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The Historic Times
Volume 13 issue 04
August 2012
Historic Racing South Africa
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Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
A truly special friend was taken
from us on July 20th. Norman
Poulter lived life fuller than
most of us, worked hard, raced
even harder and then showed
us how to party hard as well.
Sadly was only a youthful 64
with January 31st of every year
a special day for him (his birthday)
Norman liked speed; he in fact
liked it a lot! His younger
brother Alan, also an accom-
The older I get,
Continued on page 14
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Zwartkops 2012-07-21
Marque Cars
by Kevin Taylor and Ol’Blue Racing Capri
Round FIVE of the 2012 Historic
Racing SA Championship was
held at Zwartkops Raceway
and with 22 entries for the Marque Cars it looked to be a good
one. Unfortunately two of the
entries never made it to the
start, Ronel broke her Porsche
on Friday and the other was
Ferdi van Niekerk (snr) Porsche
356 entered and decided to do
‘little giants’ instead. There was
a nice mix of entrants ranging
from the stalwarts to some of
the faces we have not seen in a
while, like Shannon Winterstein
(Renault Alpine) and Johnny
Pienaar (Lotus Elite) and even
a new-comer.
Race 1 had only 17 starters as 2
cars did not make it to the grid,
one being Mark Stewart
(Capri) who broke a gearbox
and the other was Glenn Crick
(Mercedes). Meredith Willis’s
Escort broke down on the grid
with a loose distributor making
it three non-starters. The rest of
us set off to catch ‘pole’ man
John Martin (DKW) who set off
2 minutes 20 seconds ahead of
the second man, Brendan
3
Tracey in the 68 MGBGT. I set
off 12th on 3:24 and the new
guy, David Leyshon in his newly
acquired VW Scirocco was last
off the grid on 3:53.
Race 1 Results saw Johnny Pienaar (Lotus elite) in 1st spot,
Continued overleaf
Marque Cars
- My Day at the Centenary Car ShowKrugersdorp
by Kevin Taylor and Ol’Blue Racing Capri
me (Ol’Blue racing Capri) in 2nd
place and Deon
Hattingh (Scirocco) in 3rd place
with one breakout being Andre
Reynecke (Porsche 928)
Heat 2 again saw 17 starters with
Mark Stewart having replaced
the Gearbox and on the grid as
was Glenn Crick but 3 other cars
did not start race 2, Willie
Grobler (Lotus), Fritz Kleynhans
(Porsche 911) and Roger Houston
(MGB)
Race 2 Results saw 1st spot going
to Glenn Crick (Mercedes) followed by Meredith Willis (Escort)
and 3rd going to John Martin
(DKW). As usual there were no
Break-outs in race 2.
Overall results for the day were
1st to Deon Hattingh (Scirocco),
2nd Johnny Pienaar (Lotus Elite),
3rd to Paul Manegold (Alfa), 4th
to John Martin (DKW) and 5th
spot to Michelle Perry (Escort).
The 2012 Championship so far is
a very close with 2 of us tie in the
top spot.
1st
Kevin Taylor
94
Paul Manegold
94
2nd
John Martin
88
3rd
Michelle Perry
84
As usual it was a gr8 day
at the track… see you there on
the 21st July for Round 5 at
Zwartkops Raceway.
As usual it was a gr8 day out with Ol’Blue … see you all on the 21st July for Round 5 at Zwartkops Raceway.
Ol’Blue Racing Capri… Doing it sideways.
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Bruce’s Blast from the Past
Stories transcripted from publications of the 60’s & 70’s for your memorable reading pleasure.
Springbok 1968
Rand Daily Mail 9 hours,
Kyalami
9.11.1968
9 h Kyalami
1.round
Race:
Pos. NO Driver / Nationality
Car
Entrant
Laps Time/Retired
Group
Practice
Classified:
1. 1 Jacky Ickx / B
Mirage M1 Ford
10001 John Wyer Automotive
314
3. 1:28,000
302
7. 1:31,500
David Hobbs / GB
2. 12 Tony Dean / GB
Ferrari Dino 206S
004
Basil van Rooyen / ZA
3. 4 Paul Hawkins / AUS Ferrari 330 P4
0858 Hawkins Team Gunston
302
1. 1:26,300
301
10. 1:32,800
291
4. 1:29,100
John Love / RSR
4. 20 Brian Redman / GB
Chevron B8
Tim Schenken / AUS
5. - Mike De Udy / GB
Lola T70 Mk.3
SL73/112
Frank Gardner / AUS
6. - Hans-Dieter Dechent
Porsche 907
287
8. 1:31,800
Hans Herrmann / D
7. - Derek Bennett / GB
Chevron B8
276
11. 1:33,400
Digby Martland / GB
8. 26 Jack Holme / ZA
Lotus Elan
270
22. 1:45,600
John Rowe
9. - Scamp Porter / ZA
Renault R8 Gordini
267
23. 1:50,100
Chris Swanepoel / ZA
10. - Phil Porter / ZA
Renault R8 Gordini
267
26. 1:52,200
Geoff Mortimer
11. - Doug Serrurier / ZA
Lola T70 Mk.1
SL70/5
262
6. 1:30,500
Jackie Pretorius / ZA
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NEAL WETTON
1967—2012
Peter Du Toit and Peter Lindenberg had the pleasure of Neal Wetton racing his Escort at their various tracks over the years and
clearly Saint Peter thought he would get in on the act and ask Neal to honour him with taking up pole position on the grid inside
the Pearly Gates. Now of course Neal will have to work hard to hold pole as he will receive some stiff competition from the
recent additions to the Heavenly chariot race with other historic racers Norman Poulter and Gerry Spaans.
However the editor would like to apologise to the Wetton family for placing the incorrect car together with Neal’s photo in last
months Historic Times. Here now is the correct picture along with the ever smiling Neal with his family.
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FROM THE CHAIR
The drought is over and good
racing is once again the order
of the day. Whilst I was personally not on track, I had the
time to enjoy some excellent
racing and even better dices.
For me personally, the endurance race is the best event of
the day and I stayed to the
very end, braving a dose of ‘flu
that has been doing its best to
keep me out of action.
The Zwartkops race weekend
was marred by the deaths of
two of our respected and
much loved colleagues,
namely Norman Poulter and
Jerry Spaans. They succumbed to their illness and
both will be sadly missed, but
their memories will go on for a
very long time to come. Coupled to that, Barry Scott’s
friend, who spent the day with
him at the track, was murdered at his home upon his
return from the track. In that
respect, it was surely a black
weekend.
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Why were Mike and I not on
track? We committed the sin
of leaving everything till the
last minute. It was decided to
swap engines in the Merc as
the present one is in its second season, and is campaigning both the sprint events as
well as the endurance races.
We have had an engine on
the sand for more than 6
months now. It belongs to
Mike’s car which dropped a
valve at Zoc about a year ago,
and we haven’t been in a position to run both cars, so the
engine has been sitting there
doing nothing but use up valuable space in the garage. So
off we went to Midvaal to run it
in. Mike was doing the driving
and I was merely looking on,
and all seemed to be good.
Eight laps later, when Mike
slowed to change down, the
engine stopped. There was no
oil feed through the replacement cylinder head, and both
cams did a quick spin weld job
inside the cam box. Thank
goodness the cam chain did
not break, so the damage is
minimal, but the cams and
cam box are now scrap metal.
We will be ready for Midvaal,
that’s guaranteed.
Marian is recovering quickly
from her op, and will soon be
back with me at track side and
noggin nights. Thanks to all for
the well wishes. They truly are
appreciated.
Selwyn
Ex Champion Mike Summerscales spied at ZOC
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Bruce’s Blast from the Past
12. - Arnold Chatz / ZA
Volvo 122S
262
28. 1:52,900
Spencer Schultze / ZA
13. - Charles Lucas
Porsche 910
910-028
258
12. 1:33,500
Paddy McNally
14. 3 David Piper / GB
Ferrari 330 P3/4
0854 Piper Racing?
255
Collision
2. 1:27,200
Richard Attwood / GB
15. - Frank Rundel
Peco Lolette spyder
250
27. 1:52,600
Stan Taylor / ZA
16. - Jan Hettema / ZA
Toyota GT5 coupé
249
29. 1:53,400
Gene Bosman
17. - Chris van den Heever / ZA
Alfa Romeo Giulia
249
33. 1:59,000
Steve Mellet / ZA
18. - John Truter / ZA
GSM Dart
236
19. 1:43,500
Keith Berrington-Smith / ZA
19. - John Cooper / GB
Mini Cooper 'S'
235
31. 1:54,500
Fanie Viljoen
20. - Peter Gethin / GB
Porsche 906
228
5. 1:30,000
Peter Gough
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Bruce’s Blast from the Past
21. 5 Jackie Epstein / GB
Lola T70 Mk.3
SL73/121
227
14. 1:34,300
Dave Charlton / ZA
22. - Danny Alderton
Alfa Romeo GTA
214
25. 1:52,100
Paddy Driver / ZA
23. - Teddy Pilette / B
Alfa Romeo T33/2
Collision
16. 1:34,800
Rob Slotemaker / NL
Did not finish:
- Malcolm Guthrie / GB
Ford GT40
1009 Ed Nelson
Accident
9. 1:31,800
Mike Hailwood / GB
- Vic Walker
Lotus 47
Oil pipe
18. 1:42,600
Peter Clarke / GB
- Clive van Beuren / ZA
Porsche 906
Valve
17. 1:38,100
Bruce van der Merwe
Other starters:
- John Fritelli / ZA
- Dirk Marais / ZA
Alfa Romeo GT Sprint
Volvo 122S
32. 1:55,100
30. 1:54,000
Franck Wingels / ZA
- Joss Viljoen / ZA
Elfin
20. 1:43,500
Luki Botha / ZA
- Richard Jute / ZA
Ecosse
21. 1:45,200
Rodney Kinsey
- Nolly Limberis / ZA
Mini-Marcos
24. 1:50,500
- Garth McGillewie / ZA
Elfin T300
15. 1:34,400
9 Karl von Wendt / D
Alfa Romeo T33/2
Guy Tunmer / ZA
John McNicol / ZA
Serge Trosch / B
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Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
“I’ll tell you what; you take the high road and I’ll take the easy road!!! Thank you!
Leading the Mini through turn 6 at Zwartkops
plished past Champion tells of when
he first became aware of Norman’s
fascination with speed. He would
take their dad’s car (a Ford Zephyr
Mark 3 with his little 14 year old
brother, Al, and race it around a
local roundabout with his mates.
‘let’s see who gets the longest drift
would be his challenge and Alan
and Norm’s buddies would duly
warm to melting temperature the
brand new 4 ply tyres of their parents’ family saloon.
Life carried on and Norman began
working and in the process met up
with the likes of Willie Hepburn and
the guys from Basil Green. Putting
a Ford Cortina 1500 pre crossflow
into a Vauxhall Viva was Norm’s
first foray into manipulative motoring. With this in hand, the patrons
of the Doll House Roadhouse and
indeed uninitiated public at large
were no longer at ease. Stormin
Norman was revving and ready for
a dice or three wherever and with
whoever! The Rainbow drag strip
saw a new name emerge on the
winners’ rostrum.
Next challenge; ovals. Here a ford
Escort was his chosen machinery
means and he went about trou-
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Classics Classifieds
FOR SALE
1958 VW BEETLE
1835 Engine. All round Discs. Good
condition
R45 000
1966 RENAULT R10
ALCONI
Paint work needs attention
R25 000
CONTACT
Willem 082 567 6121 / Werner 082 920 9673
[email protected]
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Norman Poulter
Historic Racing Car
Show n Shine
Brightwater
Commons
September 2nd 2012
On Sunday 2nd September we will again be able to
showcase our racing machines to the public and interact with
them.
We realise it is just after the sun sets on our Midvaal event,
but this way you can just leave your car on your trailers and
even leave the trophies in your tow car also to proudly display
them with your car at the Show n Shine.
We have had this opportunity for the past two years and it is
an excellent way to promote our club and expand our influence. This year I have taken the liberty of getting permission
from the centre to allow us to run an Auto-Jumble at the same
time. So if you like we can operate our own swap meet in the
warm sunshine next to our cars on the lawns of the Brightwater Commons.
My restaurant will be offering a meal at a considerable discount for members and their supporters so come along to the
Commons and have a chilled and relaxed day with your buddies while at the same time honouring our late friend Norman.
I have also proposed that we name this Show n Shine event
the Norman Poulter Historic Racing Car Show n Shine Day in
his honour.
So in order for us to make this a memorable event please
inform Terence Tracey the organiser which car you will be
bringing so that the cards can be grouped as aesthetically as
possible.
Further, an opportunity for anyone to contribute financially
towards Norman’s widow will be set at the event. So this year
we ask all to make this a wonderful day out with your race
machine and make new friends while catching up with old
pals
Terence on 083 601 7511
011 886 9988
[email protected]
You may bring your cars any time from Saturday evening and
until Sunday morning. Parking area for your tow cars and
trailers will be set aside with security.
Cars may be collected on Sunday from 17h30 or left overnight if necessary.
Special drip trays will be made available for all Fords to save
the environment from oil contamination!!! Just Kidding guys!!
Terence Tracey next to the Chris Clarke GT40 at the inaugural
Brightwater Commons Historic Racing Car Show n Shine 2010
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Classics Classifieds
Scirocco 2 litre Saloon touring car.
Class D (ex Geoff Patterson car)
Highly competitive car - Best Zwartkops lap 1min 11.958secs
1 x Mocal 16 row oil cooler 5/8” BSP fittings used offers?
4 x 40mm long 45 DCOE full radius aluminium ram tubes R600
Contact Jacques 084 9517414
1965 Ford Mustang coupe.
Stripped down, sandblasted and primed in 2k primer.
RHD conversion (steering box, steering arms and dash board )
Suspension bushes and bearings have been done.
Needs paint and re-assemble.
Suitable for road or race car.
Sell as is for R120K or converted to race car (complete) R300k
Regards Oliver 079 893 6571
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Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
bling his mother for cupboard
space for the numerous trophies he
won.
Norman was later attracted to Historic racing and introduced a fine
Peace sign Cortina with a twin cam
power plant. F.O.R.D. or First On
Race Day never materialized for
Norman in the shape of this marque, he had trouble with it from
day one. At a testing session with
his son Leroy, the car caught a light
at the Midvaal track and went up
in flames before their very eyes.
Since it was not a race day, there
were not umpteen extinguishers
around to help them with the
blaze. Bye bye First On Race Day
Along come his Alfa. This time he
was more successful and this he
campaigned in Castrol Clubman’s
until he sold it off to bloke in the
Cape and he changed horses yet
again, this time to a Golf which he
raced in Clubman’s as well as Wesbank modifieds. Trophies galore
again and a number of championships as well was his reward in the
Vee Dub.
Back to Historics this time with his
famous bullet-proof Datsun SSS. It
was not very long until he bore the
number 1 proudly on his door in
spite of stiff competition from a
whole myriad of serious challengers
including his young brother Alan in
the Swedish mean machine
(Amazon 122)
I recently asked Alan, what was
Norman’s biggest fear and he had
a very simple answer; “Norman
was afraid of NOWTHING”! “No,
in fact, he was scared of something…. And that was he was
scared of NOT WINNING”
Well that about sums up the philosophy of a great guy who was
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our friend, a superb brother, and
exemplary father, a devoted husband and a man who has left a
gaping void in our midst.
Norman we at your club say
thanks you for every moment you
spent with us and “Rest in Peace”
dear friend.
Editor.
Continued overleaf
Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
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Classics Classifieds
SECOND HAND
SLICKS FOR SALE.
CALL SHARON POULTER 082 357 2058
P u m a f o r S a l e R 65, 000 New car, with all the goods, BMW wheels and brakes, twin braking sys‐
tem, oil cooler, special shocks, anti roll bar, Z bar, twin Cobra seats, plexi‐
glass windows etc. 2.2 ltr motor, billet crank corrilla rods, Engle cam Chrome moly push rods, hi volume oil pump, stinger exhaust, twin 40 IDF Webbers, specially modified crank case, modified big valve heads, balanced etc., comes with extra Puma body and chassis, gearbox, suspension, tyres etc., lots of photos, to show progress during the build, Will consider selling motor separately contact Bruce 0829525724 DATSUN 1200 GX COUPE FOR
SALE.
CAN BE USED IN MARQUE
CARS AND TOURING CARS
[CLASS G/F]
LICENSED.
SPARES AND EXTRAS.
R60 000.00.
CONTACT: - KEVIN/LORRETTA: 083 377 6027 / 011 616 7319
For free advert in our classified section contact
Terence with the details of your requirements by email
[email protected]
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Classics Classifieds
The Mini Is in excellent condition It Cost me to build R120 000.
I have just spend R 48 000 to redo it again Paint Engine gearbox.
Asking
R60 000 or any offer
will be considered.
Fritz Koch
082 574 4781 [email protected]
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Terry Allan tell about the Morgan XRX1
Steve Spencer raced XRX1 (the Morgan’s previous reg. no. in UK) as his Moggie was – and is
again known, in South Africa for a number of years. What makes it so special is that this +4 Super Sport is the sister car to TOK258, the Morgan which won the 2L class at Le Mans in 1962.
Chris Lawrence and Richard Shepherd–Barron averaged 94 mph, recorded a top speed of 130
mph and a highest lap average of 110 mph. You might notice that Chris Clarke’s current racing
Moggie is registered TOK258 in honour of the Le Mans victory car. XRX1 too was entered and
raced in the same race but did not finish.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the Morgan win was that the cars were driven from the
UK to Le Mans for the race – AND DRIVEN HOME AFTERWARDS!
Steve successfully raced the car here with a 2.5L V8 Daimler motor fitted and took it back to the
UK when he went back some years ago. I was lucky enough to meet Steve at a Morgan event at
Prescott Hillclimb on one of my sorties to the UK where he took me up the hill with much growling
and laying down of rubber all the way up. There was no left hand seat so I wedged myself in,
braced myself with legs forward, arms against the roll-bar – and prayed – hard! A magic run.
Slated as a “demo” run…I think Steve misunderstood the concept. I think he got FTD.
The car was then sold, had the 2.2L Massey Fergusson/Triumph motor replaced and reregistered XRX1. The car is still highly revered by Morganisti around the world.
Regards,
Terry M. Allan - 082 412 0371
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Classics Classifieds
I am looking for a set of 16 inch 3 piece split rims, preferably BBS RS or E50, with
a PCD of 5 x 130 (Porsche), in any width.
Please contact Peter on 083 4594 765 or [email protected]
DATSUN 1200 GX COUPE FOR SALE.
CAN BE USED IN MARQUE CARS AND TOURING CARS [CLASS G/F]
LICENSED. SPARES AND EXTRAS.
R60 000.00.
CONTACT: - KEVIN/LORRETTA: - 083 377 6027 / 011 616 7319
Wanted.
Give away
For Sale
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tention
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Steering rack for a Ford
Capri 083 601 7511
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Classics Classifieds
Ford Escort Mk1
Kent Crossflow 40 Weber carbs New disc’s and pads (front and back) New electronic ignition New Stack rev counter
Extra set of new semi-slicks A well known car that has been raced for a long time R60 000
Contact :Francois 082 784 3382 [email protected]
I am looking for a Holley 4 barrel carburettor to fit a Ford Windsor V8 in a marine application. I have been given these part numbers; 1356‐5155 which has been superseded by 1356-804628R02 for Ford 1970-1974.
Here’s hoping! Graeme Ried (0)82 901 2442
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LOLA T70 Spyder
The Lola T70 was built for
sports car racing, popular in
the mid to late 1960s. Developed by Lola Cars in 1965 in
Great Britain. Early success
came when Walt Hansgen
won the Monterey Grand Prix,
at Laguna Seca, on October
17, 1965, driving John Mecom's Lola T70-Ford.[1]
In 1966, the hot setup for the
Can-Am was a T70 Chevrolet.
Winning five of six races during the year. John Surtees
was the champion and Dan
Gurney drove the only Ford
powered car ever to win a Can
-Am race. In 1967, no one
could compete with the new
M6 McLaren. The T70 was
quite popular, with more than
100 examples of the vehicle
being built in 3 versions. The
first version, besides the original factory car, was the openroofed Mk II, joined by the
Coupé-version Mk III, and a
slightly updated version, the
Mk IIIB. The T70 was replaced
in the Can-Am by the lighter
Lola T160..
When the FIA changed the
rules for sports car racing that
came into effect for 1968, limiting the engine size of prototypes to 3 liters, if at least 50
were made, sportscars with up
to 5000cc engines were allowed. This rule allowed the
The T70 was first produced in open-top "spyder" configuration.
popular yet outdated Ford
GT40 and Lola T70s to continue racing. The Fords won
Le Mans again in '68 and '69,
while the T70's only big endurance win came in the 1969 24
Hours of Daytona where they
finished 1 and 2. The winning
car was the Sunoco Lola T70Chevrolet of Mark Donohue
and Chuck Parsons.[2] When
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the minimum number was lowered to 25 for 1969, the more
modern Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 were homologated
(sanctioned), and outran the
older Lolas and Fords.
The T70 was first produced in
open-top "spyder" configuration.
LOLA T70 Spyder
Chevrolet powered coupes
tended to suffer reliability
problems when racing in
Europe, in part due to the
grade of fuel allowed. When
forced to run on commercially
available "pump fuel", with a
lower octane rating than the
"Avgas"
permitted
under
American rules, engine failures were common. In modern
historic racing these engines
show much improved reliability
due to a number of factors: in
modern historic racing they
use parts unavailable in the
'60's, and fuel quality is better
than the historically poor fuel
supplied by the ACO.
An Aston Martin powered
coupe was entered by Lola for
Le Mans in 1967, Even with
drivers such as John Surtees,
the T70 Aston Martin was a
disaster. The Aston Martin V8
engine failed after short runs.
The lack of development was
attributed to a lack of funds.
During the filming of Steve
McQueen's "Le Mans", Lola
chassis' were sacrificed, disguised with bodywork from the
917 and 512 that starred in
the film. A T70 coupe also appears as a car of the future in
George Lucas' first commercial film, THX-1138.
Nowadays, T70's are still
driven in classic car events
like the Classic Endurance
Racing series.
The above article was
downloaded from the following
site;http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/
File:Lola_T70_Mk2_Spyder.jp
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Craig cummings
Recently we had the pleasure
of have a Lola T70 Spyder
thrill us at Zwartkops. Driven
by the accomplished past
South African Tourist Trophy
Champion Peter Bailey and
holding a very good account
of itself lying third in the pre
68 Sports and GT”s. Not only
did Peter drive this Craig
Cummings car but he also
built it and in fact in its short
outing Peter managed an impressive lap of 107.7 whilst in
the hunt for 2nd place.
We look forward to much more
from this stunning Bailey Edwards car in the months and
years ahead.
Editor
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Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
You see Al, I’m in front of you again!
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Farewell Norman 1948 - 2012
Leading the Mini through turn 6 at Zwartkops
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Zwarties 21 July 2012
UNBIASED PERSONALLY OPINIATED TEXT BY
HARRY LOMBARD
It was with sadness that we greeted
this race day as we learnt of the passing of Norman on Friday and then also
of Jerry on Saturday during the morning. May they rest in peace along with
Neal Wetton. Although there was excitement around there was some somberness.
When I got to the track on Saturday
morning, I found all the parking spots
had been taken up and went and
parked next to the shed where I had
parked the previous race. While unpacking, Cloete jnr and snr also pitched
along with Jaco Greyling with his Anglia. I was feeling slightly optimistic as I
had found a few extra donkeys by just
changing the rear part of the exhaust
courtesy of Cloete Jnr who had also
dyno’ed the car for me.
In the F to H field the Quickest were
the cousins Vos with Carel on pole followed by Anton then came Collier,Willis,Braun,Lombard,Cloete
snr,Kean,Manegold,Van Nieuwenhuizen jnr,Lindenberg jnr,Ilani
Vonk,Mostert jnr,Mae,Verwey
s n r , G r a n t , V e r w e y
jnr,Young ,Jacobs,Visser,Greenslade,Is
abel Raaths,Lourens Verwey,van der
Walt,Carkisle Kitz,Juan,Stacey,Mostert
snr,Botes jnr,Stewart,Greyling with a
mysterious misfire,de Ru,Malan and
van Schalkwyk.
Braun broke his umpteenth clutch and
with the help that was given could unfortunately not start along with Grant,
and Ed Botes.
The start had the field slightly
stretched and going into turn Cloete
snr, ran wide and Lombard passed him
on the inside only to be outdragged
down the straight. Getting into the turn
4 –the sweep at the end of the straight,
Cloete lost it in front of Lombard who in
turn aimed for the right, found the red
bug aiming there provisionally, and
Lombard then losing it in turn when
backing off. At this stage everybody is
really on the boil and Lombard luckily
got the car off the circuit before there
was any contact. The motor died in the
process and refused to fire, the blue
bug eventually getting going at the very
end of the field, even way behind the
While
medical car 31st position.
Lombard was trying to carve his way
towards the front, Cloete was doing the
same and the dog fights behind the
front lot were warming up. Collier
moved to the front whilst dicing with
Carel and Anton was giving his all to
stay with Shaun until Cloete joined
them. Jaco also worked towards the
front with the car
firing on all 4
cylinders whilst
behind
them
Willis, Kean and
Paige were out
diving and outcornering each
other. The family
Verwey had their
hands full with
Mae and Jacobs
while being eagle eyed by Ilani,
Mostet jnr and
I
s
a
bel .Greenslade
in the meantime
pulled a slight
gap on Lourens
who in turn had a major gap on Stacey
and Carlisle –Kitz with Stewart not too
far distant. Van der Walt in the meantime got ahead of newcomer Malan and
Danie and de Ru.
Botes jnr retired after 3 laps as did
Visser and Young –breaking clutch as
well and Mosssie retired after 4 laps.
The final order was Collier from Carel,
Cloete snr, van Nieuwenhuizen
jnr,Anton,Greyling,Paige pipping
Kean,Willis ,Manegold,Verwey Snr also
pipping Jacobs,Mae,Verwey
j n r , I l a n i , M o s t e r t
jnr,Isabel,LombardGreenslade,Lourens,
Stacey,Carlisl-Kitz,Stewart,van Der
Walt,Malan,Danie and de Ru-the Prefect looking meaner and more menacing with it having been lowered some
more.
The second heat had everybody starting in their previous heat’s finishing
positions as per our rules.
Lombard knew that he had his work cut
out for him to try and get past as many
as possible from the 18th position as the
pack in front of him were some of the
quicker cars in the lower class and
some from his own class.
Collier timed the start perfectly and got
going when the lights turned off. Both
the Vos guys had good starts and put
Cloete in their sights along with van
Nieuwenhuizen and Willis .Kean had
some ideas of his own and made sure
that everybody took note by mixing it up
with this bunch. Lombard in the meantime found when coming into the
straight for the first time the class G
contingent totally blocking the track all
running 3 abreast fighting for position.
Grant also had his work cut out as he
had not done the first heat.
Greyling retired after 1 lap when his car
just cut out at the top of the hill. Newcomer Malan in his R10 had his ears
closing up and not listening to the rev
counter, over-revved it and dropped
some valves. Botes jnr and Visser both
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HARRY LOMBARD
retired after 3 laps and Stewart after 4
laps-perhaps the aftermath of serious
smoke from his car in the first heat. Ilani
dropped out after 6 laps after first mixing
it up with the faster bunch in class.
jnr,Jacobs,Manegold,Mae,Grant,Greensl
ade,Lourens,Stacey,Carlisle-Kitz,a popping ,spluttering Danie, De Ru,va Nieuwenhuizen jnr and last classified finisher
van der Walt.
On this fifth lap Juan in his Datty though
he had a good run and promptly went
from 3 rd to 2nd-the telltale on the
revcounter showing 10 400 afterwards. I
am sure there are more bits in that motor
than in some mongrel dogs.
In the A to E qualifying on pole was
Willie in his Camaro ,followed by
Raaths,Cavalieri,Phil Pantazis,Robby
Smith,Martin Botha in the process breaking class E and will be moved straight
b a c k
t o
D , V a n
Vuuren,Reyneke,Ubsdell,de
Waal,Schmidt,Nortman,Smidt,Clarke,Clo
ete jnr,nr 8?,Ellison,Bennet,Vonk
jnr,Wentzel,van
Nieuwenhuizen
snr,Francois,Ladner,Theo-who broke the
engine into turn one and the compartment
then
apparently
caugh t
fire,Green,newcomer,Djurk Venter-Capri
Perana,nrs 1442 ,42 ,Div Hoffman, Hattingh jnr and Louw v/d Westhuizen.
Somewhere along the line van Nieuwenhuizen jnr got his Escort very sideways in turn 4 only to be donged by
Cloete in the process with the Escort
suffering some body damage ,slowly
cutting the right front tyre. The Beetle
also had some damage in the oil cooler
in the nose and was slowly leaking oil.
The Escort eventually retiring after 8 laps
when the wheel popped.
show all how well his car can actually run
and tried to stay with this front lot. Behind
this lot a war was being waged between
the Chev of Reyneke, the Alfa of de
Waal ,the Bug of Cloete jnr and the
Fords of Ubsdell, Deon, Vonk jnr, Clarke
and Bennet. Louw was slowly creeping
up after passing van Nieuwenhuizen snr
and Wentzel in the 2002 tii who had
some misfire issues. Hattingh with problems ahead of Francois who was chucking his Sunny around being on the edge
all the time as usual. Djurk was settling in
with his Perana and Div was on his own
ahead of Green.
Phil had Smith on his toes all the time
giving the latter no time to relax and
Clarke was pushing Vonk and van
Vuuren.
Ladner retired after 2 laps when his car
went off song as did Schmidt.
In the end it was Willie form
Raaths,Cavalieri,Cilliers who managed to
o u t g u n
S m i t h
a n d
Phil,Martin,Neil,Ubsdell,van Vuuren,Vonk
jnr,Clake,Bennet,Cloete jnr,Louw,van
N i e u w e n h u i s e n
snr,Wentzel,Jacobs,Venter,Hoffman,a
retiring De Waal and Green.
Once the main pack had been cleared,
Lombard got to the dicing duo of Paige
and Marco and passed both going
through turn 3 just putting the right
wheels in the dirt. This duo then decided
that they would stick to the rear of the
bug and gave chase.
The final result was Collier from Anton,
Cloete snr,Carel,Kean-breaking class in
the process,Willis,Lombard,Marco who
eventually got past Paige when it mattered,Paige,Isabel,Marius,Mostert
Cindy pulled in with the Gordini’s engine
not well and non started, Smidt in the
Nissan dropped some valves and was
waiting for a replacement head, Nortman
also broke and I believe Ellison lunched
his engine in another category race.
The start was nice and clean with Hepburn leaving black lines on the start
straight with Cavalieri not far behind followed by Raaths, Robby Smith, Cilliers
and Phil. Martin was on a mission to
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With the start of the second heat all and
sundry got a huge wakeup call when
Cavalieri spun the ex Viana 745 coming
down the hill ,the spin being caused by a
flat rear tyre. Luckily nobody hit him although I’m sure there must have been all
colours of the rainbow in the underwear
of most. It also split the field slightly with
some work to do for most. Deon decided
that his Ford could emulate the Datty of
Juan and he was revving towards 10 000
trying to catch and stay with Botha.
Clarke and Cloete were going through
some turns side by side and Cloete this
time did not need off-road tyres like at
Kyalami when he had to hit the dirt in
avoidance driving. Jimbo was pushing
them hard.
Phil again had the bit between the
teeth keeping Smith honest and Louw
got ahead of the non female entertainment Escort train of Vonk jnr, Ubsdell
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and van Nieuwenhuizen snr .Wentzel
stayed with the Fords in front of him
whilst pulling a gap on Francois who was
giving the Perana carrots with Div a
slight distance behind them. On the last
lap on the top of the hill something in
Jimbo’s car broke-either the ‘box, clutch
or diff and all his hard work was neutralized to an extent. I think van Vuuren’s
10k rpm motor put a slight hole in the
side and also dented his championship.
the 22 years that I have now been racing,
there are not very many photos of where
I have been working with my fellow competitors on their cars, my own and many
such other events. I am now doing things
At this stage of the game Kean has a
slight lead although it must be remembered that at the end of the year 2 heats
need to be ‘scrapped’ as per the rules.
There are only 3 races left and hopefully
all will go well for all.
I see in February 2013 there is a 6 hour
race in the offing which could just bode
well for the future of the sport.
Jerry and Norman were both laid to rest
in the week after the race. May their
memories with us last forever and may
they rest in peace.
My wife made me realize some time
ago through her insistence that she
makes photo albums for memories that in
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like those. I started many years ago also
gathering photos of race cars other than
my own as there are many out there.
Harry Lombard
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