Jack Brabham, Bowin P4X Formula Ford, Calder August 1971…
Here is another Fairfax image of Jack after his victorious ‘Race Of Champions’ weekend. I wrote about this event a short while ago, and led the feature article with the final image below, this recent discovery is too good to ignore though- gotta put it up, there are no such things as too much Jack or too much Formula Ford, click here for the article; https://primotipo.com/2018/10/30/calder-formula-ford-race-of-champions-august-1971/
The Fairfax caption reads ‘Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, 1971: Brabham in the cockpit of a 100 hp Formula Ford for a brief comeback at Calder- in the Calder Race of Champions. Driving a car built at his British racing car factory’. (actually a Bowin P4 built by John Joyce and his team at Bowin Designs in Brookvale, Sydney- owned by Jack Brabham Ford and raced by Bob Beasley in the ‘Driver to Europe’ Oz FF Championship).
JB, Bowin P4X, Oran Park parade lap 1972 (L Hemer)
Its an irrelevant tangent really but Motor Racing Developments (Brabham) never built a Formula Ford, Ron and Jack kept away from the rough and tumble of that market- mind you there were a few converted Brabham F3 cars which went well in the early years of the class in the UK.
‘Brabham raced home a clear winner after taking the lead in the third lap of the 10 lap event’.
Its a big year for Formula Fordsters in Australia- 50 years of FF in Australia is being celebrated during 2019.
Credits…
Alan Lambert- Fairfax Publications, Lynton Hemer, National Archives of Australia
Tailpiece…
(NAA)
Finito…
