? The white Rovers would've been 1980 or 1981 and the blue ones 1982. Looks like they're mainly Brands and Silverstone shots? The Juicy Jeans car in several shots was one of a 2 car Rouse/Broadspeed run team in 1981 with Andy and Charles Sawyer-Hoare as drivers. I think they only ran like that for the one season, not all that succesfully. Entry lists from programmes for those seasons would be very useful as well. If I can help any more can I have a few prints as a pressie??? 
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25 Apr 2007, 12:58 (Ref:1900095)
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Those red capris are from gordon spice racing are they not?
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25 Apr 2007, 15:50 (Ref:1900217)
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The Red Capri's are the easier to id as Spice and co, but the Juicy jeans ones had me stumped. I never associted Rouse with them, it was always spice or woodman in my mind! I can email the images you fancy if we can get some names to cars. Any thoughts on the RX7 driver? Win Percy springs to mind. |
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Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. H S Thompson 1937 - 2005
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25 Apr 2007, 18:32 (Ref:1900349)
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Ok i'll pm you with an email and see what I can do.
Mazda pedallers in 1981 were Win (he won the title) John Morrison and I think even Pierre Dieudonne was out at certain rounds. Certainly looks as though there's more than one RX7 in the shots, one with Motul on it and another without. The cars are white and blue though when I always thought they were black, white and red in Pentax livery for the 3 seasons they competed. Interesting! |
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25 Apr 2007, 21:30 (Ref:1900466)
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Daily Express Rovers would be Brian "Yogi" Muir and Rex Greenslade. Both Dave Price Racing prepared - pre TWR
Black Alfa Sud definately Jon Dooley. The other I'm not sure about. |
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25 Apr 2007, 21:37 (Ref:1900475)
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Audi at the tail of the Silverstone Coppice shot is either Striling Moss or Martin Brundle. I have various programmes from Trimoco rounds from 82 onwards when I first started marshalling. I could take a look.
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26 Apr 2007, 09:52 (Ref:1900791)
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No problems Chris - I quite enjoyed it all really!
 I've singled out a few more which I'll be able to add some detail to later, but I just ran out of time last night. Amazing what you can unearth in a few 27 year old race programmes! I'm glad you agree with my thoughts that the image above looks like Silverstone. I see what you mean about the tarmac now - did you recognise the bridge in the background? |
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26 Apr 2007, 15:23 (Ref:1901002)
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26 Apr 2007, 17:33 (Ref:1901080)
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The entries in the early 80's were big and diverse, much better than the shopping car races nowadays. I haven't found my programmes, but I realised I lent them to someone a couple of years back and haven't seen them since!! Few more notes of interest. As there's more than one Spice Capri in the shots in 1981, then it will probably have been pedalled by Phil Martin Dye who replaced Rouse who as has been mentioned set up his own team for that season running cars independent of CC Racing. That 'Bestmoor' Capri was bugging me so well done on identifying the driver of that one!! By my reckoning the White Rovers were pedalled by Greenslade and Jeff Allam with the Patrick Motors (anyone have both of these in their Scalextric set at the time??) driven either by Yogi Muir or Rad Dougall. Is there also a few Fiestas and Metros in the shots as well? |
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1 May 2007, 22:21 (Ref:1904583)
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Thanks 'chunterer'.
Any 1980 or 1981 photos that feature Rover 3500s are fairly easy to identify due to their particular entries each season. 1980 Team Triplex with Esso and Motor Nº 6 - Rex Greenslade Nº 12 - Jeff Allam 1981 Patrick Motorsport with Motor / Duckhams Nº 7 - Brian Muir Nº 8 - Rex Greenslade Daily Express / Equipe Esso Nº 9 - Jeff Allam Nº 10 - Peter Lovett |
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2 May 2007, 08:50 (Ref:1904811)
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Only if you can easily identify the numbers on the cars in the pics though?
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2 May 2007, 09:06 (Ref:1904828)
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For the record...according to a Motorsport interview with John Davenport (BL Motorsport) Frank Sytner also had a couple of outings alongside Allam in '81 at Sliverstone and Mallory. Couldn't get dialed into the car though so backed out.
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28 Dec 2007, 21:28 (Ref:2095951)
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28 Dec 2007, 23:13 (Ref:2095999)
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peter i was looking around and i spotted this funny looking blue thing what is it ? http://www.mallettracing.co.uk/IMAGES/Pembrey00-3.JPG
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26 Apr 2007, 15:08 (Ref:1900993)
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Thanks for all the help so far. I have changed some of the captions to reflect the information so far given, and I will change the rest when i have a chance.
The paddock shot of the Capri is interesting as i have aways thought it was taken at Thruxton, but the your right the bridge in the background would rule it out and i am sure it must be Silverstone, taken, I guess at the GP support that year or maybe the 1000k's if the Saloons appeared there. I would only have been to Silverstone 3 times that year the other being the TT, and would have camped on site for both the GP and the 1000ks hence the paddock access. |
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26 Apr 2007, 17:06 (Ref:1901058)
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I can hear the sound now Chris!
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2 May 2007, 09:21 (Ref:1904838)
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Good point 'chunterer'!
Chris - I have an un-used Sanyo Rover 3500 sticker in the 'collection', and I'm sure it features both Jeff Allam's and Frank Sytner's printed signatures below the image of the car. I suppose being Sanyo livery that make it 1982 though? I'll scan it in later & post it here. |
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2 May 2007, 09:33 (Ref:1904849)
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Just spotted this thread. This link might help.
http://www.mallettracing.co.uk/btcc1980.htm |
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29 Dec 2007, 05:42 (Ref:2096065)
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One of the blue things is an S Type Jaguar and the other is a Toyota corolla Liftback.
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29 Dec 2007, 13:56 (Ref:2096192)
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Win Percy was my team mate in 80(?) in the TWR Mazda, which I earned through good results in the County Championship, but I didn't get a full season. The best bits always went on No 1s car in any case ...!
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