Photos: The Bruce Wells Collection - Warwick Farm - Part 5

[Cooper997]

The Imp and Facon photos are probably from the same race - Event 5 Touring Car Race (Improved Production & Sports Closed).

"#18 Hillman Imp Racing Team (Dvr. B Hindhaugh) (Vic) Hillman Imp 898 Green/White" For the record Graham Ritter is listed as #17 with a capacity for his Imp at 1025cc.

Lawler is an entry but as #41 White Falcon V8 in Event 2. But in the photo shown it appears to be #28. That makes it "Ray Morris Motor Conversions P/L (Dvr. R/B Morris) Ford Falcon V8 4700 Red/ Black" So if it isn't Ray driving, it could be his son, then future Bathurst winner, Bob steering. Shown in the same photo is "#24 Tower Auto Port (Dvr. J Griffiths) Lotus Anglia T/C 1598 Yellow/Blue" and I think it's "#4 Waggot Engineer.(Dvr. G Ryan/ B Seton) Holden EH 179 2930 Maroon/White" There are 2 other EH's listed.

Stephen

[Terry S]

The Imp and Facon photos are probably from the same race - Event 5 Touring Car Race (Improved Production & Sports Closed).

"#18 Hillman Imp Racing Team (Dvr. B Hindhaugh) (Vic) Hillman Imp 898 Green/White" For the record Graham Ritter is listed as #17 with a capacity for his Imp at 1025cc.

Lawler is an entry but as #41 White Falcon V8 in Event 2. But in the photo shown it appears to be #28. That makes it "Ray Morris Motor Conversions P/L (Dvr. R/B Morris) Ford Falcon V8 4700 Red/ Black" So if it isn't Ray driving, it could be his son, then future Bathurst winner, Bob steering. Shown in the same photo is "#24 Tower Auto Port (Dvr. J Griffiths) Lotus Anglia T/C 1598 Yellow/Blue" and I think it's "#4 Waggot Engineer.(Dvr. G Ryan/ B Seton) Holden EH 179 2930 Maroon/White" There are 2 other EH's listed.

Stephen

The Brian Lawler car in race 2 was a very standard Falcon WR with a 289. The Falcon GT had not yet been released.
This race was for "Series Production" with very limited changes, whereas in race 5 "sports-Closed" was basically anything goes.
There was a colossal difference between these two classes.
I doubt if Warwick Farm ever ran races just for Sports Closed as they never considered them "pukka" enough"
They just used them to complete fields, when they wouldn't threaten the leaders. Although Laurie Stewart in the Broadspeed Mini did come 3rd outright in this race.
Geoghegan was on pole in Mustang, and this was one of the very very few races he did not finish, retiring on lap 7 with a blown head gasket. The race was won by Gardner in Mildren's RHD Alfa GTA.

By the way Cooper 997 just for interest were you at this meeting?