Alen matich biography of william hill
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(M Bishop)
Frank Gardner is so far ahead of the pack, you can see the smile upon his face, Chev Corvair Sports Sedan, Hume Weir, &#;
Once FG got this thing sorted, which wasn&#;t long, he used to piss-orf into the distance which was rather a shame as even open-wheeler nutters like me loved Sports Sedans- how could you not?
I was lucky enough to see the car coming together in the garages at Calder which I used to frequent quite a lot in as a student of the &#;Bob Jane/Frank Gardner Race Driving School&#; whose Elfin B Formula Fords were garaged next door.
Using plenty of bits from the Lola parts bin with which Gardner was so familiar it was always going to be quick- as close to an F spaceframe Lola in drag as possible, limited only by 10 inch wide rims which must have made putting injected Chevy-neddies to the ground tricky.
Gardner from Alan Hamilton, Porsche (M Bishop)
The car made its debut at Oran Park in August , coming second in the first Australian Sports Sedan t
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The Des Townson Story & Aristos
Yesterday I was privileged to attend the opening of the Classic Yacht & Launch Exhibition, now if you have been living under a stone & are not aware of this annual event hosted by Tony Stevenson & the Tino Rawa Trust, the concept is simple but a winner. Each year one of our wooden boat designers is profiled & a collection of their craft is assembled & displayed. In recent years profiled designers have been &#; Jack Brooke & Colin Wild, in the event celebrates the life & work of Des Townson MNZM. In the nicest way, Des Townson was a freak, every boat from a m pram dinghy to a 12m cruiser/racer he designed was a work of art. A Townson will always be the prettiest lyxbåt in the bay, their classic styling & purity of form eller gestalt was a winner on launch day & remains so to this day, over 3, Townson yachts have been built &#; that
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Niel Allen
Niel bought the M4a from Piers Courage. With its cc FVA engine, it was nearly a match for the Repco V8 and FPF Climax-powered cars running in the Gold Star series.
Bob Levett and inom were elated when we stopped at Tweed Heads en rutt from Sydney to Lakeside for the Gold Star race there. We had driven through the night in my (it was freezing cold, and there were frogs everywhere in the sugar cane area north of Grafton), so getting the paper before breakfast we found that Niel was fastest in practice, having done a lap in seconds - the best lap ever to that time, if I'm not mistaken (the International race that year was as Surfers).
We got to the circuit and went to our favourite viewing point, near the toilet on the inside of the circuit high above the kink at the end of the straight and before the Karussell. When they came out, Niel was getting into his stride well enough. We watched him come up the straight, through the kink. At the exit, the cars went out of our sight