Mk1 Escort Race Drivers list 1968-75 ish

[essy]

Cheers Angus ,Mutley ,Names added to list

[Angus Theape]

Forgot to put Charlie Bradley on the list.

[M Greenslade]

Ian Walker? didn't his son Sean do FF1600 Dunlop Star of tomorrow?

Bladders.....

[gypseywilson]

Two more from oop north, both from Huddersfield. Roger Mathews had a yellow/blue example with a BDA I think and Tony Cartwright had a metalic red one with a Pinto.

[essy]

Thank you you three all added to list .Which looks like this

[Andy Clegg]

This is from Longridge about 1975/76 can anyone identify driver please?

[Angus Theape]

Originally Posted by Angus Theape

After a bit of research and mental searching, added to the North list

Harry Simpson
John Calvert
Brian Whiting, the white escort of 74.

Correction, Colin had Escort, Harry had an Imp and Davrian

[SidewaysFeltham]

Originally Posted by morninggents

A lot of work has obviously gone into this list.

Chris Venter and Paul Stephenson, both East Yorkshire based, drove Escorts in the early 1970s as did Sue Tucker-Peake.

Had Sue's car on my rolling road in around 1972.

Was then being prepped by Denni Baldwin of Baldyne Engineering.

[essy]

Only mk1 i now have in that colouris the Erik Berger car /Driver.
Was racing on me pc and went past it lol,ingame it was named Erik Berger so had a quick look.Also added to list cause i did not have him so cheers

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Berger

http://www.xfire.com/videos/602ed3

might be him .

[SidewaysFeltham]

Ron Clift; and his erstwhile pupil, Barry Lee.

Also Derek Oldham: we finished building his MK1 BDA, around an ex-Boreham shell. I got stuck with making the loom from a standard item as Boreham couldn't/wouldn't supply the part.

Glad you've captured my old chum ONT (Oliver Nigel Thatcher), usually known as "Ollie".

I went to grammar school with Ollie.

[essy]

Cheers sideways ,3 added to list and full name for oli thanks

Shall have to take your chums motor for a spin later lol.

http://www.xfire.com/videos/60316c

[essy]

Any more info on this driver please .
or races entered
Not sure about this one , if he was a driver or team owner .
The name Roger Taylor does come up too.
Did they both drive.
BSCC comes up also Dagenham Motors, Escort 1300GT.

Only pic ref to him from link below

http://www.mikehaywardcollection.com/

[morninggents]

I'd forgotten that Alan Peer had raced an Escort. Must have been in the last year or so that he was racing.
Alan Peer and Roger Taylor were the main drivers of EART - East Anglia Racing Team - who raced Ford Anglias very successfully during the 60s in club races with the occasional foray into Group 2 events. They were mostly Ford development engineers so had access to the best equipment of the time but were also excellent drivers of the usually 1650cc pushrod then, later, 1820cc Lotus twin cam engined cars. Other drivers with EART were Brian Keen and, possibly, David Wynn-Williams.

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by morninggents

Alan Peer and Roger Taylor were the main drivers of EART - East Anglia Racing Team - who raced Ford Anglias very successfully during the 60s in club races with the occasional foray into Group 2 events. .

The team was run by Len Dixon who later started LEDA shock absorbers

[SidewaysFeltham]

Originally Posted by morninggents

I'd forgotten that Alan Peer had raced an Escort. Must have been in the last year or so that he was racing.
Alan Peer and Roger Taylor were the main drivers of EART - East Anglia Racing Team - who raced Ford Anglias very successfully during the 60s in club races with the occasional foray into Group 2 events. They were mostly Ford development engineers so had access to the best equipment of the time but were also excellent drivers of the usually 1650cc pushrod then, later, 1820cc Lotus twin cam engined cars. Other drivers with EART were Brian Keen and, possibly, David Wynn-Williams.

Worth remembering, Roger Taylor's dad, was a Ford Europe Director.......

It helped!


I worked for Ford Europe in the mid-1960s.

[SidewaysFeltham]

Originally Posted by essy

Cheers sideways ,3 added to list and full name for oli thanks

Shall have to take your chums motor for a spin later lol.

http://www.xfire.com/videos/60316c

Interesting tale regarding Ollie.

He flew to Hong Kong, en route for Oz as he had a pro drive booked in a small F5000 team.

Set down in HK for a rest over, loved it so much, he stayed! Sent a telegram to the team manager in Oz stating he had broken a leg and, regretfully had to pass.

Circa 20 years ago, Ollie bumped into my late Mum. She gave him my address and he came round to meet.

He was then, would you believe, a full time church minister!

Ollie was a partner with Peter Beech and my late very good friend, Alan Daykin, in SRP: Southend Racing Partnership. Prior to his Escort days.

They race MG Midgets in Modsports and distance events.


Peter

[essy]

Lots of great info and history

Looks like he competed in the BTCC second half of the 1968 season and first race of the 1969 season .in the Dagenham 1300cc gt mk1 escort .

Be nice to see some color pics of the car


BTCC 68-69

http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/1968%20BSCC.html

http://touringcarracing.net/Races/19...Champions.html

[SidewaysFeltham]

Pic of Dave Mathews and my old acquaintance, Jon Mowatt.

http://www.mikehaywardcollection.com...m#.Uc72g9g0_Fw

And further, if you search this Google index, there are lots of driver lists for entry lists etc where Jon was competing against against gaggles of Escorts in a lone Cooper 2 1293 c.c.

Perhaps even stranger, Jon and I are distantly related, thru my maternal grandmother whose maiden name was would you guess "Mowatt"! A minor Scots clan.

[John Elwin]

If you haven't already found it, there are a lot of Escort pics on Yvette Fontaine's website: www.yvette-fontaine.be

Some fascinating stuff on there!

[Gungebucket]

Christian Schmarie was the works driver for the Wooding Escort in Hamburg in 1971/2 era.

[r.tec]

..again a very old thread. Apologies for opening it after such a long time.


Wooding BDA driver line-up included
Walter Struckmann


and

Wolfram Steiner, a Ford-Cologne automotive engineer, built himself an 1100 cc BDA for the 2nd division "Rundstrecken Pokal" (1st div. being the DRM then)