Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco, during the Longford Tasman round in 1967. Sweet Repco V8 music @ 7000 rpm flat out in fifth gear… Idle moments in front of the Teev provide a male multi-tasking opportunity, looking for ‘that shot’ which inspires an article. Breathing, lookin’ at the telly and searching for photographic inspiration simultaneously- […]
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Belle of The Ball…
Posted: April 6, 2018 in Features, Sports RacersTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Bevan Gibson, Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco, Ian Cook, John Harvey, Ken Hastings, Spencer Martin
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Rindt Tasman Random…
Posted: January 19, 2018 in F1, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1969 Tasman Series, Jochen Rindt, Lotus 49 Ford DFW
Jochen Rindt awaits the start of the Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, Queensland on 2 February 1969… Alongside the Austrians Lotus 49B is Australian Niel Allen’s ex-Courage McLaren M4A Ford FVA F2, the bi-winged device behind Jochen is the Piers Courage Frank Williams owned Brabham BT24 Ford DFW. Jochen’s switched his engine off, as it tightened […]
Bowin P4A and Oz Formula Ford Formative…
Posted: August 30, 2018 in Features, ObscuritiesTags: Bob Skleton, Bowin P4A Ford, Bowin P4X Formula Ford, Bowin P6F Ford, Jack Brabham, John Leffler, John Smith, TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
It’s an exciting time for Formula Fordsters in Australia, the fiftieth anniversary of the first FF race in Australia, at Sandown on 25 November 1969, takes place in 2019… The shot above is of Paul Harrington keeping an eye on a journalist about to have a spin aboard a Bowin P4A at Calder, date and […]
Jack At Random…
Posted: March 23, 2018 in F1, Features, FotosTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Brabham B23E Repco, Brabham BT19 Repco, Brabham BT24 Repco, Brabham BT31 Repco, Brabham BT33 Ford, Brabham BT7A Climax, Cooper T43 Climax, Cooper T53 Climax, Jack Brabham, Lotus 24 Climax
Jack Brabham attacks the Longford Viaduct in 1964, Brabham BT7A Climax… His differential failed on lap 21 of the ‘South Pacific Trophy’, victory went to the Scuderia Veloce Brabham BT4 Climax driven by Graham Hill from Bruce McLaren’s Cooper T70 Climax. I’ve accumulated a heap of photos of Jack Brabham, many of which are ‘human […]
Garrie Cooper, Elfin 600D Repco V8
Posted: March 6, 2018 in Rodways Repco Recollections, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1970 West Australian Road Racing Championships, Elfin 600B Ford, Elfin 600D Repco, Garrie Cooper, John Walker, Matich SR3 Repco, Wanneroo Park
Garrie Cooper aboard his Elfin 600D Repco V8 in the Wanneroo Park, Western Australia pitlane in May 1970… ‘Motor Racing Royalty’ in Australia are any Australian cars powered by Repco Brabham V8’s in my book. There are only four single-seater road-racing cars so built- 3 Elfin 600’s and the Rennmax/Bob Britton built Jane Repco. Of […]
Jim Clark and Leo Geoghegan’s Lotus 39…
Posted: February 12, 2016 in F1, FeaturesTags: 1966 Tasman Series, 1969 JAF Japanese Grand Prix, 1970 Australian Gold Star Series, Birrana 274 Ford, Jim Clark, Leo Geoghegan, Lotus 39 Climax, Lotus 39 Repco, Lotus 59 Waggott
Leo Geoghegan slices his venerable Lotus 39 Repco into the Warwick Farm Esses, Tasman Series, 15 February 1970… Terrific shot, the focus is on the driver, the rest of the car blurred giving the impression of speed, something Geoghegan had in abundance. Leo ‘made his name’ in this car, he was a front-runner from the […]
