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 […]
Australian Racing Random 3…
Posted: July 31, 2020 in F1, Sports RacersTags: Aspendale Speedway, Australian Motor Racing History, BRM P126, Elfin 792 VW, Elfin GE-225 VW, Frank Matich, Garrie Cooper, Jack Brabham-Knighthood, John Bowe, John Smith, Kaditcha Ford DFL, Stirling Moss
Pedro Rogriguez BRM P126 V12 howling its way around Surfers Paradise in the summer of 1968, behind is Dick Atwood’s sister car… This shot is by Rod MacKenzie, loved his work, especially the more creative stuff of which there is heaps- he died last year sadly, see here for some of his work; https://primotipo.com/2018/09/27/oz-racing-books/ and […]
Monaro, Matich and McLarens…
Posted: June 13, 2020 in FeaturesTags: Brabham B7A Climax, Derek Kneller, Don O'Sullivan, Frank Matich, Lady Wigram Trophy, McLaren M0A Chev, McLaren M10B Repco Holden, Peter Maybey
‘Yerd reckon Matich would be able to blow it off wouldn’t you?… A GTS sure, powered by the little ‘253’ V8 maybe, steel wheels with Belmont/Kingswood hubcaps, lordy. Not to forget the ultimate ‘woggerisation accessory’, without putting too fine a point on it- a black vinyl roof. Yuck, vomitous yuck in fact. I threatened to […]
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 […]
