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21 Jun 2011, 08:20
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Motor Racing in the 70's
I took this photo at Oulton Park in September 1979. I think this is Warren Booth in the Shadow nearest.
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21 Jun 2011, 09:10
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Are you sure that's Oulton Park?
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21 Jun 2011, 09:21
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Looks like it to me, the old pedestrian bridge would be to the right of the photographer.
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21 Jun 2011, 10:45
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It looks similar but I don't remember race control looking like that and the Paddock looks very empty.
I found this from about 1975
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21 Jun 2011, 11:54
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Surely the photographer would know where he was when he took it though chaps? 
The far distance does look like the wooded bit at the end of Clay Hill into and around Druids?
The only other places that bit looks like is either Croft or maybe Aintree?
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21 Jun 2011, 12:05
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That's definately Croft. Not sure if it was 1979.
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21 Jun 2011, 12:36
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I suspect it is late 1978 or 1979 and that the bright yellow Shadow is Phil Bennett's DN3. The red Chevron may be George McMillan's B35.
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21 Jun 2011, 12:42
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Or Bernard Hunter, Allen, he had B35-10 in '78. Not sure about the Argo behind though, I wonder if it could be the FSV JM4 of Bruce Venn (??). If so, it would make it '79, and you were right, the B35 would be McMillan. Assuming its Croft, it maybe a combined Libre/FSV race as a guess. Intriguing pic indeed!
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21 Jun 2011, 12:54
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Croft - I'm not going mad after all
I agree with Bruce Venn's Super Vee Argo.
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/a...untitled10.jpg
(Picture taken from the Olly Hollamby thread)
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21 Jun 2011, 14:16
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I sit corrected! But it did look a bit like Oulton didnt it? Just a little?
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22 Jun 2011, 11:22
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I sit corrected! But it did look a bit like Oulton didnt it? Just a little?
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22 Jun 2011, 12:50
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22 Jun 2011, 13:33
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I didn't think it could have been Warren Booth, as the driver shown could see over the steering wheel!
(Apologies to Warren, but it was a standing joke with my mates when we were spectating when he raced, that it was either Warren Booth, Jimmy Clitheroe, or a 12 year old boy driving the car as he was somewhat vertically challenged!)
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22 Jun 2011, 14:18
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A few more photos. Atlantics at Brands 1973.
Peter Wardle leads, John Nicholson, Geoff Friswell with Stan Matthews and David Purley further back.
Special Saloons at the same meeting.
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22 Jun 2011, 15:14
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I thought it was Oulton where the bridge used to be. More likely it could be Aintree than Croft. I used to watch after the Esses at Croft or later on the Chicane.
I've pics from Oulton on the rest of the film.
Andy.
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