John raeburn racing driver

John rhodes cobb, automobile and motorboat racer, first to reach a speed of 400 mph on land. Drivers for the works team included allan moffat, fred gibson, harry firth, bob jane, barry seton, bruce mcphee, john french, ian geoghegan and his brother. Inglistons demand for precision taught drivers a lot. Remember i mentioned the elfin heritage centre in moorabbin a little while ago, along with a fantastic book on elfin racing cars. And he was getting down to some good times when he went off. Aug 04, 2017 1961 rac rally from the programme by nigel raeburn. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. A 75yearold racing driver cheated death after his car flipped over and skidded across the finish line upside down in a shower of sparks. Racing driver, 75, cheats death as car crosses finish line. Roger clark and gilbert staepelaere rally drivers, rally car, ford escort, african countries. John raeburn, driving a ford galaxie, and jim mckeown, driving a ford cortina lotus, completed the front tow. In janos wimpffens tats results table of the nurburgring km race 1968 the codriver of nicholas granvillesmith is listed as john raeburn from australia.

The photo on the cover is of a sebring sprite driven by pat moss. Notice of death john young 1927 british racing drivers club. Alleged drunk driver on trial for fatal street race crash. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of six championship points. On sunday, october the 3rd, under a clear blue sky, 55 contenders streaked away from the starting grid heading for the fastest, the most hardfought, the most brutal armstrong ever. Click on the site to see john raeburn s career results at that track glossary. Firth teamed up with john raeburn in the falconmobil reliability run, this red xp hardtop. Chassis gt40p1075 68 ford small block 302, v8 90 o cyl, 4 stroke petrol engine, located middle longitudinally 4942cc, 101. The historic motor racing community are paying their respects to john reaburn, a noted racer from the pioneering touring car days. Welsh engineer and motor racing enthusiast jack henry turner was born in abergavenny on the 1 st april 1916. Ards represents all racing schools in the uk and is recognised by the motorsport uk, which delegates the responsibility for regulating member racing schools and for licensing circuit instructors to ards. John probably wont thank me for this quote, but it was quite a good remark. The 1965 australian touring car championship was a cams sanctioned motor racing title.

John is an extremely able driver and as i was coming to the end of the pit straight i saw him coming onto it. Mind you, he had kept himself in shape in the prison gym. This page was last edited on 14 december 2014, at 04. He moved to the midlands and soon after the war had premises at seisdon near wolverhampton. It would have been the mid to late 80s at brands hatch. John newton cooper cbe 17 july 1923 24 december 2000 was a cofounder, with his father charles cooper, of the cooper car company.

Now i do have the original press releases of the race here in front of me and in the entry list and in the results the second driver and the entrant of car no. Roy james, by many accounts including hailwoods, showed great promise as a racing driver. Position, driver, team, car, engine, tyres, points. Now the man who caused the horrific crash has been found guilty. John rhodes didnt have long to wait for his life in cars to get under way in earnest. Winning aint easy featuring theres only one gerry youtube. Over the next few pages, you can see signed photographs and biographies of some of the drivers who have raced the car during the 1960s, though not necessarily in this gt40, as in those days, a driver might have been contracted to race a ford gt40 one day, then a lola t70 the next, finding themselves in a lotus grand prix car the following weekend. Cortina 220 entered by ford australia and driven by harry firth and john raeburn.

A lot of the background talk at the rhodesian gp centered on the launching of team gunston and the partnership of john love and sam tingle in f1 racing for 1968. The cigarchomping gerry may have joked he was too old, too fat and too slow to be a racing driver, but the statistics say otherwise by the time this film was made in 1976, the 35yearold. Driver found guilty in fatal street race crash cbs baltimore. John edwards and trent hindman, the stevenson years. The south african gp on 2 january 1967 was probably the race that was the highlight of johns career as racing driver. I had the privilege to meet john on a couple of occasions through the vhrr.

All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. I cant describe how excited he was to drive a racing car round a circuit again. I have in front of me the official programme from the 1961 rac rally price one shilling and sixpence. Raeburn, brian reed, bob watson and jon leighton joined by ace racing. Apr 25, 2005 page 1 of 3 women racing drivers in the 1930s posted in the nostalgia forum. John raeburn profile with all the results,graphs,team mates and stats. Sad news of the passing of australianvictorianmelbourne racing driver john raeburn. He also competed in the world sportscar championship finishing second in the 1987 championship. Vatanen, rally do brasil 1981 ford escort, rally car, race cars, old. He was the first american to race automobiles successfully in europe in the postwar era. My first ever mn event was the oumdc targa rusticana in 1963, where i drove my standard 850 mini navigated by racing driver john thurston. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Colin raeburn facilitator automotive training consultant. Women racing drivers in the 1930s the nostalgia forum.

In janos wimpffens tats results table of the nurburgring km race 1968 the co driver of nicholas granvillesmith is listed as john raeburn from australia. But i did one or two f2 races for odd people, and i started driving in group 4. Australian touring car championship 1965 standings driver. All the stats, form and information about race horse raeburn available at racing. Remarkably, ingliston saw no racing fatalities, though a kart racer died during a demonstration. The 34year old irishman had a busy 1969 season racing in every round of the british saloon car championship aswell as several redex rounds. He also competed in the world sportscar championship finishing second. Official facebook page for american sports car racing driver john edwards. John raeburn raced a ford gt40 and a porsche in endurance events in. For the 1969 season the car was run by the john stanton racing team and darrieulet was just of the drivers who had useage of this car that season. Hes been a bluewater sailor, a fighter pilot, a test pilot, a professional racing driver, a team manager, race course director, prolific inventor, highway safety expert, automaker, entrepreneur and dreamer. Veteran racer pete diccox lost control of his formula.

John button 27 july 1943 12 january 2014 was an english rallycross driver and the father of 2009 formula one world champion jenson button. See more ideas about racing, lotus car and lotus f1. Bob young collection, historic racing car club of tasmania, geoff smedley, aston martin 191947 inman hunter. Bill hemming has put so much time and effort and money into it, and david dowsey has done a fabulous job writing about the elfin racing cars. Drivers with last names starting with r racingreference. John cooper fitch august 4, 1917 in indianapolis, indiana october 31, 2012 was an american racing driver and inventor. John watson racing driver from wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Overview entry list classification fastest laps laps led. Donneil raeburn, fatal, illegal racing, street race, street racing, woodlawn baltimore wjz street racing death. The ford works team was the unofficial name for an australian motor racing team which. James and another gang member decoupled the back end of the train on cue.

The cab was stormed and the driver bashed nearly to unconsciousness. All events and activities run by ards members are managed by experienced, qualified personnel and employ only ards licensed instructors. Blood alcohol content, donneil raeburn, drag racing, dui. His best finish in the bscc was 5th at thruxton in his yellow ex john whitmore ford falcon. John webb driving a 2 litre, formula 2 turner car at prescott in 1955. His best overall results were both in 1976, as the runnerup in the embassyracmsa british rallycross and teaclydden rallycross championships. John rhodes cobb british motor racecar driver britannica. John raeburn racing career profile driver database.

We know that years later, jack brabham driving a rear engine cooper finished. Sep 29, 2010 the cigarchomping gerry may have joked he was too old, too fat and too slow to be a racing driver, but the statistics say otherwise by the time this film was made in 1976, the 35yearold. The drivers i found information about but would like more are. John macdonald scores 3,000th career driving win harness.

Like so many in the immediate post world war two era, john began racing his roadgoing sports cars, first a mg tc and then a healey silverstone at goodwood in the early 1950s. The engine was a 999cc bmc unit tuned from 78 bhp to a very usefull 92 bhp by janspeed engineering. He competed in formula one, winning five grands prix and was third in the 1982 championship. John wingfield racing career profile driver database. Flag, norm beechey, neptune racing team, ford mustang. Bill hemming has put so much time and effort and money into it, and david dowsey has. John marshall watson, mbe born 4 may 1946 is a british former racing driver and current commentator from northern ireland. I am truly humbled by the support i receive while doing what i love. Page 1 of 3 women racing drivers in the 1930s posted in the nostalgia forum. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover colins. At brands hatch in 63 he was early into a 17 for 19 streak in formula junior.

Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Yesterday i decided to do a bit of internet research about women who were racing in the thirties. John fitch has led a life that would beggar a scriptwriter. He participated in 10 formula one world championship grands prix, debuting on 29 december 1962. John maxwell lineham love 7 december 1924 25 april 2005 was a rhodesian racing driver. John wingfield nationality british born january 30, 1943 hometown windsor, berkshire died september 12, 1976 place of death thruxton, hampshire racing career summary. The gangs driver was unable to get the locomotive moving, as was the trains groggy driver, until enough vacuum developed, but this did not upset the schedule. John was in a very quick f1 and i was in a not nearly so quick much older f2. Born in surbiton, surrey, united kingdom, he became an auto racing legend with his rearengined chassis design that would eventually change the face of the sport at its highest levels, from formula one to the indianapolis 500. Meanwhile galaxies were beginning to have an impact on the local motor racing scene, the exsir gawaine baillie car arriving in australia to compete in the 1964 and 1965 australian touring car championships with lex davison and john raeburn. John raeburn raced a ford gt40 and a porsche in endurance events in 19668 with tim schenken an occasional codriver in the longer events.

One driver even managed to demolish a sizeable building the damage his chevron did to the shell building meant it had to come down. Ron tauranac holds a painting of jack brabham driving the repco brabham bt19. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. We couldnt put it any better than the ford sales promotion team did at the time, and we quote them. But he faced the same hurdle that most upandcoming drivers not independently wealthy face. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. As i say, its a quickie list let me know who i have forgotten in that 19601970 period, it would be great to assemble a complete list. In 1971 in 2006 watson demonstrating the mclaren mp41 in 2001 teams. John has made a career of being the youngestever driver. John marshall watson is a former racecar driver from northern ireland. Mn rallies played a big part in my rallying life and i am pleased to set out some of my recollections apologies for any errors especially dates but it was a while ago.

We know our sport wouldnt be anything without the fans, and im so grateful to have real personal relationships with my partners and sponsors who recognise this too. He was just 11 years old when, in 1938, a trip to the donington grand prix changed his life. John raeburn, another aussie who worked at the flag, got me a ride with him in. Edwards makes last lap pass for bmw 2019 vln race victory.