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14 Aug 2023, 14:22 (Ref:4172746) | #1 | ||
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Peter Baldwin
Legendary Mini racer and ace engine tuner Peter Baldwin has passed away. Always a gentleman on and off the track. Rip Pete you will definitely be missed !
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14 Aug 2023, 16:13 (Ref:4172770) | #2 | ||
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Yes very sad news. Another legend and all round good bloke leaves the paddock. He will be sadly missed.
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14 Aug 2023, 16:18 (Ref:4172771) | #3 | ||
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Very sad news. Peter was (in no particular order) a great racer, a great engineer and an absolute gentleman.
He was someone who was racing when I first started spectating and was always very approachable in the paddock. Like many other races I used his expertise to set-up my Mini Se7en engine on the rolling road at Marshalls in Cambridge and if he was ever at any of the few meetings I competed at, would always come for a quick chat. An absolute Legend in the Mini & National Racing scene. RIP Peter...(Another one of the good guys taken from us). |
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14 Aug 2023, 17:53 (Ref:4172783) | #4 | |
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Yes , he was a great guy .
I remember him at Marshalls rolling road at Cambridge in the 80s , and I believe he then went to another garage ,or two, to carry on his tuning . RIP Peter . |
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15 Aug 2023, 07:27 (Ref:4172838) | #5 | |
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Mini racing legend Peter Baldwin 1941-2023 - Race in Peace.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/267279575525878/ Peter fine tuning his BDA Mini - Silverstone (29-10-83) |
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15 Aug 2023, 12:20 (Ref:4172868) | #6 | |
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Legend. I remember him giving Doug Niven’s V8 ‘beetle’ a close race at ingliston in the early 80s.
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15 Aug 2023, 12:27 (Ref:4172869) | #7 | ||
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Raced against him many times in the mid 70s. We were always close in lap times and race times though I should have been well ahead being in a 2 litre Escort!
RIP Peter. |
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15 Aug 2023, 18:10 (Ref:4172898) | #8 | |
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This is terrible news.
What a sad day - Peter helped me so much during my own racing career. He was a brilliant racer, and a really kind person. My very deep condolences to June and to Peter's children. We will certainly never see the like of Peter Baldwin again. In tears. Simon Davey |
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I recall Peters black shell sponsored and latterly orange special saloon Mimi which was always a contender in special salooms and GTs! I often wondered how he would have fared if he had got himself into a Group 1 or Group A car. Pretty strongly I reckon! R.I.P. |
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16 Aug 2023, 15:07 (Ref:4173003) | #10 | ||
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Oh no, really sad to here this news about Peter & also Neil Brown ..... two great competitors & really nice guys from the days when U2TC was a great European series to be a part of.
Peter was an absolute Mini god & such a nice guy off track. There needs to be a Peter Baldwin celebtation race organised, with as many Minis as is possible on track ? Sad news indeed. RIP Peter. All my sympathy to June & family. MartinH |
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16 Aug 2023, 16:45 (Ref:4173017) | #11 | ||
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I would think Masters will do something at Silverstone if they possibly can.
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