1953 Edwards Special

[KWMartin]

Hello Roger, many thanks for your offer to search through the meeting programmes. It would be lovely to uncover some more information on this rather rare beast.

Regards

Kirk

[Roger Dowding]

Hello Roger, many thanks for your offer to search through the meeting programmes. It would be lovely to uncover some more information on this rather rare beast.

Regards

Kirk

Kirk, hi,

quick search and found this from one of the programmes Bruce sent to me


" OHAKEA TROPHY RACES "
Saturday, 6th MARCH, 1954

" Event 2
Sports Car & Racing Car Hcp.
16 Miles - Fuel Optional - 8 Laps
held in conjucntion with the 500 cc Scratch Race

Entry list
Car #9 J Edwards Edwards Special 1172 cc."

Checking my scans only have saved the cover page already. see below

" Event 10
Ohakea Trophy Race
50 Miles - Fuel Optional - 25 laps
Car #9 J Edwards Edwards Special 1172 cc 11 mins 25 sec Handicap ".

The cover of the programme



Kirk - please Personal Message on the forum your Email address as will send the full scan of the programme - not already done so will scan and send later.

Hope this is a help - well a start, anyway - more to come



Cheers

Roger

[Spgeti]

Thanks Roger,
I was sent 1951 and there was no entry for the Edwards Special.

Cheers
Bruce

[Milan Fistonic]

No entry for the Edwards special in the 1952, 1955 and 1956 Ohakea programmes though I do have a report that Jack Edwards did start in the 1954 race driving his rear-engined Ford 10 special sportscar. He retired from the Trophy Race after 17 laps.

He was a late entry for the Preliminary scratch race in 1955 and could have been a starter in the Trophy race.

Edwards also started the 1953 Trophy race and finished 14th on handicap.