Brabham’s Cooper T23 Bristol was billed as the fastest car of its type in the world as a Jack’s ongoing development of it with Frank Ashby’s advice and mentoring off to the side. These images from the Brabham Family Collection were taken at Mount Panorama during the Easter 1954 meeting, the start of the A-Grade […]
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Jack’s Mount…
Posted: November 6, 2020 in F1, FotosTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Cooper T23 Bristol, Dick Cobden, Ferrari 125, Jack Brabham, Maybach, Mount Druitt, Stan Jones
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Ron Tauranac’s Series One Ralts…
Posted: June 10, 2023 in F1Tags: Austin Tauranac, Australian Motor Racing History, Ralt, Ron Tauranac
Well known in Australia but perhaps less so elsewhere are Ron Tauranac’s pre-Brabham phase Ralts as against the post-Motor Racing Developments ones… Ron looking young and shy in the first Ralt, the ‘Ralt Special’ above at the King Edward Park hill, Newcastle in 1951. By this stage Ralt 1 was fitted with schmick Ralt wheels […]
Bob Atkin Collection 1…
Posted: March 7, 2022 in Fotos, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Bob Atkin, Ferrari 250LM, Scuderia Veloce Motors
Australian enthusiasts of a certain age will recall Bob Atkin as David McKay’s partner in Scuderia Veloce, the Sydney based race team and prestige car dealership established by McKay as he evolved from racing driver to entrant/entrepreneur/motor trader, in addition to racing/automotive journalism off to the side. SVs soon became the team to watch, and […]
Geoff Duke, Gilera 500/4, Australia 1954…
Posted: January 18, 2020 in Obscurities, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Bandiana Army Base, Fishermans Bend, Geoff Duke, Gilera 500, Longford, Maurie Quincey, Mooliabeenie, Mount Druitt
Huge excitement was created by Geoff Duke’s visit to Australia in 1954, here his Gilera 500/4 is shown at rest in the Longford paddock… The Brit was a ‘rock star’, he has just won back to back 500cc world titles aboard Gileras in 1953 and 1954 having won his first on Nortons in 1951. In […]
Whad’ll She Do Mister?…
Posted: June 7, 2020 in Fotos, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Doug Whiteford, Ken Richardson, Owen Bailey, Ralph Snodgrass, Rex Taylor, Talbot Lago T26C
Talbot-Lago T26C with a swag of teenage fans surrounding it in Queensland we think … There was a bit of unresolved mystery about this shot when it was first posted by Mark Tumby on Bob Williamson’s Facebook page a month ago. The discussion centred around whether it was Ralph Snodgrass in Whiteford’s second arriving in […]
Fred Pearse Collection 2…
Posted: October 21, 2022 in FeaturesTags: 1936 Australian Tourist Trophy, 1940 Bathurst Grand Prix, Australian Motor Racing History, Fred Pearse, Prad Holden
(F Pearse) One of the amazing things about the internet is the manner in which information is shared, not least photographs from collections which would otherwise never have seen the light of day… Fred Pearse is one such person who was “an insider enthusiast, a decent man who spannered cleverly for over two decades, here […]
Stay Behind The Fence for Chrissakes!…
Posted: February 11, 2020 in Fotos, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Autralian Motor Racing History, Bathurst, Bill Patterson, Cooper T51 Climax, Craven A International, Frank Hann, Gordon Stewart, Holden FJ, Horst Kwech, Jack Brabham, Jaguar Mk5, Leo Geoghegan, RM Spyder, Stewart MG
Leo Geoghegan’s Holden 48-215 from Frank Hamm’s Jaguar Mk5, Bathurst, Easter 1959… I’m not sure if this is the parade lap described below or a race but the presence of the sportscar in amongst the touring cars suggests the former. The stunning series of photographs are uber-rare ones from the inside of Conrod Straight, the […]
Alec Strachan, Lotus Mk6 Climax…
Posted: June 23, 2020 in Sports RacersTags: Alex Strachan, Graham Howard, Lotus Mk 6 Climax
Alex Strachan was the first to import a Lotus into Australia, and as a consequence he was appointed by Colin Chapman the first of many Lotus concessionaires over the years in this country… The car was significant enough to make the cover of Wheels magazine, Alec’s race exploits in the car commenced the long run […]
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 […]
Werrangourt Archives 7: Jack Day and his Superchargers, by Bob King…
Posted: June 11, 2021 in Features, ObscuritiesTags: Australian Motor Racing History
Former Austin 7 racer and Bentley historian Tony Johns is a regular visitor to the Victorian State Library, there, he browses newspapers and magazines for Austin 7 and Bentley history. If he comes upon things of interest in the writer’s realm, which is mostly to do with Bugattis, he kindly forwards them. We are aware […]
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