[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;11487]Steve, yip i think you are right there. Radisich had an 89H in 1990 which is the car in your photo which he sold to Thomlinson and it became the Uniden car in 1991. Radisich then bought a 90H for the 91 season and i assume sold this to switch to the Swift in 1992. Not sure what happenend to the 90H Reynard and where that ended up? Maybe went back to the States. I know who has the 89H Uniden car now.Originally Posted by ffdave
[QUOTE=ffdave;11492]We took the 90H to the States and did Long Beach with it, Qualified 3rd finished 2nd, it was sold to Ted Titmas over there.
Cheers, Les
Last edited by Les Laidlaw; 03-23-2012 at 12:53 AM.
[QUOTE=Les Laidlaw;11531]Thanks Les, great to know. Do you have any idea of the chassis number of that 90H?
I know I have pictures of Atlantic cars from the 90's, I just need to find them!
I did find this one of one of the Radisich Reynards:
Thats Lou Schollum sitting in the seat, I dont remember who else was working on the car that year, it looks like it could be Jandals and Gary Petersen?
I know I have pictures of the Pope cars somewhere, but I couldnt find them today. The colors were the same as what is on the transporter in this pic:
In the US the Reynards were gone by the time I started working on Atlantic cars. Ralt RT40's and RT41's were the norm, with a few Swift DB4's running in a "C2" class. Dennis Eade was running a couple of cars at some events called XFR's which was an abbreviation for "Ex F*cking Reynard" which were based on the earlier models but fairly extensively modified.
From what I heard about the 92 Reynard, the cars were very quick until the tech officials realized that the tunnels were very flexible, allowing the side skirts to suck down to the track and producing a huge amount of downforce. A deflection test was intoduced at tech to police this, and the Reynard lost a lot of its advantage. Cameron drove his Reynard to 2nd in the US championship in 1992, beaten by Chris Smith (son of Carrol Smith) in a Swift DB4.
The RT40/41 was the next major step forward, and we were lucky to see the first of the new series of cars in 1992 in NZ when Dave McMillan bought down Stuart Crowe and Charles Nearburg. Later on Sir Ken would get a Ralt for James Taylor.
Atlantic cars will always have a special place in my heart. The howl of the BDA and later on the Toyota was awesome, and the developments in the cars was technically interesting. Competition between the chassis manufacturers and special parts developed by the teams themselves kept everyone on their toes. Atlantic lost a lot of its appeal with the introduction of the spec Swift chassis in 1998as the series turned into just another spec series.
Great pic of the Reynard and story! Would love to see any more from this period if you have them buried away. I didn't realise that Jandals worked with Radisich back then. He did the setup of my Van Diemen Stealth when i first raced Formula Ford.I know I have pictures of Atlantic cars from the 90's, I just need to find them!
I did find this one of one of the Radisich Reynards:
Thats Lou Schollum sitting in the seat, I dont remember who else was working on the car that year, it looks like it could be Jandals and Gary Petersen?
I know I have pictures of the Pope cars somewhere, but I couldnt find them today. The colors were the same as what is on the transporter in this pic:
There is a great video of Verstappen in the atlantics here:
You can also see Camerons POPE Reynard in it in front of verstappen as well as Baird in the other 92H Reynard.
As well as the chassis number of Radisich's 90H Reynard I am also keen to find out the chassis number of Cameron's 92H Reynard.
I'll see if Steve remembers the chassis number and ask him where the car went.
The Pope cars had gone by the time I got there in 1994, Steve ran a guy by the name of Bert Hart in a Ralt in 1993, as well as doing a very limited season himself in a new American built chassis, the Raven. A very cool car with a lot of new (at the time) ideas. Unfortunately there was no budget for testing and development, so the car didnt realise its potential.
Thats a pretty car, too bad it was never developed to its full potential.I'll see if Steve remembers the chassis number and ask him where the car went.
The Pope cars had gone by the time I got there in 1994, Steve ran a guy by the name of Bert Hart in a Ralt in 1993, as well as doing a very limited season himself in a new American built chassis, the Raven. A very cool car with a lot of new (at the time) ideas. Unfortunately there was no budget for testing and development, so the car didnt realise its potential.
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