During practice for the race escott had the mis fortune to hit a sandbank at the mulsanne corner. Bond reached the highest levels in australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by harry firth to the newly formed holden dealer team. Two very special historic racing cars originally bodied with rochdale. Signup now for access to a limited number of articles. Colin escott nationality british born april 1, 1932 died september 23, 2009 disclaimer. As to price, a few years ago i bought a full race mk 1 from canada for. Various artists gonna shake this shack tonight from the. After an amazing debut at the mille miglia he became semi works voiturette maserati driver scuderia torino in 1936 and works maserati driver in 1937 but tenni did not show the same fire he had shown on two wheels with a record of 47 victories on moto guzzi in the period 19331948. This year he did compete, becoming the youngest ever driver to race at le. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Colin escott, mg a twin cam bmc 1588cc s4, 185, gearbox 21hr. For the drivers of the sole mg, the 1959 race started well enough with the car performing to plan. See more ideas about racing, classic cars and mg cars. Sports car racing archives complete archive of bernard cox gb complete archive.
He has been called the quintessential country singer. Race 1960 le mans 24 hours was part of the 1960 world sportscar championship and was won by paul frere, olivier gendebien on 19600625 00. Tourist trophy was contested on 5 september at the goodwood circuit, england. Xxviii grand prix des 24 heures du mans racing years.
Good oct 02, 2015 gallery opening of bear and birds evil vs. This comes from another distant memory, but im confident that the info at least in local lore is true. As escott suffered from back trouble it was decided that each driver should have his own individual seat bottoms which was detachable, teds being coloured green, and colins red. During 2007, a duke production team was tasked with producing. Bernard cox gb complete archive racing sports cars. Colin escott, and the car was given race number 33. Melvin endsley of drasco cleburne county was a musician and songwriter most noted for writing both the words and music of singing the blues, one of the biggest hits of the 1950s and one of the most recorded songs of the twentieth century. Section officer 2071428 waafsoe agent 9111 seconded to the f.
The latest news and photos from conroe, with news, sports, business, school, real estate and other key topics from houston community newspapers. Total control racing will field its strongest ever driver lineup in the michelin ginetta gt supercup this year, it is confirmed today, with the announcement reigning champion carl breeze will return to defend his title joining g50 cup class title winner mark davies and rapid frontrunner jamie orton. Sports car racing archives list of results of tvr grantura all results. Competing for chip ganassi racing scott has won the championship twice, 2003 and 2008, and he won the 92nd indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position. World sports racing prototypes world championship 1960. Notice of death colin escott british racing drivers club. Nashville, tennessee, recording star marty robbins, pop singer guy mitchell, and teen idol tommy steele in the united kingdom all recorded versions. One of the most spectacular drivers and the man who brought rallying to next generation with his. In 1935 he became the first driver to officially exceed 300 miles per hour in a land vehicle.
Points added for colin escotts excellent liner notes. Ted lund over bored his twin cam engine to 1762cc and fitted a special fastback designed by abingdon, which weighed the car in at a light 810 kgs. Sep 23, 2009 colin escott nationality british born april 1, 1932 died september 23, 2009 disclaimer. Susie wolff this racing beauty hails from scotland and has competed in the formula renault, dtm series and formula three. Commissioned by brian lister and reconfigured by frank costin two of the quieter men in british motor racing history, the listerjaguar gt prototype was the last of the cambridge firms cars to contest the le mans 24hours race. After a career in single seaters, thompson won the imsa gt3 cup challenge platinum class in 2014 and the pirelli world challenge gt cup in 2015. Million dollar quartet depicts the magical jam session of. The third season of the biggerengined extreme special saloons in their own championship. Phil scott 1st sitting governor to win vermont stock stock. Just before daybreak on a cold new years day in 1953, a babyblue cadillac pulled up to the small oak hill, west virginia hospital. Scott tucker racing driver scott tucker born may 5, 1962 in kansas city, missouri is an american convicted racketeer, former businessman and racing driver. World sports racing prototypes world championship 1959. Stockports only racing driver posted in the nostalgia forum.
Was this the very pinnacle of modified saloon racing in the uk. Tony awards info including both nominations and wins for the productions, cast members and creative teams. At kentucky in august that year he equaled the record for six wins in a season. But since its 2009 appearance this detailed repository of maserati facts and figures has been augmented, corrected with new knowledge and illuminated with an astonishing 400 mostly new photographs. This weekends action in portimao will see him race with tony wells in their two merit holdingsbacked nielsen racing norma m30s for a final time ahead of their forthcoming asian le mans series campaign over the winter. Driver nationality, car, entrant, laps, timeretired, pos. Colin noble and teammate tony wells completed a nearperfect weekend of. Stirling moss at the wheel during a bmc race training in canada. I checked the results from 2002 again and i have to correct myself. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Professional race car driver and coach associated with core autosport. The car made its way to france by a dozen volunteers accompanied by harry stone from the factory and drivers ted lund and colin escott. One driver even managed to demolish a sizeable building the damage his chevron did to the shell building meant it had to come down.
The 1959 24 hours of le mans was the 27th 24 hours of le mans, grand prix of endurance. It was the fifth and final round of the 1959 world sportscar championship. With colin escott he had a troublefree 24hour run, winning the class and finishing 12th overall. Lewis hamiltons greatest rival the story of colin brown. It was a time trial and 14 years have passed colin was 0,037 quicker than me. I think ive finally found one which will stump even the best of you. Friday, october 2, 2015 from 610pm we invited all south florida artists to contribute a piece that showed some sort of dark and light conflict.
Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Avon junior formula ford championship zetec challenge. The lowdrag coupes appeal to collectors and race organizers alike is its unique nature. One of rocks great jam sessions comes to life in the broadway touring production of million dollar quartet, playing the palace theatre in playhousesquare starting tuesday. If the car stayed reliable, there was every chance that they could put up a very creditable performance against others in their class. Rally driver colin mcrae and his son cremated in same. From 1977 to 1980 bond ran the ford works rally team, with greg carr and bond driving the very competitive bda escort. Colin davis was a british racing driver who moved to italy in the mid1950s and spent most of the rest of his motor sport career based there and who made two starts in formula 1 championship races, in. Hank williams last ride was 64 years ago mystery still.
Page 1 of 2 syd diggory posted in the nostalgia forum. He quickly found success, winning the 1969 hardieferodo 500 mile race now the bathurst at bathurst, new south wales in a holden monaro. German dtm driver susie wolff signed by williams f1 team as teams development driver. It is the prewar mg factory racing colour as per k3 etc and has a a lot of yellow in it. If the championship is more important, the driver gets more points 3. Richard jenkins eagerly awaited book on richie ginther, motor racing s free thinker, is now available for preorder from performance publishing. Colin white born 27 september 1956 is a british racing driver from glastonbury. He tended to get others drive in the more important races. Inglistons demand for precision taught drivers a lot. Dec 27, 2017 just before daybreak on a cold new years day in 1953, a babyblue cadillac pulled up to the small oak hill, west virginia hospital. On 12182012, ian prior in melbourne australia, wrote. We treat him the same as every other race car driver in the pits.
Tragic rally ace colin mcrae and his fiveyearold son johnny were cremated in the same coffin yesterday. All the stats, form and information about trainer colin scott available at racing. Youngest driver to win professional road race in u. Fran am 1600, willow springs, age 14, and youngest to win a daytona. I am unashamedly scottish, coming from a village called thornhill in dumfries and galloway, however, i now live in stockport, greater manchester, england, there are a many attractions to this urban metropolis, it is home of a very nice hat museum, an ailing second division football team, the scene of britains forgotten air disaster, hyde the home of doctor death shipman is a suburb, th. Disabled racing driver colins in the zone daily record. Diggory ran two fj gwyniads in 1961, with drivers halford, chris meek, george pitt, gil baird and diggory himself. The site dedicated to sportscar race results and chassis numbers histories is under construction.
Hot wheels 2009 hw racing series gt racer blue,excellent card. I am unashamedly scottish, coming from a village called thornhill in dumfries and galloway, however, i now live in stockport, greater manchester, england, there are a many attractions to this urban metropolis, it is home of a very nice hat museum, an ailing second division football team, the scene of. Remarkably, ingliston saw no racing fatalities, though a kart racer died during a demonstration. Family and friends attended a private funeral service for the mcraes. In the racing car event preceding the championship round, glyn scott and ivan tighe had a devastating accident just past the pits, causing a lot of damage to fences which took an hour or so to repair, and while no official announcement was made immediately about scotts death, it was obvious both drivers had been badly hurt. In the mid 30s tenni tried his fortune in car racing. Learn more about campbells life and career, including. Presently she is a development driver for her husbands partially owned formula one team. The mg scene 50 years ago north american mga register namgar.
Phil stiles usas cars photo gallery racing sports cars. Free admission for drivers of pre1968 vehicles if you park your vehicle. British international races 1961 world sports racing prototypes. He came roaring out of the wilds of alabama and was gone at twentynine like a barn fire. Profile for racing driver colin escott from britain. The sebrings, well at least the 1960 and 1961 cars were painted what i believe is called brooklands green.
Colin joined the club in 1959 following his class win in the 1959 le mans 24 hour race with ted lund in their mg mga twin cam. Colin escott racing career profile driver database. Colin mcrae, colin steele mcrae, scottish race car driver born aug. To win vt stock car race across america, us scott won the 50lap feature thursday at barres thunder road, winning. Syd diggory the nostalgia forum the autosport forums.
Click on the year to see the standings for that year. There was a view that if you could win here, you could. Exactly who was driving the car is uncertain, but the man in the back seat was singersongwriter hank williams. Ian gray racing the drivers john watson, former mclaren, brabham and penske driver, finished second in the 1982 f1 world championship and won 5 grand prix during his time as a formula 1 driver. Frank gardner oam 1 october 1931 29 august 2009 was a racing driver from australia. Driver nationality car entrant laps timeretired pos.
The car was entered in the name of the mg car club, north western centre and teds co driver was again colin escott. Rob escott explore rob escotts 387 photos on flickr. Colin davis at the wheel of a maserati 250f before the 1957 modena grand prix. Colin chapmans lotus team arrived in force, entering several classes. I was beating colin brown on the one single occasion i was racing him. Who can forget the infamous sid diggery most of you, im sure, lawyer and parttime unsuccessful racing driver. The life of hank williams by paul hemphill viking adult 2005780. World sports car championship as well as being the fifth round of the inaugural fia gt cup. Accidents count as a driver mistake,so the driver loses points when heshe has an accident,collision or spin. Malcolm campbell, british automobileracing driver who set world speed records on land and on water. Buy le mans formula 1 memorabilia and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Scott is the most successful driver in the indy racing league indy with over twenty victories. Hbr4panhard, andre pilette george arents, north american racing team, ferrari 250 gt berlinetta interim, and rene cotton louis cornet, automobiles deutsch et.
Also raced in nascar truck and nationwide series for jack roush, and continues to race in alms. The final weekend of the 2019 european le mans series and le mans cup seasons has arrived for colin noble. Halford for one, also colin escott, brian hetreed and jim blumer. Grantura racing history page 1 classics pistonheads.
Colin john bond born 24 february 1942 is a retired australian racing driver. View highresolution motorsport photography from an extensive 1960 racing archive. October 2 november 14, 2015 opening night artist reception. Le mans is a blend of racing and touring, showing up the best in a fine allround car like the mga. Race 1959 le mans 24 hours was part of the 1959 world sportscar championship and was won by roy salvadori, carroll shelby on 19590620 00. It was held just a week after the tragic belgian f1 gp in which four drivers, including stirling moss were. Race result of xxviii grand prix des 24 heures du mans race. The driver gets points if he finishes in the first six positions of every race 2.