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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
August 2009<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> Car Register<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
S M O K I N G !<br />
1<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
Big Jimmy sees red,,,<br />
but too late!<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
4<br />
2<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
3<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
5<br />
6<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
Photo by Tanzi
BLISTERING PACE SCENE SETTER!<br />
Kyalami 11th July 2009<br />
Page 2<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
<strong>The</strong> sparse little, albeit<br />
enthusiastic, groups of<br />
spectators were lulled<br />
into a soft kind of expectatation<br />
of a mediocre<br />
race by a gathering of<br />
aging men in well dated<br />
machinery as the 20 or<br />
so Sports and GT Cars<br />
wound their tyrewarming<br />
weaving way<br />
around the famous and<br />
still surviving Kyalami<br />
racetrack at the July 8 th<br />
National <strong>Historic</strong> Day. In<br />
the distance and out of<br />
sight the rolling start<br />
changed the meandering<br />
gathering of the various<br />
marques into a powerful<br />
procession of mania into<br />
the first corner and like<br />
an unannounced and almighty<br />
brattle of thunder<br />
the cars re-emerged<br />
out of the old pit<br />
straight and into Sunset<br />
descending down on Clubhouse<br />
on their first lap<br />
at race speed surpriseshocking<br />
the spectators<br />
into rapt enthusiastic engagement<br />
with the stunning<br />
display of fantastic<br />
racing that played out<br />
before their very eyes.<br />
Spearheading the long<br />
train of delightfully<br />
turned out cars from<br />
various periods and differing<br />
marques was the<br />
powerful and extremely<br />
well sorted Cobra of<br />
Tony Martin. Spearheading<br />
the train of cars, but<br />
only by a micrometer<br />
measurement was Tony<br />
from the man who has<br />
not yet realised he has<br />
retired from professional<br />
racing; barreling into<br />
Sunset at a huge rate of<br />
knots were Tony and his<br />
tormenter, side by side,<br />
V8 versus V8, Ford versus<br />
the old enemy. <strong>The</strong><br />
Tony Tormentor was so<br />
hell bend on passing the<br />
Cobra that he hung his<br />
big Chevvy half onto the<br />
grass on the outside of<br />
Sunset as he aimed for<br />
the same spot of the rapidly<br />
approaching Clubhouse<br />
corner as Tony. As<br />
if this was not spectacular<br />
enough, he then proceeded<br />
to slow down his<br />
massive Camaro by some<br />
impossible miracle as the<br />
car snaked from side to<br />
side and<br />
Continued on page 4
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Volume 10 issue 8<br />
BLISTERING PACE SCENE SETTER!<br />
Kyalami 11th July 2009<br />
Page 4<br />
into the sharp lefthander<br />
and off towards<br />
the Esses and beyond<br />
trading inch of track for<br />
inch went the dueling pair.<br />
What a curtain raiser for<br />
the spectators!<br />
Indeed the few spectators<br />
could well have been<br />
prepared to expect racing<br />
of a much lower caliber to<br />
follow, taking into consideration<br />
that the opening<br />
pair were truly awesome<br />
is undisputed, as Tony<br />
Martin and Willie Hepburn<br />
has been part of<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>n racing<br />
scene for four and plenty<br />
years, but pleasantly surprised<br />
they certainly<br />
were as wave after wave<br />
of dicing groups followed<br />
for a good thirty or forty<br />
seconds. Just enough<br />
time for them to get<br />
their breath back, and<br />
take a swig of some cooling<br />
elixir from the depths<br />
of their cooler boxes.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n around into view<br />
again came the Cobra desperately<br />
trying to shake<br />
of the lowly Chev that<br />
was hounding it, again into<br />
Sunset and through into<br />
Clubhouse, in and out<br />
through the Esses and out<br />
of sight up to Wesbank<br />
only to reappear as one<br />
down the Mineshaft attacking<br />
each other all the<br />
way and into the righthander<br />
Superbowl and on<br />
over to the new Bus-stop.<br />
Well there was absolutely<br />
no stopping these two!<br />
This did not last two or<br />
three laps either, it<br />
lasted the entire heat! In<br />
fact it was momentarily<br />
disturbed as the light yet<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
powerful Rotary Tiga in<br />
the hands of another of<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>n’s great<br />
racing sons, (Bernard Tilanus),<br />
as it screamed<br />
past into first position<br />
even though it started<br />
way back on the grid a<br />
few laps earlier, however<br />
the fight resumed in the<br />
Tiga’s wake and at some<br />
stages it looked like Willie<br />
had the measure of the<br />
Cobra but the heat was to<br />
finish with Tilanus 1 st ,<br />
Martin 2 nd and Hepburn<br />
3 rd . Interestingly the big<br />
Chevvy set a faster laptime<br />
than Ford Cobra although<br />
it finished behind<br />
on the track.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next surprise for the<br />
Continued on page 32
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Chairman’s Chatter<br />
Page 5<br />
Just one race meeting<br />
left in the Championship<br />
for 2009! It is definite<br />
we will have a new Saloon<br />
Car Champion this<br />
year but the other<br />
Championships are still<br />
up in the air. <strong>The</strong> Committee<br />
has decided to<br />
change the format of<br />
the prize giving for this<br />
year and we will hold it<br />
on a Saturday early<br />
next year, being a lively<br />
family orientated affair<br />
at lunchtime. <strong>The</strong> exact<br />
date will be advised.<br />
Kobus <strong>The</strong>ron has been<br />
working quietly in the<br />
background trying to<br />
raise the awareness of<br />
our club. To date he has<br />
Photo by kind courtesy of Barry Scott<br />
had two articles<br />
published in the<br />
daily press promoting<br />
our races<br />
at upcoming race<br />
meetings as well<br />
as working with<br />
Stuart Grant on<br />
publishing articles<br />
in Classic & Performance<br />
Car.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se things are<br />
slow to start but<br />
once going, they<br />
seem to snowball.<br />
Thanks for your<br />
efforts Kobus.<br />
<strong>Racing</strong> at Midvaal on<br />
Saturday saw the<br />
weather go from winter<br />
the previous Saturday<br />
to a full blown summer‘s<br />
day. Good fields<br />
and with television coverage,<br />
a great braai afterwards,<br />
the day was a<br />
success. It certainly is<br />
good to see Midvaal<br />
with a full day‘s racing<br />
and also a good number<br />
of paying spectators.<br />
Although the circuit<br />
leaves a lot to be desired,<br />
I would appreciate<br />
your feedback as to<br />
how you found the circuit<br />
and/or the facilities.<br />
Rules for 2010 are being<br />
finalised at present.<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee has received<br />
no feedback<br />
from you, the members,<br />
as to what you like or<br />
dislike in the current<br />
rules so I assume that<br />
all is well and, as per<br />
normal, there will be a<br />
lot of chirping when the<br />
rules for 2010 are published.<br />
An idea was put<br />
forward that we roll the<br />
year of eligibility every<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> committee<br />
were not in favour of<br />
this. Your thoughts on<br />
the issue <strong>The</strong>re has<br />
been a lot of consultation<br />
between Cape<br />
Town and Gauteng to<br />
come up with a set of<br />
rules that apply countrywide.<br />
I am pleased to<br />
say that great progress<br />
is being made on this<br />
score and soon, maybe<br />
a bit later, rules for <strong>Historic</strong><br />
<strong>Racing</strong> will apply<br />
countrywide.<br />
Next year promises to<br />
be exciting. Something<br />
is in the pipeline that will<br />
allow us to determine<br />
our own destiny and not<br />
be dictated to by those<br />
who don‘t understand<br />
our type of racing. As<br />
soon as the final details<br />
Continued on page 11
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Elephants<br />
never forget!<br />
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in<br />
Kenya after graduating from Northwestern<br />
University ....<br />
On a hike through the bush, he came<br />
across a young bull elephant standing<br />
with one leg raised in the air.<br />
<strong>The</strong> elephant seemed distressed, so Peter<br />
approached it very carefully.<br />
He got down on one knee, inspected the<br />
elephant’s foot, and found a large piece of<br />
wood deeply embedded in it.<br />
As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter<br />
worked the wood out with his knife,<br />
after which the elephant gingerly put down<br />
its foot.<br />
Funny Bone Corner<br />
Twenty years later, Peter was walking<br />
through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged<br />
son.<br />
Page 6<br />
As they approached the elephant enclosure,<br />
one of the creatures turned and<br />
walked over to near where Peter and his<br />
son Cameron were standing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> large bull elephant stared at Peter,<br />
lifted its front foot off the ground, then put<br />
it down.<br />
<strong>The</strong> elephant did that several times then<br />
trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at<br />
the man.<br />
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter<br />
could not help wondering if this was the<br />
same elephant.<br />
Peter summoned up his courage, climbed<br />
over the railing, and made his way into the<br />
enclosure.<br />
He walked right up to the elephant and<br />
stared back in wonder.<br />
<strong>The</strong> elephant turned to face the man, and<br />
with a rather curious look on its face,<br />
stared at him for several tense moments.<br />
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing<br />
else but being trampled.<br />
<strong>The</strong> elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its<br />
trunk around one of Peter legs and<br />
slammed him against the railing, killing<br />
him instantly.<br />
Probably wasn't the same elephant.!<br />
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly,<br />
turned, and walked away.<br />
Peter never forgot that elephant or the<br />
events of that day.<br />
This month's mirth comes form Bruce Pidwell
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 7<br />
For What it’s Worth<br />
Kyalami – July 11 th 2009<br />
Terry Allan<br />
<strong>The</strong> huge cost of racing<br />
somehow seems justified<br />
when you race at Kyalami.<br />
I‘m not having a go at other<br />
tracks, but somehow it just<br />
feels right at Kyalami. I can<br />
understand why Evert Botha<br />
really looked disgruntled in<br />
the pits. His car was not<br />
ready. Having said this, I did<br />
run around for some time to<br />
try to get a bog roll into the<br />
loos – any loo would do. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
were fresh out on the Thursday<br />
before the race I gather.<br />
Peter sees to this aspect<br />
much better at Zwartkops.<br />
On second thoughts, perhaps<br />
I AM having a go at other<br />
tracks – though Zwartkops<br />
and Phakisa really are rather<br />
special. In the voting that I<br />
asked for by the way,<br />
Phakisa beat Zwartkops by a<br />
tiny margin. Interesting in that<br />
it‘s so far away and such an<br />
expensive weekend. I‘m<br />
afraid the only reason to go to<br />
Midvaal is a long straight and<br />
it‘s close. I‘m really concerned<br />
that the attendance at<br />
Lichtenburg will be suffering<br />
from now on.<br />
Qualifying started at 7:35<br />
a.m. and Pierre van Hell in<br />
the Lotus 7 contrived to go<br />
slower than Lindsay in the<br />
Flying Orange. Now I‘m really<br />
upset that Pierre has plans to<br />
abscond to Cape Town<br />
sometime but Pierre, you‘re<br />
going to have to start racing<br />
when you are at Kyalami my<br />
son.<br />
I was a bit quicker than Ronel<br />
and ahead of us was Howard<br />
in the Marcos – just a second<br />
slower than Ronel! That Marcos<br />
is really performing well –<br />
at last. And you can see<br />
Howard is loving it!<br />
We were combined with the<br />
Alfa guys and had a total entry<br />
of 43. We‘ll go into the<br />
merits of this later but I think<br />
some of the Alfa guys had a<br />
problem with the starting<br />
timer. Not only them but<br />
some marshals as well.<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
Firstly Lindsay went off 20<br />
seconds early because a<br />
marshal TOLD her to go and<br />
from, I‘d say about 2/3 of the<br />
way back, we started going<br />
off late....and later and later<br />
until we were 25 seconds late<br />
at the back. It‘s all very well<br />
saying that you should go<br />
when your time comes up but<br />
if you are more than 1 space<br />
back from the start – you<br />
can‘t see the numbers.<br />
AND...you can‘t just pull out<br />
into the way of other cars already<br />
lapping you. Very<br />
dicky.<br />
Lindsay broke out anyway so<br />
her early start didn‘t affect<br />
things. For those of us who<br />
went off late....not a hope in<br />
Continued overleaf
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 8<br />
For What it’s Worth<br />
Kyalami – July 11 th 2009<br />
Terry Allan<br />
hell of making up the time. A<br />
pity really. Having said this I<br />
must also say that the collective<br />
opinion has been that we<br />
leave the points as they are.<br />
Not unanimous, but close.<br />
Kevin Taylor took the honours<br />
followed by Johan Botha<br />
in another Capri - that immaculate<br />
yellow Perana. Fritz<br />
was 3 rd in the Mini Marcos<br />
with a charging Howard Nel 6<br />
seconds adrift. I was next<br />
ahead of Keith in the D-Type,<br />
Ronel, Buck Madden then<br />
Jacob Devilliers Hoffman<br />
(new guy) in that superb<br />
Johan Botha prepared Ford<br />
Escort. Johan v.d. Merwe<br />
was quietly next followed by<br />
Michelle who must have had<br />
a problem. Simon Taylor<br />
broke a clutch in the Lancia<br />
and Deon Hatting broke a<br />
side-shaft – AGAIN. Lindsay<br />
and Peter MacIldowie were<br />
disqualified as were the other<br />
Johan Botha in the Martini<br />
Porsche, Rey Cornelissen,<br />
Colin Kean in the Merc. and<br />
Willie Grobler had a problem<br />
of some kind.<br />
In race 2 Johan Botha in the<br />
Porsche just made sure he<br />
didn‘t break out – by .2 of a<br />
second, and he finished first<br />
followed by Isi in the Cripple<br />
S, Peter MacIldowie, Keith<br />
van Heerden, Ronel, Johan in<br />
the Mini and Johan Botha in<br />
the Capri. Howard was next<br />
followed by Giuseppe, Fritz,<br />
Rey, Colin Kean, myself and<br />
Michelle. Buck and Jacob<br />
broke out.<br />
<strong>Racing</strong> with the Alfa guys is<br />
not a problem we all seem to<br />
agree. I think they race less<br />
often than we do but their self<br />
-preservation instinct is fairly<br />
well developed. I did notice<br />
however that there are no<br />
Spiders racing. This means<br />
that they are not used to cars<br />
lower than their own waistline.<br />
On two occasions I was<br />
going past one side when<br />
they noticed another Alfa on<br />
the other side and I was<br />
pushed off into the mealies!<br />
On the subject of 43 cars<br />
starting a handicap race<br />
Even at Kyalami – too many.<br />
<strong>The</strong> jam from the second last<br />
lap on is just too chaotic. I‘d<br />
say there were 10 of us coming<br />
through the new corner<br />
together (which everyone<br />
seems to love – in spite of<br />
it‘s being described by a guy<br />
who really should know, as<br />
the most dangerous in the<br />
country!) when an Alfa spun<br />
in front of me. I chose<br />
mealies on the right – should<br />
have gone left, and was<br />
passed by all the guys I‘d just<br />
passed. But hey – ―This is not<br />
a contact sport‖ and, somehow,<br />
we managed to preserve<br />
the image.<br />
Overall it was a wonderful<br />
day for Isi who was first, with<br />
Johan Botha in the Capri Perana<br />
second and Kevin Taylor<br />
third. Keith van Heerden,<br />
Howard, Ronel, Fritz followed<br />
with Johan in the Mini ahead<br />
of myself, Johan Botha<br />
(Porsche) Peter, Michelle,<br />
Buck, Jacob, and Giuseppe<br />
next. Rey of course got 0 for<br />
heat 1 and Simon 0 for heat 2<br />
followed by Colin Kean, Lindsay<br />
and Willie.<br />
Thanks for all the input from<br />
you guys (and girls). I look<br />
forward to seeing you all at<br />
Midvaal.<br />
Terry Allan<br />
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Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 10
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Chairman’s Chatter<br />
are available, I will feed<br />
back to the club what<br />
the proposal is, I think<br />
you will be exited as I<br />
am about these developments.<br />
Dates for the TV transmission<br />
of the Midvaal<br />
event will be advised<br />
as soon as they become<br />
available. <strong>The</strong><br />
next race at Zwartkops<br />
on the19th September<br />
will also be televised<br />
and, as this is the last<br />
Championship race for<br />
the year, make sure<br />
you are present.<br />
How was our calendar<br />
of events this year<br />
Good, reasonable or<br />
downright terrible<br />
Should we have more<br />
events and the ability<br />
to drop races, should<br />
we include the early<br />
Zwartkops Race Meeting<br />
and the end of the<br />
year Kyalami Nine<br />
Hour as part of the<br />
Championship Come<br />
guys, let‘s hear your<br />
opinion.<br />
Page 11<br />
Remember keep to the<br />
black stuff and if you<br />
leave it, make sure<br />
there is a gap before<br />
you try to get back onto<br />
it.<br />
Regards<br />
John Reidy<br />
BARRY SHOULD ASK THE DOT FOR HIS MONEY BACK…<br />
SEEMS NOT MUCH PROTECTION OFFERED IN THIS CASE!
Page 12<br />
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Car No 52<br />
1968 CHEVROLET<br />
CAMARO driven by<br />
DAVID PIPER<br />
the <strong>South</strong>ern based<br />
GP Speed Shop which<br />
was established in the<br />
mid 1960s by <strong>South</strong><br />
<strong>Africa</strong>n race mechanic<br />
Pierre Du Plessis who<br />
worked on Ferraris,<br />
This 1968 Chevrolet<br />
Camaro is driven by<br />
David Piper entered by<br />
Tim Boles of TCB <strong>Racing</strong>.<br />
Why is David<br />
Piper driving a 1968<br />
Chevrolet Camaro<br />
when he is most usually<br />
known for his exploits<br />
during the<br />
1960’s in Ferrari GTOs,<br />
and P4s and the Porsche<br />
917<br />
<strong>The</strong> answer of course<br />
lies in the fact that<br />
David used to race a<br />
black 1968 Chevrolet<br />
Camaro in the 1968<br />
and 1969 British Touring<br />
Car Championship,<br />
winning against the favoured<br />
front runner<br />
Frank Gardner at Crystal<br />
Palace in his big<br />
block Camaro. Frank<br />
later went on the win<br />
the BTCC.<br />
<strong>The</strong> background to the<br />
black racing Camaro is<br />
as ever with stories of<br />
David Piper’s exploits<br />
a matter of public record<br />
and David vs. Goliath<br />
achievements.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story began with<br />
GT40s and Lolas and<br />
similar from a none<br />
too salubrious premises<br />
at the Ham, Brentford<br />
Middlesex. He<br />
saw the opportunity in<br />
producing Beach Buggies<br />
in the UK, and at<br />
last saw his chance<br />
when he brought a<br />
“Manx” beach buggy<br />
kit from the US and<br />
stowed it aboard the<br />
sleeping compartment
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of the support vehicle<br />
of the Formula 3 team<br />
When the kit eventually<br />
arrived in the UK<br />
Pierre and his partner<br />
John Jobber set about<br />
designing what became<br />
the GP Beach<br />
Buggy- GP standing<br />
for Grand Prix- it was<br />
an immediate hit in<br />
London at the time<br />
during the swinging<br />
sixties, and a boom resulted<br />
with GP eventually<br />
producing a<br />
he was working with at<br />
that time.<br />
stretched version and<br />
even an LDV pickupothers<br />
followed but GP<br />
was the UK forerunner<br />
of the entire UK Beach<br />
Buggy craze.<br />
Pierre Du Plessis managed<br />
a racing team in<br />
Britain and entered<br />
David Piper in the 1968<br />
Black Camaro in the<br />
BTCC in period. Tragically<br />
Pierre died at the<br />
age of only 38 as a result<br />
of complications<br />
arising from an appendicitis<br />
operation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1968 Chevrolet<br />
Camaro entered in the<br />
2009 Pageant of Power<br />
is very similar to the<br />
du Plessis 1968 black<br />
racing Chevrolet<br />
Camaro which has had<br />
recent technical problems.<br />
TCB<br />
Continued overleaf
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Kyalami July 11th 2009<br />
National <strong>Historic</strong> Day<br />
Continued on page 10
Lynton Whitttal back in the Groove at Kyalami.<br />
Photo by Michelle
Page 16<br />
Some Questions in preparation for future exams<br />
to qualify for a race licence<br />
Weight, grip and skid control.<br />
1. In which direction does the weight move when you brake<br />
2. In which direction does weight move when you accelerate<br />
3. In which direction are you applying force when you brake<br />
4. In which direction are you applying force when you brake<br />
5. What does the size of the tyre grip circle represent (in less than 10<br />
words)<br />
6. Using your answers to the previous questions draw a tyre grip circle<br />
with accelerating, braking and cornering arrows.<br />
7. How much faster can a 4 wheel drive vehicle corner compared to a<br />
front or rear wheel drive car<br />
8. Why has a 4 wheel drive got such an advantage over front and rear<br />
wheel drive on a race track<br />
9. Explain understeer in less than 15 words<br />
10. Explain oversteer in less than 15 words<br />
11. How do you correct understeer with a front wheel drive car and why<br />
do you do what you do<br />
12. How do you correct understeer with a rear wheel drive car and why do<br />
you do what you do<br />
13. How do you correct oversteer with a front wheel drive car and why do<br />
you do what you do<br />
14. How do you correct oversteer with a rear wheel drive car and why do<br />
you do what you do<br />
How do you correct the above (11; 12; 13 and 14) with a 4 wheel<br />
drive vehicle<br />
Continued on page 10
1. No problem! Concrete floors are very hard to crack!<br />
2. No problem! After all, it is already built, so it takes no time at all.<br />
3. No problem! You will never find an elephant with one hand.<br />
4. No problem! He sleeps at night..<br />
5. No problem! <strong>The</strong>re is no dirt in the hole.<br />
Page 17<br />
Some Questions that have no bearing whatsoever<br />
on a racing licence.<br />
For each of these questions, there is a "No Problem!" answer.<br />
How many will you have a problem with<br />
1. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor<br />
without cracking it<br />
2. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall,<br />
how hard would it be for four men to build<br />
it in ten hours<br />
3. How can you lift an elephant with one hand<br />
4. How can a man go eight days without sleep<br />
and still be well-rested<br />
5. How can you easily determine how much dirt<br />
there is in an oblong hole three feet deep at<br />
one end and two feet deep at the other end,<br />
and four feet wide at one end and two feet<br />
wide at the other end<br />
"No Problem" Answers:<br />
Continued on page 10
Page 18<br />
Clive DENTsham and strike 3 against the hapless Barry Scott<br />
Sequence of photos taken by Michelle<br />
Con<br />
tinued on page 10
Page 19<br />
Nashua Mobile <strong>Historic</strong> Sports & GT Midvaal<br />
August 8 th 2009.<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
Despite the best efforts of the<br />
HSGT Committee, Midvaal<br />
continues to be a problem circuit<br />
for entries for Sports & GT.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fact that the race was held<br />
on a long weekend (as it was<br />
in 2008!), did not help either.<br />
Even the <strong>Historic</strong> Saloon entry<br />
was depleted from the mega<br />
turnout at Kyalami. <strong>The</strong> Northe<br />
r n<br />
R e -<br />
g i o n s<br />
Committee really does have to<br />
pay more attention in this regard<br />
for 2010. <strong>The</strong> fact that, at<br />
the last Zwartkops meeting, the<br />
regional classes were placed<br />
after the club races on an already<br />
overcrowded programme<br />
does not endear the<br />
competitors to the series.<br />
Hopefully in 2010 where there<br />
already moves afoot to overhaul<br />
the regional series, the<br />
competitors will be treated with<br />
more respect.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no doubt that there<br />
are more ―gentleman racers‖ in<br />
Sports & GT is a bit of a worldwide<br />
phenomenon and the<br />
chance of a long weekend is<br />
quickly taken. Also despite<br />
much work done by the HSGT<br />
committee to attract the sports<br />
racing replicas, these competitors<br />
make no appearances<br />
a p a r t f r o m s e l e c t e d<br />
―showcase‖ events.<br />
Nevertheless an entry of 13<br />
cars for Midvaal was a fair turnout<br />
although the day saw the<br />
demise of a number of competitors<br />
with mechanical problems.<br />
Qualifying saw Tony Martin<br />
knocked off his usual pole by<br />
Chris Clarke‘s BDA Morgan as<br />
Tony battled with brake problems<br />
and seriously worn tyres.<br />
Clive Densham did not qualify<br />
and was placed in third at the<br />
back of Class C after but after<br />
an accident earlier in the day<br />
had to start from the pit lane.<br />
This was to have consequences<br />
for him that no one<br />
expected. Evert Botha suffered<br />
terminal engine problems and<br />
withdrew his Porsche. Championship<br />
leader, Stefan<br />
Puschavez took fourth and<br />
fastest in Class D ahead of<br />
Alex Divov and his championship<br />
rival, Mike Altona. Roger<br />
Pearce comfortably qualified<br />
fastest in Class E with Rohann<br />
<strong>The</strong>ron fastest in F and Deon<br />
Hattingh in Class G.<br />
Race 1 saw Clive Densham<br />
start from the pit lane and he<br />
moved through the field on the<br />
pace lap to take up his third<br />
place but unknown to him he<br />
had been moved to the back of<br />
the grid and was subsequently<br />
disqualified. Clive was not<br />
amused! Tony Martin went to<br />
the front but after an ―off ―at the<br />
end of the back straight, Chris<br />
Clarke moved to the front. He<br />
also went off a few laps layer<br />
and Tony cruised to another<br />
victory. Stefan Puschavez<br />
blitzed the rest of Class D to<br />
take third. In Class E Roger<br />
Pearce was pulling away from<br />
Howard Nel but suffered a severely<br />
slipping clutch and overheating<br />
and had to concede to<br />
the Marcos. After Rohann<br />
<strong>The</strong>ron failed to start with<br />
clutch failure, Gary Blake in his<br />
beautifully turned out Triumph<br />
GT6 cruised to a Class F victory<br />
while newcomer Jackie<br />
van Breda took Class G in her<br />
Porsche.<br />
Race 2 saw the Martin/Clarke<br />
dice resume but the Morgan<br />
had swallowed a bonnet full of<br />
dust in the Race 1 off and after<br />
feeling a misfire Chris decided<br />
to pull into the pits rather than<br />
risk the motor. Stefan<br />
Puschavez hounded the Martin<br />
Cobra and got into the lead for<br />
a few laps before Tony passed<br />
him for the win. Alex Divov<br />
took a good third place and<br />
second in Class D ahead of<br />
Mike Altona. <strong>The</strong> Pearce/Nel<br />
battle in Class E lasted for a<br />
few laps until Pearce was unable<br />
to keep the car moving<br />
forward as the previous clutch<br />
problem reappeared. Gary<br />
Blake again took Class F and<br />
Jackie van Breda, Class G. As<br />
the race was held on the<br />
Women‘s Day weekend,<br />
Jackie was also awarded the<br />
special ―Woman Driver of the<br />
Day‖ prize.<br />
<strong>The</strong> championship is now a<br />
battle to the finish between<br />
Puschavez and Altona with just<br />
eight points separating them<br />
and one round to go at Zwartkops<br />
on September 19 th . It will<br />
be a good one, don‘t miss it!<br />
Race results:<br />
Class B Tony Martin Backdraft<br />
Cobra<br />
Class C Chris Clarke Morgan<br />
Class D Stefan Puschavez<br />
Porsche 911<br />
Class E Howard Nel Marcos<br />
GT<br />
Class F Gary Blake Triumph<br />
GT6<br />
Continued OVERLEAF
Page 20<br />
Sports & GT<br />
Championship Positions as at 8 th August 2009<br />
Name Number Car Current Class Points<br />
S Puschavez 911 Porsche D 150<br />
Mike Altona 1 Dart D 142<br />
Tony Martin 0 Cobra B 117<br />
Alex Divov 18 Scirocco D 114<br />
Roger Pearce 47 MGB E 104<br />
H Nel 99 Marcos E 96<br />
Evert Botha 16 Porsche C 70<br />
Bruce Pidwell 19 X1/9 E 69<br />
Nick Parrott 30 Porsche B 67<br />
Franco Resca 135 MGB E 66<br />
Terry Allan 14 Morgan D 65<br />
Gary Blake 113 Triumph F 57<br />
Devon Dalback 914 Porsche G 47<br />
Ronel Gerber 181 Porsche E 47<br />
Deon Hattingh 64 Triumph G 43<br />
Chris Clarke 44 Morgan C 41<br />
Mike McCoughlin 5 Cobra C 37<br />
Rohann <strong>The</strong>ron 161 Alfa F 36<br />
Keith van Heerden 186 Jaguar E 36<br />
Bob Thomson 931 Porsche G 34<br />
J van Breda 255 Porsche G 32<br />
Josh Dovey 115 Sprite F 31<br />
H Lubbe 135 MGB F 19<br />
Chris Myers 96 TVR F 18<br />
P Pantazis 240 240Z D 18<br />
W Hepburn 9 Camaro B 18<br />
S Pantazis 49 Alfa E 17<br />
B Tilanus 99X Tiga A 15<br />
G Allassio 246 Alfa F 15<br />
C Densham 33 Alfa C 14<br />
O Dalais 196 GT40 B 14<br />
L Whitall 66 Alfa E 10<br />
M Green 39 Alfa D 10<br />
Peter Bailey 50 Healey E 9<br />
Steve Pickering 914 Porsche D 8<br />
Continued on page 10
Roger resumed his battle with Howard Nel at Midvaal
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 22<br />
Mirth sluppied by<br />
Terry Townsend
<strong>The</strong>re was a time when<br />
famous Formula One drivers<br />
not only didn‘t take<br />
themselves that seriously<br />
and also drove other race<br />
cars in what one would<br />
consider lesser classes of<br />
racing such as sports car,<br />
at the 24 hour bunfight in<br />
France and certainly would<br />
also race in Formula Two<br />
events –sadly at such an<br />
event in Hockenheim the<br />
beloved Jim Clark was<br />
killed-driving a totally uncompetitive<br />
Lotus which<br />
saw him starting way back<br />
on the grid. But that was<br />
then and now the untouchables<br />
compete only in the<br />
Elite category.<br />
However, May 31 st<br />
will see the rebirth of the<br />
Formula Two Championship<br />
with the last race having<br />
taken place some 25<br />
years ago. Among the 33<br />
provisional entries are<br />
some famous names:-<br />
Alex Brundle (Martin‘s son)<br />
Henry Surtees (John Surtees)<br />
Jolyon Palmer<br />
(Jonathan Palmer) Jack<br />
Clarke ( Roger) Jason<br />
Moore (soccer‘s Bobby<br />
Moore).<br />
<strong>The</strong> brainchild of<br />
former F1 driver Jonathan<br />
Palmer with design<br />
assistance from Team Williams<br />
and in particular Patrick<br />
Head who used some<br />
clever methods to keep<br />
costs down. Rather than<br />
going the route of the very<br />
expensive carbon fibre<br />
they have used carbon<br />
composites—suspension<br />
components are largely<br />
symmetrical and therefore<br />
inter-changeable which obviously<br />
reduces the number<br />
of spare parts needed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> JPH1 car was<br />
designed entirely through<br />
a CPD programme using<br />
an outside contractor assisted<br />
by Patrick Head and<br />
it was decided to NOT use<br />
a wind tunnel which, apart<br />
from pushing up casts<br />
would also have interfered<br />
with the continual development<br />
of William‘s F1 effort.<br />
<strong>The</strong> one make series<br />
will not be linked to F1<br />
as is the GP2 championship,<br />
Palmer feels that the<br />
fees demanded would be<br />
astronomical and rather<br />
than being linked to the F1<br />
support bill they prefer the<br />
deal arranged with Eurosport<br />
which provides live<br />
TV coverage.<br />
Each driver has to<br />
pay 100,000 pounds before<br />
the opening race at<br />
the Valencia circuit and<br />
then continue regular payments<br />
throughout the season.<br />
Anyone defaulting will<br />
be replaced by others from<br />
the waiting list of those<br />
who missed the boat.<br />
Palmer states that<br />
all of the top GP2 teams<br />
have massive budgets with<br />
which they can ―buy‖ an<br />
advantage but ―in F2 an<br />
advantage cannot be<br />
bought—it is like going into<br />
the Lion‘s Den and you<br />
can be sure that the F1<br />
teams will be watching to<br />
see the super talent of who<br />
wins here‖<br />
<strong>The</strong> initial JPH1 car<br />
was launched recently and<br />
although run with incorrect<br />
tyres and wrong settings<br />
was very impressive. <strong>The</strong><br />
tyres used were from the<br />
Formula Audi -- special<br />
new casings were not<br />
ready and no suspension<br />
adjustments were done at<br />
the track because it was<br />
merely a demo run with<br />
testing still to be carried<br />
out later. So watch this<br />
space for what could be<br />
some competitive competition<br />
Pam and Terry Townsend
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 24<br />
Classic Classifieds<br />
HRCR Compliant 1975 Class F Corolla (car #163) Race ready.<br />
With registered trailer<br />
R50 000 Louis Brazer 083 795-2666 louis@brazer.co.za<br />
Fiat 124 Sport for sale,<br />
Newly built Johan Coetzee engine, spares include spare body, blocks, gearboxes etc.<br />
R50,000.<br />
Also has 4 off 7x15 INCH Compomotive rims with fairly new Bridgestone slicks or semi<br />
slick tyres –Swop for 16 inch rims or sell.<br />
Cell nr 082 558 3578 or 011-395-2648<br />
Car trailer for sale R11,000 call Eugene 083 601 7511<br />
Sunbeam Tiger wanted. In any condition. Phone Johann on 083 462 0419 or Email Herman<br />
at herman_jooste@yahoo.com.<br />
1. Nomex.<br />
I have a spare red nomex overall which is suitable for a beginer.<br />
Will require wife/girlfriend to do a small amount of stitching.<br />
I find it a bit tight for me (6' 1") so would suit someone a little shorter.<br />
Price : gratis (or buy me a beer at the noggin!)<br />
2. <strong>Racing</strong> seat.<br />
'As new' Cobra "Trophy" seat. Colour black. (used in my Merc 500SEC for 1 season)<br />
Price : around half of new price ex ATS<br />
3. 4 point racing harness.<br />
"As new" - 4" wide, Colour blue (used in my Merc 500SEC for 1 season)<br />
Price : around half of new price ex ATS<br />
Contact Alex Divov 0827734287<br />
divov@tiscali.co.za
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 25<br />
Classic Classifieds<br />
“Scalextrix”; Six lane (older style) track (approximately 6x40=240 metres) as<br />
well as an additional 20 metres (plus) of spare track. Board included. Make me<br />
a reasonable offer. Graeme 082 9012442.<br />
“Double axle car trailer”: Urgent sale of very strong, quite neat (2 years old)<br />
trailer with new tyres. Unregistered. R14,000-00 onco. Graeme 082 9012442.<br />
“Cortina GT”; (MkII) Complete car undergoing restoration. Bodywork already<br />
done (―Perana‖ metallic silver) and now ready for reassembly. Spare modified<br />
1600 engine. R25,000-00 onco. Graeme 082 9012442.<br />
Jaguar 3.4 engine & gearbox with O/D; ex MK VII. Numerous Jaguar (incl XK<br />
140 and XJ6) manuals and XJ6 spares. Brand new rear screens for 3.8S / 420.<br />
Moss gearbox with O/D (ex MKII). Offers; ideally for everything but will sell<br />
items. Graeme 082 9012442<br />
48 Side Draught Weber’s – R4000<br />
Auto delta cams R3000<br />
OMP high racing seat.<br />
John 083 308 5754<br />
Honda 400 Four for sale.<br />
Exceptional condition, 1 very careful owner (Gavin Ritchie)<br />
only P.O. A. Gavin 083 653 773<br />
New and Second Hand <strong>Racing</strong> Tyres for Sale<br />
at Excellent prices.<br />
Phone Norman Poulter 011 873 3411
Page 26<br />
Kyalami July 11th 2009<br />
UNBIASED, PERSONALLY OPINIATED TEXT BY HARRY LOMBARD<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
After all the hassles<br />
that I‘d had during the<br />
year, I was carefully optimistic<br />
of finishing a race<br />
for a change. <strong>The</strong> gearbox<br />
had been fixed and<br />
was fitted along with the<br />
engine on the week-end<br />
before the race. When<br />
checking on the sundries,<br />
I found that the throttle<br />
was not returning properly<br />
and found one of the<br />
throttle cross bar bolts<br />
loose. I had also reset<br />
the rear suspension<br />
again for hopefully better<br />
cornering and had cut<br />
some foam out of the<br />
seat cushion to sit a bit<br />
lower.<br />
I could only work from<br />
about 5 in the afternoon<br />
until it got dark before it<br />
got so cold that I had to<br />
sleep next to my own<br />
wife at night .On the<br />
week-ends was the only<br />
other times although I<br />
had to work until 11<br />
o‘clock on both days the<br />
week-end before the<br />
race. On top of that I only<br />
have yours truly and the<br />
medem to do the job.<br />
<strong>The</strong> medem she make<br />
the tea, but also helps to<br />
lift the engine onto the<br />
jack and position when<br />
installing.<br />
On race day we set off<br />
not long after 5 before<br />
sparrow‘s and stood outside<br />
the gate until 6 as<br />
usual. <strong>The</strong> pit area for<br />
the Touring cars was a bit<br />
full when we pitched and<br />
we moved lower down<br />
towards the Marque car/<br />
Pre-66 area. It seems the<br />
norm lately and I sometimes<br />
wonder if times are<br />
really<br />
Continued on page 28<br />
that
Volume 10 issue 8<br />
Page 27<br />
Classic Classifieds<br />
Alfa GT Junior 2000cc parts<br />
Cams Cams 11.1 lift - 300 degrees (0.5 lash) New R 3,500.00<br />
Cams Cams 11.2 lift - 300 degrees (0.5 lash) Brand new R 4,000.00<br />
Cams Cams 11.1 lift - 300 degrees (0.5 lash) Slightly used R 3,000.00<br />
Cams Cams 10.6 lift - 266 degrees (0.5 lash) used R 1,000.00<br />
Cams Cams 9.7 lift - 254 degrees (0.5 lash) used R 500.00<br />
Grill Alfa centre grill (no badge) R 300.00<br />
Race<br />
seat OMP Pista high side race seat R 1,500.00<br />
Bonnets<br />
Lip nose, high quality, fibreglass bonnets each R 1,200.00<br />
Doors High quality fibreglass doors each R 1,200.00<br />
Boots High quality fibreglass boots each R 1,000.00<br />
Spats Lip nose, high quality, fibreglass GTA spats per set R 4,000.00<br />
Phone John 083 308 5754<br />
Photo by Michelle
Page 28<br />
Kyalami July 11th 2009<br />
UNBIASED, PERSONALLY OPINIATED TEXT BY HARRY LOMBARD<br />
tough if so many people<br />
can be off work to practice<br />
on Fridays. After doing<br />
documentation and<br />
scrutineering, the engine<br />
was warmed up and luckily<br />
the car started without<br />
too much hassle.<br />
Just a few laps into<br />
practice, the red flags<br />
came out with a few cars<br />
stranded including Alan<br />
in the Perana who had<br />
locked up brakes and<br />
spun into the litter at the<br />
first ―S‖. Don Bruins ran<br />
out of fuel etc, etc, etc.<br />
When we got going<br />
again, it took a while to<br />
familiarise myself with<br />
the new ‗kink‘ that has<br />
replaced the little zig-zag<br />
before the pit corner.<br />
I spent more time running<br />
around after practice<br />
to try and get a grid<br />
sorted than what I spectated.<br />
We tried to fit people<br />
in at the back of their<br />
classes and then fixed<br />
the classes as well. After<br />
the 3 rd attempt, Mr. Cavalieri<br />
decided that he<br />
wanted to start in the<br />
original position and not<br />
at the back with the rest<br />
of the Heritage class.<br />
Jimbo then went and<br />
had all the heritage cars<br />
start in their original positions<br />
and brought out a<br />
final grid about 10 minutes<br />
before race time.<br />
With this change all the<br />
classes that had been<br />
rectified went back to<br />
square one-making it<br />
necessary to ‗fix‘ them<br />
again before the second<br />
heat.<br />
On pole was Francois<br />
Gerber –Can-AM, Willie<br />
Hepburn-Camaro, Jono<br />
du Toit-Camaro, Paolo<br />
Cavalieri–BMW 745,<br />
Wayne Odendaal-Golf,<br />
Mishal Sing-325IS, out<br />
for the first time this year<br />
Clive Densham-Alfa, Jannie<br />
van Rooyen–<br />
Scirocco, Alan Green-<br />
Escort, Neal Wetton-<br />
Escort BDG, Vasco Barbolini-Can-Am,<br />
Rodney<br />
Ubsdell-Escort, Norman<br />
Poulter-SSS, Colin Ellison-Alfa,<br />
<strong>The</strong>o van<br />
Vuuren-GX Coupe, G jnr-<br />
240Z, Francois Jacobs-<br />
Nissan, Cindy Evans-<br />
Finney-Reno, Uli Sanne-<br />
2002, Neil Lobb-131<br />
Abarth, Wentzel Nortman<br />
-Toyota, Mike O‘Sullivan-<br />
2002, Wayne Wetton-<br />
Rattax, Don Bruins-<br />
Mazda 323, Werner Vonk<br />
and Barry Scott-Escorts,<br />
Clive Warren-Uno,<br />
Packer-Alfa, Brendon<br />
Parker-Nissan, Mike<br />
Roberts-Merc, Justin<br />
Ladner-V8 Capri, Ash<br />
Lobb-131 Abarth, Jimbo<br />
Bennet Capri V6, Selwyn<br />
Roberts-Merc, Eugene<br />
Gouws-Fiat 124 Sport,<br />
Harry Lombard-Beetle,<br />
Willem Pretorius-Fiat<br />
131, Lynton Whittal-Alfa,<br />
Carlo Marengo-Alfa, Herman<br />
Pienaar-SSS, Alan<br />
Poulter-Cortina Perana,<br />
Carel Vos-Nissan,<br />
Ronnie Pereira-Escort,<br />
Guiseppe Martini-Alfa,<br />
Thys Mostert-Fiat 124,<br />
Lois Cloete-Beetle, Kevin<br />
Taylor-Capri V6, Deon<br />
Van Schalkwyk-Alfa, Van<br />
Nieuwenhuizen snr-<br />
Escort, Anton Vos-<br />
Nissan, Joe Soares-<br />
Escort, Colin Green-<br />
Mazda, Isi da Silva-<br />
160U, Mae van Der<br />
Westhuizen-Escort, Van<br />
Nieuwenhuizen jnr-<br />
Escort, Ed Botes-Mini,<br />
Manny Cabrita-Alfa,<br />
Julian Wannenburg-<br />
Escort, Kevin Armstrong-<br />
Fiat, Morne Hobson-
Page 29<br />
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UNBIASED, PERSONALLY OPINIATED TEXT BY HARRY LOMBARD<br />
Escort.<br />
(As mentioned the grid<br />
had been fixed but with<br />
the new gridding some<br />
positions were not fixed).<br />
Non-starters were Mae,<br />
Soares, van Nieuwenhuizen<br />
snr, Pienaar,<br />
O‘Sullivan,<br />
On the warm up lap going<br />
through sunset, Nortman<br />
over-revved the Toyota<br />
and ventilated the<br />
block.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pace car set a fast<br />
lap around the circuit and<br />
then slowed the pack<br />
down coming down the<br />
mineshaft. By the time<br />
we got into the pit<br />
straight the front guys<br />
were already into their<br />
higher gears. Luckily<br />
there were no incidents<br />
that I know of and all and<br />
sundry got through without<br />
problem.<br />
After 1 lap Hobson and<br />
Werner both retired and<br />
Wayne Wetton in the rattax<br />
gave a new meaning<br />
to the words;‖hot ass‖<br />
when his newly fitted exhaust<br />
box let the driver<br />
seat get so hot, that it ignited<br />
his seat cushion below<br />
him. Norman in the<br />
SSS pulled off after 2<br />
laps when he blew a<br />
head gasket and Cavalieri<br />
retired the big<br />
Beemer with gearbox<br />
trouble. Ash in the 131<br />
retired after 4 laps with a<br />
problem and Ubsdell had<br />
the module on the electronic<br />
ignition die after 4<br />
laps.<br />
Out front Hepburn and<br />
Francois were throwing<br />
everything at each other<br />
with Jono trying to hold<br />
onto them with Odendaal<br />
following him closely.<br />
Sing and van Rooyen<br />
were pushing on and<br />
pulling a slight gap on<br />
Barbolini and Wetton.<br />
Densham being out for<br />
the first time this year,<br />
had a slight gap on Alan<br />
Green who was being followed<br />
by the dicing trio of<br />
Lobb snr, G jnr and<br />
Sanne with Scott<br />
amongst the bunch<br />
<strong>The</strong>o van Vuuren was<br />
giving Cindy uphill with<br />
Ellison a distance away.<br />
Bruins at first had Parker<br />
to dispose of and the<br />
wider wheel on the<br />
Mazda eventually gave<br />
him some better cornering<br />
speed to build a gap<br />
with Warren keeping<br />
them honest. Gouws was<br />
following this bunch with<br />
the scrap of Roberts jnr,<br />
Alan, Jimbo, Justin and<br />
Lombard not far behind,<br />
Cloete getting between<br />
Lombard and the bunch<br />
in front of him. Behind<br />
them Whittal and Roberts<br />
snr were having their<br />
own duel with Kevin riding<br />
shotgun behind them.<br />
Pereira was being<br />
chased by Anton and Marenga<br />
with Guiseppe,<br />
Thys and Willem keeping<br />
each other honest whilst<br />
Carel decided to play it<br />
safe, drive carefully so<br />
that the sand bags don‘t<br />
move around and tear.<br />
Isi and Kevin were nose<br />
to tail all the way and van<br />
Nieuwenhuizen jnr up<br />
next keeping ahead of<br />
van Schalkwyk. Collings,<br />
Green and Cabrita were<br />
entertaining while Wannenburg<br />
followed them<br />
as did Ed with a down on<br />
power motor.<br />
One of the drivers mentioned<br />
that as he was<br />
getting<br />
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close to Clubhouse, saw<br />
Du Toit coming up,<br />
waved him to the left and<br />
the next minute thought<br />
du Toit was being<br />
―windgat‖ as he came<br />
past him backwards, the<br />
brakes having malfunctioned<br />
and leaving him<br />
stranded against the wall.<br />
While the dice was going<br />
on, Jimbo was blocking<br />
the bug every time<br />
Cloete tried a passing<br />
maneuvers. Going into<br />
the bowl to start the 6 th<br />
lap, Jimbo was driving in<br />
his mirrors and just before<br />
turning looked in the<br />
mirror and down, saw<br />
that he was supposed to<br />
have started braking before,<br />
then, locked up the<br />
brakes and punted Justin<br />
sideways, letting the 2<br />
Beetles through in the<br />
process. Ladner retired<br />
as he was not sure what<br />
damage there might be.<br />
Jacobs also retired after<br />
6 laps.<br />
On the last lap going<br />
into the pit straight Gerber<br />
tried and overtaking<br />
move on Willie and<br />
promptly got the door<br />
shut ,Francois locking the<br />
brakes in the process.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final results were<br />
Hepburn from Francois, a<br />
very sideways Odendaal,<br />
Sing, Jannie, Wetton,<br />
Barbolini, Densham,<br />
Green, Sanne, G jnr,<br />
Lobb snr, Cindy, van<br />
Vuuren, Ellison, Bruins,<br />
Parker, Warren, Gouws,<br />
Scott-pulling off with boiling<br />
radiator and blown<br />
head gasket, Roberts jnr,<br />
Alan, Cloete, Lombard,<br />
Whittal, Roberts snr,<br />
Armstrong, Pereira, Anton,<br />
Marengo, Martini,<br />
Thys, Willem, Carel,<br />
Kevin, Isi, van Nieuwenhuizen<br />
jnr, Deon, Manny,<br />
Colin, Collings, Wannenburg,<br />
Ed, Jacobs and<br />
Bennet last qualified finisher<br />
. Between heats it<br />
was the usual run around<br />
to do a grid as we did not<br />
know who was going to<br />
race and who not of the<br />
retiree‘s.<br />
GUYS, IT IS YOUR<br />
OWN DUTY TO INFORM<br />
THE C.O.C whether you<br />
are going to do the next<br />
race. So please in future<br />
do so.<br />
Because of the final revision<br />
of the first heat<br />
grid, the classes that had<br />
been changed were<br />
I.S.M in the system again<br />
and had to be rectified for<br />
the second heat.<br />
John Simpson came<br />
around and told the people<br />
to line up in pit lane in<br />
their positions before going<br />
out, but only a few<br />
competitors obliged and<br />
we went out onto the grid<br />
proper the same way as<br />
the first heat. <strong>The</strong> marshals<br />
requested this as it<br />
took a long time to try<br />
and sort the grid for the<br />
first heat.<br />
While the cars were getting<br />
ready to leave the<br />
pits, Willie‘s merry crew<br />
were still working on adjusting<br />
the suspension<br />
and fitting other rubber.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second heat start<br />
was a much quicker affair<br />
with the front guys gone<br />
around turn 2 by the time<br />
we got into the pit<br />
straight. Here and there,<br />
there were some big<br />
gaps between the<br />
groups. Some people lost<br />
out and some people<br />
scored. Most of us backmarkers<br />
were basically<br />
racing before we got into
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the pit straight.<br />
Out front it was again<br />
Gerber and Willie giving<br />
it all with Jono lagging a<br />
bit behind and Sing and<br />
Odendaal staying with<br />
the latter of the V8 trio.<br />
Jannie had Barbolini and<br />
Wetton to keep him company<br />
and Sanne had<br />
Densham and G jnr to<br />
contend with. <strong>The</strong>o in his<br />
trusty Datty was wringing<br />
the Datty‘s neck to stay<br />
with Alan and Lobb with<br />
Cindy keeping him honest<br />
and Francois following<br />
her. Ellison was dicing<br />
with Vonk jnr and<br />
Parker .Boet in the Fiat<br />
was giving it stick until<br />
the Fiat started making<br />
some rumbling noises<br />
and he retired after 4<br />
laps. Sing retired after 7<br />
laps<br />
Don in the Mazda opted<br />
to drive a slightly conservative<br />
race and kept<br />
ahead of the bug of<br />
Cloete who pushed hard<br />
and got ahead of Warren<br />
and Alan in the Perana.<br />
Mike in the Merc pulled a<br />
comfortable gap on the<br />
following bunch of his<br />
dad, Lombard, Marengo<br />
and Anton Vos. Two laps<br />
from the end, Marengo<br />
got past Lombard a time<br />
or two, but then getting<br />
outrun in the straight line,<br />
only to repass the bug<br />
again later.<br />
Ladner had his hands<br />
full to try and get clear of<br />
Kevin and Willem, being<br />
followed by Thys, Carel,<br />
Pereira, van Nieuwenhuizen<br />
jnr ,Green in the<br />
323 and Herman until the<br />
SSS decided it was time<br />
to park again ahead of<br />
Ash and Kevin. Joe in his<br />
new true blue ‗Scort was<br />
battling with Isi and Van<br />
Schalkwyk. Ed was driving<br />
the wheels off the<br />
Mini with Wannenburg in<br />
attendance. Cabrita and<br />
Collings had a slight<br />
scrap until Collings pulled<br />
away.<br />
When the results were<br />
published eventually the<br />
timekeepers had split all<br />
the different classes up<br />
and it was a slight head<br />
scratch to check on overall<br />
positions.<br />
On our second last tour<br />
we saw van Schalkwyk<br />
pulled off close to Sunset<br />
with the fire truck in close<br />
attendance. He had<br />
pulled off and the exhaust<br />
ignited the grass.<br />
On the slow down lap<br />
Cloete in the bug had<br />
one of the pressed in<br />
plates on the one carb<br />
come out starting an engine<br />
fire and he pulled off<br />
close to van Schalkwyk<br />
to also be ‗blown out‖.<br />
Phil in the 240Z picked<br />
up a misfire and kept on<br />
circulating to score points<br />
Final result had Hepburn<br />
from Gerber followed<br />
by Odendaal, Jannie<br />
pulling a slight gap,<br />
Wetton, Barbolini, Jon,<br />
Densham Green, Sanne,<br />
Lobb, <strong>The</strong>o, Cindy, Francois,<br />
Werner, Parker, Ellison,<br />
and Pantazis. Class<br />
E was won by Bruins followed<br />
by Cloete, Warren,<br />
Alan, Mike, Mashengo,<br />
Lombard, Selwyn, Anton,<br />
Kevin, Justin, Willem,<br />
Carel, Thys,<br />
Van Nieuwenhuizen jnr,<br />
Kevin, Ash, Isi, Joe,<br />
Green, Collings, Ed,<br />
Manny with the last 2<br />
qualified finishers being<br />
Deon<br />
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Photo by Michelle<br />
and Wannenburg.<br />
After the race I found a<br />
bit of oil on the rear valance<br />
and upon checking,<br />
it seems as though the<br />
breather pipe that I had<br />
changed was letting<br />
some oil spill out. I have<br />
in the meantime fixed this<br />
by re-routing it to hopefully<br />
eliminate such a<br />
problem. For a change I<br />
actually did not have a lot<br />
to do between the racestouch<br />
wood except some<br />
paint touching up and<br />
have I in the meantime<br />
bought a small steel<br />
shack to put some garage<br />
rubbish into so that<br />
if necessary, I can work<br />
in the garage in these<br />
cold times. I got some<br />
bricks from my long time<br />
sponsor A-B Brickworks<br />
that I will put in as flooring<br />
once I have made<br />
some reinforcements on<br />
the hut.<br />
It seems like everything<br />
else these days-you pay<br />
the monies, but the quality<br />
of and the service is<br />
lacking. I am sure that if I<br />
tried hard enough, I<br />
would almost be able to<br />
push my finger through<br />
the ‗zinc‘.<br />
By the time we read<br />
this, there will only be<br />
one race meeting left and<br />
who knows what the long<br />
finger of fate will have<br />
dished up<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are rumours floating<br />
about of some very<br />
high entry fees for next<br />
year. If the figures being<br />
waved about are true, I<br />
don‘t think there will be<br />
very large fields about,<br />
as most of us don‘t have<br />
very large budgets and/or<br />
big sponsors. I wonder<br />
whose interests are being<br />
looked after<br />
here…..Let‘s see anyway.<br />
Harry Lombard
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tiny band of spectators<br />
was the little 1600cc<br />
Ford powered Morgan of<br />
Chris Clarke that was so<br />
indecently quick it kept up<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
with the front-runners<br />
for a long stretch of the<br />
heat and finished an incredible<br />
4 th behind the<br />
two massive V8’s. Mike<br />
Altona in the Dart did exactly<br />
that, darted in and<br />
around the rapid Scirocco<br />
of Alex Divov but Alex<br />
closed the door, sometimes<br />
rather loudly, leaving<br />
room for the Dart<br />
darter to threaten, but<br />
no further. Altona’s Dart<br />
however, also with its<br />
1600 Ford power, finished<br />
ahead of much more powerful<br />
cars such as the<br />
Terry Allen V8 Morgan,<br />
the V6 Marcos of Howard<br />
Nel and a host of 2 or<br />
more liter Alfas.<br />
Nothing is more dangerous<br />
as a woman scorned…<br />
except of course a Roger<br />
Pearce who spins out of<br />
the first lap resulting in<br />
him fighting his way back<br />
to his rightful place in the<br />
pack from the hind tit position,<br />
at the back of the<br />
bunch! Robbed he was of<br />
his usual spot in the middle<br />
of the deck but not<br />
robbed of a sight for sore<br />
eyes were the race<br />
watchers who saw this<br />
yellow MG carve its way<br />
past one, two sometimes<br />
three cars a lap until the<br />
rage mist probably began<br />
to subside inside the MG<br />
pilot’s helmet enough for<br />
him to race as a more<br />
sane pace. Well Pearce<br />
persevered and managed<br />
to pierce his way up to<br />
and indeed past the exquisitely<br />
quick Dallara of<br />
Bruce Pidwell but sadly<br />
Roger had asked too much<br />
of his MG and it let go on<br />
the very last lap within<br />
sight of the final<br />
straight. <strong>The</strong> melted piston<br />
made it early beer<br />
time for the disappointed<br />
Roger. Another legal beer<br />
imbiber by lunchtime was<br />
Chris Myres who damaged<br />
his TRV and had it<br />
trailored and home ready<br />
while his buddies were all<br />
in a tizz prepping for race<br />
two.<br />
With the SPORTS & GT’S<br />
dazzling display of superlative<br />
racing the crowd<br />
were definitely in the<br />
mood for more of the<br />
same and they were not<br />
to be disappointed. <strong>The</strong><br />
field of cars for heat one<br />
of the <strong>Historic</strong> Touring<br />
Cars was relatively small.<br />
<strong>The</strong> word relative here of<br />
Continued on page 36
HRCR Calendar for 2009<br />
Date Venue M G S T<br />
31 Jan Zwartkops*<br />
07-Feb<br />
Killarney*<br />
14-Mar<br />
Phakisa<br />
21-Mar<br />
Zwartkops<br />
04-April<br />
Midvaal<br />
25-Apr<br />
Lichtenburg<br />
09-May<br />
Zwartkops<br />
20-Jun<br />
Zwartkops<br />
11-Jul<br />
Kyalami<br />
08-Aug<br />
Midvaal<br />
19-Sep<br />
Zwartkops<br />
21-Nov Kyalami *<br />
Legend:<br />
* = Invitation Event<br />
M = Marque Cars<br />
G = Sport & GT<br />
S = Single Seaters<br />
T = Touring Cars
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course being the operative<br />
word…. Relative to<br />
the number of bicycles in<br />
Beijing the 61 cars on the<br />
grid would be classified as<br />
small, however as the biggest<br />
single field at Kyalami<br />
this year it was a<br />
truly awesome sight to<br />
behold, WELL DONE TO<br />
THE HRCR!!!<br />
<strong>The</strong> enormous field of<br />
marvelous historic touring<br />
cars machinery had the<br />
now increasing number of<br />
spectators utter an exclamation<br />
or three such<br />
as, “gee did you see that<br />
Beetle go, or was that a<br />
Datsun ahead of the<br />
Alfa, or what a massive<br />
field of cars”. Of course<br />
this was only on the warm<br />
up lap!!! When the real<br />
racing started it was the<br />
70’s all over again with<br />
Ford Escorts against the<br />
indestructible Datsuns<br />
versus the Alfa brigade,<br />
the Minis, Mazda’s of<br />
various guises and engine<br />
configs. and all with top<br />
class drivers taking them<br />
through their paces. In<br />
spite of the rarity of replacement<br />
parts and the<br />
sheer value of their<br />
equipment, the drivers<br />
drove their cars to the<br />
very edge of the envelopes<br />
and a bit beyond and<br />
this was really appreciated<br />
by the spectators.<br />
Willie Hepburn was at it<br />
again, up front and flying.<br />
It was interesting to see<br />
the brave ones who challenged<br />
the new bus-stop<br />
complex flat out and who<br />
backed off. <strong>The</strong> Lobb Fiat<br />
123 was the first to stir<br />
up the dust here but<br />
came to no harm. <strong>The</strong><br />
dust had hardly settled<br />
before it was unceremoniously<br />
unsettled anew, this<br />
time in the Super-Bowl as<br />
the Rotary Mazda took<br />
its pilot towards an early<br />
shower in a kitty-litter<br />
cloud of dust, pungent<br />
blinding smoke, (which got<br />
in his eyes!!!) and finally<br />
(but very soon thereafter)<br />
the fine white powder<br />
dust of the Kyalami<br />
Marshals’ fire extinguishers!!!<br />
After all that<br />
amount of dust the early<br />
shower must have been<br />
really welcomed by the<br />
driver, Wayne Wetton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reason for the<br />
forced exit; an exhaust<br />
silencer box incorrectly<br />
positioned leaving Wayne<br />
with a fire in the seat of<br />
his pants.<br />
As the race progressed<br />
the casualties began to<br />
mount; the BMtroubleyou<br />
745 slowed past the already<br />
retired yellow Escort<br />
between the Superbowl<br />
and the new Bus-<br />
Stop. In fact there were<br />
more cars towed off after<br />
the race than normally<br />
start a national
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event and there was still a<br />
huge field of finishers, 54<br />
in all!<br />
<strong>The</strong> repaired two-tone<br />
white Datsun of Philip<br />
Pantazis showed the way<br />
to the ex- john Simpson<br />
Alfa and the Uli Sanne<br />
BMW 2002 but the BM<br />
had the last laugh by finishing<br />
just ahead but the<br />
Alfa fell further back<br />
with Ellison tyre-smokingpirouetting<br />
through the<br />
Super Bowl which needless<br />
to say slowed his progress<br />
down considerably.<br />
Photo by Tanzi<br />
Alan Poulter who in<br />
qualifying took a<br />
breather…..in the kitty<br />
litter! Necessitating in<br />
the quali session being<br />
curtailed to everyone’s<br />
disappointment, climbed<br />
steadily from 44 th on<br />
the grid to a very respectable<br />
22 nd , just behind<br />
the massive Merc<br />
of Mike Roberts. Some<br />
very impressive work<br />
was recently carried out<br />
on Mike’s Merc and it<br />
surely possesses the<br />
most pristine engine bay<br />
in the racing paddock.<br />
But clearly Mike did<br />
more that put a dab of<br />
paint or three on his 6<br />
cylinder power-plant because<br />
each time he<br />
takes to the track he<br />
manages faster and<br />
faster times. Justin<br />
Ladner tried manfully to<br />
lead Alan’s Cortina to<br />
the checkered flag but<br />
the wily Poulter got in<br />
front and at one stage<br />
he was leading two Capris,<br />
the V8 of Ladner<br />
and the V6 of Big Jimmy<br />
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Bennett. Sadly coming<br />
into the Superbowl<br />
Jimmy saw red, the red<br />
of Justin’s Capri travelling<br />
slower through the<br />
right hander than he was<br />
managing so to avoid<br />
making contact Jimmy<br />
locks up everything and<br />
took a huge handful of<br />
left hand turn but locked<br />
wheels have very little<br />
traction and absolutely<br />
no turning ability so the<br />
inevitable mating of the<br />
Capris took place with a<br />
gentle kiss to the left<br />
bum cheek by Jimmy’s<br />
right front started a<br />
strange pirouetting of<br />
the crashed Capris<br />
through the Superbowl<br />
with the Ladner V8 coming<br />
off worse of the pair,<br />
battling to get back into<br />
the race but Jimmy wiggle<br />
woggled through the<br />
grass verge and a bit of<br />
kitty litter and went on<br />
his way to join in the fun<br />
again with a slightly damaged<br />
front light and<br />
fender.<br />
Justin’s eyes must have<br />
big as saucers as he<br />
waited for the longest 60<br />
seconds of his life trying<br />
to get his car out of the<br />
line of fire as he was a<br />
complete sitting duck to<br />
anyone who might overcook<br />
the Superbowl<br />
righthander. Thankfully<br />
he got mobile again without<br />
the second lightening<br />
strike.<br />
Yet another Capri, ‘ol<br />
Blue’ of Kevin Taylor also<br />
battled with its handling<br />
as it tyre-squealed it way<br />
around the track but it<br />
certainly brought out the<br />
best in the driver and<br />
great enjoyment to the<br />
n o w c o n s i d e r a b l y<br />
enlarged crowd of spectators.<br />
Photo by Michelle<br />
This is what the<br />
Editor saw and what<br />
he thought with what<br />
played out at Kyalami<br />
National <strong>Historic</strong><br />
Day 11 th July<br />
2009
GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2009<br />
Note: All the photos from this article, and many many more are shown in a larger format on the<br />
HRCR website www.historicracing.co.za<br />
Michelle and I had the privilege of attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed<br />
during July this year. We set out from our B&B in Essex at round 4:45am in order<br />
to get to Goodwood as the gates opened at 7:00am. Just as well, because even<br />
though we arrived early, there was just too much to do in one day. Michelle says<br />
I was behaving like a schoolboy, rushing from place to place, and she<br />
commented that I wore a broad grin the whole day.<br />
Run on the estate of Lord March, <strong>The</strong> Goodwood Festival of Speed is billed as a<br />
Hill Climb, although most cars run the hill more in exhibition mode than at full<br />
race pace. In addition to the hill climb, there is also a forest rally stage, and a<br />
section for the off-road cars (such as the Paris-Dakar).<br />
A wide variety of cars tackle the hill, the oldest being a 1909 Buick, right up to the<br />
2009 Le Mans winning Peugot.<br />
40 th Anniversary of the Porsche 917<br />
Other than the expected<br />
groupings of classic cars,<br />
each year Goodwood<br />
has special themes. For<br />
example, 2009 is the 40 th<br />
anniversary of the<br />
Porsche 917, and<br />
Goodwood responded by<br />
having 12 of these<br />
classics on the day.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se included several<br />
1970 Porsche 917K<br />
917K’s dating back to 1969,<br />
through to the 1500hp CanAm<br />
racer of 1973. This was the<br />
last of the Porsche 917’s, with<br />
the car being so far ahead of<br />
the rest that the rules were<br />
changed to exclude it, ending<br />
the 917’s race career.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Porsche 917 dates right<br />
1500hp 1973 Porsche 917/30
to the period where my father first introduced me to racing, and I have many<br />
memories of these awesome cars racing. Included amongst the cars present was<br />
the Piper 917 which won the Kyalami 9-hr.<br />
Although of a later period, also present was the Porsche 956 of Jochen Mass<br />
and Stefan Bellof which led the 1983 Le Mans for a while, and which had<br />
numerous wins including the Silverstone 1000km. This car also competed in the<br />
Kyalami 9-hr.<br />
1983 Porsche 956<br />
100 th Anniversary of Bugatti<br />
2009 is also the 100 th anniversary of<br />
Bugatti.<br />
Eight classic Bugattis were present<br />
on the day, the earliest being the<br />
1912 Type 16.<br />
1912 Bugatti Type 16<br />
Of course the ultra-modern and<br />
ultra-powerful Veyron Grand Sport<br />
was also present, and although<br />
capable of 407km/hr, with its W16<br />
engine producing 736kW, it just<br />
doesn’t do it for me. Not that at a<br />
price tag of 1.6 million Euros<br />
(R18million) I’m realistically in the<br />
market for one of these beasts.<br />
1931 Bugatti Type 35C
75 Years of the Silver Arrows<br />
Although for me of a different era<br />
and one to which I have no<br />
connection, one has to admire the<br />
technical excellence of the Auto<br />
Union and Mercedes-Benz racers<br />
from 1930’s to 1950’s.<br />
Mercedes-Benz W196 1954<br />
Sterling Moss piloted the Mercedes-<br />
Benz W196 from1954, and he clearly<br />
raised the biggest cheer of the day<br />
from the patriotic British crowd.<br />
Auto Union Type D 1938<br />
Tribute to 40 years of Frank Williams in Formula 1<br />
For the Formula 1 fans there was a<br />
surplus hardware on display.<br />
Perhaps the best collection of the<br />
day was a tribute to 40 years of<br />
Frank Williams in Formula 1. As long<br />
as that, it’s hard to believe!<br />
1980 Williams-Cosworth FW07<br />
himself drove this car up the hill. In<br />
all, twelve different Willams F1 cars<br />
were present on the day, including<br />
the 2009 car (which was a static<br />
display as to run a 2009 car on the<br />
hill would have broken F1 rules<br />
which forbids testing).<br />
Perhaps the highlight of the Williams<br />
tribute was Williams FW07 which<br />
Alan Jones used to win his and<br />
Williams first F1 title in 1980. Jones<br />
1993 Williams-Renault FW15C
40 years since Matra won the World Championship<br />
Matra first won the World<br />
Championship in 1969, with Jackie<br />
Stewart in the Matra-Cosworth<br />
MS80. He described this car as the<br />
1969 Matra-Cosworth MS80<br />
best handling Formula 1 car he ever<br />
drove. Stewart drove the earlier MS10<br />
on the day. He won four races in this<br />
chassis, including the 1968 win at the<br />
Nurburgring where he finished over four<br />
minutes ahead of the next car in terrible<br />
weather conditions.<br />
1968 Matra-Cosworth MS10<br />
Some of the other Formula 1 cars on show are included below:<br />
1971 Tyrrell-Cosworth 002 2006 Red Bull-Cosworth STR1<br />
1988 McLaren-Honda MP4 1973 McLaren-Cosworth M23
1985 Lotus-Renault 97T<br />
1990 Leyton House-Judd CG901B<br />
1978 Ferrari 312 T3<br />
1988 Benneton-Ford B188<br />
Le Mans 2009<br />
It is tradition for the Le Mans winner<br />
of the year to display their winning<br />
car. This year Peugot duly obliged<br />
with their Peugot 908 HDI<br />
2009 Peugot 908 HDI
Also present to excite the British<br />
fans was the Lola-Aston Martin<br />
which came fourth this year.<br />
2009 Lola-Aston Martin LMP1<br />
Forest Rally Stage<br />
In the afternoon we tackled the long walk up the hill to the forest rally stage,<br />
where a good collection of historic and modern rally cars tackled the forest.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se ranged from Ford Escorts Mark 1 and 2, Minis which had tackled the<br />
Monte Carlo rally, to the brute Group 4 4-wheel drive rally cars which were<br />
banned from rallying after a few years because they were “too fast”.<br />
Morris Mini Cooper S 1965<br />
Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 1971<br />
Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 1978 Lancia Rallye 037 1983
<strong>The</strong> most awesome of all on the<br />
rally stage was Sebastian Loeb<br />
driving his 2009 Citroen C4<br />
WRC. He set the quickest time of<br />
the day, with Lord March’s<br />
daughter in the car as his<br />
“navigator” at the time.<br />
Sebatian Loeb Citroen C4 WRC 2009<br />
long walk up the hill.<br />
Its easy to see why Loeb is<br />
acknowledged as one of the best<br />
rally drivers of all times, his car<br />
control while driving on the<br />
slippery white chalk roads was a<br />
sight to behold, and worth the<br />
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon<br />
Although not car related, for those who had not yet had enough thrills, some<br />
really heavy metal was brought out in the form of the Royal Air Force displaying<br />
their latest fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon. <strong>The</strong> sound this aircraft makes<br />
with twin jets on full afterburner was unbelievable as the pilot put it through an<br />
awesome aerobatic display.<br />
Eurofighter Typhoon<br />
Highlights of the day for me Very difficult to say, because there was so much to<br />
see and do. I suppose in the end it’s the cars which you remember from your<br />
youth, the Porsche 917s and 956, the Ferrari 512, the Matra driven by Jackie<br />
Stewart, and the many Formula 1’s, which were superbly represented.
Tom Pryce<br />
A truly sad reminder for me was seeing<br />
the Shadow driven by Tom Pryce in 1975.<br />
I was witness to the death of Pryce who<br />
was killed at Kyalami on 5 th March 1977 in<br />
a tragic incident when he hit 19 year old<br />
marshal Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren and<br />
was killed by the fire extinguisher that the<br />
marshal was carrying. <strong>The</strong> marshal had<br />
been crossing the track in order to assist<br />
Tom Pryce Shadow F1 1975 the Italian driver Renzo Zorzi whose<br />
Shadow car had caught fire. I was a<br />
teenager at the time, and the car which ran at Goodwood was an earlier car, this<br />
still brought back a very vivid memory for me.<br />
Barry Scott