Just a nice period picture

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Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

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GEMINI FORMULA JUNIOR AT SNETTERTON 1962

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEMINI-FORMU ... SwhlZYtgZF

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SALOON CAR RACING FROM REAR, MID-CHESHIRE C C, OULTON PARK 19-9-67.

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Photos above where found on fleebee

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Ridgway Sports Conversion

[VKA305H]

GRX310D at Silverstone (John Rhodes) and is it Gordon Spice in the Britax-Cooper-Downton car or Steve Neal? Great shot! Thanks for these brilliant posts. Cheers. Brian

[Pete]

Its Steve Neal. The days when the (very damp) spectators (and photographers) could get close to the track.

[foxy52]

Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52

[Pete]

Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!

[Costafortune]

Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

[WMU 211G]

Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!

Morris Cooper / Cooper S in factory black with tinted windows...? Looks like it has the longer door handles with bosses.... '66 / '67 build...?

Nice find Pete not seen that one before!

[surfblue63]

Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

They look like an Alan Mann Escort TC's to me.

[surfblue63]

Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!

Must have been shot the same day as this cover shot, which was their third release in 1967

[Peter Laidler]

I was working in Australia then, for getting on to 3 years between '67 and late 69 and frommy memory, the Bee Gees hadn't made any impact on the music scene in Oz. The Easy Beats, yes, Brian Foley the mini racer, yes but the Bee Gees...., nope!

Pete the Pom!

[Pete]

Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!

Morris Cooper / Cooper S in factory black with tinted windows...? Looks like it has the longer door handles with bosses.... '66 / '67 build...?

Nice find Pete not seen that one before!

Looks like it's wearing Cibie headlamps aswell.

[surfblue63]

Look like regular Lucas 700 lights to me

bee gees mini 2a.jpg

[davidnutland]

I believe all the xoo Escorts started life as 1300gt cars possibly the press fleet, the Broadspeed cars stayed 1300 and the Alan Mann became twinks, CCC had one as a project car at one time.

[billycooper]

Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

Think this is the event, might answer a few questions !

http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1969% ... stone.html

[Costafortune]

XOO344F was/is a TC, the ones in the photos are 1300GT's - these ran close on 150 bhp. They ran front bubble arches but generally not rears which were flared slightly. The TC's were doing over 200 bhp, some having Cosworth FVA engines in 1968, some being supercharged.

The Escort GT and Cooper S were quite well matched, the TC was much faster. 19709 onwards RS1600's with the BDA were faster again.

The old A Series with three bearing crank did a fantastic job though.

[surfblue63]

I guess it's John Fitzpatrick in the Broadspeed Escort GT following the two Minis of Neal and Rhodes. Telling Gold/Red from Silver maroon in black and white is a bit tricky. The Alan Mann cars always had number plates on.

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More shots from that race can be found by click the link below

https://mikehaywardcollection.com/motor ... =15/page=1

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Sandie Shaw & Jeff Banks with Bentley & Mini Cooper cars in 1969

Kees.