Ray Parsons keeps popping up in recent Lotus and Allan Moffat research. He is just about to climb aboard a Lotus Cortina in the Marlboro paddock, Maryland in August 1966. Parsons shared this car with Moffat – with helmet on behind the car – to 13th place in the 12-Hour enduro. The little-known Australian mechanic […]
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Ray Parsons : Australian Lotus mechanic, racer and development driver…
Posted: February 20, 2022 in ObscuritiesTags: Bowin P3 Ford FVA, Jim Clark, John Joyce, Lotus 32B Climax, Lotus 39 Climax, Lotus Cortina, Ray Parsons
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Longford Motorama 2021…
Posted: March 9, 2021 in News/EventsTags: Longford, Longford Motorama, Lotus 39 Climax, Repco-Brabham Rice Trailer, Repco-Holden Panel Van
The Longford Motorama, in recent times an annual Labour Day long-weekend event, is an important date in the Tasmanian motorsport calendar to keep the 1953-1968 Longford road-racing memory alive. I ducked back to the South Island for a few days. Rob Knott, Justin Brown and their merry band of helpers organised a display of racing […]
Speedy Scots…
Posted: September 15, 2021 in F1, Fotos, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1966 'South Pacific Trophy' Longford, 1966 Tasman Series, 1967 Lakeside 99, 1967 Tasman Series, BRM P261, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Lotus 33 Climax, Lotus 39 Climax
Jackie Stewart leads Jim Clark through Lakeside’s Eastern Loop during the 1967 Tasman round at the fast Queensland circuit on 12 February… You can just see that the lightly loaded right-front wheel of Jackie’s 2070cc BRM P261 V8 is off-the-deck. Jim is chasing him in Lotus 33 R14 powered by a 2-litre variant of Coventry […]
Australian Racing Random 9…
Posted: April 1, 2022 in FeaturesTags: 1982 Australian Grand Prix, Alain Prost, Australian Motor Racing History, Daniel Ricciardo, Elphin Showgrounds, Fred Foster, Joan Richmond, Ralt RT4 Ford
Love Geoff Smedley’s caption to the photograph of he and Austin Miller at Bakers Beach, Tasmania, “Now just lean on the loud pedal and you could become famous.” The car is Aussie’s Smedley modified Cooper T51 Chev, that morning on Monday November 20, 1961 they did indeed set a new Australian Land Speed record at […]
Howzit goin’ cock?…
Posted: December 10, 2020 in Fotos, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1962 Aintree 200 Formula Junior, 1962 Monaco GP-Formula Junior, Brabham BT2 Ford, Brabham BT6 Ford, Frank Gardner, Jack Brabham
‘Its like a rocket Jack’. ‘It should be, you put it together champ’, the boss responded. Frank Gardner and Brabham BT2 Ford on the BARC 200 Formula Junior pole at Aintree on April 28, 1962. John Bolster is hovering behind contemplating putting the bite on Jack for a track-test. The lanky, laconic Aussie didn’t do […]
1966 Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside…
Posted: February 22, 2020 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1966 Australian Grand Prix, Australian Motor Racing History, BRM P261, BRM P56 V8, BRM P60 V8, Frank Gardner, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Lotus 39 Climax, Richard Attwood
Stewart, Hill, Clark, yellow nosed black bodied Gardner, Palmer looking like Clark, Martin in red and Geoghegan white- BRM P261 by two, Lotus 39, yellow nose Brabham BT11A, Lotus 32B of Palmer, red Brabham BT11A of Martin (all but the BRM’s Coventry Climax FPF powered) and Leo’s white Lotus 32 Ford. AGP- the off 20 […]
1966 Warwick Farm 100…
Posted: July 3, 2018 in F1Tags: 1966 Warwick Farm 100, Australian Motor Racing History, Jim Clark, Leo Geoghegan, Lotus 39 Climax
Jim Clark stops his Lotus 39 to collect a celebratory beer after winning the 13 February 1966 ‘Warwick Farm 100’ Tasman round… Clark won the Tasman Series in 1965, 1967 and 1968. His 1966 mount, whilst a good car, the 2.5 litre Coventry Climax four-cylinder engine was outgunned by the ex-F1 BRM P261, the capacity […]
Australian Racing Random 2…
Posted: June 6, 2020 in Features, FotosTags: Alfa Romeo 6C1750 SS Zagato, Chevron B37 Chev, Dallara F311 Mercedes Benz, Datsun 1300, Elfin 620 Formula Ford, Ford Customline, Ford Galaxie, Holden SLR5000 L34, Lotus 32 Ford, Wangaratta Airfield, Wayne Negus
Stunning shot of a group of cars charging down Conrod Straight at Mount Panorama during Bathurst’s race in October 1939… John Snow leads in his Delahaye 135CS from the John Crouch, Alfa Romeo 8C2300 and Bob Appleton in the MacKellar Ford V8 Spl- Snow won the race from Frank Kleinig, Kleinig Hudson Spl and Bob […]
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