From the Bay Park thread...
Pierre Phillips in the Lola T140 leads this demonstration lap, from Rex Ramsey in the LeGrand Mk 7 : on the outside, Stew McMillan in "The Fat One" Eisert FA, and winner Ron Grable's Spectre HR-1.
Lola looks kinda scary with NO wings...
Edit : Sorry Michael, I must have been editing as you sent yours...
Last edited by GD66; 08-05-2013 at 11:12 AM.
That's it - Rex Ramsey in the Le Grand with Stew McMillan in the 'fat one' Eisert #5 on the outside and Grable's winning Sceptre wedge in behind
I was told that Grable was one of the stunt drivers in "Bullitt"- turns out that he wasnt.
Last edited by John McKechnie; 08-05-2013 at 10:50 AM.
He was the original Formula A champion in USA, fairly solid performer but not in McRae's league IMHO.
Aren't black and whites great when done well?
Murray, I thought Lou Sell was the original FA champion
Dunedin Driver Lin Neilson in the late 1960s at Teretonga Park near Invercargill. This is the southern most circuit in the world and is operated by the Southland Sports Car Club. He is testing his new lightweight Mini Cooper S.
That is one lightweight Mini, chopped roof, fibreglass front looks like a ' flip / lift one ' and looking like a " Minisprint " except the seams are still there, around the roof and down the front and rear as well, fat wheels on the front narrower on the back great stuff.
Is there meant to be an image with this?Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
Cheers, John
Yes and no...
In 1965 the SCCA replaced the formule libre and FJ classes at its amateur meetings with three new classes, FA, FB and FC, the biggest allowing engines up to 3000cc. The championship was decided at an end-of-season event called the US Road Race of Champions, usually known as the "run-offs" in which the top guys from the various regional championships came together to decide the national title. So few big cars competed in the regions that first year that none in fact qualified for the USRRC
The same year the Formula Racing Association ran three races to the same rules, but it seems only the race at Continental Divide attracted any FA entries. Winner was Hap Sharp in a Cooper-Climax T53
The FRA seems not to have run races for FA cars after that, but there were was stronger FA competition in most regions in 1966. Harry McIntosh in a Brabham-Climax won the run-offs
In 1967 the USRRC winner was Chuck Kirkbride in a Lotus18, and in 1968 the title went to Ron Grable (Sceptre HR1)
Meanwhile in 1967 the SCCA had inaugurated its so-called Grand Prix Championship, a national series of five races in which FA, FB and FC cars ran together. The FB cars dominated, but it seems McIntosh (Brabham) was the highest-placed FA driver in the series
The folllowing year the SCCA admitted 5-litre stock-block engines to FA, and the GP Championship was won by Lou Sell (Eagle-Chevrolet)
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