OLD RACE SHEETS.(entry lists & results etc!) - Page 4

**chunterer** · 2 Feb 2011, 21:20 (Ref:2824778)

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Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

This was a round of the ESSO UNI-FLO SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP.
SOME GREAT NAMES HERE GUYS.

Indeed Gerry, good list!

Alan Curnow, Peter Baldwin, Richard Belcher, all drivers I saw in either Metro's or BTCC in the 80's too?

Also I see two Taft's entered, Paul and Ray? I didn't know Paul had a brother (or Father?) who also competed?

morninggents · 2 Feb 2011, 22:33 (Ref:2824809)

Wasn't there also a Greg Taft?

big andy · 2 Feb 2011, 22:43 (Ref:2824812)

over 40 cars!! what a entry

Gerry Taylor · 3 Feb 2011, 09:34 (Ref:2824944)

Unsure if this is the right page, but in the old stuff I came across this lot. I remember having a badge from MALLORY PARK each year, and I remember being a member of the MALLORY PARK CLUB. You will see they range from 1963 and amongst them are my RAC RALLY BADGE and year bars ( I loved marshalling on the rallies too). We belonged to a club called THE ONE NIGHTERS run by a chap called BRIAN FOX who ran a wood yard at Knowle in Warwickshire. You can also see my BRSCC and BARC members badges.
I would never part with these, they bring back such great memories.
I find it really odd that Mallory Park don't have an archive? Or for that matter Silverstone either. So that the racers of today can go and see what it was like back in those days.

**chunterer** · 3 Feb 2011, 11:48 (Ref:2825006)

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Originally Posted by morninggents

Wasn't there also a Greg Taft?

Ah, that might be the one I meant from that entry list!!

Dan Rear · 3 Feb 2011, 12:51 (Ref:2825050)

From memory Greg & Paul were brothers. There was also a Richard Taft, didn't he race a Modsports Cobra in about 1970-71?

Chris Townsend · 3 Feb 2011, 17:53 (Ref:2825249)

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Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

Searching in my loft, I found this set of papers, and it has all the info' about the meeting at Snetterton Sunday 17th June 1973.Interesting because it has the competitor list for: Formula Ford Formula V, Formula Libre, and GT & Sports Cars, but my bit is missing! NO Special Saloon entries!! Ah, well.
Take a close look at "Amendments to Awards" section, and you will see just how much we loved the sport!
Well, we certainly didn't do it for the money!

Gerry

At the bottom of the libre entry on those Snetterton sheets there's a number 290 with a Lotus 69 but the name is partly cut off. What is the name of the guy can you give the engine capacity?
I'm guessing that as he's not got a number in the F.Ford sequence that this is a real F3 or Atlantic 69 and it's not a name I've come across before

Chris

markal · 4 Feb 2011, 08:07 (Ref:2825509)

Hi, Richard Taft sold the cobra to pay for Mike Bigland to build a Tvr Tuscan to race in modsports, which was sold to Martin Lilley the owner of Tvr in March 72, Ted Worswick then raced the Tuscan for the factory, then in 73 Brian Hough took over as driver, sadly Brian was killed at Thruxton in Oct 73, regards Alan

Gerry Taylor · 4 Feb 2011, 22:23 (Ref:2825941)

Hi Chris, the last car on the Formula Libre Entry is:
Car 290: Driver: MARTIN RIPP.
Car: LOTUS 62.
Engine Capacity: 1991 cc.
Colour: Green.
Hope this helps.Gerry.

Gerry Taylor · 4 Feb 2011, 22:34 (Ref:2825947)

Here's a poster for THE AVON TOUR OF GRAT BRITAIN.Unsure if it's of any interest, but thought you may like to have a look.

Gerry Taylor · 4 Feb 2011, 22:55 (Ref:2825954)

This is the Entry List for the 12th Astley trophy Race Meeting, held at Snetterton on Sunday June 17th 1973. I remember this day as one of the best dices I had in my twelve year career. I still have the MN report, which states "that this was the best race of the day". Richard long and myself were really on the limit on several occasions. I had the legs on Richard down the long straight as I was running a better diff ratio than him, but he pulled out of the corners faster. anyway, I digress, it was all a long long time ago.......
These are the Classes, and the Competitors for all the events of the day.
Enjoy!
Gerry.

Chris Townsend · 5 Feb 2011, 16:16 (Ref:2826202)

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Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

Hi Chris, the last car on the Formula Libre Entry is:
Car 290: Driver: MARTIN RIPP.
Car: LOTUS 62.
Engine Capacity: 1991 cc.
Colour: Green.
Hope this helps.Gerry.

Thanks Gerry,
62 not a 69...
Rats

thebullet · 6 Feb 2011, 00:41 (Ref:2826353)

I have loads of race sheets and photos from when my grandad race. I will put them up here when I have time. He raced with Gerry and I have alot of result sheets with him in.

Gerry Taylor · 6 Feb 2011, 09:54 (Ref:2826453)

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Originally Posted by thebullet

I have loads of race sheets and photos from when my grandad race. I will put them up here when I have time. He raced with Gerry and I have alot of result sheets with him in.

Hi Matey, don't just say it, do it, as these old pieces of paper from all those years ago are the history items of the sport. If you don't post them, they're lost, and that would be a pity. I shall post as many as I can find, as people like Chris are archiving the information that us old 'uns supply. All this should have been done years ago by the circuits and the magazines and MN, it wasn't so it's up to us. Get posting.

Chris Townsend · 6 Feb 2011, 16:35 (Ref:2826708)

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Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

Hi Matey, don't just say it, do it, as these old pieces of paper from all those years ago are the history items of the sport. If you don't post them, they're lost, and that would be a pity. I shall post as many as I can find, as people like Chris are archiving the information that us old 'uns supply. All this should have been done years ago by the circuits and the magazines and MN, it wasn't so it's up to us. Get posting.

Well said Gerry: remember chaps, if you want a decent database of club racing for the future - whether that's in Britain, the USA, Canada, or even in Europe - it depends on this information, and with rare exceptions even the clubs don't have it - YOU DO.
This is the REAL stuff of history, the stuff which validates memory and which eventually keeps it alive after you and I have popped off.

Even the BARC, which has a decent archive, kept programmes and not official results or qualifying sheets. It will take many years of work to get the kind of records that I'd like to see, going all the way down to Formula Ford and even one-make saloon series, but if you consider something like British Formula Atlantic, where in 2003, when I started, all we knew was mostly the top 6 in every race, we now know complete entries, results and qualifying in 95% of those races.

Chris

thebullet · 6 Feb 2011, 16:45 (Ref:2826718)

Hi guys, here is a couple

Silverstone 20th June 1971

thebullet · 6 Feb 2011, 16:52 (Ref:2826722)

Silverstone 4th July 1971

Enjoy

Gerry Taylor · 6 Feb 2011, 17:26 (Ref:2826743)

Well done Matey.
Gerry.
Anyone else got any vintage paperwork? Or Photographs or ephemera?
Bring it on.

thebullet · 6 Feb 2011, 17:36 (Ref:2826751)

Ill try and dig some more out!

thebullet · 6 Feb 2011, 17:46 (Ref:2826759)

Silverstone 3rd October 1971

From this meeting I have added a Photo of my grandad leading an Imp, the entry list along with results and also the leaders on each lap

Enjoy.

Matthew

M Greenslade · 6 Feb 2011, 23:18 (Ref:2826974)

Brilliant, Brilliant thread guys, this is what forums are made for, rather than moaning about other people etc which goes on in other forums/threads, enjoyed it very much, please keep it coming.........

Bladders

Gerry Taylor · 7 Feb 2011, 09:16 (Ref:2827089)

Hi Bullet. Great stuff. You may want to know that the driver of the IMP behind your Grandad is the late NICK BIRCH who I had the pleasure of dicing with on many occasions. As you know I raced many times alongside your Grandad too, KEITH BARRINGTON. Keep them coming Bullet!
Gerry

Andy Clegg · 7 Feb 2011, 09:23 (Ref:2827094)

These are the rest of the entries for the 28/06/1975 Oulton Park Meeting.
Think that's a good entry for the Modsports race.
Andy

M Greenslade · 7 Feb 2011, 10:01 (Ref:2827120)

Quick question, Special Saloon Car Race, no: 209, Stuart Turner in an Escort, is that THE Stuart Turner?

Bladders..................

Gerry Taylor · 7 Feb 2011, 10:03 (Ref:2827121)

Here's a not very good photograph of some of my old tags, and an unused windscreen sticker for SILVERSTONE.Look good on a retro-saloon eh?
Gerry

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