Repco
Tasman Revival update - 22 Sept 2008
The Tasman Revival
is on for the second time from 28-30 November 2008 at Eastern Creek
International Raceway.
Fittingly, Repco
has announced major sponsorship for the event, which makes sense as
their engines won the Formula One World Driver's Championship in 1966
and 1967 - the same era as the running of the Tasman Series in Australia
and New Zealand.
Some 50+ racing
cars are on their way from overseas (yes, hopefully they will arrive
before the event this year! This includes the rare appearance of the
Chris Amon Ferrari that won the 1968 Formula One championship.
Kevin Bartlett
has been named the Event Patron - taking over the relm from Frank
Gardenr. This is also a fitting combination as Kevin was Frank's partner
in the Mildren Racing Team during the Tasman Series.
More then 30 Formula
5000's are anticipated to hit the track providing an amazing rolling
start formation down the long Eastern Creek track. For more information,
please visit www.tasmanrevival.com
Dawson-Damer
collection to be auctioned
Bonhams &
Goodman has announced the sale of part of the Lotus F1 collection
of the Late John Dawson-Damer.
The collection
has been regarding as the most important collection around the world
of Lotus F1 vehicles held in private hands. The Dawson-Damer family
has decided to pass on the custodian rights of some of the collections
most significant, including the 1965 World Championship winning ex.
Jim Clark Lotus 25.
Other vehicles
to be offered at the 16 November Sydney auction include the ex. Leo
Geoghean Lotus 39 Climax (which was recently re-built) and the Lotus
79 ground effects F1. The 79 is one of the two John Player Special
vehicles, its sister car is currently competing at the front of the
international historic F1 series.
The family is
holding on to the ex. Graham Hill 'Gold Leaf' Lotus 49.
FOSC
Wakefield Park event cancelled
A shock was received
on 14 July 2008 with the announcement by Festival of Sporting Cars
Event Director, Charles Jardine that the November/December Wakefield
Park event has been cancelled. This is due to continuing challenges
in setting a date. Good news, however, is that the 2009 schedule has
been extended with two proposed events at Wakefield Park, the Easter
Bathurst meeting and Oran Park event.
Don
Kinsey receives AM
From
the Queen’s Birthday honours list:
Service to the community
through public speaking programs and a range of executive roles with
charitable, child health care and educational support organisations.
Well
known Victorian historic motor sport announcer Don Kinsey has been
awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the general division
in the recent Queen’s Birthday honours.
Don
has led a life in the public domain. A broadcaster with 3DB radio
in the fifties and sixes, station manager at Channel Seven, and more
recently (until his retirement) a director of public relations at
the Royal Children’s Hospital and coordinator of the Good Friday
Appeal. His various Board positions have included the Mazda Foundation,
which actively donates hundreds of thousands to many needy causes
each year. During this period he has also founded Communicators Melbourne,
which trains television and radio personalities in the art of public
speaking. Don is also a volunteer at the Shrine of Remberance.
Since
1999 Don has been a keen mentor and supporter of Charles’ endeavours
both on the microphone and in his community work.
Historicracing.com.au
founder, Charles Rogers congratulates Don on this achievement.
50th
Anniversary a success for Formula Junior downunder
The
2008 Junior Tasman Series was arranged to celebrate the 50th Golden
Jubilee Anniversary of the international Formula Junior racing car
that originally raced in the period between 1958 and 1963. The series
comprised three races at Pukekohe NZ, Three at Taupo NZ, Two at Calder
Park Vic., and four at Phillip Island with the grid split into three
categories comprising early front engine cars, rear engine drum brake,
and rear engine disc brake cars, and each competed equally for points
to win the prized gold cup on offer.
The overall winner and recipient of the Gold cup was Clive Wilson
from GB with a perfect score, driving his very competitive 1960 front
engine Mk2 Lola with alloy Costin body. Second overall, and winner
of the disc brake class was Peter Strauss in a BT6 Brabham, followed
by Bill Hemming driving his recently acquired Elfin into third position,
and winner of the drum brake class.
Of the 50 cars that contested the series, 27 were Australian owned
and driven, and 14 of these Aussie cars crossed the Tasman sea in
January to contest the early rounds in NZ, where they had mixed success
due to the fragile nature of their highly tuned 1100cc engines, but
by the time they were required to compete in the local events, all
had been restored to their full performance capability, using that
true Aussie spirit of late nights in the workshop.
At each circuit the commentators and spectators were agreed that the
racing was some of the best seen in recent times with cars passing
one another, and at Phillip Island there were 3 cars belonging to
Australian Peter Strauss, Englishman Jonathan Williamson, and American
Ned Spieker contesting the lead side by side on the straight, lap
after lap. +
Regards
KELVIN C. PRIOR
SECRETARY AFJA
Media
release - Formula Junior Tasman Challenge 2008
2008
is the 50th anniversary of the international Formula Junior racing
car that competed in the period from 1958 to 1963, and to celebrate
the occasion, cars from around the globe will compete in a world series
of events, that includes a Junior Tasman Series with racing at Pukekohe
and Taupo in New Zealand, and similar Australian events at Calder
Park and Phillip Island in early 2008.
Early indications are that this will be the largest gathering of Formula
Juniors ever assembled in the southern hemisphere, as there will be
cars from Europe, the USA and New Zealand swelling the grids that
already exceed track capacity.
Formula Junior was a restrictive Formula using proprietary parts from
normal cars with engines limited to 1100cc, and commenced with Italian
style front engine monoposto designs, and finished with tub type monocoque
and many of the modern attributes of current formula racing cars.
It was the only route to Formula one in the period, and was replaced
by the very popular and competitive Formula Ford that continues to
train young drivers in competition today.
Details of the proposed celebrations for 2008 can be viewed on the
AFJA Website www.australianformulajunior.com ”
An array of action photos to support this article can be downloaded
from archived newsletters on the AFJA website.
NEW
MAGAZINE - Motor Sport Legends
This
will be an outstanding asset to all historic motor sport enthusiast's
- a local magazine dedicated to our passion for historic racing. The
quarerly full gloss colour magazine will be available in newsagencies
from January-March 2008.
