The Roaring Season

Originally posted by Steve Holmes

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The Peter Woodward Lotus Elan, ex-Niel Allen. Next pic is Jim McKeown at the end of Hume Straight, Warwick Farm, then there's the start of what was probably a Holdens-only race at Winton.

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Keith Holland's M10 entering Creek Corner; Peter Woodward's Lotus 47 at Hume Weir; Michael Stillwell's Escort in the pits at Hume Weir with Nick Petrilli's Phase 3 in the background.

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Peter Larner narrowly ahead of John Smith. This would have been the first year of the single-cam 1600cc F2, Larner has modified his F3 Elfin 700 with that extra wing, Smith is in the Galloway later written off by Andrew Miedecke in New Zealand.

Regarding the Herald, 'agricultural' would be a very apt description from my recall...

Steve McGuire was the son of a publican as I recall, he later had a Mawer Clubman into which he stuffed a 1600cc version of that PUSHROD Datsun engine. This was the Fairlady engine, but the same base engine saw use in such things as utilities and the Homer van. To my way of thinking he was so keen on these engines that this would have been what was in the cut-off Herald.

From the conversation I had with him in 1972 I'd not be surprised if his 1600cc entries were backed by a 2.2-litre car.

Nice to see a pic of Phil Ward's Escort up there. Also Dave Price's ex-Muir S4 on a previous page (before it went to Terry Allan), it's worth mentioning the car behind Phil Lucas' Volvo V8 above is John Bourke from Gosford.

There's a couple of shots, too, of Bruce Cary's Capri V8, the Grace Bros car. Bruce, of course, was later to go to Ralt and stayed in England a long time as a kind of right hand man for Ron Tauranac. His final assignment was to spanner the F3 car of Barton Mawer, but this Capri brought him a lot of grief despite reasonable funding from Grace Bros.

Ray Bell wrote:Regarding the Herald, 'agricultural' would be a very apt description from my recall...

Steve McGuire was the son of a publican as I recall, he later had a Mawer Clubman into which he stuffed a 1600cc version of that PUSHROD Datsun engine. This was the Fairlady engine, but the same base engine saw use in such things as utilities and the Homer van. To my way of thinking he was so keen on these engines that this would have been what was in the cut-off Herald.

From the conversation I had with him in 1972 I'd not be surprised if his 1600cc entries were backed by a 2.2-litre car.

Nice to see a pic of Phil Ward's Escort up there. Also Dave Price's ex-Muir S4 on a previous page (before it went to Terry Allan),

Ray, just a little confused, which EH are you saying is Dave Price (ex Muir). Is it the one in post #3, #8 or #45

Post eight... second picture...

In the pits at Winton wearing No. 69.

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Peter Williamson's Celica at Amaroo

Bob Holden's Escort at Creek Corner

Well known Falcons follow Bob Morris with Allan Grice sandwiched at Amaroo

Unknown Holden at Hume Weir, I feel sure.

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Probably Jim McKeown and Moffat at Oran Park

Bryan Thomson's ex-Beechey Mustang at Hume Weir

Probably Niel Allen heading the Elfin 400-Chev into Creek

Unknown Minis and Anglia

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Dr Iain Corness in the MGB at the Farm, unknown Morgan

Peter Woodward's Lotus 47 at Hume Weir

Unknown damaged Holden

Murray Carter at Hume Weir ahead of Ross Woodbridge

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Moffat at a wet Farm, practice day I'd say

Denis O'Brien leading Allan Moffat, can't tell if it's Hume Weir or Winton

Corolla unknown

James Smith and his Rover before Camel sponsorship

Originally posted by Steve Holmes
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Grice spins in front of Bond at Amaroo

Peter Woodward's unique Elfin 350 in the pits... Hume Weir?

Barry Bassingthwaite's LHD Spridget at the Farm

Ross Woodbridge and his Torana

Ray Bell wrote:Moffat at a wet Farm, practice day I'd say

Denis O'Brien leading Allan Moffat, can't tell if it's Hume Weir or Winton

Corolla unknown

James Smith and his Rover before Camel sponsorship

The "unknown" Corolla is none other than Leonard Teale, of 'Homicide' and other stage and screen fame.

The thought occurred to me that it might be the TV star, but I never saw him in it and it was therefore, to me, 'unknown'.

Thanks for filling in these details guys, much appreciated.