MoiOriginally Posted by Steve Holmes
Moi
This is the M4A, of course, not either of his later F5000 McLarens
This would have been in one of the Glenvale 100 production-car races
Here are a couple of photos from the mid 1960's:
This is the Humber surrounded by a trio of Anglias : David Simpson's (#177) with Jack Nazer's just poking a right headlight bump out from behind, Frank (#191) and possibly John Murphy's black car just poking its bonnet in on the right. Car numbers tally with NSCC December 1965 Puke meeting.
Frank in the ex- Ken Smith Lotus 22 December 1967
Will have a further scout through the old photos and slides and see if anything else is lurking there.
Stu B
Fahey's breadvan, not John Murphy
This may have been the Escort entered , but not allowed to run.
Jack Nazer got a FVC for his Escort in 1970 that had come out of one of Franks single seaters.
I seem to recall the Humber had a Jag motor crammed into it with the gear lever almost behind the seat....-
Last edited by SPman; 08-15-2013 at 02:19 AM.
Thanks David. You fly a kite, someone's bound to shoot it down! What I thought was black turned out to be dark blue. I thought Souness Fahey etc should be at the front of the grid.Fahey's breadvan, not John Murphy
Stu
Engine capacity was given as 3800 cc in programme.
Stu
Stu, yes do remember the Humber-Jag, with a huge sheetmetal cover over the gearbox which took up a lot of the cabin area and the tiny seat that Frank sat in, don't know how anyone could fit there but he wasn't a big guy so OK it worked. Wasn't at the Dec 65' meeting as still at school, but did get to the early 66 ones, once I had a mate with his own car.
Did frank race the katipo?
This thread is excellent, very interesting to see all the different cars FR raced.
The photo of the Escort was taken at Bay Park at one of the Glenvale production races, but I don't recall whether it raced or not.
In Autonews vol3 no6 page30 there is a pic of Frank-
* Frank Radisich sported a new Bell Star helmet as did Bryan Faloon *
Someone could scan it , resize it and post it.
Last edited by John McKechnie; 08-14-2013 at 08:10 PM.
Frank raced some wild things but I don't recall him ever running the Katipo - but what about the Mazda powered March 722?
Glad you meantioned the March/Mazda, I was going to enquire into that also. Remember Bill Shiells (who co-drove with Frank in Mazda RX2s) playing with it/tuning at Rotorsport
Wow you guys, thanks so much for all your contributions. What a great thread this has become.
Brilliant photo Stu! Frank also raced the Dave Simpson Anglia in 1967 and 1968, with a few inches lopped out of the roof height.Here are a couple of photos from the mid 1960's:
This is the Humber surrounded by a trio of Anglias : David Simpson's (#177) with Jack Nazer's just poking a right headlight bump out from behind, Frank (#191) and possibly John Murphy's black car just poking its bonnet in on the right. Car numbers tally with NSCC December 1965 Puke meeting.
Stu B
Very nice photo David!
Glad you corrected the spelling John Don't think Frank deserved your original version
Kevin Lancaster has suggested I post these photos he shot - excellent stuff.
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Last edited by BMCBOY; 08-15-2013 at 08:22 PM.
Brilliant?? (Blush, Blush) Not really, it was almost a mis-hit as the camera was panning faster than the cars were going, and I just cropped it down to the cars and thereby cut out most of a thumb-print on the slide as well.
It was the only Humber-Jag photo I had.
Frank was racing the Anglia 2 months later - Pukekohe Feb 26 1966. Simpson won the All-Comers championship that summer and Frank must have bought the car soon after. Did Simpson race anything else or was he a one-season wonder?
Stu
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