September 2016 Issue 6

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**CONGRATULATIONS**

Many congratulations to Dick Coffey who has had a solid season and domination - a well-deserved Champion for 2016.

In This Issue:

 Congratulations

 Race Write Up  Results  Gallery  Caption Comp  Press  HRS Socialising  Yearbook  News  Next Race  For Sale  Thank You’s

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Race Write Up

Oulton Park Gold Cup John Davison qualified on pole with impressive time 1:58.872 with Peter Shaw 2nd and Keki 3rd. Keki pipped Peter on the last lap to take P2. Mike Eagles in his Mangusta, who has been suffering brake issues most of the season, appears to have sorted those and qualified P5 with a time of 2:04.248 a mighty impressive time for a beast like that. Dick Coffey claimed Class E pole in a time of 2:09.557. All he had to do to secure the overall championship for the year was to make the start; however, in usual fashion, he was dominant in Class E and won the Class and in turn has won the championship for the year. He last won the championship in 2003. For the race, Keki took a jump on John Davison and Peter Shaw at the start. Shaw and Davison tussled for a couple of laps which allowed Keki to lead. Then Davison gradually reeled in the Morgan on lap 4 and made a late braking move into Lodge to slightly nudge ahead and then the pair drag- raced across the finish line into Old Hall bend, but Davison could not hold onto the position. On lap 5 exactly the same happened again. On lap 6, Davison went on the outside of Keki at Druids effectively drove on the marbles which put him in a spin and back behind Shaw. A re-run of the beginning of the race where Davison had to get passed Shaw which he did and once again reeled in the Moran again. On the last lap as they started to cross the line; the Elan tried the same move on Lodge but this time on the outside, the pair then drag raced to the finish with 0.01 seconds in it. Phew! The closest finish of the season.

TV coverage for HSCC Oulton Park Gold Cup The Oulton Park Gold Cup, a key date in the Historic Sports Car Club’s 50th anniversary season will feature in a dedicated hour- long programme on Motors TV on Saturday (24 September). Building on the success of the programmes produced from the HSCC’s 50th anniversary race meetings at Castle Combe, and Croft, SSTV filmed the race action and have produce a magazine-style programme, which will first be broadcast at 12.40pm on the afternoon of Saturday 24 September.

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Results

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Gallery

What a fabulous grid of mixed beauties

The XK of Chris Scholey looked wonderful Tim Pearce made a welcome return to HRS following his impressive run at Cadwell earlier in the year, he has promised to return for the finals at Silverstone…haven’t you Tim!!!!

Peter Shaw hot on the heels of the Keki Morgan Keki gets off quick at the start of a thrilling race

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Christopher Reece was the fastest of the B’s Nick’s Camaro looks “Savage” as it crests the brow of the hill

Ooops! The XK of Chris Scholey

Mike Eagles was on fire all weekend, he set an incredible A three wheeling Keki rings the neck of his Plus 8 to stay lap time of 2:04 in his might Mangusta… watch out boys, ahead of the John Davison Elan Mike is coming!

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Photo Courtesy of Mick Walker

The Gold Cup always draws big crowds and HRS put on a great display for the fans

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“I like trees as they hide the excessive arm waving celebrations of the rapidly disappearing Kivlochan...”

Quote from John Davison

“I know that you will not be able to resist printing the pictures of my failed attempt to overtake you in Druids, but this is my preferred photo of my race at Oulton taken a few laps later.....” Quote from John Davison

Keki and Richard Walbyoff following the closest HRS finish of 2016

Close finish ... just 0.18 of a second!

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We were very privileged to have our podium awards presented by Natalie Goodwin who is most famous for racing in Formula 3 in the 1960s. The British Women Racing Drivers' Club's annual racing trophy is named after her.

Natalie was from a background that was both privileged and sporty. Her mother, Marjorie, was a member of the Cussons family, and the Marketing Director of the Cussons toiletry firm in the 1970s. She played hockey for England. Natalie's cousin, Nick Cussons, started racing GT cars in 1959. However, her initial first love was music; she played piano to concert standard, and performed in a jazz band with her brother. After losing a fingertip in an accident involving a door, she had to stop playing professionally, and seek other things to do.

She bought her first racing car in 1961, when she was twenty-one years old. It was a boyfriend, rather than any of her relatives, that stirred her interest in . Her racing career started very badly, reversing into a pit wall at Silverstone, but she carried on and finished the race, not even in last place. Among her first cars were a Mini Cooper, Mini Marcos and an Austin-Healey 3000. Soon, she was winning club races.

For the first few years of her racing career, she often drove Lotus cars. The 7, initially painted black, carried her through her many of her early days in British club racing. Between 1962 and 1964, she raced the car both as a self-entry, and as part of the Ashley Smithy Garage team, which necessitated a change of paintwork to a McLaren-esque orange. The three drivers used custom number plates for racing, reading "NAT1" (Natalie), NIT1 and NUT1. As well as racing for Ashley Smithy, she worked for them, handling paperwork.

In 1964, she bought a Lotus 7/20, one of only two built, although at least four replicas were produced. It was a Lotus 7 with independent rear suspension and the brakes from a Lotus 20 . Hers had previously been owned and raced by Colin Chapman, David Porter and Wendy Hamblin. She sold her original 7 to the team, and kept the 7/20 for three seasons, before selling it to an American collector.

1965 was the year that she switched her attention to single-seater racing, acquiring the first of her Brabham Formula 3 cars. Not stopping there, she purchased two more, and set up her own three-driver team to take on the European Formula 3 circuit, along with her brother. John Cardwell and Dave Rees were her other drivers. Managing the paperwork at Ashley Smithy had proved to be useful training.

Her first outing on the European stage appears to have been the Pau Grand Prix, which she entered in a Brabham BT15, but did not qualify for. Her first Formula 3 finish was at Magny-Cours, where she was twelfth. The best of the Goodwin Racing Brabhams was driven by John Cardwell, who was third. Goodwin Racing then took three cars to Zolder, and Dave Rees was third, in a BT9. Natalie had planned to race, but did not. The team had its best race of the year at Chimay, the Grand Prix des Frontières: John Cardwell won, Natalie was seventh and Dave Rees, ninth. At Caserta, John Cardwell was second. Natalie did not finish, despite coming third in her heat.

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It was a similar story at Monza, although Natalie did not qualify this time. None of the Goodwin cars finished at Rouen, and the team then pulled out of the Ville Nevers Grand Prix, at Magny Cours. A few more entries for John Cardwell followed, but Natalie did not race herself.

As well as its European forays, the team competed on and off in F3 in Britain. Natalie's best finishes were a pair of second places, at Oulton Park and Aintree, which she earned in 750MC and BARC races. She was also seventh in a BARC event at Aintree.

Goodwin Racing went even more international in 1966, starting the year with a race in Buenos Aires for John Cardwell. He contested the Argentine F3 series in a BT15, with some top-five finishes. After this, he parted ways with Natalie and her team.

At Pau, a Brabham BT18, driven by Charles Crichton-Stuart, was added to the team. He had moved over from Stirling Moss's SMART team. Natalie, driving a similar car, made her first appearance at the Barcelona GP, but did not finish. Monza in May was a similar scenario. Natalie's first finish of the year was at Chimay again, where she was thirteenth. She did not qualify at La Châtre, after not finishing her heat, and lost out at Vallelunga, too. At Caserta, Charles Crichton-Stuart broke into the top ten, but Natalie struggled again. Neither BT18 qualified at Monza in June. Driving solo, Natalie entered the 1900 F3 championship in , and finished fifteenth at Rouen. After another couple of DNQs, she was tenth at Hockenheim, in the Touring Car Grand Prix support race. After another couple of disappointments, Natalie earned another finish at Zolder, a fifteenth place. This was during a spell of competition in Belgium with Charles Crichton-Stuart, and it was her last finish of the year.

As well as the European calendar, Goodwin Racing was a semi-regular presence in British Formula 3, with either Natalie or Charles Crichton-Stuart as driver. Natalie's British season did not really get going until late on, and she managed a best result of fifth, in the Louth Trophy at Cadwell Park. She was also eighth at Silverstone and .

The following year, she proved she could cut it as a driver as well as a team owner, and apparently won her first major F3 race. Unfortunately, the details of where this win happened are proving hard to find.

In the UK, Goodwin Racing was mostly represented by Natalie, as a single-car entry. She was particularly effective at the more northerly circuits, such as Oulton Park and Rufforth, close to her Cheshire home, and particularly after she swapped the BT18 for a newer BT21. Her best result was third, at Oulton Park.

In Europe, she dismissed the BT18 and made her debut in May, at her favoured circuit of Chimay, in her new car. She was fourteenth overall. At the Prix de Paris at Montlhéry, she was third in the "B" race, which left her classified 21st in the main standings. A fifth followed at La Châtre, at the beginning of June. A run in the Coupe de Paris gave her an eleventh place in September.

After running a car in the Argentine championship the previous year, Natalie got to drive there herself in 1967. Her best result was seventh, at Mar del Plata.

The same year, she tried her hand at endurance racing, and entered the Spa 24 Hours. She drove a Goodwin Racing Ford Lotus Cortina with Cyril Williams. They finished, but were unclassified. A second Goodwin Racing Lotus Cortina did not get to the end.

In 1968, she had another go at endurance racing, sharing Jean Denton's MGB at the Nürburgring 1000km. They did not finish. Jean and Natalie had previously raced against each other in Formula 3, in 1965.

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For much of the year, she was still campaigning the BT21 for Goodwin Racing. In the UK, they entered the MCD Lombank Championship, with principal driver, Cyd Williams. Williams served the team well, winning some races, but Natalie was no slouch behind the wheel either, earning herself a second and third at Oulton Park, her favourite British circuit, and a fourth at Rufforth.

During the early part of the season, she raced in Spain, but struggled to qualify or finish her races there. In April, accepting a drive from the Paul Watson Racing Organisation, she was fourth in the Sprite Cup, at Jyllandsring. She was also eleventh at Roskilde, driving a BT21 for Tony Birchenough's team. As a Goodwin Racing entry, she was eighth and seventh in the Prix de Paris races at Montlhéry. A couple of weeks later, she was fourth again at Jyllandsring. At the start of June, she was sixth at Chimay, another circuit at which she usually ran well. During the year, she also raced in Portugal and Finland, although she did not do as well there.

Natalie and Cyd Williams continued as a two-car Goodwin team for the 1969 season. Driving the BT21, Natalie was ninth at Barcelona in May. Later in the month, Chimay gave her a seventh place, and she was ninth at Reims in June. She did enter more races, in France and Sweden, but either did not finish, or did not qualify. That year, she competed at Monaco, and was almost prevented from starting by police, who refused to believe she was a genuine driver. ended up vouching for her.

British F3 was not her major priority in 1969, although her team remained a regular presence. A Chevron had been added to the Goodwin stable, which was driven by Alan Rollinson, among others. Natalie declined to race herself for most of the season, although she put in an appearance at the Oulton Park BARC race, and was sixth overall.

1969 was her last season of active competition. During her time in F3, she had raced against the likes of Piers Courage, François Cevert, and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, sometimes getting the better of them.

Between 1964 and 1967, she was Britain's highest-performing female driver, and won many awards from the British Women Racing Drivers' Club, of which she was a founder member, alongside Mary Wheeler. In recognition of her success, the BWRDC awarded their original racing trophy to her in perpetuity. Natalie responded by donating three silver trophies to the club, which are still named the Goodwin Trophies, and are awarded to this day. She was also a Vice-Chairman of the club for many years.

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Caption Competition

The winner of an HRS baseball cap from Issue 5 is ANDY SHEPHERD. *** Congratulations!!! ***

“I thought I had something up my sleeve to allow me to out brake Keki – where has it gone?”

Please caption this photo - winner will be announced in the next issue.

Send your entries to: [email protected] Winner gets an HRS baseball cap!

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Press

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HRS Socialising

HRS BBQ (Saturday 27th) Special thanks must go to Mike Eagles for supplying the food and drink and manning the BBQ.

Competitors enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of the BBQ on Saturday evening

Yearbooks

*** The HRS 2015 Yearbook is now available to buy *** www.charliewooding.co.uk

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News

The David Barraclough Trophy Class reps met at Oulton Park and the unanimous decision was Tony Davis to win the trophy this year for his consistent enthusiasm and support to the champs. Congratulations Tony!

Class Reps Class C rep Bob Pomeroy is standing down. Many thanks for everything he’s done. Peter Shaw has volunteered for 2017. If there is anyone that would like to be considered for this role, please let me know before the Drivers’ Meeting at Silverstone where we will be able to take a vote.

Registrar Dave Randall will be standing down as registrar. So much thanks must go to Dave for all the years of service. Tony Davis has put his name forward. Again, if anyone would like to put their name in the “hat”, please let me know before the Drivers’ Meeting.

Chairman for 2017 I am coming to the end of my 2nd year as Chairman. During this time, we have secured more sponsors, produced posters, team jackets and baseball caps. I’m happy to stand for a 3rd year. However, if you would like to stand, please put your name forward before the Drivers’ Meeting.

TV coverage for HSCC Croft weekend The Historic Sports Car Club’s 50th anniversary race meeting at Croft (6/7 August) featured in a dedicated hour-long programme on Motors TV.

Building on the success of the programmes produced from the HSCC’s Castle Combe meeting in April and the Legends of Brands Hatch event in July, SSTV filmed the race action at Croft and have produced a magazine-style programme which was broadcast at 4.20pm on the afternoon of Saturday 17th September. The programme is likely to have several repeats and will also be available for viewing on-line via YouTube and the HSCC’s social media platforms.

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Drivers Meeting at Silverstone The location is to be advised in due course but is expected to be around 12 Noon on Sunday 16th October, where we will discuss the items on the Agenda below. If you have anything further you would like raised, please email Keki prior to the meeting – [email protected].

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Next Race

Silverstone Finals

15th / 16th October 2016

There is pre-race testing available which can be booked directly with Silverstone.

FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER SESSION CIRCUIT PRICE GROUP 4 x 40 mins Closed Wheel inc sport prototypes International Circuit £299 2 x 25 mins Open Wheel International Circuit £129 4 x 45 mins Close Wheel - Pre 1984 only National Circuit £259 4x 45 mins Open Wheel - Pre 1984 Historic Cars inc National Circuit £259 sports prototypes

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For Sale

Historic MG Lenham Le Mans Coupe The last official conversion by the Lenham Motor Co.

A historic race car for most of its time, starting life as a historic rally car, campaigned by Gordon Howie (old FIVA papers included).

Latterly bought by Barrie "Whizzo" Williams and subsequently bought by myself from Barrie. A fully race prepared car looked after by CCK Historic.

A class winning car, winning the overall Class E HRS championship. Prepared to HSCC HRS specification (HVIF papers), but also compatible with many other series including the HRDC.

Letter on file confirming that this was the last official conversion to Le Mans Coupe spec by the Lenham Motor Company.

Race specification available on request.

GBP 28,000

Enquiries to: Ian Burford ACII Phone: +44 (0) 20 7903 7376 Mobile: +44 (0) 7980 296 749 Email: [email protected]

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JSJ 288 - Morgan Plus 4 Supersports

Introduced at the 1950 Motor Show, the Morgan Plus 4 was designed as a more powerful sibling for the 4/4 model. Powered by the robust Standard-Triumph 4-cylinder engine as opposed to the 4/4's Ford power unit, it retained the original pre-war styling until significant styling changes in late 1953 introduced a curved radiator cowl, which is very much as it is today.

Body changes were not the only improvements made to the Plus 4 over the years as its strong competition pedigree prompted improvements to its engine and specification culminating in its peak of development with the Super Sports model introduced in February 1961.

Only 103 Super Sports were made between 1961 and 1968 and they are the most desirable of all Morgan models due to their competition successes at most of the major international races throughout the 1960's.

'JSJ 288' is better known as "The Black Car" was painstakingly rebuilt from the ground up over a period of 6 years as an exact Super Sports replica with low line bodywork panelled in aluminum. "The Black Car" also has a pair of original leather trimmed Super Sports seats. She was completed in 2006.

"The Black Car" was a regular on the grid with the HSCC in Historic Roadsports but has also competed in the prestigious Equipe GTS series both here in the UK and at Le Mans. In addition, the car has raced with the Morgan Challenge as well as all the Techniques Trophy races at Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone and the inaugural Tucker Trophy at Brands Hatch in 2009. 'JSJ' has been raced more recently in 2015 at The Goodwood Members Meeting as well as Spa, The Silverstone Classic, Donnington, Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting and many other prestigious events.

She has been recently upgraded with a full TR Enterprise Steel engine and JB Gearbox (at a cost of over £30,000.00) both with only 5 races and less than 25 running hours. She has a new hardtop with custom made roll bar, new race adjustable Shock absorbers and 4 new wire wheels shod with Avons which have only done one race.

In 2015 this highly competitive car has had Class wins at Silverstone and Brands Hatch in HSCC Roadsports and wants for nothing to compete successfully in 2016!

£79,995.00 ono spare engine available by separate negotiation.

It can be viewed at Richard Thorne's Reading - telephone: 07781 100630 or [email protected]

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Thank You’s

Our Sponsors

Many thanks to Charlie Wooding for all photos

Please do take a look for your car on his website, there are some great shots!

www.charliewooding.co.uk

For more details about the HSCC, please visit www.hscc.org.uk

Details about the individual championships can be found at: www.historicff.co.uk www.historicroadsports.com www.70sroadsports.co.uk Historic Sports Car Club , Silverstone, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN Email: [email protected] Tel: 01327 858 400 The views and opinions expressed in this Newsletter are solely those of the original authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of the HSCC.