Ken I LOVE yr piks this part of Brands was very special , for a young Kiwi on big O E we can see the top of pik is it Paddock or Clear Ways this was where we [Dad & I] stood in sweltering summer of 76 where James & Lauda had the coming to gether ........ as for Druids this is a corner I spent a few years watching from .... just great stuff Ken ... Thank you..keep them rolling big Brother from TaurangaOriginally Posted by khyndart in CA
Snetterton, England. Oct 7th 1973. Paddock area.
The Rothmans European Championship F 5000 race is about to begin. Teddy Pilette in car # 33. VDS Chevron B24 under the watchful eye of Herve Van der Straten.
Clive Santo in car # 3. Lola 330. Ian Ashley in car # 6. Lola 330.
In the corner is Bob Evans in car # 11. This was Trojan T101 / 4.
Bob had qualified fifth and not done as well this season as he had hoped, but this was to be his day.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
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Oct 7th 1973. Snetterton paddock scene.
About to assemble on the grid. In front is car # 32. A Chevron B24 driven by Peter Gethin.
Car # 44 is the brown Hexagon Highgate Trojan T 101 / 5 driven on this day by Damien Magee and at other events by John Watson.
The yellow Lola T330 is driven by Tom Belso. The red #7 car I believe was a modified M10B known as a Kitchmac and driven by Richard Knight. If you look closely on the left is car # 22 with Graham McRae in his Iberia Airline GM1 as they work frantically to replace the engine in time to start the race as Graham had qualified on the front row. He made the start but retired after 9 laps with oil cooler problems.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
Me too, great stuff (and a unique, personal perspective, which makes it even more valuable. Just what this website is about, IMHO.
Thanks Shano, Marty and Grant etc.. I appreciate the encouragement. The old shoe box of photographs is getting close to empty though !
Cheers, Ken H.
Snetterton. Oct 7th 1973.
Trojan Wins !
Bob Evans drove a very good race after passing Teddy Pilette and went on to win. This was the last important race won by a Trojan F5000 car. I was glad I made it to the event and again I would hang around with the "big boys" and celebrate before heading south back to London. It was good day at the races. Now it was back to getting the next Trojan ready, the T102
Getting ready to load up the Bob Evans Trojan T101 after winning at Snetterton.
Note the official score tower. Shows # 11 (Evans) # 33 (Pilette )
( Ken Hyndman photo )
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Ken, wonderful photos of the F5000's, still I believe one of the best classes ever.Oct 7th 1973. Snetterton paddock scene.
About to assemble on the grid. In front is car # 32. A Chevron B24 driven by Peter Gethin.
Car # 44 is the brown Hexagon Highgate Trojan T 101 / 5 driven on this day by Damien Magee and at other events by John Watson.
The yellow Lola T330 is driven by Tom Belso. The red #7 car I believe was a modified M10B known as a Kitchmac and driven by Richard Knight. If you look closely on the left is car # 22 with Graham McRae in his Iberia Airline GM1 as they work frantically to replace the engine in time to start the race as Graham had qualified on the front row. He made the start but retired after 9 laps with oil cooler problems.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
You note a Richard knight in car #7, Could that have been the Richard Knight who won the very first Australian Formula Ford Driver to Europe Championship?
In the photo to the right of the Hexagon transporter, is that an MGB towing a Mini?
Terry,
Yes that is the same Richard Knight.
As for the MGB. I think the trailer is not hitched and the MGB is backed up in front of it. (I am not certain on that though !)
(You have good eyes mate !)
The red car in front of McRae's is Brian Robinson in a McLaren M19C/ 2 that a year earlier was being driven by Peter Revson in Formula One.
Ken H
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I have really enjoyed the fascinating account of your working experiences in the UK over those years. You were inspired to take those photos also. So many people didn't realize how important photos become in time, as they "tell a thousand words" about an era that at the time seemed so ordinary, but over the years prove to be unique.
Brilliant stuff Ken - I look forward to more gems from the shoebox!!
During the seventies I worked with Ray Grant's brother in Auckland.
Ray (Kojak) would call in whenever he was back in Auckland to see Gary at our office for a cuppa and a chat. It didn't seem strange at the time to have James Hunt's mechanic (with shoulder length hair) sitting in our Drawing Office chatting about life in a F1 team.
Look forward to more tales in future - brilliant stuff. Cheers Ross
Agree with Ross and others, excellent stuff- the memories and the colour pictures.
Eoin Young in his columns was literally the only way I heard about the F5000 scene.
Also thanks to Youngs World I know that in 1973 Peter Revson had a good season-won 2 grand prix, Miss World -Marji Wallace - was his girlfriend, and he was the heir to Revlon fortunes
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Yes John, Peter Revson had his best year in 1973. Apparently, even though he was an heir to the Revlon empire, he was a good guy to work with /for. He seemed to work well when teamed up with Denny Hulme.
This photo captured perhaps his finest moment after winning the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
(Closer image of Revson,Peterson and Hulme)
( Ken Hyndman photos )
Artist Michael Turner skills produced this card showing
the exciting finish to the 1973 British Grand Prix.Revson beating Ronnie Peterson and Denis Hulme.
James Hunt came in 4th less than 3 seconds behind the winner !
Brian Robinson drove Revson's McLaren M19C/2 from the 1972 Formula One season in the 1973 F 5000 season now with a Chevy V-8 instead of the Cosworth DFV. It was a fairly consistent finisher in 1973.
This photo shows Robinson in the M19C being chased into Druids corner at Brands Hatch by Keith Holland in the Trojan T 101.
In 2004 on display at Long Beach Grand Prix Arena.
Peter Revson's 1972 McLaren M19C/2 after what looks like a magnificent restoration.
(Ken Hyndman photos )
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October 1973. Trojan Racing workshop.
After the success of the Trojan T101 car and having the great design team of Ron Tauranac and Patrick Head many thought the next Trojan F5000 race car, the T102 would be an instant winner. Ron had started with a clean sheet and his trade mark design of putting split radiators ahead of the front wheels soon became evident. Tauranac explained that the front radiators have got the coolest air in and the best flow out, plus the added weight up front kept the front down in place of spoilers. Between the radiator pods was a fully adjustable central wing.
These photos show it quite well and it also shows the similarity to the Tauranac designed "lobster claw"Brabham BT34 Formula One car of the 1971 season.
Hyndman at work on the T102. Photo taken by Patrick Head.
(Ken Hyndman photos )
(Brabham BT 34. 1971.Graham Hill winning at Brands Hatch.)
Wikipedia photo
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October 1973. Trojan Racing workshop.
Mick ... who was Keith Holland's mechanic, assembling the front on the new T 102. Ron Tauranac's years of Formula One experience was used into designing this F 5000 car to ease the mechanic's tasks as much as possible. The linkages etc were designed to accept the Alan Smith Chevy 5 litre V8 with carburetters but it could easily be adapted to fuel injection. The oil coolers were mounted low to allow clean air to flow over the rear spoiler. 13 x 11 in wheels at the front and 13 x 15 or 17 in wheels at the rear. A Hewland DG 300 5-speed gearbox. As the T 101 car had done well, Tauranac was confident the T 102 would do even better especially under braking and short circuit handling. The next season was eagerly awaited.
The original plan was to build 6 of these cars, all for sale at 7 thousand pounds each plus VAT as a rolling chassis less engine.
I thought it was a pretty good looking car and did not realize at the time that it would be the only Trojan F5000 T 102 that was going to be built ! (These are rare photos indeed ! )
(Ken Hyndman photo)
The scene inside the Trojan Racing shop at the height of production on the McLaren-Trojan M8 FPs in 1971. The T 102 was assembled in the middle front area close to the offices of Ron & Patrick.
(Trojan file photo )
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The talented automotive illustrator,Tony Mathews dropped in to gather information and then produced one of his masterpieces of the Trojan T 102 that was published in the Motoring News in late 1973.
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1973. Trojan Works. Croydon. London.
I noted somewhere that someone wondered why Barry Sheene was mentioned on this post. Peter Agg the owner of Trojan also owned the Suzuki of Great Britain franchise and so the motor cycle racing team worked from the Trojan premises. I found this picture on the Barry Sheene web site and it was so typical of Barry back then. (Not taken at Trojan ) He would show us in the parking lot of how he could do all sorts of "wheelies" and always had a cigarette in his mouth! He was fun to be around and especially when we all went to a London party !!!.
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November 9th 1973. Goodwood race circuit.
The Trojan T102 was ready for its first test. I had been to Southhampton and then dropped by this circuit that had so many memories from the past. I had lost an uncle that had clipped the hills near here on a foggy day during World War Two and crashed his "hedge hopping"Mosquito bomber close to a nearby village.
Of course we were all shattered when we heard the news that Bruce McLaren had died here in 1970.
The course caretaker took me around the track in his brightly coloured Land Rover that had been the first vehicle to reach Bruce's crash site. He pointed out where Stirling Moss had crashed in 1962 and then came around to Lavant Straight and the skid marks from Bruce's M8D were still clearly visible. As noted by others that if it had crashed 10 yards further on it would have completely missed the flag marshal's stand !
(1970 photo. Unknown source)
Bruce McLaren did much of his testing over the years at the Goodwood track. (in the background is the red and yellow Land Rover.)
(Photo thanks to George Begg & Bruce McLaren Trust)
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Nov 9th. 1973. Goodwood.
When we first arrived we had to wait while the March Formula One team was testing their March 731 car and it was great to watch J.P. Jarier powering his way around the old chicane area. As you can see it was before the days of wind tunnels and so masking tape was used in various ways. This shows March's Robin Herd talking to Jarier and also that is Patrick Head taking a look at the rear area of the car as the Trojan team was about to expand into the world of Formula One for the 1974 season and was always interested in what the other teams were doing.
(Can you imagine walking up to another team's car today and peering in and checking it out without being thrown out !)
(Ken Hyndman photo )
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Nov 9th 1973. Goodwood.
Then it was time for the Trojan T 102 to get out onto the track for the first time. This shows Keith Holland entering Goodwood past that Land Rover and a concerned looking Patrick Head and Mick .... The car ran OK and did show promise before having fuel pump problems.
As we drove back to London later all the news was about the up coming Arab Oil Embargo as a result of the war in the Middle East. This was about to have a big effect on all motor racing and changes were coming.
I was soon on my way to California and note that Trojan never won again after I left !
(Ken Hyndman photo)
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Well folks that is the end of my photos from the shoe box.
Thanks for coming along for the ride.
( Ken Hyndman )
Loved it all Ken ................. Thank you
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