941 replies to this topic

[Jim Thurman]

Yes, ReWind is right: apart from the different surname, Dr. Sellyei was from New Jersey (as a quick search shows), while Dr. Sell was from the other side of the continent. I trust that he has found the right one, as in period Dr. Sell's homwtown was usually given as Fullerton/CA, which is right across California State Route 91 from Anaheim cemetery, where Louis Felrath Sell is buried.

There was a period in the 1980s when the two were confused, somehow. Unfortunately, that caught me out on another forum about 10 years ago, but not here. 

 

I guess seeing Dr. Lou Sell made some just drop the ending and assume they were one in the same, thanks to so many using aliases or shortened names.

 

One would have thought the difference between dentist and opthamologist would have been duly noted as well.

[Emery0323]

Louis Sellyei (1934 - 10 July 2015)

 

https://www.legacy.c...ary?id=17920972

He could have been Lou Sell, winner of 1968 SCCA championship (?)

 

 

Yes, ReWind is right: apart from the different surname, Dr. Sellyei was from New Jersey (as a quick search shows), while Dr. Sell was from the other side of the continent. I trust that he has found the right one, as in period Dr. Sell's homwtown was usually given as Fullerton/CA, which is right across California State Route 91 from Anaheim cemetery, where Louis Felrath Sell is buried.

 

 

In addition to owning the Ferraris mentioned in the article above,  Dr Lou Sellyei also owned one of only three Eagle-Weslake F1 cars built during 1966-1967.

It appears he sold it (Chassis AAR-102) in 2013 for $3.7M,  just two years before he died.:

https://www.goodingc...ake-eagle-mk-1/

The AAR-102 chassis was the winner of the 1967 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, with Dan Gurney driving.  Bruce McLaren drove it later that season.

 

Note that the 1967 winner of the Belgian Grand Prix is AAR-104, a different chassis.

Edited by Emery0323, 27 April 2023 - 03:52.

[Doug Nye]

In my experience, Eagle-owning Doc Lou was a very pleasant gentleman...  

 

The Belgian GP-winning Eagle chassis 104 is the Collier Collection's (Revs Institute) 'mag-ti' car with the magnesium/titanium structure.  

 

It has appeared several times at the Goodwood Festival (more than once from unchecked memory).  The first time it ran there it was being checked out at the circuit just pre-FoS when rather embarrassingly the Collection engineer driving spun it (on cold tyres) leaving the chicane.  

 

Just at that moment - wouldn't you know it? - a rather skinny and quite elderly gent astride a road-racing bike had just cycled into the pit lane in his full Lycra Tour de France kit.  

 

He saw the end of the spin, then saw me.  

 

"Whoa - Hello Doug".  

 

"Goodness me, hello Len".  

 

It was Len Terry, the designer of the Eagle who had just stopped by while on his daily ride just to see if anything might be running on circuit...   

 

DCN

Edited by Doug Nye, 27 April 2023 - 04:52.

[marksixman]

 

Just at that moment - wouldn't you know it? - a rather skinny and quite elderly gent astride a road-racing bike had just cycled into the pit lane in his full Lycra Tour de France kit.  

 

He saw the end of the spin, then saw me.  

 

"Whoa - Hello Doug".  

 

"Goodness me, hello Len".  

 

It was Len Terry, the designer of the Eagle who had just stopped by while on his daily ride just to see if anything might be running on circuit...   

 

DCN

I was there as well that day Doug. I didn't see the spin, but got chatting to the 'mystery cyclist' whilst looking around the Eagle. Having never met him before, I didn't immediately recognise him, but was beginning to cotton on as the conversation went along. He was very keen to point out bits and pieces, and seemed to enjoy everyone else being so interested.

 

Finally someone else confirmed things for me by proffering their autograph book, and I managed to sneak a look over his shoulder !  I am not sure about it being his 'daily ride', as he told me he had come a considerable distance !

[Alan Lewis]

In today's Times death notices, there is an entry for the well-known Frazer Nash afficiando, Trevor Tarring, who passed on Saturday.

The online Times being pay walled, here is the announcement from the FN site itself...

https://www.frazerna...hp?article=1242

[ReWind]

There's a free obituary here - although it strangely claims he died on "Saturday April 30" (luckily we remember Saturday was April 29) and it leaves out his co-authorship of "Archie Frazer-Nash ...Engineer", the biography he finished after Mark Joseland's death.

Edited by ReWind, 04 May 2023 - 18:40.

[SamoanAttorney]

Social media brings the sad news of the passing of George Fouché, The South African competed at Le Mans in 14 races, including a class win in 1992.

[GazChed]

Social media brings the sad news of the passing of George Fouché, The South African competed at Le Mans in 14 races, including a class win in 1992.

How sad, at the age of just 57. A very precocious talent, George competed in his first WEC race at the age of just 18 at Kyalami and made his Le Mans debut the following year, 1984.

[Nanni Dietrich]

Le Mans veteran and Porsche enthusiast, Jean Egretaud passed away during the night between 27 and 28 April 2023, at age 86. Different sources show the spelling of his name as Egreteaud, don't know the correct form.

[nexfast]

All French sources say Egretaud while British ones prefer Egreteaud. I would go with the former, guess they should now better 

[ReWind]

No, it's Egreteaud, Jean Gustave.

[nexfast]

I stand corrected, Reinhard.

[Nanni Dietrich]

On 01 May 2023 passed away Luciano Trombotto, former Fiat Rally Team works driver, aged 87. Vice-champion in the Italian Rally Championship in 1972, he won twice the Rally Isola d'Elba, in 1971 and 1972 driving a Fiat 124 Sport Spider. Born in province of Turin, he nurtured two youngsters of the Agnelli family, Cristiano Rattazzi and Luca di Montezemolo, giving them numerous training lessons before they debuted in the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1968. 

[Tim Murray]

Giotto Bizzarrini

https://www.autoweek...-made-has-died/

[Alan Lewis]

Giotto Bizzarrini

https://www.autoweek...-made-has-died/

Surprised there hasn't been more response to this news on TNF. The man was a bit of a legend.

[Tim Murray]

Roger Dorchy, fastest for ever on Mulsanne:

https://www.24h-lema...er-dorchy-57768

[Ray Bell]

Those WMs were in their prime at Le Mans when I went there in 1981...

 

...and it was a real pleasure to me to see them scorching down Mulsanne.

 

I did get a pic of the engine, which used the 604 cylinder block, in their pits but that's been thrown out.

 

 

I don't know what their budget was, but it was well-spent, and I can totally understand why Dorchy stayed with them.

[LittleChris]

Fantastic photos Ray.  

[LittleChris]

et rip Roger

Edited by LittleChris, 26 July 2023 - 22:47.

[E1pix]

Roger Dorchy, fastest for ever on Mulsanne:
https://www.24h-lema...er-dorchy-57768

That is the race record, but Price Cobb told me they hit 256 (412 km/hr) in the Walkinshaw Jag in a test session specifically created to do so — in I think 1989.

[404KF2]

Sad news and it is something to think that much maligned engine will forever be a record holder at Le Mans (at least in the non-EV class  ).

[Richard Jenkins]

Francois Castaing, former Renault sport technical director, before spending many years as an executive in America for numerous car firms has died.

 

http://www.autonewsinfo.com/2023/07/27/francois-castaing-est-decede-437554.htm

[ReWind]

2023 (cont.)

Mar 01   Doug Kerhulas             (USA)   79    05/10/52

Mar 01   Walt Rhoades              (USA)   79    18/08/43

Mar 01   Christian Vailhé          (Fra)   67    17/03/55

Mar 02   Jon Gentry                (USA)   67    02/01/56

Mar 02   Jim Haynes                (USA)   89    24/04/33    Lime Rock Park circuit owner

Mar 02   Dean Hoag                 (USA)   70    19/07/52

Mar 03   Italo Lupini              (SAf)   82    05/08/40

Mar 03   Wayne Para                (USA)   81    19/08/41

Mar 06   Tim Daly                  (USA)   71    29/10/51    „Down the Straightaway“ column

Mar 07   Saif ben Sulayem          (UAE) c.29        1993    14^th in 2017 UAE F4 ch’ship

Mar 10   Dave Hough                (USA)   79    25/04/43

Mar 10   Jiří Urban                (Cze)   78    22/09/44

Mar 11   Gábor Viczena             (Hun)   47    10/01/76

Mar 14   Foy Gilmore               (USA)   82    10/12/40

Mar 15   Ludwig Kuhn               (Ger)   81    07/10/41    1977 German Rally champion

Mar 17   Ollie Butler Jr.          (USA)   58    11/06/64

Mar 17   Gérard Dehove             (Fra)   78    30/12/44

Mar 18   Veco Holjevac             (Cro)   74    24/09/48

Mar 19   Andreas Roth              (Sui)   82    08/09/40

Mar 20   Gene Trask                (USA)   78    01/12/44

Mar 21   Noël van Assche = „Pedro“ (Bel)   81    22/12/41

Mar 21   Guido Mayenfels           (Ger)   63    28/01/60

Mar 24   Barbara Denat             (Sui)   57    17/01/66

Mar 26   Bill Reichert             (USA)   71    04/05/51

Mar 27   Harvey Yap                (Mls) c.81        1941

Mar 28   Silvano Brandi            (Ita)   71    13/01/52

Mar 30   Danny White               (USA)   53    18/01/70

Mar 31   Elia Epifanio             (Sui)   14    21/03/09

Mar 31   Birger Tangeland          (Nor)   80    19/04/42

Mar ??   Evert Bolderheij           (Ned)   79    04/08/43

Mar ??   Mike Griffin              (Aus)   76    31/01/47

 

2023

Apr 01   Jim Rieder                (USA)   80       10/42

Apr 01   Tom Schultz               (USA)   80    21/10/42    Road America track historian

Apr 04   Craig Breedlove           (USA)   86    23/03/37

Apr 04   Kent Fuller               (USA)   88    25/08/34

Apr 05   Jerry Bickel              (USA)   75    18/10/47

Apr 05   Lucy Foyt                 (USA)   84    24/09/38    A.J.’s wife

Apr 08   Ken McAlpine              (GBr)  102    21/09/20

Apr 08   Justin Owen               (USA)   26    27/06/96

Apr 09   Kurt Kellenberger         (Sui)   79    05/03/44

Apr 09   Ian Rix                   (GBr)   60    30/12/62

Apr 10   Bill Mullins              (USA)   88       10/34

Apr 11   Don Cain                  (USA)   84    10/05/38

Apr 11   Éric Damagnez             (Fra)   70    21/02/53

Apr 11   Antoine Prunet            (Fra)   81    30/07/41    „La Légende Ferrari“ (book series)

Apr 11   Marcel Wettstein          (Sui)   72    07/10/50

Apr 12   Tihomir Filipović         (Cro)   67    15/11/55

Apr 12   Gianfranco Palazzoli

            = „Pal Joe“            (Ita)   89    30/03/34

Apr 12   Muna Singh Sr.            (Zam)   53    08/03/70

Apr 13   Craig Breen               (Irl)   33    02/02/90    2^nd in 2015 European Rally Ch‘ship

Apr 13   Allan Brown               (USA)   75    04/11/47    „National Speedway Directory“ editor

Apr 13   József Cserkuti           (Hun)   75    07/12/47

Apr 13   Roger Foy                 (Aus)   92    04/05/30

Apr 13   „Guimi“ (= Mich. Guibbert)(Fra)   78    13/04/45

Apr 14   Angelo Parrilla           (Ita)   77    20/03/46    DAP co-founder

Apr 15   Francisco Javier Álvarez  (Esp)   46    15/06/76

Apr 15   Christian Borel           (Sui) c.73

Apr 15   Julio Castrillo           (Esp) c.50

Apr 16   Chuck Ciprich             (USA)   81    30/11/41

Apr 16   Heinz Schönnenbeck        (Ger)   83    27/01/40

Apr 18   Serge Granjon             (Fra)   85    06/06/37    GRAC co-founder

Apr 19   Don Bowles                (USA)   84    31/01/39

Apr 21   Roy Harrington            (NZl) c.88

Apr 22   Winnie Urbinger           (Ger)   83    02/05/39    DMSB president

Apr 25   Arwed Hafner              (Ger)   74    01/03/49

Apr 25   Roberto Urretavizcaya     (Arg)   65    09/09/57    1982 FRenault Argentina champion

Apr 26   Laurent Lichtleuchter     (Fra)   47    16/02/76

Apr 28   Aldo Bardelli             (Ita)   89    18/10/33

Apr 28   Jean Égreteaud            (Fra)   86    15/02/37

Apr 28   Marc Soulet               (Bel)   67    19/07/55

Apr 29   Edson Flores              (Per)

Apr 29   Galen Fox                 (USA)   84    09/12/38    19 USAC Silver Crown owner wins

Apr 29   Trevor Tarring            (GBr)   90    05/07/32    „Archie Frazer-Nash …Engineer“ (book)

Apr 30   Leroy Felty               (USA)   94    22/09/28

 

2023

May 01   Drew Fornoro              (USA)   72    12/10/50    9-time NEMA champion

May 01   Giancarlo Gagliardi       (Ita)   79    26/12/43

May 01   Luciano Trombotto         (Ita)   87    09/02/36    2^nd in 1972 Italian Rally ch’ship

May 03   Bernard Lagier            (Fra)   82    28/09/40

May 05   Jean-Pierre Devaux        (Fra)   79    01/06/43    Matra mechanician

May 05   George Fouché             (SAf)   57    15/05/65    2^nd in 1989 Interserie ch‘ship

May 05   Bill Greco                (USA)   93    11/06/29

May 05   Sarah Moynihan ∞ Purcell  (Irl)   38    27/11/84

May 07   Dave Morgan               (USA)   97    22/01/26

May 08   Jon Fletcher              (GBr)   84    17/07/38

May 08   Hubert Kevers             (Bel)   74    30/05/48

May 09   Bill Buckle               (Aus)   96       08/26

May 10   Don Hubbard               (USA)   86    10/03/37    NSSN writer

May 10   Herbert Kummle            (Ger)   86    24/10/36    1986 VLN champion

May 11   John Jodauga              (USA)   77    18/12/45

May 12   Dominique Duriot          (Fra)   63    15/08/59

May 13   Giotto Bizzarrini         (Ita)   96    06/06/26

May 13   Artai Santidrián          (Esp) c.39

May 13   Jim Smith                 (Aus)   88    19/04/35

May 13   Patrick Turbiez           (Fra)   74    17/09/48

May 18   Hubert Chopard            (Fra)   73    15/04/50

May 18   Bob Wilson                (USA)   76    08/12/46

May 19   Gerald Fogg               (NZl) c.83        1939

May 22   Geoff Leeds               (Aus)   77    02/03/46

May 22   Jim McKeown               (Aus)   85    18/10/37

May 22   Bob Stange                (USA)   84    09/04/39

May 23   Alain Goupy               (Fra)   70    24/09/52

May 24   Ian Scott-Watson          (GBr)   93    23/04/30    Ingliston circuit designer

May 25   John Smidt                (Aus)   75    02/02/48    „The Mini King“

May 26   Lee Weldy                 (USA)   60    08/04/63

May 27   Jürgen Illig              (Ger)   83    12/10/39

May 28   Gary McMann               (USA)   74    20/06/48

 

2023

Jun 01   Arnie Kuhns               (USA)   83    09/07/39

Jun 04   Gabriel Regalía           (Arg) c.56

Jun 04   Carl-Magnus Skogh         (Swe)   97    10/12/25    1965 Acropolis Rally winner

Jun 05   Walter Pauli              (Sui) c.78        1945

Jun 05   Olaf Suuder               (Est)   50    05/07/72

Jun 06   André Cholley             (Fra)   80    30/10/42

Jun 06   Philippe Verhack          (Fra)   69    16/12/53

Jun 08   Douglas Costa             (Bra) c.42

Jun 08   David Tourigny            (USA)   83    24/09/39

Jun 09   Jean-François Humeau      (Fra)   74    23/10/48

Jun 10   Danny Ferland             (USA)   76    03/05/47

Jun 11   Albert Drake              (USA)   88    26/03/35    „Flat Out“ (book)

Jun 13   Pierre Haverland          (Bel)   80    12/08/42

Jun 13   Nikolaus Killenberg       (Ger)   85    29/01/38

Jun 13   Olivier Tiernes           (Bel)   51    14/03/72

Jun 14   Ron Townley               (Aus)   86    15/01/37

Jun 14   Patrick Vanson            (Fra)   94    04/05/29

Jun 16   João Figueiredo           (Por)   52    19/10/70

Jun 17   Carlos Duarte Ferreira    (Por)   82       10/40

Jun 18   Julien Nicolas            (Fra)   50    12/05/73

Jun 23   Cathi Maynard             (USA)   65    06/12/57    JCM Racing team co-owner

Jun 24   Bruce Collier             (Aus)   97    18/12/25

Jun 26   Germano Marrocco          (Sui)   76    19/03/47

Jun 26   Kent Youlden              (Aus)   71    14/04/52

Jun 27   Pantelis Mexis            (Gre)   77    30/10/45

Jun 28   Pete Austin               (GBR) c.75        1948    Auto Tradition editor

Jun 28   Maurice Lambert           (GBr)   95    18/12/27

Jun 28   Bernard Teulé             (Fra)   82    04/12/40    Pau-Arnos circuit founder

Jun 29   Gilles Fournier           (Fra)   71    08/10/51    „Amilcar“ (book)

Jun 29   Jean-Marie Jacquemin      (Bel)   80    06/08/42

Jun 29   Tony Kevers               (Bel)   73    12/03/50

Jun 29   Peter Vincent             (USA)   78    11/04/45

Jun 30   Bob Fernley               (GBr)   70    07/01/53    Force India team manager

Jun 30   Jean Lynch                (USA)   88    08/02/35

Jun 30   Jan Ódor                  (GBr)   87    15/01/36    Janspeed founder

 

date     name                      (nat)  age        born    major achievement

2023

Jul 01   Dilano van’t Hoff         (Ned)   18    26/07/04    2021 Spanish F4 champion

Jul 02   Steve Neal                (GBr)   82    05/10/40    Team Dynamics founder

Jul 04   Claude Carret             (Fra)   71    09/08/51

Jul 05   Wayne Rogerson            (Aus)   79    24/03/44

Jul 09   Bruno Fablet              (Fra)   60    02/05/63    L’Équipe photographer

Jul 10   Erich Bitter              (Ger)   89    11/08/33    1969 Targa Florio class winner

Jul 11   Dale Brede                (Aus)   48    12/10/74

Jul 11   Reeves Callaway           (USA)   75    22/11/47    Callaway Competition founder

Jul 13   Jim Brissette             (USA)   82    04/03/41

Jul 14   Erin Kelly                (USA) c.48

Jul 15   Allan Woolf               (NZl)   93    10/10/29

Jul 16   Amber Jorgensen           (USA)   50    09/07/73

Jul 16   Dáire Maguire             (GBr) c.46

Jul 16   Gene McDonald             (Irl) c.35

Jul 16   Des Toups                 (USA)   61    30/12/61

Jul 18   Amilcare Ballestrieri     (Ita)   87    17/09/35    1973 Italian rally champion

Jul 18   Luis Carlessi             (Per)   80    04/04/43

Jul 19   Gary Bolger               (USA)   79    25/01/44

Jul 20   Ralph Luciw               (Can)   86    31/05/37

Jul 21   Terry Kitchen             (Can)   78    27/08/44

Jul 22   Al Zukauskas              (USA)   67    06/10/55

Jul 24   Lionel Moussier           (Fra)   45    19/12/77

Jul 26   François Castaing         (Fra)   78    18/03/45    Renault Sport designer

Jul 26   Roger Dorchy              (Fra)   78    15/09/44

Jul 29   Manfred Hiemer            (Ger)   62    23/06/61    1992 European rally champion (co-driver)

Jul 29   Tom Kraft                 (USA)   64    12/02/59

 

2023

Aug 01   Andy Brizio               (USA)   90    16/09/32    „The Rodfather“

Aug 02   Siegfried de Ryck         (Bel)   58    05/09/64

Aug 04   Neil Brown                (GBr)   74    08/08/48    Neil Brown Engineering founder

Aug 04   John Pizarro              (Aus)   78    03/03/45

Aug 05   Eddie Wachs               (USA)   87    09/10/35

Aug 06   Csaba Nemes               (Hun) c.47

Aug 06   Marty Ward                (USA)   58    21/12/64

Aug 07   Jean-Michel Leulliot      (Fra)   84    20/10/38    TF1 journalist

Aug 07   Jagdev Singh              (Mls)   55    11/07/68

Aug 09   Christian Franck          (Lux)   39    12/05/84

Aug 10   Gerhard Strasser          (Aut) c.86        1937    Porsche Salzburg team manager

Aug 12   Peter Baldwin             (GBr)   82    08/04/41    7-time British Mini Miglia champion

Aug 13   Jim Cromarty              (USA)   91    02/07/32    Riverhead Raceway co-owner

Aug 17   David Skailes             (GBr)   81    26/07/42

Aug 18   Ashlea Albertson          (USA)   24    26/09/98

Aug 18   Mario Delmoro             (Cro)   75    27/09/47

Aug 18   Pascal Saivet             (Fra)   56    10/03/67

Aug 19   Christoffer Jacobsson     (Swe)   35    12/02/88

Aug 19   Gakuu Kihurani            (USA)   66    14/08/57

Aug 19   Nacho Navarro             (Arg) c.24        1999

Aug 20   Cyril Bolton              (GBr) c.80        1943

Aug 20   Mickey Rupp               (USA)   87    17/01/36    5^th in 1965 Rex Mays Classic race

Aug 20   Bill Vukovich Jr.         (USA)   79    29/03/44    2^nd in 1972 USAC Nat’l Ch‘ship

Aug 24   George Montgomery         (USA)   90    27/01/33

Aug 24   Claude Picasso            (Fra)   76    15/05/47

Aug 25   Roy Caruthers             (USA)   61    17/11/61

Aug 26   Baziel van Hoye           (Bel)   81    27/06/42

Aug 26   Roger Twelvetrees         (GBr)   77       12/45

Aug 27   Henry Morrogh             (Irl)   91    06/10/31

Aug 30   Roger Allan               (GBr)   75       07/48

Aug 30   Jean-Pierre Oberson       (Sui) c.85                one of Jo Siffert’s mechanics

Aug 30   John Quenby               (GBr)   81    30/10/41

 

2023

Sep 01   Paul Bird                 (GBr)   56    18/04/67

Sep 02   Bárbara Oubel             (Esp)   29    01/09/94

Sep 02   Tony Positano             (Can)   69    14/08/54

Sep 04   Sead Alihodžić            (Bos)   76    29/11/46

Sep 04   Jürgen Kurze              (Ger) c.73

Sep 05   Bob Riggle                (USA)   88    12/07/35

Sep 07   Felix Dente               (Sui) c.57        1965    rallye-fotos.ch owner

Sep 07   Les Leggitt               (USA)   83    29/06/40    Leggitt Engines founder

Sep 09   Udo Mets                  (Est)   77    26/06/46

Sep 10   Tony Simmons              (Aus)   81    30/08/42    Simmons Wheels founder

Sep 10   Will Sparrow              (GBr)   78    31/05/45

Sep 11   Fred Dannenfelzer         (USA)   86    17/07/37

Sep 11   Anatoly Krivobokov        (Rus) c.68

Sep 13   Joe Lunati                (USA)   88    07/08/35    5-time NHRA champion

Sep 13   Ger Oosterman             (Ned)   92    22/05/31    Stichts Racing Team manager

Sep 14   Basil van Rooyen          (SAf)   84    19/04/39

Sep 16   Régis Fraissinet          (Fra)   91    16/11/31    1961 Turckheim hillclimb winner

Sep 16   Roly Law                  (GBr)   97    04/10/25    Tyrrell chief mechanic

Sep 18   Walt Austin               (USA)   84    23/10/38

Sep 24   Yves Bozet                (Bel)   76    02/04/47

Sep 24   Damian Fleming            (Irl) c.37

Sep 26   Lorenzo Gilli             (Ita)   55    02/09/68

 

2023

Oct 01   Bird Clemente             (Bra)   85    23/12/37

Oct 04   Fabian Samengo-Turner     (GBr)   92    11/02/31    Yeoman Credit team co-founder

Oct 07   Jim McFarland             (USA)   88    20/04/35

Oct 10   Ed Conway                 (USA)   88    10/01/35    „The Voice of Road Atlanta“

Oct 11   Gérard Coudray            (Fra)   69    23/03/54

Oct 11   Ross Holmes               (USA)   72    12/05/51

Oct 12   Burkard Bovensiepen       (Ger)   87    01/09/36    Alpina founder

Oct 13   Damon Beck                (Aus)   78    20/06/45

Oct 13   Frank Livingston          (USA)   89    17/04/34

Oct 14   Jamal Brathwaite          (Bar)   43       02/80

Oct 14   Peter Kirchberg           (Ger)   89    25/06/34    „Grand-Prix-Report“ (book)

Oct 14   Freddy Smith              (USA)   76    22/12/46

Oct 17   Jon Clemens               (USA)   84    28/01/39

Oct 17   Tom Davey                 (USA)   81    15/03/42    5-time SCCA Nat’l champion

Oct 18   Carlos Gordoa             (Mex)   49       12/73

Oct 20   Art Ball                  (USA)   85    29/09/38

Oct 20   Tom Reffner               (USA)   82    21/11/40

Oct 21   Miroslav Angelov          (Bul)   50    10/11/72

Oct 22   Bill Tanzosh              (USA)   83    03/07/40

Oct 23   Christian Bonnal          (Fra)   75    27/01/48

Oct 23   Marie-Odile Desvignes     (Fra)   75    18/08/48

Oct 23   Allan Horsley             (Aus)   81    30/10/41

Oct 25   Ivan Little               (Can)   85    23/02/38

Oct 26   Jean-Pierre Balmer        (Sui) c.71       10/52    3-time Swiss rally champion

Oct 27   Paul Aldrich              (USA)   77    09/03/46

Oct 27   Randy Bailey              (USA)   71    15/07/52

Oct 27   Mike Cook Sr.             (USA)   70    21/11/52

Oct 28   Mark Mathys               (USA)   62    29/04/61

 

2023

Nov 01   Erich Zakowski            (Ger)   89    25/11/33    Zakspeed founder

Nov 04   Kubo Kordisch             (USA)   42    25/06/81

Nov 04   Corrado Provera           (Ita)   82    18/01/41    Peugeot Sport director

Nov 05   Bruce Wheeler             (USA)   72    29/10/51

Nov 06   Leo Jackson               (USA)   90    08/07/33

Nov 11   Kyle LeDuc                (USA)   42    29/07/81    6-time LOORRS Pro 4 champion

Nov 12   Henning Hagenbauer        (Ger)   66    18/04/57

Nov 15   Ken Squier                (USA)   88    10/04/35    Motor Racing Network co-founder

Nov 16   Pietro Polese             (Ita)   84    30/04/39

Nov 17   Brian Sampson             (Aus)   88    17/06/35

Edited by ReWind, 19 November 2023 - 08:29.

[19500513]

Ray H Young

15th March 1932 - 06th July 2019

 

https://www.kurtzmem...ng?obId=5020406

[ReWind]

Recently I learned that versatile mechanic Jerry Hanna aka O.J. Hanna passed away in December 2021 at age 82.
His obituary says this about his career in motor racing:

He enjoyed a long career working in various aspects and levels of racing, including Carroll Shelby Cobra Race team, John Mecom, Jr.'s Indy team and Jim Hall's Chaparral Racing Team. During this time he also raced his own car, the Corvette Grand Sport 001, which he purchased from Roger Penske.
Jerry also worked for McLaren Racing. This team won both the Can-Am Championship and the Indianapolis 500. With McLaren he was a member of the race crew and tested fabricators and engines. He also worked on the Formula 1 car.
In 1976 Jerry worked with the John Greenwood Corvette Team at LaMans, France in the 24 hour race.
Following LeMans, he went to Assemiestier Racing building and maintaining the cars as well as acting as crew chief.
In 1982 Jerry went to Kent Racing where he worked on the Toyota Project as team manager, doing logistics and scheduling. In 1984 the project was transferred to the AAR-Dan Gurney team and Jerry went with it. He was the team's crew chief and remained with Dan Gurney until 1986.
Moving to Cayucos, California in 1995, Jerry started Grand Sport Motors doing vintage car restoration and prototype work. Jerry belonged to VARA, the Vintage Automobile Racing Association, based in Los Angeles.

What puzzles me is "Assemiestier Racing". I think I never heard of an organization or a team by that name. Or is it just a mis-spelling and I am not smart enough to recognize what is meant by it?

Edited by ReWind, 10 August 2023 - 09:37.

[Nanni Dietrich]

Amilcare Ballestrieri, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Opel works driver, winner of the Italian Rally Championship in 1973, first in the 1972 Rallye Sanremo and in the 1974 Targa Florio on the Madonie Piccolo Circuito, sharing a Lancia Stratos HF with Gérard Larrousse, passed away in his hometown Sanremo, on 18 July 2023.

 

Edited by Nanni Dietrich, 10 August 2023 - 08:13.

[GazChed]

Sad to see that legendary Mini racer Peter Baldwin has passed away. He was one the first drivers I recall being featured in Autosport back in 1973 and raced all manner of Minis as well as being an ace engine tuner. RIP Peter.

[Alan Lewis]

Wikipedia, referencing the following story, reports that Bill Vukovich Jr. has died..

https://www.speedspo...ich-dies-at-79/

[GMiranda]

Wikipedia, referencing the following story, reports that Bill Vukovich Jr. has died..

https://www.speedspo...ich-dies-at-79/

His family confirmed on Facebook earlier today.

[Richard Jenkins]

Roland Law, former long-time mechanic for Tyrrell and before that for John Coombs, has died. He was 97 and he died at the weekend. If I have more accurate birth and death details I will advise.

[Gabrci]

As reported by Wilson Fittipaldi on Instagram, his great friend Bird Clemente, Brazilian driver of the 1960's and 70's has passed away aged 85. He was very highly regarded in Brazil amongst many others by Emerson Fittipaldi but the possibility of a career in Europe came too late.

[Gabrci]

Nice tribute by Wilson's brother as well: "If today I am Emerson Fittipaldi, it is because Bird Clemente decided to drive cars and changed the trajectory of the sport in our country." 

[jimjimjeroo]

9 years since Jules Bianchi crash

[LittleChris]

A year since Chrissy Rouse succumbed to his injuries from the Donington BSB race ☹️.

[Tim Murray]

Burkard Bovensiepen, founder of Alpina.

https://www.autoblog...nsiepen-3558525

[ReWind]

In order to keep anyone up to date who appreciates it

 

Most recent entries (last ten weeks):

Tom Reffner, Carlos Gordoa, Jon Clemens, Jamal Brathwaite, Peter Kirchberg, Freddy Smith, Damon Beck, Frank Livingston, Burkard Bovensiepen, Gérard Coudray, Ross Holmes, Ed Conway, Jim McFarland, Fabian Samengo-Turner, Bird Clemente (October 2023), Lorenzo Gilli, Yves Bozet, Damian Fleming, Walt Austin, Régis Fraissinet, Roly Law, Basil van Rooyen, Joe Lunati, Ger Oosterman, Fred Dannenfelzer, Anatoly Krivobokov, Tony Simmons, Will Sparrow, Udo Mets, Felix Dente, Les Leggitt, Bob Riggle, Sead Alihodžić, Jürgen Kurze, Bárbara Oubel, Tony Positano, Paul Bird (September 2023), Jean-Pierre Oberson, John Quenby, Henry Morrogh, Baziel van Hoye, Roger Twelvetrees, Roy Caruthers, George Montgomery, Claude Picasso, Cyril Bolton, Mickey Rupp, Bill Vukovich Jr., Christoffer Jacobsson, Gakuu Kihurani, Nacho Navarro, Ashlea Albertson, Mario Delmoro, Pascal Saivet, David Skailes, Jim Cromarty, Peter Baldwin, Gerhard Strasser, Christian Franck, Jagdev Singh, Csaba Nemes, Marty Ward, John Pizarro, Siegfried de Ryck (August 2023), Lionel Moussier, Gary Bolger, Luis Carlessi (July 2023), Tony Kevers, Pantelis Mexis, João Figueiredo, Ron Townley, Olivier Tiernes, Albert Drake, Olaf Suuder (June 2023), Jürgen Illig, Hubert Chopard, Hubert Kevers (May 2023), Ian Rix (April 2023), Guido Mayenfels, Italo Lupini, Christian Vailhé (March 2023), Christian Matter, Ingar Engan (February 2023), Didier Grunewald (January 2023), Gert Blomqvist, Gary Wade Finley (November 2022), Mugur Filipescu, Odette Lavallée, Pekka Rantanen, Dag Halvorsen, Armindo Neves, Gerd Eichenauer, Sylvain Chantegros, José Manuel Reis, Jukka Peri, Luciano Vedovati, Dino Kolena, Seppo Kopra (October 2022), Gayle Cresswell, Bertrand Delizee, Francesco Sammicheli, Jean-Michel Jolly, Michel Cornet, Michael Davidson, Livio Pellizzari, Daniel Rodríguez Lence, Níkos Pappas, Jim Logan, Sven Hanke, Jiří Klíma, Christian Morel, Ian Bevan, Franz Grolig, „Boom“ [= Patrick Solofonirina] (September 2022), Arnaud Géhin, Zdenĕk Smrčka, Edvin Mäntylä, Francisco Bañares, Gordon Cameron, Pasi Vuori, René Rémy, Alain Cuchet, „Vila“ [= Enrique Fernández] (August 2022), Bosse Edahl (July 2022), Nikolai Tsenkov, Arne Nielsen (October 2021), Ove Ødegård (August 2021), François Duret, Dietrich Meibert (June 2021), Aristide Dehanne (October 2020), Paulo Costa (September 2020), Paeng Nodalo (August 2020), John Kulubya, Zap Lupini (August 2019), Annick Pampulim (October 2018), Jacek Lisicki (September 2018), Siggi Sengel (July 2018), Manfred Spegel (February 2017), Günter Wurlitzer, Hervey Oei (November 2016), David Simonin, Jerzy Szymaniak (October 2016), Wainer Mantovani (August 2016), Rolf Sigel, Gary Finley (May 2016), Michaela Hornby (March 2016), Hans-Joachim Hösch (September 2015), Gennadiy Andreev, Miguel Mendes Gomes (August 2015), Jamie Carnegie (June 2015), Dariusz Dekuczyński (September 2014), Bernardo Izquierdo (August 2014), Hans-Jürgen Stoeckmann (August 2013), Otway Plunkett (January 2013), Francisco Dávalos, Paddy Davidson (October 2012), Charlie Shoudt (December 2011), Janusz Szwenk (September 2010), Gary Cornelison (March 2009), „Turuta“ [= Josep María Llobet] (April 2008), Tapani Mustala (October 2007), Sergey Gorbunov (September 2007), Tapio Vanhala (August 2007), Jane Cowling (October 2006)

 

Previous new entries:

Jean-Michel Leulliot, Neil Brown, Andy Brizio (August 2023), Manfred Hiemer, Tom Kraft, François Castaing, Roger Dorchy, Al Zukauskas, Terry Kitchen, Ralph Luciw, Amilcare Ballestrieri, Amber Jorgensen, Dáire Maguire, Gene McDonald, Des Toups, Allan Woolf, Erin Kelly [from the USA], Jim Brissette, Dale Brede, Reeves Callaway, Erich Bitter, Bruno Fablet, Wayne Rogerson, Claude Carret, Steve Neal, Dilano van’t Hoff (July 2023), Bob Fernley, Jean Lynch, Jan Ódor, Gilles Fournier, Jean-Marie Jacquemin, Peter Vincent, Pete Austin, Maurice Lambert, Bernard Teulé, Germano Marrocco, Kent Youlden, Bruce Collier, Cathi Maynard, Julien Nicolas, Carlos Duarte Ferreira, Patrick Vanson, Pierre Haverland, Nikolaus Killenberg, Danny Ferland, Jean-François Humeau, Douglas Costa, David Tourigny, André Cholley, Philippe Verhack, Walter Pauli, Carl-Magnus Skogh, Arnie Kuhns (June 2023)

 

Note: This is a temporary post. As soon as the next update is on it shall be deleted.

Edited by ReWind, 23 October 2023 - 18:06.

[Richard Jenkins]

Former Formula 2 driver Henning Hagenbauer has died today.

[Michael Ferner]

Sad to hear!  I may be one of the few people who have even heard of HH, but I still recall reading a feature about him in a race programme back in the days (when I was young enough to still commit everything to long term memory    ), he was the quintessential racer, trying his utmost to follow his desire to simply r-a-c-e, as an expression of life.

[70JesperOH]

Sad to hear!  I may be one of the few people who have even heard of HH, but I still recall reading a feature about him in a race programme back in the days (when I was young enough to still commit everything to long term memory    ), he was the quintessential racer, trying his utmost to follow his desire to simply r-a-c-e, as an expression of life.

 

Just found an old print of the 1982 EFDA Euroseries Formula Ford 2000 point standings in a pile of papers that a few days ago nearly turned into a pile of carbage through water! H. Hagenbauer (first name and car unknown) started the season quite well, with 10 and 6 points from the two opening rounds at Zolder and Donington Park, suggesting 4th and 6th place finishes. No other points scored during the 9 round series and Hagenbauer finished 16th.

 

Jesper

Edited by 70JesperOH, 17 November 2023 - 14:46.

[GMiranda]

Just found an old print of the 1982 EFDA Euroseries Formula Ford 2000 point standings in a pile of papers that a few days ago nearly turned into a pile of carbage through water! H. Hagenbauer (first name and car unknown) started the season quite well, with 10 and 6 points from the two opening rounds at Zolder and Donington Park, suggesting 4th and 6th place finishes. No other points scored during the 9 round series and Hagenbauer finished 16th.

 

Jesper

You have old data scanned?

[70JesperOH]

No scans, but prints.

 

Jesper

[GMiranda]

No scans, but prints.

 

Jesper

Ahh OK... It's a new username, isn't it?