The Historic Times - Historic Racing South Africa

The Historic Times 

Volume 10 issue 8 

August 2009 

Historic Racing Car Register 

Photo by Tanzi 

S M O K I N G ! 

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Photo by Michelle 

Big Jimmy sees red,,, 

but too late! 


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Photo by Tanzi

BLISTERING PACE SCENE SETTER! 

Kyalami 11th July 2009 

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The sparse little, albeit 

enthusiastic, groups of 

spectators were lulled 

into a soft kind of expectatation 

of a mediocre 

race by a gathering of 

aging men in well dated 

machinery as the 20 or 

so Sports and GT Cars 

wound their tyrewarming 

weaving way 

around the famous and 

still surviving Kyalami 

racetrack at the July 8 th 

National Historic Day. In 

the distance and out of 

sight the rolling start 

changed the meandering 

gathering of the various 

marques into a powerful 

procession of mania into 

the first corner and like 

an unannounced and almighty 

brattle of thunder 

the cars re-emerged 

out of the old pit 

straight and into Sunset 

descending down on Clubhouse 

on their first lap 

at race speed surpriseshocking 

the spectators 

into rapt enthusiastic engagement 

with the stunning 

display of fantastic 

racing that played out 

before their very eyes. 

Spearheading the long 

train of delightfully 

turned out cars from 

various periods and differing 

marques was the 

powerful and extremely 

well sorted Cobra of 

Tony Martin. Spearheading 

the train of cars, but 

only by a micrometer 

measurement was Tony 

from the man who has 

not yet realised he has 

retired from professional 

racing; barreling into 

Sunset at a huge rate of 

knots were Tony and his 

tormenter, side by side, 

V8 versus V8, Ford versus 

the old enemy. The 

Tony Tormentor was so 

hell bend on passing the 

Cobra that he hung his 

big Chevvy half onto the 

grass on the outside of 

Sunset as he aimed for 

the same spot of the rapidly 

approaching Clubhouse 

corner as Tony. As 

if this was not spectacular 

enough, he then proceeded 

to slow down his 

massive Camaro by some 

impossible miracle as the 

car snaked from side to 

side and 

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into the sharp lefthander 

and off towards 

the Esses and beyond 

trading inch of track for 

inch went the dueling pair. 

What a curtain raiser for 

the spectators! 

Indeed the few spectators 

could well have been 

prepared to expect racing 

of a much lower caliber to 

follow, taking into consideration 

that the opening 

pair were truly awesome 

is undisputed, as Tony 

Martin and Willie Hepburn 

has been part of 

South African racing 

scene for four and plenty 

years, but pleasantly surprised 

they certainly 

were as wave after wave 

of dicing groups followed 

for a good thirty or forty 

seconds. Just enough 

time for them to get 

their breath back, and 

take a swig of some cooling 

elixir from the depths 

of their cooler boxes. 

Then around into view 

again came the Cobra desperately 

trying to shake 

of the lowly Chev that 

was hounding it, again into 

Sunset and through into 

Clubhouse, in and out 

through the Esses and out 

of sight up to Wesbank 

only to reappear as one 

down the Mineshaft attacking 

each other all the 

way and into the righthander 

Superbowl and on 

over to the new Bus-stop. 

Well there was absolutely 

no stopping these two! 

This did not last two or 

three laps either, it 

lasted the entire heat! In 

fact it was momentarily 

disturbed as the light yet 


powerful Rotary Tiga in 

the hands of another of 

South African’s great 

racing sons, (Bernard Tilanus), 

as it screamed 

past into first position 

even though it started 

way back on the grid a 

few laps earlier, however 

the fight resumed in the 

Tiga’s wake and at some 

stages it looked like Willie 

had the measure of the 

Cobra but the heat was to 

finish with Tilanus 1 st , 

Martin 2 nd and Hepburn 

3 rd . Interestingly the big 

Chevvy set a faster laptime 

than Ford Cobra although 

it finished behind 

on the track. 

The next surprise for the 

Continued on page 32


Chairman’s Chatter 

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Just one race meeting 

left in the Championship 

for 2009! It is definite 

we will have a new Saloon 

Car Champion this 

year but the other 

Championships are still 

up in the air. The Committee 

has decided to 

change the format of 

the prize giving for this 

year and we will hold it 

on a Saturday early 

next year, being a lively 

family orientated affair 

at lunchtime. The exact 

date will be advised. 

Kobus Theron has been 

working quietly in the 

background trying to 

raise the awareness of 

our club. To date he has 

Photo by kind courtesy of Barry Scott 

had two articles 

published in the 

daily press promoting 

our races 

at upcoming race 

meetings as well 

as working with 

Stuart Grant on 

publishing articles 

in Classic & Performance 

Car. 

These things are 

slow to start but 

once going, they 

seem to snowball. 

Thanks for your 

efforts Kobus. 

Racing at Midvaal on 

Saturday saw the 

weather go from winter 

the previous Saturday 

to a full blown summer‘s 

day. Good fields 

and with television coverage, 

a great braai afterwards, 

the day was a 

success. It certainly is 

good to see Midvaal 

with a full day‘s racing 

and also a good number 

of paying spectators. 

Although the circuit 

leaves a lot to be desired, 

I would appreciate 

your feedback as to 

how you found the circuit 

and/or the facilities. 

Rules for 2010 are being 

finalised at present. 

The committee has received 

no feedback 

from you, the members, 

as to what you like or 

dislike in the current 

rules so I assume that 

all is well and, as per 

normal, there will be a 

lot of chirping when the 

rules for 2010 are published. 

An idea was put 

forward that we roll the 

year of eligibility every 

year. The committee 

were not in favour of 

this. Your thoughts on 

the issue There has 

been a lot of consultation 

between Cape 

Town and Gauteng to 

come up with a set of 

rules that apply countrywide. 

I am pleased to 

say that great progress 

is being made on this 

score and soon, maybe 

a bit later, rules for Historic 

Racing will apply 

countrywide. 

Next year promises to 

be exciting. Something 

is in the pipeline that will 

allow us to determine 

our own destiny and not 

be dictated to by those 

who don‘t understand 

our type of racing. As 

soon as the final details 



Elephants 

never forget! 

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in 

Kenya after graduating from Northwestern 

University .... 

On a hike through the bush, he came 

across a young bull elephant standing 

with one leg raised in the air. 

The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter 

approached it very carefully. 

He got down on one knee, inspected the 

elephant’s foot, and found a large piece of 

wood deeply embedded in it. 

As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter 

worked the wood out with his knife, 

after which the elephant gingerly put down 

its foot. 

Funny Bone Corner 

Twenty years later, Peter was walking 

through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged 

son. 

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As they approached the elephant enclosure, 

one of the creatures turned and 

walked over to near where Peter and his 

son Cameron were standing. 

The large bull elephant stared at Peter, 

lifted its front foot off the ground, then put 

it down. 

The elephant did that several times then 

trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at 

the man. 

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter 

could not help wondering if this was the 

same elephant. 

Peter summoned up his courage, climbed 

over the railing, and made his way into the 

enclosure. 

He walked right up to the elephant and 

stared back in wonder. 

The elephant turned to face the man, and 

with a rather curious look on its face, 

stared at him for several tense moments. 

Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing 

else but being trampled. 

The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its 

trunk around one of Peter legs and 

slammed him against the railing, killing 

him instantly. 

Probably wasn't the same elephant.! 

Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, 

turned, and walked away. 

Peter never forgot that elephant or the 

events of that day. 

This month's mirth comes form Bruce Pidwell


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For What it’s Worth 

Kyalami – July 11 th 2009 

Terry Allan 

The huge cost of racing 

somehow seems justified 

when you race at Kyalami. 

I‘m not having a go at other 

tracks, but somehow it just 

feels right at Kyalami. I can 

understand why Evert Botha 

really looked disgruntled in 

the pits. His car was not 

ready. Having said this, I did 

run around for some time to 

try to get a bog roll into the 

loos – any loo would do. They 

were fresh out on the Thursday 

before the race I gather. 

Peter sees to this aspect 

much better at Zwartkops. 

On second thoughts, perhaps 

I AM having a go at other 

tracks – though Zwartkops 

and Phakisa really are rather 

special. In the voting that I 

asked for by the way, 

Phakisa beat Zwartkops by a 

tiny margin. Interesting in that 

it‘s so far away and such an 

expensive weekend. I‘m 

afraid the only reason to go to 

Midvaal is a long straight and 

it‘s close. I‘m really concerned 

that the attendance at 

Lichtenburg will be suffering 

from now on. 

Qualifying started at 7:35 

a.m. and Pierre van Hell in 

the Lotus 7 contrived to go 

slower than Lindsay in the 

Flying Orange. Now I‘m really 

upset that Pierre has plans to 

abscond to Cape Town 

sometime but Pierre, you‘re 

going to have to start racing 

when you are at Kyalami my 

son. 

I was a bit quicker than Ronel 

and ahead of us was Howard 

in the Marcos – just a second 

slower than Ronel! That Marcos 

is really performing well – 

at last. And you can see 

Howard is loving it! 

We were combined with the 

Alfa guys and had a total entry 

of 43. We‘ll go into the 

merits of this later but I think 

some of the Alfa guys had a 

problem with the starting 

timer. Not only them but 

some marshals as well. 


Firstly Lindsay went off 20 

seconds early because a 

marshal TOLD her to go and 

from, I‘d say about 2/3 of the 

way back, we started going 

off late....and later and later 

until we were 25 seconds late 

at the back. It‘s all very well 

saying that you should go 

when your time comes up but 

if you are more than 1 space 

back from the start – you 

can‘t see the numbers. 

AND...you can‘t just pull out 

into the way of other cars already 

lapping you. Very 

dicky. 

Lindsay broke out anyway so 

her early start didn‘t affect 

things. For those of us who 

went off late....not a hope in 

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For What it’s Worth 

Kyalami – July 11 th 2009 

Terry Allan 

hell of making up the time. A 

pity really. Having said this I 

must also say that the collective 

opinion has been that we 

leave the points as they are. 

Not unanimous, but close. 

Kevin Taylor took the honours 

followed by Johan Botha 

in another Capri - that immaculate 

yellow Perana. Fritz 

was 3 rd in the Mini Marcos 

with a charging Howard Nel 6 

seconds adrift. I was next 

ahead of Keith in the D-Type, 

Ronel, Buck Madden then 

Jacob Devilliers Hoffman 

(new guy) in that superb 

Johan Botha prepared Ford 

Escort. Johan v.d. Merwe 

was quietly next followed by 

Michelle who must have had 

a problem. Simon Taylor 

broke a clutch in the Lancia 

and Deon Hatting broke a 

side-shaft – AGAIN. Lindsay 

and Peter MacIldowie were 

disqualified as were the other 

Johan Botha in the Martini 

Porsche, Rey Cornelissen, 

Colin Kean in the Merc. and 

Willie Grobler had a problem 

of some kind. 

In race 2 Johan Botha in the 

Porsche just made sure he 

didn‘t break out – by .2 of a 

second, and he finished first 

followed by Isi in the Cripple 

S, Peter MacIldowie, Keith 

van Heerden, Ronel, Johan in 

the Mini and Johan Botha in 

the Capri. Howard was next 

followed by Giuseppe, Fritz, 

Rey, Colin Kean, myself and 

Michelle. Buck and Jacob 

broke out. 

Racing with the Alfa guys is 

not a problem we all seem to 

agree. I think they race less 

often than we do but their self 

-preservation instinct is fairly 

well developed. I did notice 

however that there are no 

Spiders racing. This means 

that they are not used to cars 

lower than their own waistline. 

On two occasions I was 

going past one side when 

they noticed another Alfa on 

the other side and I was 

pushed off into the mealies! 

On the subject of 43 cars 

starting a handicap race 

Even at Kyalami – too many. 

The jam from the second last 

lap on is just too chaotic. I‘d 

say there were 10 of us coming 

through the new corner 

together (which everyone 

seems to love – in spite of 

it‘s being described by a guy 

who really should know, as 

the most dangerous in the 

country!) when an Alfa spun 

in front of me. I chose 

mealies on the right – should 

have gone left, and was 

passed by all the guys I‘d just 

passed. But hey – ―This is not 

a contact sport‖ and, somehow, 

we managed to preserve 

the image. 

Overall it was a wonderful 

day for Isi who was first, with 

Johan Botha in the Capri Perana 

second and Kevin Taylor 

third. Keith van Heerden, 

Howard, Ronel, Fritz followed 

with Johan in the Mini ahead 

of myself, Johan Botha 

(Porsche) Peter, Michelle, 

Buck, Jacob, and Giuseppe 

next. Rey of course got 0 for 

heat 1 and Simon 0 for heat 2 

followed by Colin Kean, Lindsay 

and Willie. 

Thanks for all the input from 

you guys (and girls). I look 

forward to seeing you all at 

Midvaal. 

Terry Allan 

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Chairman’s Chatter 

are available, I will feed 

back to the club what 

the proposal is, I think 

you will be exited as I 

am about these developments. 

Dates for the TV transmission 

of the Midvaal 

event will be advised 

as soon as they become 

available. The 

next race at Zwartkops 

on the19th September 

will also be televised 

and, as this is the last 

Championship race for 

the year, make sure 

you are present. 

How was our calendar 

of events this year 

Good, reasonable or 

downright terrible 

Should we have more 

events and the ability 

to drop races, should 

we include the early 

Zwartkops Race Meeting 

and the end of the 

year Kyalami Nine 

Hour as part of the 

Championship Come 

guys, let‘s hear your 

opinion. 

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Remember keep to the 

black stuff and if you 

leave it, make sure 

there is a gap before 

you try to get back onto 

it. 

Regards 

John Reidy 

BARRY SHOULD ASK THE DOT FOR HIS MONEY BACK… 

SEEMS NOT MUCH PROTECTION OFFERED IN THIS CASE!

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Car No 52 

1968 CHEVROLET 

CAMARO driven by 

DAVID PIPER 

the Southern based 

GP Speed Shop which 

was established in the 

mid 1960s by South 

African race mechanic 

Pierre Du Plessis who 

worked on Ferraris, 

This 1968 Chevrolet 

Camaro is driven by 

David Piper entered by 

Tim Boles of TCB Racing. 

Why is David 

Piper driving a 1968 

Chevrolet Camaro 

when he is most usually 

known for his exploits 

during the 

1960’s in Ferrari GTOs, 

and P4s and the Porsche 

917 

The answer of course 

lies in the fact that 

David used to race a 

black 1968 Chevrolet 

Camaro in the 1968 

and 1969 British Touring 

Car Championship, 

winning against the favoured 

front runner 

Frank Gardner at Crystal 

Palace in his big 

block Camaro. Frank 

later went on the win 

the BTCC. 

The background to the 

black racing Camaro is 

as ever with stories of 

David Piper’s exploits 

a matter of public record 

and David vs. Goliath 

achievements. 

The story began with 

GT40s and Lolas and 

similar from a none 

too salubrious premises 

at the Ham, Brentford 

Middlesex. He 

saw the opportunity in 

producing Beach Buggies 

in the UK, and at 

last saw his chance 

when he brought a 

“Manx” beach buggy 

kit from the US and 

stowed it aboard the 

sleeping compartment

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of the support vehicle 

of the Formula 3 team 

When the kit eventually 

arrived in the UK 

Pierre and his partner 

John Jobber set about 

designing what became 

the GP Beach 

Buggy- GP standing 

for Grand Prix- it was 

an immediate hit in 

London at the time 

during the swinging 

sixties, and a boom resulted 

with GP eventually 

producing a 

he was working with at 

that time. 

stretched version and 

even an LDV pickupothers 

followed but GP 

was the UK forerunner 

of the entire UK Beach 

Buggy craze. 

Pierre Du Plessis managed 

a racing team in 

Britain and entered 

David Piper in the 1968 

Black Camaro in the 

BTCC in period. Tragically 

Pierre died at the 

age of only 38 as a result 

of complications 

arising from an appendicitis 

operation. 

The 1968 Chevrolet 

Camaro entered in the 

2009 Pageant of Power 

is very similar to the 

du Plessis 1968 black 

racing Chevrolet 

Camaro which has had 

recent technical problems. 

TCB 

Continued overleaf

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Kyalami July 11th 2009 

National Historic Day 


Lynton Whitttal back in the Groove at Kyalami. 

Photo by Michelle

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Some Questions in preparation for future exams 

to qualify for a race licence 

Weight, grip and skid control. 

1. In which direction does the weight move when you brake 

2. In which direction does weight move when you accelerate 

3. In which direction are you applying force when you brake 

4. In which direction are you applying force when you brake 

5. What does the size of the tyre grip circle represent (in less than 10 

words) 

6. Using your answers to the previous questions draw a tyre grip circle 

with accelerating, braking and cornering arrows. 

7. How much faster can a 4 wheel drive vehicle corner compared to a 

front or rear wheel drive car 

8. Why has a 4 wheel drive got such an advantage over front and rear 

wheel drive on a race track 

9. Explain understeer in less than 15 words 

10. Explain oversteer in less than 15 words 

11. How do you correct understeer with a front wheel drive car and why 

do you do what you do 

12. How do you correct understeer with a rear wheel drive car and why do 

you do what you do 

13. How do you correct oversteer with a front wheel drive car and why do 


14. How do you correct oversteer with a rear wheel drive car and why do 


How do you correct the above (11; 12; 13 and 14) with a 4 wheel 

drive vehicle 


1. No problem! Concrete floors are very hard to crack! 

2. No problem! After all, it is already built, so it takes no time at all. 

3. No problem! You will never find an elephant with one hand. 

4. No problem! He sleeps at night.. 

5. No problem! There is no dirt in the hole. 

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Some Questions that have no bearing whatsoever 

on a racing licence. 

For each of these questions, there is a "No Problem!" answer. 

How many will you have a problem with 

1. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor 

without cracking it 

2. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, 

how hard would it be for four men to build 

it in ten hours 

3. How can you lift an elephant with one hand 

4. How can a man go eight days without sleep 

and still be well-rested 

5. How can you easily determine how much dirt 

there is in an oblong hole three feet deep at 

one end and two feet deep at the other end, 

and four feet wide at one end and two feet 

wide at the other end 

"No Problem" Answers: 


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Clive DENTsham and strike 3 against the hapless Barry Scott 

Sequence of photos taken by Michelle 

Con 

tinued on page 10

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Nashua Mobile Historic Sports & GT Midvaal 

August 8 th 2009. 


Despite the best efforts of the 

HSGT Committee, Midvaal 

continues to be a problem circuit 

for entries for Sports & GT. 

The fact that the race was held 

on a long weekend (as it was 

in 2008!), did not help either. 

Even the Historic Saloon entry 

was depleted from the mega 

turnout at Kyalami. The Northe 

r n 

R e - 

g i o n s 

Committee really does have to 

pay more attention in this regard 

for 2010. The fact that, at 

the last Zwartkops meeting, the 

regional classes were placed 

after the club races on an already 

overcrowded programme 

does not endear the 

competitors to the series. 

Hopefully in 2010 where there 

already moves afoot to overhaul 

the regional series, the 

competitors will be treated with 

more respect. 

There is no doubt that there 

are more ―gentleman racers‖ in 

Sports & GT is a bit of a worldwide 

phenomenon and the 

chance of a long weekend is 

quickly taken. Also despite 

much work done by the HSGT 

committee to attract the sports 

racing replicas, these competitors 

make no appearances 

a p a r t f r o m s e l e c t e d 

―showcase‖ events. 

Nevertheless an entry of 13 

cars for Midvaal was a fair turnout 

although the day saw the 

demise of a number of competitors 

with mechanical problems. 

Qualifying saw Tony Martin 

knocked off his usual pole by 

Chris Clarke‘s BDA Morgan as 

Tony battled with brake problems 

and seriously worn tyres. 

Clive Densham did not qualify 

and was placed in third at the 

back of Class C after but after 

an accident earlier in the day 

had to start from the pit lane. 

This was to have consequences 

for him that no one 

expected. Evert Botha suffered 

terminal engine problems and 

withdrew his Porsche. Championship 

leader, Stefan 

Puschavez took fourth and 

fastest in Class D ahead of 

Alex Divov and his championship 

rival, Mike Altona. Roger 

Pearce comfortably qualified 

fastest in Class E with Rohann 

Theron fastest in F and Deon 

Hattingh in Class G. 

Race 1 saw Clive Densham 

start from the pit lane and he 

moved through the field on the 

pace lap to take up his third 

place but unknown to him he 

had been moved to the back of 

the grid and was subsequently 

disqualified. Clive was not 

amused! Tony Martin went to 

the front but after an ―off ―at the 

end of the back straight, Chris 

Clarke moved to the front. He 

also went off a few laps layer 

and Tony cruised to another 

victory. Stefan Puschavez 

blitzed the rest of Class D to 

take third. In Class E Roger 

Pearce was pulling away from 

Howard Nel but suffered a severely 

slipping clutch and overheating 

and had to concede to 

the Marcos. After Rohann 

Theron failed to start with 

clutch failure, Gary Blake in his 

beautifully turned out Triumph 

GT6 cruised to a Class F victory 

while newcomer Jackie 

van Breda took Class G in her 

Porsche. 

Race 2 saw the Martin/Clarke 

dice resume but the Morgan 

had swallowed a bonnet full of 

dust in the Race 1 off and after 

feeling a misfire Chris decided 

to pull into the pits rather than 

risk the motor. Stefan 

Puschavez hounded the Martin 

Cobra and got into the lead for 

a few laps before Tony passed 

him for the win. Alex Divov 

took a good third place and 

second in Class D ahead of 

Mike Altona. The Pearce/Nel 

battle in Class E lasted for a 

few laps until Pearce was unable 

to keep the car moving 

forward as the previous clutch 

problem reappeared. Gary 

Blake again took Class F and 

Jackie van Breda, Class G. As 

the race was held on the 

Women‘s Day weekend, 

Jackie was also awarded the 

special ―Woman Driver of the 

Day‖ prize. 

The championship is now a 

battle to the finish between 

Puschavez and Altona with just 

eight points separating them 

and one round to go at Zwartkops 

on September 19 th . It will 

be a good one, don‘t miss it! 

Race results: 

Class B Tony Martin Backdraft 

Cobra 

Class C Chris Clarke Morgan 

Class D Stefan Puschavez 

Porsche 911 

Class E Howard Nel Marcos 

GT 

Class F Gary Blake Triumph 

GT6 

Continued OVERLEAF

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Sports & GT 

Championship Positions as at 8 th August 2009 

Name Number Car Current Class Points 

S Puschavez 911 Porsche D 150 

Mike Altona 1 Dart D 142 

Tony Martin 0 Cobra B 117 

Alex Divov 18 Scirocco D 114 

Roger Pearce 47 MGB E 104 

H Nel 99 Marcos E 96 

Evert Botha 16 Porsche C 70 

Bruce Pidwell 19 X1/9 E 69 

Nick Parrott 30 Porsche B 67 

Franco Resca 135 MGB E 66 

Terry Allan 14 Morgan D 65 

Gary Blake 113 Triumph F 57 

Devon Dalback 914 Porsche G 47 

Ronel Gerber 181 Porsche E 47 

Deon Hattingh 64 Triumph G 43 

Chris Clarke 44 Morgan C 41 

Mike McCoughlin 5 Cobra C 37 

Rohann Theron 161 Alfa F 36 

Keith van Heerden 186 Jaguar E 36 

Bob Thomson 931 Porsche G 34 

J van Breda 255 Porsche G 32 

Josh Dovey 115 Sprite F 31 

H Lubbe 135 MGB F 19 

Chris Myers 96 TVR F 18 

P Pantazis 240 240Z D 18 

W Hepburn 9 Camaro B 18 

S Pantazis 49 Alfa E 17 

B Tilanus 99X Tiga A 15 

G Allassio 246 Alfa F 15 

C Densham 33 Alfa C 14 

O Dalais 196 GT40 B 14 

L Whitall 66 Alfa E 10 

M Green 39 Alfa D 10 

Peter Bailey 50 Healey E 9 

Steve Pickering 914 Porsche D 8 


Roger resumed his battle with Howard Nel at Midvaal


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Mirth sluppied by 

Terry Townsend

There was a time when 

famous Formula One drivers 

not only didn‘t take 

themselves that seriously 

and also drove other race 

cars in what one would 

consider lesser classes of 

racing such as sports car, 

at the 24 hour bunfight in 

France and certainly would 

also race in Formula Two 

events –sadly at such an 

event in Hockenheim the 

beloved Jim Clark was 

killed-driving a totally uncompetitive 

Lotus which 

saw him starting way back 

on the grid. But that was 

then and now the untouchables 

compete only in the 

Elite category. 

However, May 31 st 

will see the rebirth of the 

Formula Two Championship 

with the last race having 

taken place some 25 

years ago. Among the 33 

provisional entries are 

some famous names:- 

Alex Brundle (Martin‘s son) 

Henry Surtees (John Surtees) 

Jolyon Palmer 

(Jonathan Palmer) Jack 

Clarke ( Roger) Jason 

Moore (soccer‘s Bobby 

Moore). 

The brainchild of 

former F1 driver Jonathan 

Palmer with design 

assistance from Team Williams 

and in particular Patrick 

Head who used some 

clever methods to keep 

costs down. Rather than 

going the route of the very 

expensive carbon fibre 

they have used carbon 

composites—suspension 

components are largely 

symmetrical and therefore 

inter-changeable which obviously 

reduces the number 

of spare parts needed. 

The JPH1 car was 

designed entirely through 

a CPD programme using 

an outside contractor assisted 

by Patrick Head and 

it was decided to NOT use 

a wind tunnel which, apart 

from pushing up casts 

would also have interfered 

with the continual development 

of William‘s F1 effort. 

The one make series 

will not be linked to F1 

as is the GP2 championship, 

Palmer feels that the 

fees demanded would be 

astronomical and rather 

than being linked to the F1 

support bill they prefer the 

deal arranged with Eurosport 

which provides live 

TV coverage. 

Each driver has to 

pay 100,000 pounds before 

the opening race at 

the Valencia circuit and 

then continue regular payments 

throughout the season. 

Anyone defaulting will 

be replaced by others from 

the waiting list of those 

who missed the boat. 

Palmer states that 

all of the top GP2 teams 

have massive budgets with 

which they can ―buy‖ an 

advantage but ―in F2 an 

advantage cannot be 

bought—it is like going into 

the Lion‘s Den and you 

can be sure that the F1 

teams will be watching to 

see the super talent of who 

wins here‖ 

The initial JPH1 car 

was launched recently and 

although run with incorrect 

tyres and wrong settings 

was very impressive. The 

tyres used were from the 

Formula Audi -- special 

new casings were not 

ready and no suspension 

adjustments were done at 

the track because it was 

merely a demo run with 

testing still to be carried 

out later. So watch this 

space for what could be 

some competitive competition 

Pam and Terry Townsend


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48 Side Draught Weber’s – R4000 

Auto delta cams R3000 

OMP high racing seat. 

John 083 308 5754 

Honda 400 Four for sale. 

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only P.O. A. Gavin 083 653 773 

New and Second Hand Racing Tyres for Sale 

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UNBIASED, PERSONALLY OPINIATED TEXT BY HARRY LOMBARD 


After all the hassles 

that I‘d had during the 

year, I was carefully optimistic 

of finishing a race 

for a change. The gearbox 

had been fixed and 

was fitted along with the 

engine on the week-end 

before the race. When 

checking on the sundries, 

I found that the throttle 

was not returning properly 

and found one of the 

throttle cross bar bolts 

loose. I had also reset 

the rear suspension 

again for hopefully better 

cornering and had cut 

some foam out of the 

seat cushion to sit a bit 

lower. 

I could only work from 

about 5 in the afternoon 

until it got dark before it 

got so cold that I had to 

sleep next to my own 

wife at night .On the 

week-ends was the only 

other times although I 

had to work until 11 

o‘clock on both days the 

week-end before the 

race. On top of that I only 

have yours truly and the 

medem to do the job. 

The medem she make 

the tea, but also helps to 

lift the engine onto the 

jack and position when 

installing. 

On race day we set off 

not long after 5 before 

sparrow‘s and stood outside 

the gate until 6 as 

usual. The pit area for 

the Touring cars was a bit 

full when we pitched and 

we moved lower down 

towards the Marque car/ 

Pre-66 area. It seems the 

norm lately and I sometimes 

wonder if times are 

really 

Continued on page 28 

that


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Cams Cams 10.6 lift - 266 degrees (0.5 lash) used R 1,000.00 

Cams Cams 9.7 lift - 254 degrees (0.5 lash) used R 500.00 

Grill Alfa centre grill (no badge) R 300.00 

Race 

seat OMP Pista high side race seat R 1,500.00 

Bonnets 

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Doors High quality fibreglass doors each R 1,200.00 

Boots High quality fibreglass boots each R 1,000.00 

Spats Lip nose, high quality, fibreglass GTA spats per set R 4,000.00 

Phone John 083 308 5754 

Photo by Michelle

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tough if so many people 

can be off work to practice 

on Fridays. After doing 

documentation and 

scrutineering, the engine 

was warmed up and luckily 

the car started without 

too much hassle. 

Just a few laps into 

practice, the red flags 

came out with a few cars 

stranded including Alan 

in the Perana who had 

locked up brakes and 

spun into the litter at the 

first ―S‖. Don Bruins ran 

out of fuel etc, etc, etc. 

When we got going 

again, it took a while to 

familiarise myself with 

the new ‗kink‘ that has 

replaced the little zig-zag 

before the pit corner. 

I spent more time running 

around after practice 

to try and get a grid 

sorted than what I spectated. 

We tried to fit people 

in at the back of their 

classes and then fixed 

the classes as well. After 

the 3 rd attempt, Mr. Cavalieri 

decided that he 

wanted to start in the 

original position and not 

at the back with the rest 

of the Heritage class. 

Jimbo then went and 

had all the heritage cars 

start in their original positions 

and brought out a 

final grid about 10 minutes 

before race time. 

With this change all the 

classes that had been 

rectified went back to 

square one-making it 

necessary to ‗fix‘ them 

again before the second 

heat. 

On pole was Francois 

Gerber –Can-AM, Willie 

Hepburn-Camaro, Jono 

du Toit-Camaro, Paolo 

Cavalieri–BMW 745, 

Wayne Odendaal-Golf, 

Mishal Sing-325IS, out 

for the first time this year 

Clive Densham-Alfa, Jannie 

van Rooyen– 

Scirocco, Alan Green- 

Escort, Neal Wetton- 

Escort BDG, Vasco Barbolini-Can-Am, 

Rodney 

Ubsdell-Escort, Norman 

Poulter-SSS, Colin Ellison-Alfa, 

Theo van 

Vuuren-GX Coupe, G jnr- 

240Z, Francois Jacobs- 

Nissan, Cindy Evans- 

Finney-Reno, Uli Sanne- 

2002, Neil Lobb-131 

Abarth, Wentzel Nortman 

-Toyota, Mike O‘Sullivan- 

2002, Wayne Wetton- 

Rattax, Don Bruins- 

Mazda 323, Werner Vonk 

and Barry Scott-Escorts, 

Clive Warren-Uno, 

Packer-Alfa, Brendon 

Parker-Nissan, Mike 

Roberts-Merc, Justin 

Ladner-V8 Capri, Ash 

Lobb-131 Abarth, Jimbo 

Bennet Capri V6, Selwyn 

Roberts-Merc, Eugene 

Gouws-Fiat 124 Sport, 

Harry Lombard-Beetle, 

Willem Pretorius-Fiat 

131, Lynton Whittal-Alfa, 

Carlo Marengo-Alfa, Herman 

Pienaar-SSS, Alan 

Poulter-Cortina Perana, 

Carel Vos-Nissan, 

Ronnie Pereira-Escort, 

Guiseppe Martini-Alfa, 

Thys Mostert-Fiat 124, 

Lois Cloete-Beetle, Kevin 

Taylor-Capri V6, Deon 

Van Schalkwyk-Alfa, Van 

Nieuwenhuizen snr- 

Escort, Anton Vos- 

Nissan, Joe Soares- 

Escort, Colin Green- 

Mazda, Isi da Silva- 

160U, Mae van Der 

Westhuizen-Escort, Van 

Nieuwenhuizen jnr- 

Escort, Ed Botes-Mini, 

Manny Cabrita-Alfa, 

Julian Wannenburg- 

Escort, Kevin Armstrong- 

Fiat, Morne Hobson-

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Escort. 

(As mentioned the grid 

had been fixed but with 

the new gridding some 

positions were not fixed). 

Non-starters were Mae, 

Soares, van Nieuwenhuizen 

snr, Pienaar, 

O‘Sullivan, 

On the warm up lap going 

through sunset, Nortman 

over-revved the Toyota 

and ventilated the 

block. 

The pace car set a fast 

lap around the circuit and 

then slowed the pack 

down coming down the 

mineshaft. By the time 

we got into the pit 

straight the front guys 

were already into their 

higher gears. Luckily 

there were no incidents 

that I know of and all and 

sundry got through without 

problem. 

After 1 lap Hobson and 

Werner both retired and 

Wayne Wetton in the rattax 

gave a new meaning 

to the words;‖hot ass‖ 

when his newly fitted exhaust 

box let the driver 

seat get so hot, that it ignited 

his seat cushion below 

him. Norman in the 

SSS pulled off after 2 

laps when he blew a 

head gasket and Cavalieri 

retired the big 

Beemer with gearbox 

trouble. Ash in the 131 

retired after 4 laps with a 

problem and Ubsdell had 

the module on the electronic 

ignition die after 4 

laps. 

Out front Hepburn and 

Francois were throwing 

everything at each other 

with Jono trying to hold 

onto them with Odendaal 

following him closely. 

Sing and van Rooyen 

were pushing on and 

pulling a slight gap on 

Barbolini and Wetton. 

Densham being out for 

the first time this year, 

had a slight gap on Alan 

Green who was being followed 

by the dicing trio of 

Lobb snr, G jnr and 

Sanne with Scott 

amongst the bunch 

Theo van Vuuren was 

giving Cindy uphill with 

Ellison a distance away. 

Bruins at first had Parker 

to dispose of and the 

wider wheel on the 

Mazda eventually gave 

him some better cornering 

speed to build a gap 

with Warren keeping 

them honest. Gouws was 

following this bunch with 

the scrap of Roberts jnr, 

Alan, Jimbo, Justin and 

Lombard not far behind, 

Cloete getting between 

Lombard and the bunch 

in front of him. Behind 

them Whittal and Roberts 

snr were having their 

own duel with Kevin riding 

shotgun behind them. 

Pereira was being 

chased by Anton and Marenga 

with Guiseppe, 

Thys and Willem keeping 

each other honest whilst 

Carel decided to play it 

safe, drive carefully so 

that the sand bags don‘t 

move around and tear. 

Isi and Kevin were nose 

to tail all the way and van 

Nieuwenhuizen jnr up 

next keeping ahead of 

van Schalkwyk. Collings, 

Green and Cabrita were 

entertaining while Wannenburg 

followed them 

as did Ed with a down on 

power motor. 

One of the drivers mentioned 

that as he was 

getting 

Continued overleaf

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close to Clubhouse, saw 

Du Toit coming up, 

waved him to the left and 

the next minute thought 

du Toit was being 

―windgat‖ as he came 

past him backwards, the 

brakes having malfunctioned 

and leaving him 

stranded against the wall. 

While the dice was going 

on, Jimbo was blocking 

the bug every time 

Cloete tried a passing 

maneuvers. Going into 

the bowl to start the 6 th 

lap, Jimbo was driving in 

his mirrors and just before 

turning looked in the 

mirror and down, saw 

that he was supposed to 

have started braking before, 

then, locked up the 

brakes and punted Justin 

sideways, letting the 2 

Beetles through in the 

process. Ladner retired 

as he was not sure what 

damage there might be. 

Jacobs also retired after 

6 laps. 

On the last lap going 

into the pit straight Gerber 

tried and overtaking 

move on Willie and 

promptly got the door 

shut ,Francois locking the 

brakes in the process. 

The final results were 

Hepburn from Francois, a 

very sideways Odendaal, 

Sing, Jannie, Wetton, 

Barbolini, Densham, 

Green, Sanne, G jnr, 

Lobb snr, Cindy, van 

Vuuren, Ellison, Bruins, 

Parker, Warren, Gouws, 

Scott-pulling off with boiling 

radiator and blown 

head gasket, Roberts jnr, 

Alan, Cloete, Lombard, 

Whittal, Roberts snr, 

Armstrong, Pereira, Anton, 

Marengo, Martini, 

Thys, Willem, Carel, 

Kevin, Isi, van Nieuwenhuizen 

jnr, Deon, Manny, 

Colin, Collings, Wannenburg, 

Ed, Jacobs and 

Bennet last qualified finisher 

. Between heats it 

was the usual run around 

to do a grid as we did not 

know who was going to 

race and who not of the 

retiree‘s. 

GUYS, IT IS YOUR 

OWN DUTY TO INFORM 

THE C.O.C whether you 

are going to do the next 

race. So please in future 

do so. 

Because of the final revision 

of the first heat 

grid, the classes that had 

been changed were 

I.S.M in the system again 

and had to be rectified for 

the second heat. 

John Simpson came 

around and told the people 

to line up in pit lane in 

their positions before going 

out, but only a few 

competitors obliged and 

we went out onto the grid 

proper the same way as 

the first heat. The marshals 

requested this as it 

took a long time to try 

and sort the grid for the 

first heat. 

While the cars were getting 

ready to leave the 

pits, Willie‘s merry crew 

were still working on adjusting 

the suspension 

and fitting other rubber. 

The second heat start 

was a much quicker affair 

with the front guys gone 

around turn 2 by the time 

we got into the pit 

straight. Here and there, 

there were some big 

gaps between the 

groups. Some people lost 

out and some people 

scored. Most of us backmarkers 

were basically 

racing before we got into

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the pit straight. 

Out front it was again 

Gerber and Willie giving 

it all with Jono lagging a 

bit behind and Sing and 

Odendaal staying with 

the latter of the V8 trio. 

Jannie had Barbolini and 

Wetton to keep him company 

and Sanne had 

Densham and G jnr to 

contend with. Theo in his 

trusty Datty was wringing 

the Datty‘s neck to stay 

with Alan and Lobb with 

Cindy keeping him honest 

and Francois following 

her. Ellison was dicing 

with Vonk jnr and 

Parker .Boet in the Fiat 

was giving it stick until 

the Fiat started making 

some rumbling noises 

and he retired after 4 

laps. Sing retired after 7 

laps 

Don in the Mazda opted 

to drive a slightly conservative 

race and kept 

ahead of the bug of 

Cloete who pushed hard 

and got ahead of Warren 

and Alan in the Perana. 

Mike in the Merc pulled a 

comfortable gap on the 

following bunch of his 

dad, Lombard, Marengo 

and Anton Vos. Two laps 

from the end, Marengo 

got past Lombard a time 

or two, but then getting 

outrun in the straight line, 

only to repass the bug 

again later. 

Ladner had his hands 

full to try and get clear of 

Kevin and Willem, being 

followed by Thys, Carel, 

Pereira, van Nieuwenhuizen 

jnr ,Green in the 

323 and Herman until the 

SSS decided it was time 

to park again ahead of 

Ash and Kevin. Joe in his 

new true blue ‗Scort was 

battling with Isi and Van 

Schalkwyk. Ed was driving 

the wheels off the 

Mini with Wannenburg in 

attendance. Cabrita and 

Collings had a slight 

scrap until Collings pulled 

away. 

When the results were 

published eventually the 

timekeepers had split all 

the different classes up 

and it was a slight head 

scratch to check on overall 

positions. 

On our second last tour 

we saw van Schalkwyk 

pulled off close to Sunset 

with the fire truck in close 

attendance. He had 

pulled off and the exhaust 

ignited the grass. 

On the slow down lap 

Cloete in the bug had 

one of the pressed in 

plates on the one carb 

come out starting an engine 

fire and he pulled off 

close to van Schalkwyk 

to also be ‗blown out‖. 

Phil in the 240Z picked 

up a misfire and kept on 

circulating to score points 

Final result had Hepburn 

from Gerber followed 

by Odendaal, Jannie 

pulling a slight gap, 

Wetton, Barbolini, Jon, 

Densham Green, Sanne, 

Lobb, Theo, Cindy, Francois, 

Werner, Parker, Ellison, 

and Pantazis. Class 

E was won by Bruins followed 

by Cloete, Warren, 

Alan, Mike, Mashengo, 

Lombard, Selwyn, Anton, 

Kevin, Justin, Willem, 

Carel, Thys, 

Van Nieuwenhuizen jnr, 

Kevin, Ash, Isi, Joe, 

Green, Collings, Ed, 

Manny with the last 2 

qualified finishers being 

Deon 

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and Wannenburg. 

After the race I found a 

bit of oil on the rear valance 

and upon checking, 

it seems as though the 

breather pipe that I had 

changed was letting 

some oil spill out. I have 

in the meantime fixed this 

by re-routing it to hopefully 

eliminate such a 

problem. For a change I 

actually did not have a lot 

to do between the racestouch 

wood except some 

paint touching up and 

have I in the meantime 

bought a small steel 

shack to put some garage 

rubbish into so that 

if necessary, I can work 

in the garage in these 

cold times. I got some 

bricks from my long time 

sponsor A-B Brickworks 

that I will put in as flooring 

once I have made 

some reinforcements on 

the hut. 

It seems like everything 

else these days-you pay 

the monies, but the quality 

of and the service is 

lacking. I am sure that if I 

tried hard enough, I 

would almost be able to 

push my finger through 

the ‗zinc‘. 

By the time we read 

this, there will only be 

one race meeting left and 

who knows what the long 

finger of fate will have 

dished up 

There are rumours floating 

about of some very 

high entry fees for next 

year. If the figures being 

waved about are true, I 

don‘t think there will be 

very large fields about, 

as most of us don‘t have 

very large budgets and/or 

big sponsors. I wonder 

whose interests are being 

looked after 

here…..Let‘s see anyway. 

Harry Lombard



tiny band of spectators 

was the little 1600cc 

Ford powered Morgan of 

Chris Clarke that was so 

indecently quick it kept up 


with the front-runners 

for a long stretch of the 

heat and finished an incredible 

4 th behind the 

two massive V8’s. Mike 

Altona in the Dart did exactly 

that, darted in and 

around the rapid Scirocco 

of Alex Divov but Alex 

closed the door, sometimes 

rather loudly, leaving 

room for the Dart 

darter to threaten, but 

no further. Altona’s Dart 

however, also with its 

1600 Ford power, finished 

ahead of much more powerful 

cars such as the 

Terry Allen V8 Morgan, 

the V6 Marcos of Howard 

Nel and a host of 2 or 

more liter Alfas. 

Nothing is more dangerous 

as a woman scorned… 

except of course a Roger 

Pearce who spins out of 

the first lap resulting in 

him fighting his way back 

to his rightful place in the 

pack from the hind tit position, 

at the back of the 

bunch! Robbed he was of 

his usual spot in the middle 

of the deck but not 

robbed of a sight for sore 

eyes were the race 

watchers who saw this 

yellow MG carve its way 

past one, two sometimes 

three cars a lap until the 

rage mist probably began 

to subside inside the MG 

pilot’s helmet enough for 

him to race as a more 

sane pace. Well Pearce 

persevered and managed 

to pierce his way up to 

and indeed past the exquisitely 

quick Dallara of 

Bruce Pidwell but sadly 

Roger had asked too much 

of his MG and it let go on 

the very last lap within 

sight of the final 

straight. The melted piston 

made it early beer 

time for the disappointed 

Roger. Another legal beer 

imbiber by lunchtime was 

Chris Myres who damaged 

his TRV and had it 

trailored and home ready 

while his buddies were all 

in a tizz prepping for race 

two. 

With the SPORTS & GT’S 

dazzling display of superlative 

racing the crowd 

were definitely in the 

mood for more of the 

same and they were not 

to be disappointed. The 

field of cars for heat one 

of the Historic Touring 

Cars was relatively small. 

The word relative here of 


HRCR Calendar for 2009 

Date Venue M G S T 

31 Jan Zwartkops* 

07-Feb 

Killarney* 

14-Mar 

Phakisa 

21-Mar 

Zwartkops 

04-April 

Midvaal 

25-Apr 

Lichtenburg 

09-May 

Zwartkops 

20-Jun 

Zwartkops 

11-Jul 

Kyalami 

08-Aug 

Midvaal 

19-Sep 

Zwartkops 

21-Nov Kyalami * 

Legend: 

* = Invitation Event 

M = Marque Cars 

G = Sport & GT 

S = Single Seaters 

T = Touring Cars

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course being the operative 

word…. Relative to 

the number of bicycles in 

Beijing the 61 cars on the 

grid would be classified as 

small, however as the biggest 

single field at Kyalami 

this year it was a 

truly awesome sight to 

behold, WELL DONE TO 

THE HRCR!!! 

The enormous field of 

marvelous historic touring 

cars machinery had the 

now increasing number of 

spectators utter an exclamation 

or three such 

as, “gee did you see that 

Beetle go, or was that a 

Datsun ahead of the 

Alfa, or what a massive 

field of cars”. Of course 

this was only on the warm 

up lap!!! When the real 

racing started it was the 

70’s all over again with 

Ford Escorts against the 

indestructible Datsuns 

versus the Alfa brigade, 

the Minis, Mazda’s of 

various guises and engine 

configs. and all with top 

class drivers taking them 

through their paces. In 

spite of the rarity of replacement 

parts and the 

sheer value of their 

equipment, the drivers 

drove their cars to the 

very edge of the envelopes 

and a bit beyond and 

this was really appreciated 

by the spectators. 

Willie Hepburn was at it 

again, up front and flying. 

It was interesting to see 

the brave ones who challenged 

the new bus-stop 

complex flat out and who 

backed off. The Lobb Fiat 

123 was the first to stir 

up the dust here but 

came to no harm. The 

dust had hardly settled 

before it was unceremoniously 

unsettled anew, this 

time in the Super-Bowl as 

the Rotary Mazda took 

its pilot towards an early 

shower in a kitty-litter 

cloud of dust, pungent 

blinding smoke, (which got 

in his eyes!!!) and finally 

(but very soon thereafter) 

the fine white powder 

dust of the Kyalami 

Marshals’ fire extinguishers!!! 

After all that 

amount of dust the early 

shower must have been 

really welcomed by the 

driver, Wayne Wetton. 

The reason for the 

forced exit; an exhaust 

silencer box incorrectly 

positioned leaving Wayne 

with a fire in the seat of 

his pants. 

As the race progressed 

the casualties began to 

mount; the BMtroubleyou 

745 slowed past the already 

retired yellow Escort 

between the Superbowl 

and the new Bus- 

Stop. In fact there were 

more cars towed off after 

the race than normally 

start a national



event and there was still a 

huge field of finishers, 54 

in all! 

The repaired two-tone 

white Datsun of Philip 

Pantazis showed the way 

to the ex- john Simpson 

Alfa and the Uli Sanne 

BMW 2002 but the BM 

had the last laugh by finishing 

just ahead but the 

Alfa fell further back 

with Ellison tyre-smokingpirouetting 

through the 

Super Bowl which needless 

to say slowed his progress 

down considerably. 


Alan Poulter who in 

qualifying took a 

breather…..in the kitty 

litter! Necessitating in 

the quali session being 

curtailed to everyone’s 

disappointment, climbed 

steadily from 44 th on 

the grid to a very respectable 

22 nd , just behind 

the massive Merc 

of Mike Roberts. Some 

very impressive work 

was recently carried out 

on Mike’s Merc and it 

surely possesses the 

most pristine engine bay 

in the racing paddock. 

But clearly Mike did 

more that put a dab of 

paint or three on his 6 

cylinder power-plant because 

each time he 

takes to the track he 

manages faster and 

faster times. Justin 

Ladner tried manfully to 

lead Alan’s Cortina to 

the checkered flag but 

the wily Poulter got in 

front and at one stage 

he was leading two Capris, 

the V8 of Ladner 

and the V6 of Big Jimmy 

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Bennett. Sadly coming 

into the Superbowl 

Jimmy saw red, the red 

of Justin’s Capri travelling 

slower through the 

right hander than he was 

managing so to avoid 

making contact Jimmy 

locks up everything and 

took a huge handful of 

left hand turn but locked 

wheels have very little 

traction and absolutely 

no turning ability so the 

inevitable mating of the 

Capris took place with a 

gentle kiss to the left 

bum cheek by Jimmy’s 

right front started a 

strange pirouetting of 

the crashed Capris 

through the Superbowl 

with the Ladner V8 coming 

off worse of the pair, 

battling to get back into 

the race but Jimmy wiggle 

woggled through the 

grass verge and a bit of 

kitty litter and went on 

his way to join in the fun 

again with a slightly damaged 

front light and 

fender. 

Justin’s eyes must have 

big as saucers as he 

waited for the longest 60 

seconds of his life trying 

to get his car out of the 

line of fire as he was a 

complete sitting duck to 

anyone who might overcook 

the Superbowl 

righthander. Thankfully 

he got mobile again without 

the second lightening 

strike. 

Yet another Capri, ‘ol 

Blue’ of Kevin Taylor also 

battled with its handling 

as it tyre-squealed it way 

around the track but it 

certainly brought out the 

best in the driver and 

great enjoyment to the 

n o w c o n s i d e r a b l y 

enlarged crowd of spectators. 


This is what the 

Editor saw and what 

he thought with what 

played out at Kyalami 

National Historic 

Day 11 th July 

2009

GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2009 

Note: All the photos from this article, and many many more are shown in a larger format on the 

HRCR website www.historicracing.co.za 

Michelle and I had the privilege of attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed 

during July this year. We set out from our B&B in Essex at round 4:45am in order 

to get to Goodwood as the gates opened at 7:00am. Just as well, because even 

though we arrived early, there was just too much to do in one day. Michelle says 

I was behaving like a schoolboy, rushing from place to place, and she 

commented that I wore a broad grin the whole day. 

Run on the estate of Lord March, The Goodwood Festival of Speed is billed as a 

Hill Climb, although most cars run the hill more in exhibition mode than at full 

race pace. In addition to the hill climb, there is also a forest rally stage, and a 

section for the off-road cars (such as the Paris-Dakar). 

A wide variety of cars tackle the hill, the oldest being a 1909 Buick, right up to the 

2009 Le Mans winning Peugot. 

40 th Anniversary of the Porsche 917 

Other than the expected 

groupings of classic cars, 

each year Goodwood 

has special themes. For 

example, 2009 is the 40 th 

anniversary of the 

Porsche 917, and 

Goodwood responded by 

having 12 of these 

classics on the day. 

These included several 

1970 Porsche 917K 

917K’s dating back to 1969, 

through to the 1500hp CanAm 

racer of 1973. This was the 

last of the Porsche 917’s, with 

the car being so far ahead of 

the rest that the rules were 

changed to exclude it, ending 

the 917’s race career. 

The Porsche 917 dates right 

1500hp 1973 Porsche 917/30

to the period where my father first introduced me to racing, and I have many 

memories of these awesome cars racing. Included amongst the cars present was 

the Piper 917 which won the Kyalami 9-hr. 

Although of a later period, also present was the Porsche 956 of Jochen Mass 

and Stefan Bellof which led the 1983 Le Mans for a while, and which had 

numerous wins including the Silverstone 1000km. This car also competed in the 

Kyalami 9-hr. 

1983 Porsche 956 

100 th Anniversary of Bugatti 

2009 is also the 100 th anniversary of 

Bugatti. 

Eight classic Bugattis were present 

on the day, the earliest being the 

1912 Type 16. 

1912 Bugatti Type 16 

Of course the ultra-modern and 

ultra-powerful Veyron Grand Sport 

was also present, and although 

capable of 407km/hr, with its W16 

engine producing 736kW, it just 

doesn’t do it for me. Not that at a 

price tag of 1.6 million Euros 

(R18million) I’m realistically in the 

market for one of these beasts. 

1931 Bugatti Type 35C

75 Years of the Silver Arrows 

Although for me of a different era 

and one to which I have no 

connection, one has to admire the 

technical excellence of the Auto 

Union and Mercedes-Benz racers 

from 1930’s to 1950’s. 

Mercedes-Benz W196 1954 

Sterling Moss piloted the Mercedes- 

Benz W196 from1954, and he clearly 

raised the biggest cheer of the day 

from the patriotic British crowd. 

Auto Union Type D 1938 

Tribute to 40 years of Frank Williams in Formula 1 

For the Formula 1 fans there was a 

surplus hardware on display. 

Perhaps the best collection of the 

day was a tribute to 40 years of 

Frank Williams in Formula 1. As long 

as that, it’s hard to believe! 

1980 Williams-Cosworth FW07 

himself drove this car up the hill. In 

all, twelve different Willams F1 cars 

were present on the day, including 

the 2009 car (which was a static 

display as to run a 2009 car on the 

hill would have broken F1 rules 

which forbids testing). 

Perhaps the highlight of the Williams 

tribute was Williams FW07 which 

Alan Jones used to win his and 

Williams first F1 title in 1980. Jones 

1993 Williams-Renault FW15C

40 years since Matra won the World Championship 

Matra first won the World 

Championship in 1969, with Jackie 

Stewart in the Matra-Cosworth 

MS80. He described this car as the 

1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80 

best handling Formula 1 car he ever 

drove. Stewart drove the earlier MS10 

on the day. He won four races in this 

chassis, including the 1968 win at the 

Nurburgring where he finished over four 

minutes ahead of the next car in terrible 

weather conditions. 

1968 Matra-Cosworth MS10 

Some of the other Formula 1 cars on show are included below: 

1971 Tyrrell-Cosworth 002 2006 Red Bull-Cosworth STR1 

1988 McLaren-Honda MP4 1973 McLaren-Cosworth M23

1985 Lotus-Renault 97T 

1990 Leyton House-Judd CG901B 

1978 Ferrari 312 T3 

1988 Benneton-Ford B188 

Le Mans 2009 

It is tradition for the Le Mans winner 

of the year to display their winning 

car. This year Peugot duly obliged 

with their Peugot 908 HDI 

2009 Peugot 908 HDI

Also present to excite the British 

fans was the Lola-Aston Martin 

which came fourth this year. 

2009 Lola-Aston Martin LMP1 

Forest Rally Stage 

In the afternoon we tackled the long walk up the hill to the forest rally stage, 

where a good collection of historic and modern rally cars tackled the forest. 

These ranged from Ford Escorts Mark 1 and 2, Minis which had tackled the 

Monte Carlo rally, to the brute Group 4 4-wheel drive rally cars which were 

banned from rallying after a few years because they were “too fast”. 

Morris Mini Cooper S 1965 

Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 1971 

Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 1978 Lancia Rallye 037 1983

The most awesome of all on the 

rally stage was Sebastian Loeb 

driving his 2009 Citroen C4 

WRC. He set the quickest time of 

the day, with Lord March’s 

daughter in the car as his 

“navigator” at the time. 

Sebatian Loeb Citroen C4 WRC 2009 

long walk up the hill. 

Its easy to see why Loeb is 

acknowledged as one of the best 

rally drivers of all times, his car 

control while driving on the 

slippery white chalk roads was a 

sight to behold, and worth the 

Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon 

Although not car related, for those who had not yet had enough thrills, some 

really heavy metal was brought out in the form of the Royal Air Force displaying 

their latest fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon. The sound this aircraft makes 

with twin jets on full afterburner was unbelievable as the pilot put it through an 

awesome aerobatic display. 

Eurofighter Typhoon 

Highlights of the day for me Very difficult to say, because there was so much to 

see and do. I suppose in the end it’s the cars which you remember from your 

youth, the Porsche 917s and 956, the Ferrari 512, the Matra driven by Jackie 

Stewart, and the many Formula 1’s, which were superbly represented.

Tom Pryce 

A truly sad reminder for me was seeing 

the Shadow driven by Tom Pryce in 1975. 

I was witness to the death of Pryce who 

was killed at Kyalami on 5 th March 1977 in 

a tragic incident when he hit 19 year old 

marshal Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren and 

was killed by the fire extinguisher that the 

marshal was carrying. The marshal had 

been crossing the track in order to assist 

Tom Pryce Shadow F1 1975 the Italian driver Renzo Zorzi whose 

Shadow car had caught fire. I was a 

teenager at the time, and the car which ran at Goodwood was an earlier car, this 

still brought back a very vivid memory for me. 

Barry Scott

The Historic Times - Historic Racing South Africa

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