The Roaring Season

Hi Steve Nice art work on these amazing cars. Must admit, I wasn't aware that you were an artist as well as a writer. They remind me of the work of Martin de Lange, who like you tried to capture the essence of these wonderful vehicles and the men who drove them. Although his images were produced in ...

Hi Terry Thanks for filling in an important fact that had me puzzled. I was aware that Barry Seton raced the car - based on race reports which indicated that both the Geoghegan GT Cortina and the Lotus Cortina raced in the same event, with Seton in the Lotus - but was not aware that he owned it at ...

I believe that Graham and Trevor were both aware of the Lakeside rollover, but not the Lowood one. Trevor probably didn't think it was worth mentioning, when he was interviewed for the Lotus Club article.

This is the car I am researching and the car that raced at the NZGP event in 1965. The car was bought from the Geoghegans by a Queensland amateur racer, by the name of Frank Melit - who was quite a handy driver and raced it for a short time, with some local success. Unfortunately, he also rolled the ...

Hi Ken... it was neither of these. See above.

Paul

Thank you Milan, for confirming a missing part of the Geoghegan Lotus Cortina's racing history. It is only due to forums such as these, that are frequented by a large number of highly knowledgeable and passionate, motor racing enthusiasts, that information such as this is brought to life. And it all ...

Hi guys Thanks for the positive feedback... and don't worry, more are coming!!! Just so you know, the first image was from 2008 and taken with a Nikon D200. The next image comes from 2004 (when it all began) and was shot with a Nikon D70. If you are wondering why I am mentioning this, its because ...

Decided recently that I needed to go through my old Goodwood Revival photos (2004-2008) as a bit of a personal project and put together a book of images. I thought it would be a great opportunity to not only do something worthwhile with my images, but also relive that wonderful time in the UK ...

Paul Pic 1 is from the many on the internet...photographer unknown Pic 2 came from the collection of the chap that looks after #27 Pic 3 came from Auscrank prior to me ordering my billet crank Pic 4 is from an aquaintance in Wodonga and was told it is his son in pic pm me if you have any more ...

Continued... http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/falcongtho/BrockGoodwood.jpg Peter Brock at Goodwood http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/falcongtho/DSC01101.jpg Des Wests old car...Owner got it out of shed and had it at Gnoo Blaas NSW...It featured in AMC mag. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums ...

Hi Steve Prints look good. As your name is on them, am I correct in assuming you painted the originals??? Are they all mono, as shown or were they originally painted in colour??? Must admit, they have a similar look and feel to the work of Martin de Lange, another automotive artist over here, who ...

The no 24 car is the Grecian Gold Roy Griffiths GT-HO Ph 1 and I am guessing the HO behind is a Brambles Red car but not one of the factory race cars,don,t who the driver is-Ellis and Stephen come in please! The Pacer is possibly the Tony Paul car. Tony had a road re-surfacing business called ...

I know it was quite awhile ago, but there was a thread on Can-Am cars where the Shadow AVS MkI Chevrolet was mentioned. I knew I had a photo of it somewhere, but couldn't find it at the time. As is usually the case, whilst searching for something else, I came across the Shadow photo taken at the ...

Thought other members might like this... if they haven't seen it before. An amazing piece of footage of Mike Hawthorn doing a lap of Le Mans in 1956 in a D Type Jaguar. It's incredible to see the bikes and traffic out on the track, and an almost total lack of safety, bearing in mind the previous ...

Here are a couple of photos of the Bob Tweedie Sprint at Silverstone in 2005, not long after it had arrived in the UK.

As for Martin White's Sprint, I will post some images soon.

These images are superb and I can only say it is a great shame that Bill didn't continue on with his motor sport photography, as he had a great eye for the subject matter and would have had quite a successful career IMO. I particularly like the shots of the drivers, as these types of photos are few ...

The latest information from Stuart Tuckey, is that the car was repaired and traded for a Renault 4......so as Sherlock Holmes would say "The Game is afoot" the search shall continue. Cheers, Lee Hi Lee Not sure if this helps, but there is a gentleman in WA who recently contacted the HRCCQ looking ...

I know where their Black Lotus Cortina is... but not allowed to say just yet. Its a genuine Lotus 'A' arm model and definitely not a converted GT. It will be stunning when completed!!! :-)

Now... getting back to Goodwood, here are a few shots of some of my favourite cars. 427 Cobra with hardtop. DSC_1577_resize.jpg Aston Martin Project 212 DSC_1582_resize.jpg Shelby Cobra Daytona - there were two there this weekend. DSC_1583_resize.jpg Willment Cobra Daytona was there as well DSC_1585 ...

Hi Steve

As GeeBeeNZ has indicated, this is Jack Brabhams original Speedcar... the one he used to win the Australian Speedcar Championship... and just to prove it, here they both are on the cover of a Speedway Royal programme from 1950. Enjoy!!!