The Roaring Season

Definitely all photos were taken prior to July 1970. The guy with the Scott must have had an early full-face helmet. Interestingly this Scott has a red cylinder which does not denote a high-performance version as might be expected. The red colour actually denoted a standard road going spec. I think ...

I recently came across these photos of bike racing on the promenade at New Brighton that I took in the 1960's. Although they are outside the scope of this thread, I thought they were worth sharing. No ideas who the riders were of course! Harrison 7 (Small).jpg Harrison 1 (Small).jpg Harrison 2 ...

From the 1971 SA saloon car championship - a Class B 3 litre Ford Capri being gobbled up by Bob Olthof's 5 litre Gunston Capri Perana.

Mini's racing at Old Hall corner, Oulton Park, in 1968 or 9.

A view of the original Kyalami circuit taken from Leuwkop corner. The right hander is the Kink and leads into the pit straight followed by the fast downhill section into Crowthorne. To the right of the loudspeaker pole can be seen Clubhouse corner. The main straight is now a business park, while the ...

The 1977 South African F1 GP at Kyalami. Mario Andretti in his Lotus Ford. He retired after 43 laps due to an "accident". From the angle of his rear wing I would guess that he has spun off and damaged the wing which appears to be now generating lift rather than downforce. Iconic JPS livery.

Oulton Park paddock. The Brabham BT21B F3 car of P&M Racing Preparations number 23 (Ford engine) driven by Alex Trotter.

Some Mazda RX2's in the Kyalami paddock in 1975, together with an MGA 1600. These must be souped-up as they are competing in class A against the Perana's. A7's driver (Willie Hepburn) is still active in SA historic racing circles I believe. img509 (Small).jpg img510 (Small).jpg img508 (Small).jpg

Interesting Spectator cars too !! Toyota Corona(s)think there are two, Mercedes 220 Fintail [ boot open and boot closed, Renault R8, Mini et al.. Thanks for the pictures, another rare German in the Taunus Coupe .. The Ford Taunus was a fully imported car into South Africa. And if you look at the ...

Following on from my previous post of the dented Renault R8, these are some of the other cars I photographed at Kyalami in 1970 as part of the field in the "Lucky Strike Trial", an on and off road rally. Opel Kadett img462 (Small).jpg Ford Capri img05032019_007 (Small).JPG Ford Taunus Coupe ...

There are times when having a rear engined car can be an advantage. This is a Renault R8 competing in a race in 1970 that took place both off road and on the Kyalami track. Obviously the off road phase did not go well and he crashed head on into an obstacle. No matter- all the important stuff is at ...

1975 South African GP at Kyalami. Marshals recovering one of the Beta Marches at the Jukskei Sweep. Two Marches were entered, for Vittorio Brambilla and the last woman to drive in F1, Italian Lella Lombardi. Both cars retired in the race. I'm not sure which one of the cars is in the photo ...

At the same club day at Kyalami as the cars pictured above, were a number of races for soap box racers. This was intended to amuse the children in attendance, but the adults had to have a go as well. The races started in front of the Crowthorne Corner stand and went downhill into Barbeque. [ATTACH ...

At the same club day at Kyalami as the cars pictured above, were a number of races for soap box racers. This was intended to amuse the children in attendance, but the adults had to have a go as well. The races started in front of the Crowthorne Corner stand and went downhill into Barbeque. img457_01 ...

Roger Dowding wrote:Good pics Chaswin, That Opel looks like a Mini Monaro. don't think ever seen one in NZ..

Thanks Roger. I think both Opel and Holden were GM group companies at the time. Possibly some interaction in the design departments?

Not strictly racing cars, although it is cars at Kyalami. A weekend meeting of a local motor club at Kyalami in 1971. The members had a chance to see if they were cut out to be racing drivers by driving their family saloons around the circuit as fast as they dared. An interesting set of contemporary ...

Two Lola T70 sports cars approaching the bottom of Clay Hill at Oulton Park. I'm not sure when I took this photo. It could be the 1968 Gold Cup meeting, in which case the green car is driven by Michael de'Udy and the leading yellow car by Jo Bonnier.

The remaining two!

Paddy Driver in the Team Personality McLaren M10B Ford. I have photos of this car and driver with the number 16 as well. Willie Ferguson in the Wynn's Surtees TS8 Chev.

In the 1960's and 1970's Kyalami hosted rounds of the local single seater formula. This went in various forms, but in 1971 it featured F1 cars and F5000 cars. The number of entrants varied from race to race but was generally around 12 to 14. In 1971 the 10th Republic Trophy race was held at Kyalami ...

In post #173 of photos taken during a Saturday afternoon testing session at Kyalami, I included a photo of a Capri Perana that was also being tested. I have just come across a photo of the same car actually racing at Kyalami later in 1971, driven by its owner Laurie Ackers. It has a higher stance ...