OK, time for another batch of 1960s Australian motorsport photos from the stunning Bruce Wells Collection. This is the second part (but not final) of the Oran Park instalment, with all of these photos from events held during 1965. The first batch are from a meeting held in March 1965, the second batch from May 1965.
I'll need some help with these, so please jump in and ID cars and drivers.
Fred Gibson leads in the Lotus in the first shot. Can any of your humpy Holden enthusiasts ID some of these wayward FX's?
And these are the last from the March 1965 event:
OK, here we go again:
Fred Gibson (Elan), Bob Beasley and Les Howard in the 1100cc Lotus 23.Originally posted by Steve Holmes
OK, here we go again:
The humpy with #119 is the late Warren Weldon. The one with #78 looks like Bruce Stewart. The Wolsely is the late Barry Sharp and the Turner is Wal Donelly. All of the Bruce Wells photos are just fantastic!!
Dale.
Last edited by Dale Harvey; 09-24-2012 at 10:05 PM.
fantastic pics, I miss Oran Park
Neale, glad you enjoyed them.
Dale, many thanks for filling in the blanks. Those humpy Holdens were so popular during this period, there must have been hundreds of them racing in Australia. A bit like HQ Holden racing 30 years later.
I did, I found some old (well not as old as these) pics from the last days at Oran Park. That I can post in another section if anyones interested. I always tried to get to as many races as I could out there. I saw so many cars & trucks come to grief on that wall that the old holden smashed intoOriginally Posted by Steve Holmes
Would love to see those Neale, do you have anything from the 1980s?
Hi everyone!!! Thanks Steve!! I am able to post now!!
I came across this site when I was looking for some video or pictures of my dads crash.. and I found hm!! The No.13 Holden crash was my Dad!!! It has always been one of his favourite stories to tell from his car racing days!! He walked away with just a scratch on his left elbow- and his shirt was wrecked from the battery acid from the battery in the back seat. Apprently one of his mates hurt himself more scrambling over a barbed wire fence to get to Dad to check he was ok!!! In the 3rd picture it looks like my Dad checking out the car afterwards.. but Im not 100% sure.
I am still searching for the video footage of the crash.. but I am so excited to find the pictures!!! If anyone has any idea of where I could even start looking for the footage I would be really appriciative!! The crash was spectacular, Dad rolled nose to tail about 5 times before rolling sideways and hitting the wall.. it all started coz he came through the corner in a slide and then clipped the wall!!
And since that day... 13 has always been his "Lucky Number!!!" lol
Also Steve.. is it ok if I copy these photos for my Dad and also to put on facebook?? Thought I would check before I do it
Last edited by Katti; 10-10-2012 at 11:30 AM.
OK, now these photos are from a May 1965 meeting:
Any clue's as to who this is? And did he get out OK?
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