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2 Apr 2004, 15:32 (Ref:927604) | #1 | ||
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Team P R Reilly
Anyone remember this lot, in G8 in 1976 ? They seemed to come from nowhere and disappeared almost straightaway. Was there an Irish connection somewhere ? They ran Shadows and an Ensign that year and had some OK results IIRC.
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3 Apr 2004, 08:03 (Ref:928155) | #2 | ||
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Roger Springett ran the team - my notes say I spoke to him in 1981 but I don't remember the background to the team.
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5 Oct 2005, 09:14 (Ref:1424264) | #3 | |
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Yes, there is an Irish connection. They're an Irish motor parts/accessories business based in North Dublin and have been around for yonks [www.prreilly.ie]. In the 1970s, they seemed to be involved in motorsports at all levels. Lots of drivers in domestic Irish championships were supported by them and even Derek Daly used to carry PR-Reilly logos on his race-suit [and maybe on his car] when he drove for Tyrrell in F1. I'm not sure who the philanthropic individual there was back then and why it all stopped.
While we're on the subject... for such a poor country in the 1970s... Ireland appeared to have an amazingly full motorsport portfolio. Aside from supporting a good grid of F-Atlantics, you had Syd Taylor, John Hynes, Derek McMahon and Frank Nolan all mentoring on a pretty high level. |
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7 Oct 2005, 11:04 (Ref:1426264) | #4 | ||
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Roger Springett did run this team from a garage in Kingsthorpe, Northampton. His regular driver was Mike Wilds. Wilds damaged the car at Mallory Park in an accident with Bill Gubelmann if I remember correctly.
Roger later became the local Skoda dealer and ran an ex-works Estelle in the Skoda challenge for Bill Douglas. |
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7 Oct 2005, 15:22 (Ref:1426563) | #5 | ||
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Hello rbs from Northampton.
So what's Roger doing nowadays? |
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12 Oct 2005, 11:46 (Ref:1431718) | #6 | ||
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As far as I know Roger still lives near Northampton and has taken to flying.
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14 Oct 2005, 10:53 (Ref:1433474) | #7 | |
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So how did Roger end up running/owning a team synonymous with an Irish motor factors based in Killester North Dublin ?
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23 Oct 2007, 02:23 (Ref:2048592) | #8 | ||
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too keep the cobwebs out of it ! Then purchased Dave Purley's Lec Chevron B30 for the following season - again Mike Wilds was the driver. Then went flying ! Roger Springett |
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