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David Riswick is the head honcho at John Woolfe
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Cobra |
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Time to have a look back at some of the
older shots in the collection again.
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Quartermaster |
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I mentioned on page 1 of this collection that the Quartermaster car of 1970 met with an accident at the top end at Santa Pod which led to its replacement for 1971 with the Hot Wheels sponsored top fuel dragster. Here are some pictures of the damage taken by Dave Riswick. |
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The car would have looked all right from the back if it weren't for all that scrap metal in the cockpit. |
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Quartermaster turns its wheels for the last time as it gets towed back to the pits. There is a positive Who's Who of 1970 UK drag racing personalities on the back of the pickup, from left to right - the late Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge, Freddie Whittle, no ID, Mark Stratton, Clive Skilton and Bruce Brown. |
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To finish this section, here is three
quarters of the original Quartermaster team taken in happier times at Santa Pod
in 1970. |
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Hot Wheels Team |
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The next set of pictures (all of which
were scanned from contact prints so please excuse the quality) were taken at RAF
Upper Heyford (actually a USAF base) on a rainy day in 1971. The photo
shoot was arranged by Ed Shaver for Hot Car magazine but in the event the
pictures were taken by a USAF photographer because the aircraft (a General
Dynamics F-111 fighter-bomber) was top secret at the time. I therefore have no
idea who the copyright holder is and hope that they have no objection to the
pictures being reproduced here. |
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Not the familiar 1970s drag racing face mask but a much more high altitude version belonging to the base commander (Lt Colonel Jude McNamara of the USAF 77th Tactical Fighter Wing) who decided to get in a bit of seat time while the opportunity presented itself. |
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In the background is Ed Shaver's road
legal AMX powered by a 390" 550 bhp American Motors V8 fitted with Venolia
pistons, Crower cam, 4 barrel Holley carb and Dougs headers. |
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Elvington World Records Weekend 1972 |
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On the weekend of 30 September / 1 October 1972 the JWR team took Mr Six to Elvington with the intention of capturing the world record for the standing start quarter mile. Irven Axe is re-setting the parachute cable after the first run as Dennis Priddle sits atop the roll cage. 'Powerful Pierre' Peter Quinn is in the background on the right. |
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From left to right above : Pete Stanford, Terry Axe's wife, Dennis Priddle and Irven Axe. That is Terry Axe on the far right of the right hand picture. |
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The RAC stewards would not allow burn outs over the start line and therefore Dennis Priddle elected to burn out diagonally in order to get as close to the line as he could with as much rubber laid down as possible. |
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Another burn out from Dennis Priddle and Mr Six. Terry Axe is behind the car holding the Mr Gasket Grip Juice, his brother Irven is in the foreground together with two of the RAC stewards. |
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Mission accomplished and world record
secured with runs of 6.65 and 6.75 seconds giving a two way average of 6.70
seconds. |
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Pete Stanford, Dennis Priddle and Dave Riswick pose with the silverware at Santa Pod in 1971. |
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