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Old 29 May 2013, 21:02 (Ref:3255189)   #1
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Mk1 Escort Race Drivers list 1968-75 ish

Hi ,ive been collecting mk1 escort pics for a while lol,
I been trying to collect as many period pics from 1968 -75 ish .
Circuit racers not rally .I have a large collection already ,as lots of the cars
were driven by different drivers and owned by different teams my first job
was to match drivers to the cars to help create the history of the cars and
where an when they raced using all the databases online .

I have lots of pics with no information at all .

The pics below show drivers i have listed already ,
would be great if anyone knows of any others drivers .
Ive had more luck finding pics of mk1s through driver history than
any other route.

Please feel free to verify and correct any spelling errors of names
also the country they are from .Some of the names are not full
as i could not find anymore details .

Anyway enough waffling lol ,any help would be great

cheers essy .
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Old 29 May 2013, 21:43 (Ref:3255205)   #2
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A lot of work has obviously gone into this list.

Chris Venter and Paul Stephenson, both East Yorkshire based, drove Escorts in the early 1970s as did Sue Tucker-Peake.
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Old 29 May 2013, 22:07 (Ref:3255215)   #3
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A quick look through some old results shows the following Escort drivers - mostly from the north of England or Scotland - to add to your list:

Norman Hodgson
Henry Tuer
David Wragg
Richard Martin-Hurst
Derek Huntley
S (Syd?) Williams
R (Ron?) McCutcheon
Ralph Bryans
Paul Haigh
Mike Smith
Zek Redjep

Then there were loads of Mexico Challenge drivers over the years.
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Old 29 May 2013, 23:50 (Ref:3255244)   #4
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to add to the North list
Doug Niven
Walter Robertson
Harry Slater
Eric Smith in Harry's car
Graham Birrell
Jenny Birrell
Frank Gunn
Chris Meek (N Hodgson's good friend)
Gillian f Thomas (whose car had more £s in aeroquip than most peoples car
Tony Dickinson
David Farrer
Ian Rogerson
Jim Evans
Keith Bowmaker
The driver with the metallic burgundy car whose name escapes me
The driver with the white Escort whose name I never found out (1973)

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Old 30 May 2013, 07:34 (Ref:3255313)   #5
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Cheers Morninggents ,Angus Thats great

some extra names and folders to fill ,

Keep em coming
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Old 30 May 2013, 10:21 (Ref:3255377)   #6
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Can't get it to edit. But it's Alex Slater, not Harry. Memory's a terrible thing.
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Old 30 May 2013, 12:31 (Ref:3255438)   #7
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Angus. My brother, Chris Wray, had a burgundy (well, Ford Capri aubergine) and silver Mk 1 Escort BDA in 1973/74 - not sure if that's the one you mean.
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Old 30 May 2013, 13:42 (Ref:3255474)   #8
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Angus. My brother, Chris Wray, had a burgundy (well, Ford Capri aubergine) and silver Mk 1 Escort BDA in 1973/74 - not sure if that's the one you mean.
Did he spend most races at Croft with occasional forays to Ingliston?
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Old 30 May 2013, 16:15 (Ref:3255524)   #9
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Croft and Rufforth certainly but never up to Ingliston.
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Old 30 May 2013, 19:04 (Ref:3255616)   #10
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IIRC Graham Hill raced an Alan Mann Escort in '68 or '69.

Others are Dave Garrett, Hannu Mikkola, Matti and Heikki Kemilainen (Gulf sponsored cars) and Peter Westbury (drove the Hamilton car in 1969).

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Old 30 May 2013, 19:08 (Ref:3255618)   #11
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Alistair Lyall had one too, and Graham Goode.
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Old 30 May 2013, 19:40 (Ref:3255657)   #12
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John Emmin (Emin?) also drove Norman Abbot's pink Escort on occasion.
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Old 30 May 2013, 20:07 (Ref:3255683)   #13
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Thanks again guys ,adding to the list and adding notes to the folders of the cars driven .
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Old 30 May 2013, 20:52 (Ref:3255704)   #14
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Andrew Rollason GB
Raced in Group 2 1972, he didnt do many rounds only raced against him a couple of times.
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Old 3 Jun 2013, 19:03 (Ref:3257252)   #15
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Right time to start posting what pics i have .
Will do them in alphabetical order.
Im leaving all water marks intact and reducing image size so hope
its ok to post the pics .let me know if not.



Will post a driver at a time to give anyone a chance to add
any info regarding the driver .
Also any corrections of name spellings ,country they are from or if
they know the pics and driver dont match .

Add any info regarding the cars in the pics ,teams ,also car and team history
before and after the period photo was taken .

Just add whatever you like it all will build a picture and history of car and driver and make interesting reading .
Last of all add links or pics as well
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Old 3 Jun 2013, 19:07 (Ref:3257255)   #16
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Alain Dex B

http://www.michel-vaillant-fan.it/in%20pista01.htm
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Old 4 Jun 2013, 18:24 (Ref:3257711)   #17
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Han Akersloot, Jan Brandsma and add Harry Geeris (NL)
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Old 4 Jun 2013, 20:47 (Ref:3257786)   #18
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CHEERS Frank , added to the list
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Old 5 Jun 2013, 15:17 (Ref:3258054)   #19
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John Myerscough, Longridge Paddock.
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Old 5 Jun 2013, 15:36 (Ref:3258063)   #20
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There are the Irish ones as well... Mattie McNamara, Rosemary Smith, Fintan Newport, Vinnie Moy etc... If you need something more definitive I can probably dig out my old race programmes from back then and get a better list for you.

Have you checked out this thread by the way ?
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Old 5 Jun 2013, 21:39 (Ref:3258259)   #21
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PIC Andy ,added to folder thank you
Any pics or scans of programmes would be cool .
Ive been collecting pics of programmes with mk1s .
Lots of mag covers too lol.Any extra event info with mk1s would be good.


All added to the list Davy ,cheers .
Will browse for driver names in your link too
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Old 10 Jun 2013, 07:32 (Ref:3260157)   #22
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Alain Dex (B)

Bit more info on races in mk1s

Aspern [Div.1+2] Preis von Wien 13.4.1969

Team Ford Chevron Racing Team ,Car No 60

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Coupe de l'ACIF 18.5.1969

No other info on this one

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ETCC Zandvoort [Div.2] Internationale Zandvoort Trophy Races 31.8.1969

Ford Chevron Racing Team (B) , Car No 71

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Tourist Trophy RAC Tourist Trophy 27.6.1970

Ford-Chevron Racing Team Belgium ,Car No 12

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Jarama 4 Hours 4 Horas del Jarama 27.9.1970

Chevron Racing Team ,Car No ?
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Zandvoort Trophy - Division 1 Zandvoort Trophy 29.8.1971


Ford - BP Racing Team ,Car No 1

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Old 16 Jun 2013, 12:48 (Ref:3263380)   #23
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Alan Foster

Alan Foster next info on this chap or if its correct,country?
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Old 18 Jun 2013, 15:57 (Ref:3264400)   #24
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After a bit of research and mental searching, added to the North list

Harry Simpson
John Calvert
Brian Whiting, the white escort of 74.
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Old 18 Jun 2013, 16:44 (Ref:3264417)   #25
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Mk. 1 Escort drivers.

I remember we race against Barry Barnes in his #13 pink Escort Mk1. in the early eighties and when my man Peter Halls tried it on a test day was heard to have said , " I don't know how Barny drives it!" As when he went into Paddock at Brands full-chat and braked the steering wheel almost jumped out of his hands.
Good old Barny. RIP.
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