Jack Brabham shakes down his 1968 Tasman contender the Brabham BT23E Repco for Sydney’s media at Oran Park, 14 February 1968… Nestled in the back is Repco’s latest ‘RB740’ 275bhp 2.5 litre V8, the Tasman variant of Brabham’s successful 1967 F1 3 litre (330bhp) engine. Denny Hulme took the drivers title from Jack in a […]
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Jack Brabham: Brabham BT23E Repco, Oran Park 1968…
Posted: December 22, 2015 in Obscurities, Rodways Repco Recollections, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1968 'Warwick Farm 100', 1968 Tasman Series, Brabham BT23E Repco, Jack Brabham, Oran Park Raceway
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Matich & Stillwell: Brabhams, Warwick Farm, Sydney December 1963…
Posted: July 20, 2018 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1964 Tasman Series, 1965 Tasman Series, Australian Motor Racing History, Bib Stillwell, Brabham BT11a Climax, Brabham BT4 Climax, Brabham BT7A Climax, Frank Matich, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Lotus 32B Climax
Frank Matich, Brabham BT7A Climax tries to outbrake Bib Stillwell #6, Brabham BT4 Climax, December 1963… Photographer John Ellacott upon posting this shot online described it as ‘the two great rivals on Hume Straight’…Matich braking down the outside on the run into the slow second gear ‘Creek Corner’. Frank’s car was brand new, just unpacked, […]
Easter Bathurst 1969: Jack Brabham 1970 and Retirement…
Posted: September 1, 2014 in Features, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1969 Bathurst 100, Bowin P4X Formula Ford, Brabham BT25 Repco, Brabham BT30 Ford FVA, Brabham BT31 Repco, Brabham BT33 Ford, Jack Brabham, Jochen Rindt, Matra MS650, Porsche 956
Start of the ‘Gold Star’ race Mount Panorama, Easter 1969… In the Good ‘Ole Days there used to be two meetings a year at Mount Panorama- Easter when the Gold Star race was the feature and of course the ‘Taxi’ classic later in the year. Then the Gold Star, the Australian Drivers Championship meant something. A lot […]
Moffat’s Lotus Cortina, Shelby, K-K and Trans-Am phases…
Posted: March 6, 2020 in Features, Sports Racers, Touring CarsTags: 1968 Daytona 24 Hour, 1968 Sebring 12 Hour, Allan Moffat, Australian Motor Racing History, Ford Falcon GTHO, Ford Mustang, Horst Kwech, Kar-Kraft, Lotus Cortina, Roy Lunn
Allan Moffat finesses his Shelby Mustang around the Daytona banking during the 1968 running of the endurance classic on 4 February… The first two World Sportscar Championship rounds in 1968- at Daytona and Sebring were also the first rounds of the Sports Car Club of America’s Trans-Am Championship which had very quickly become an important […]
Jano…
Posted: January 3, 2020 in Sports Racers, Touring Cars, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Australian Motor Racing History, Bob Jane, Chevrolet Monza, Ford Mustang, Holden Monaro GTS350, Jaguar E Type Lightweight, Jaguar Mk2, Maserati 300S, Porsche 956
No Australian racer comes close to owning and racing as many interesting cars as Bob Jane… The tough nut from Brunswick developed a used car business initially, and shortly thereafter took on new car franchises before creating ‘specialist tyre retailing’ in this country- Bob Jane T-Marts are as iconic now as they were novel in […]
Oran Park ‘Diamond Trophy’ Gold Star 1970…
Posted: July 5, 2019 in FeaturesTags: 1970 Australian Gold Star Series, Australian Motor Racing History, Elfin 600D Repco, Garrie Cooper, Jane Repco V8, John Harvey, Leo Geoghegan, Lotus 59B Waggott, Max Stewart, Mildren Waggott
Malcolm Ramsay awaits the start of the ‘Diamond Trophy’ Gold Star race at Oran Park on 28 June 1970… His car is an Elfin 600C Repco ‘730’ 2.5 litre V8, alongside him you can just see the nose of the cars constructor, Garrie Cooper’s Elfin 600D ‘830’ V8- only three of these Repco V8 engined […]
RBE: By The Numbers…
Posted: February 22, 2019 in F1, Features, Rodways Repco RecollectionsTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Frank Hallam, Jack Brabham, Norman Wilson, Phil Irving, Repco Brabham Engines, Repco Brabham RB620, Repco Brabham RB740, Repco Brabham RB760, Repco Brabham RB830, Repco Brabham RB860, Sir Charles McGrath
How many Repco Brabham Engines Pty. Ltd. race V8’s were built during the 1965 to 1969 period of the companies existence?… Not sure that I know the answer in full. Lets build a list which will be ongoing Work In Progress as we determine the number built, the car they were initially fitted to, a […]
