The Roaring Season

Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks Ray, great info. Does the car still exist?

Steve, that Kaditcha is under restoration in Sydney.

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The open wheeler in post #14 is Gary Campbell's Provincial Motors Elfin 600B, thanks for sharing the photo.

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This is Gary Campbell's Provincial Motors Elfin 600B.

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This is Gary Campbell's Provincial Motors Elfin 600B, looks like Gary's helmet but if it the photo date is later than 1972 it may be Barry Johnson in the driver's seat when the car was owned by Peter Clarke.

some guesses if I may: The two blue Falcons are Johnson and Goss. The blue #34, could that be London to Sydney winning Hillman Hunter? Would love to know driver of BL Works Mini. Could it be Don Holland? And I believe it is highly likely that the red Falcon with the light blue stripe between Goss ...

Thanks to all who been viewing this thread and those who have contacted me regarding images of their respective cars, it is pleasing to know that my photos have been of use after all this time. Here is a previously unpublished image I took of Phil Brock in his Torana at Oran Park circa 1979. Gary ...

Another Group A car from the past - the Wright Renault driven by Doug Clark - Amaroo Park 1977.

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Another image from Amaroo Park, 1977. Peter Hopwood in his Lotus Elan. He was a spectacular car on the track, in a very nimble car and gave larger capacity cars a run for their money.

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The Gardos/McLaren M8 of Barry Singleton also in the Amaroo Park pit area in April 1977. I have heard that apparently the car is now accepted as a McLaren and is in the Mathews Collection in the USA. This image may help clarify some of the car's unknown Australian history.

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In the pit area at Amaroo Park, continuing the 1977 Group A sports car theme, is Tony Dale's very sleek looking Elva Ford with Tony Roberts SR2 parked alongside.

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Paul McCurdy was driving a car called the Manx Alfa at Amaroo Park on 29th May 1977. I don't have any technical detail about the Manx Alfa nor of its history. If you look closely you will see that it is under tow back to the pits. Hopefully it was an easy fix!

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Back into the photo album again - two images of Greg McCombie's Lotus 23B at Amaroo Park in 1977. Greg carried the Chokito wrapper scheme across to his Matich in later times. It would be interesting to know the full history of this car and whether it still exists. Note the extended muffler that is ...

There were a few sedans there too so I will pop them in for a bit of balance. This one is Terry Shiel in his Mazda RX-7: [ATTACH]19774[/ATTACH] Not quite sure who is driving this Mazda RX-7 but it appears to have "Jones" on the windscreen: [ATTACH]19775[/ATTACH] And one of those flying Nissan ...

Thanks Bondy! A few more photos taken on the same day, this time big-banger sporties. To say that these cars were impressive is a understatement, especially seeing them being driven with great determination around Amaroo Park on a wet track. Firstly an Elfin: [ATTACH]19771[/ATTACH] Next is Bap ...

Stepping along to May 1983 at Amaroo Park in the wet (just for variety!). I will need help to identify the cars and drivers in this set of photos - I don't have the program from the meeting so if anyone has some suggestions they are most welcome to contribute. [ATTACH]19741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]19742 ...

And all in together...

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F5000 again...Chevron and Lola.

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Another Oran Park F5000 image...Elfin, Brabham and Lola.

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Another of the GM3 at Oran Park...

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And one blending in with the road surface...

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