September 2016 Issue 6 *Connect with Kevin Kivlochan on Facebook for further HRS updates* **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 HRS News Page 2 September 2016 Issue 6 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, Brands Hatch 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. HRS News Page 3 September 2016 Issue 6 Results HRS News Page 4 September 2016 Issue 6 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 HRS News Page 5 September 2016 Issue 6 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! HRS News Page 6 September 2016 Issue 6 Photo Courtesy of Mick Walker The Gold Cup always draws big crowds and HRS put on a great display for the fans HRS News Page 7 September 2016 Issue 6 “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! HRS News Page 8 September 2016 Issue 6 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 motorsport. 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 Formula Junior. 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. HRS News Page 9 September 2016 Issue 6 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 France, and finished fifteenth at Rouen.