Quote Originally Posted by Steve Emson View Post
Re Kerry Grant, Dad has always spoken very highly of Kerry. I think it goes back to the A40?? days. Of course my Dad was my hero as you would expect, as I know just how good he was and could be if he applied himself, but Dad being Dad, he just bought a car , never did anything much to it, maybe knock the hubcaps off, and race it. He never did any development to any of his cars, that did annoy me as a boy a little. In equal cars, he was very fast........................, just seat of the pants talent. The interesting thing is he highly respected several drivers. I always listened very carefully to what he said.
Steve, the main thing is yr Dad did well what he did & I would say enjoyed it to boot, today as we know its a different ball game even at club level the fun has drifted away as egos get high.I have a news paper cutting of [pic] Ralf , Ernie & JR at Levels the 3 standing on podium.
Yes Kerry raced two A 40s one had Denny Hulmes 1000cc formular junior engine I only found that out yesterday, i only really got to know Kerry when he raced the ex UK lotus cortina owned by len southward I would have been about 10 yrs old , later he did some puke long distance races, plus the xu1 gtx only to get punted by Leo at Bay Park when sitting side ways on the track with Leo know where to go was not a good day & also a brabham he raced here & an other single seater that turned into nothing , & a few races in aussie he lost nerve when a friend got killed in an other brabham [I think] in front of him, Roly told me the same story, would not be easy but can see Roly forging a head in same meeting if memory correct warrick farm was the track, gee we are drifting back now in time but hey its all good .
Have you meet up with Steve Hammond [ex kiwi Tauranga] over there he is right into Realestate,cars , boats etc , always nice to catch up with you Steve , take it easy .....Grant .....ps tell me a bit more about yr Falcon you [raced]
You mentioned you could have bought Jims Mustang some years ago , a fellow pre 65 Competitor restored ithere know doubt you know the story, I meet up with Jim [as him & Gary were good friends on & off the track ] at Dennys funeral we went into town [Tauranga] him my self & Brian [the syndney based ford wrecker] it was a BIG Night still talked about if you do see him give him my hello. ok mate this time.............. Grant