Spencer Martin tips his Ferrari 250LM into the fast ‘Homestead Corner’ at Warwick Farm before unleashing the cars 3.3 litre V12 on the long Hume Straight, what a sound it must have made! August 1965… Spencer Martin was one of Australia’s champion drivers of the 1960’s winning the Gold Star, the Australian Drivers Championship in […]
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Spencer Martin: Australian ‘Gold Star’ Champion 1966/7…
Posted: April 30, 2015 in Features, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: Brabham BT11a Climax, Brabham BT4 Climax, David McKay, Ferrari 250 LM '6321', Ferrari 250LM, Gold Star Series, Graham Hill, Scuderia Veloce, Spencer Martin
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Lorenzo, Clive and Spencer: Boomerang Servo, Sydney 1962…
Posted: September 20, 2017 in F1, Obscurities, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1962 Warwick Farm 100, Boomerang Service Station, Cooper T53 Maserati, Holden FX, Joel Wakely, Lorenzo Bandini, Prad Holden, Spencer Martin
Two of my favourite drivers are Lorenzo Bandini and Australian Gold Star champion, Spencer Martin but it was quite a surprise to see them in the same shot- Lorenzo in a Cooper and Spencer a Holden… Joel Wakely’s Boomerang Service Station at Concord, inner-western Sydney was well known amongst Australian motor-racing aficionados by February 1962 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lakeside Tasman Meeting, 12 February 1967…
Posted: January 18, 2019 in Fotos, Track testsTags: 1967 Lakeside 99, Australian Motor Racing History, Bob Jane, Brabham BT11a Climax, Brabham BT14 Ford, Brabham BT22 Repco, Brabham BT23A Repco, Denny Hulme, Elfin 400 Repco, Jack Brabham, John Harvey, Spencer Martin
(W Byers) Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco ‘620’ 4.4 V8 entering KLG Corner, racer Ross Burbidge tells us, 12 February 1967… It’s a very early race for Bob in his brand new Elfin, this car notable in several ways not least for the fact that it was the first to be fitted with a customer […]
Bruce McLaren Racing and Caversham 1962…
Posted: January 5, 2019 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1962 Australian Grand Prix, Arnold Glass, Australian Motor Racing History, Bib Stillwell, Bill Patterson, BRM P48 Buick, Bruce McLaren, Cooper T51 Climax, Cooper T53 Climax, Cooper T62 Climax, John Youl Cooper T55 Climax
Three men and a car- the 1962 Australian Grand Prix winning Cooper mind you… Eoin Young, journalist and author of considerable renown, Wally Willmott, mechanic of similar standing, the incomparable Bruce McLaren and Cooper T62 Climax at Styles Garage on the corner of Sussex Street and the Albany Highway, Victoria Park, Perth during the 18 November weekend. […]
Sandown Park Cup, 26 February 1967…
Posted: December 14, 2018 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1967 Tasman Cup, Australian Motor Racing History, Brabham BT23A Repco, BRM P261, Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Lotus 33 Climax
Jackie Stewart eases his BRM P261 chassis ‘2614’ into the Sandown Paddock after practice… It wasn’t going to be a great day at the office for the plucky Scot. He started well, passing Jack Brabham on lap 9 for the lead but the crown wheel and pinion gave up the ghost on lap 11 of the […]
General Motors Holden Formative…
Posted: December 6, 2018 in Features, Touring CarsTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Des West, General Motors Holden Pagewood Factory, Holden 48-215, Holden FJ, John French, Laurence Hartnett, Prime Minister Ben Chifley, Prime Minister Bob Menzies, Warren Weldon
Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Laurie Hartnett in the back of a Vauxhall Wyvern Caleche Tourer having opened General Motors Holdens new factory at Pagewood, in Sydney’s southern suburbs 1940… I know its not a motor racing shot so it would normally be outside primotipo’s focus but the photos were too good to waste, and I will […]
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, […]
Longford Lap…
Posted: July 5, 2018 in Features, FotosTags: Australian Grand Prix Longford, Australian Motor Racing History, Australian Tourist Trophy Longford, Longford Circuit, South Pacific Championship Longford, South Pacific Trophy Longford
Longford’s Pit Straight- Illawarra Road from a Percival EP-9 at low altitude during the 1959 meeting… We are indebted to Tasmanian enthusiast Rob Saward who left his photographic archive and that of his father Jim in the care of Lindsay Ross (oldracephotos.com.au) who periodically uploads tidbits of visual pleasure from his coterie of talented ‘snappers such as the […]
