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SANTA POD RACEWAY, 19 MARCH 1972 |
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The bike on the left is Norman Hyde's Roadrunner III powered by a 741cc blown Triumph. |
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No problems with ID here - this is the iconic Alleycat Fordson van campaigned by the team of Malcolm Beakhurst, Steve Gillian, Chris Wilson and Malcolm Watts. Alleycat was powered by a Jaguar lump. |
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An unlikely contest on the face of it perhaps so probably a qualifying session. Dave Stone is driving the Stones' team's Senior Competition Altered which would later become known as the legendary Tee-Rat. |
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This is Tony Anderson at the wheel, or should that be butterfly, of his 2994cc supercharged V6 Ford-powered dragster which he called Trouble, probably for good reason . . . |
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CC/MSP2 is Bill Marshall's 4700cc TVR. |
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Thom Marshall's 5700cc Plymouth Barracuda seems to be suffering a bit as it approaches the top end. |
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SANTA POD RACEWAY, 16 APRIL 1972 |
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Clive Skilton debuted this UK-built rear engined dragster called Revolution 3 in 1972 in order to become the first European driver into the six-second zone. He failed because Dennis Priddle beat him to it - that's drag racing! |
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The legendary Dennis 'Stormin' Norman on board his supercharged twice Triumph 650cc-engined bike he named Conquest. |
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Stu Bentley rode another blown bike with two 650cc Triumph lumps, he called his machine Centaurus. |
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This is Bernie White on Endeavour his supercharged 500cc Triumph. He is busy warming the slick in the time-honoured way before rolling burn outs became the norm for fuel bikes. |
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There have been a huge variety of power plants installed in bikes over the years. Maurice Castle's machine sported a 1300cc Ford lump. Why not? |
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A very serious looking Norman Hyde launches his 741cc blown Triumph Roadrunner III for another blast down the quarter mile. |
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This car was originally built by Mark Stratton and campaigned by the John Woolfe Racing team usually with Dennis Priddle at the helm. |
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Now for two of the truly iconic competition altereds of the early 1970s. |
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And here is another shot of the Alleycat Fordson van which was also Jaguar-powered. Alleycat was campaigned by the team of Malcolm Beakhurst, Steve Gillian, Chris Wilson and Malcolm Watts. |
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This is quite rare picture of 'King' Harold Bull's double engined Stripduster rail which sported two 1000cc Austin/Morris engines. |
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MARTLESHAM HEATH, 30 APRIL 1972 |
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This is Pete Skinner driving his 3800cc Jaguar-powered Midas Mist altered. The body is believed to be from a Buckler kit car. |
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You used to get a few circuit racing cars turning up at the drags in the early days. |
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Cliff Jones and Mike Treutlein's Crescent Coupe Fiat Topolino-bodied competition dragster. The car was powered by a 5 litre Chevrolet. There is an article about this car written by Mike Lintern and originally published in Custom Car magazine which you can read by clicking here. |
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This is probably Mike Aitken at the wheel of the TVR. No ID for the Mustang but the meeting report mentions Ivan Fryer and Dave Quijada both driving 'Stangs. |
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No ID for the Camaro but again the meeting report says Jim Read was there driving one. |
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Mike Aitken again and another |
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My thanks to Clive Rooms and Jon Spoard's Event Entry Lists |
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