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Tag Archive | "Sir Jack Brabham"
MOFFATT & FRENCH REUNITE FOR GTHO CELEBRATIONS
The famous all-Ford XY GTHO ‘front-row‘ of the 1971 Hardie Ferodo 500 grid at Bathurst will be re-formed at this year’s Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 18-20. Race winner Allan Moffat and his factory Ford team-mate John French will be together again at the meeting to mark the 40th anniversary of both the famous Phase III XY GTHO and its finest racing hour. Around 40 XY GT and GTHO Falcons will be on display to celebrate the historic occasion. Meanwhile a series of limited edition prints on canvas by artist Mike Harbar depicting the three leading XY GTHO Falcons of Allan Moffat, John French and Fred Gibson in ‘The Dipper’ on the first lap of Bathurst in 1971 will be auctioned at the meeting. Queenslander John French, who qualified his XY GTHO alongside Moffat for the ’71 Bathurst, is the official Patron of the 2011 Phillip Island Classic.
Continue reading...In Pit Lane December 7 Sir Stirling Moss
Sunday, December 19, 2010
The legendary Sir Stirling Moss was in Melbourne for the first ever Motorclassica at the Royal Exhibition Building. Sir Stirling talks about his career, Fangio, Le Mans and his return to racing with Sir Jack Brabham at Bathurst. Oh, and CRUMPET!
Continue reading...NEW McLAREN DVD RELEASED: Your chance to win!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
From the most humble of beginnings in the quiet town of Remuera, New Zealand, Bruce McLaren went on to become a major force in International motorsport. Today his name lives on in the championship winning cars of Formula One as well as a growing sportscar empire. Now the popular Australian magazine Motorsport Legends has produced a stunning [...]
Continue reading...THE THUNDER ROLLS ON DESPITE V8 ISLAND RAID
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
It's now been confirmed, the V8 supercars will race at Phillip Island in November, the same weekend as the traditional Historic Sandown, Return of the Thunder. The Island race will feature two sprint races under the banner of the Phillip Island 300. Confirmation of the race has came as a huge blow to the Victorian Historic Racing Register who will clearly lose spectators and possibly trackside officials as a result of the clash. It'll be a big weekend for local marshals with a round of the Victorian Motor Racing Championships also on at Winton that weekend.
Continue reading...ACL IN LIQUIDATION: FAMOUS ENGINE BUILDER TO FOLD ?
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Australian Automotive and aftermarket performance parts manufacturers ACL have gone in to voluntary liquidation. The company which was born out of the famous Repco brand - the people responsible for Sir Jack Brabham's world championship winning engine and Formula 5000 power units - filed for liquidation today leaving 200 jobs in doubt. The liquidation comes only two month after an injection of Seven Million dollars of taxpayer funds.
Continue reading...BRABHAM RETURNS TO AUSSIE RACETRACKS
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The most famous name in Australian Motorsport will return to the nation's racetracks, as Matthew Brabham contests a limited Formula Ford campaign in the Victorian State Circuit Racing Championship. Brabham, son of Le Mans 24 hour winner Geoff, will race with the support of Melbourne's Kangan-Batman TAFE and their Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE). Speaking at a launch held at the ACE, Matthew told the assembled crowd that despite the remarkable achievements of his famous Grandfather, Father and Uncles, his inspiration to race came from his Mother. “As I grew up I watched my Mother competing in Jet Ski races in America, it was there I got into the whole racing bug.” he said. Despite carrying such a famous name, the 15 year old says he is feeling no extra pressure to perform. “I'm just the same as everybody else, I've been racing karts for seven years, just trying it out and to get into the whole atmosphere of what my family's been doing for so long.” he said. Matthew's Father Geoff said that he hadn't encouraged his son to follow in the family footsteps but he was happy to give his son his full support. I tried to get a tennis racquet in to his hand, I tried everything I possibly could” he said jokingly. “ But my wife was racing Jet Skis when he was like three or four years old so that didn't help either. We tried very hard to get him interested in something else but unfortunately we failed miserably.” With so many racers in the family Matthew has no shortage of career advice, although he's admitted that he may not necessarily listen to all of it. “My Granddad (3 times World F1 Champion Sir Jack) gives me Grandfather type advice, he says just go for it, my Dad is a bit more professional talking about marketing, presenting yourself and also racecraft, but it's very hard to relay over information and tips from other generations... road racing has changed so much from when my Grandfather was doing it.” Matthew tested the new car at Winton the following morning and could make his debut at the next round of the Victorian State Series at Sandown on July 18 and 19.
Continue reading...BRABHAM FAMILY NOT A PART OF GRAND PRIX COMEBACK
Friday, June 5, 2009
The Brabham family have distanced themselves from an attempt by an organisation calling itself Brabham Grand Prix Ltd. to bring the iconic name back to F1. In a statement issued last night the Brabham family expressed their surprise at the news that an entry has been submitted for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship by Formtech with the intention of operating as Brabham Grand Prix Limited. "The family would like to make it clear that they are in no way involved with Brabham Grand Prix Limited and received no consultation regarding the company’s plans to resurrect their historic name in Formula One." the statement said. The family is taking legal advice and will take necessary steps to protect their name, reputation and its goodwill. The new Brabham Grand Prix team is led by by German entrepreneur Franz Hilmer, owner of Formtech GmbH, a machine tool business based in Germany. Australian Mark Preston, formerly the technical director of Super Aguri will be technical director. Preston was previously with Super Aguri and the new team says it will operate out of that teams former home, the Leafield Technical Centre. The announcement of the possible return of the Brabham name to F1 came only an hour before the announcement in Melbourne that 15 year old Matthew Brabham, son of Le Mans winner Geoff and the Grandson of three time World Champion Sir Jack, would soon make his Australian circuit racing debut in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship.
Continue reading...BRABHAM SNUBBED BY HOME GRAND PRIX
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Next weekend at Sebring in the USA the achivements of Australia's own three times World Champion Sir Jack Brabham will be honoured on the 50th anniversary of his first title win. No such fuss in his home country as Australia's most celebrated racer hasn't even been invited to this year's Australian Grand Prix. According to Ian Tate of the Victorian Historic Racing Register, of which Sir Jack is Patron, as of Monday night Sir Jack had not received any invitation to the event. Brabham is Australia's most famous and successful international racing driver with three World Titles including two in cars of his own manufacture. His legendary status though is celebrated more outside of his home nation than it is in it. At Sebring, Sir Jack's son David, a champion international driver in his own right will drive his Father's winning Cooper Climax to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of his first World Title. One would hope that Sir Jacks snub is an unfortunate oversight on the part of Grand Prix organisers and one which we have no doubt will be fixed very soon.
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