Oulton Park, pictures from the past- Got any?

[lazyitus]

Fabulous idea, crossle.

Nicking your idea here but if anyones got any old Oulton images, lets have a nosey.

[lazyitus]

crossle said:

lazyitus said:

Fabulous idea, crossle.

Nicking your idea here but if anyones got any old Oulton images, lets have a nosey.

Oi!

Sorry, mate.

Anyway, here's a clip from youtube of Jim Clarke in his heyday. Although I'd prefer old pictures on here, this youtube clip is so interesting, particularly if you're familiar with Oulton..

Jim Clarke

A bit earlier than the 70's, obviously. So I guess the thread is open to pictures from all decades!

Edited by lazyitus on Thursday 13th November 20:29

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pablo said:

my old man has loads on slide, i'll get round to putting them onto the computer one day. lived in lancashire till he was about 35 so spent a fair bit of time there. somewhere he has a picture of ronnie peterson in a lotus 72 from a gold cup race there....

Please, pablo. That would be brilliant if you could spend some time putting the images on here.

[lazyitus]

Nice find, Iain.

Looks like an off at Avenue.

[lazyitus]

Crikey Iain, put a bit more effort into the thread, will you ?

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Chassis 33 said:

Sorry Jon, 8 "working" days before I'm out of a job so even if there were much on, which there isn't, my heart wouldn't be in it. That Autosport forum was like shooting fish in a barrel though, so best you just look there, I've some photos I could scan in of my dads this weekend. Would that show a bit more effort and willingness?
Regards
Iain

Sorry to hear about the job situation mate.


I've watched this video several times - click on this link.. The Seac Pages and select the top video. It's 17 minutes long but WELL worth the wait. Some stunning footage of the yellow SEAC racer testing and racing at Oulton.

The site was made by cuneus who is a PH'er.

[lazyitus]

Here's some brilliant on board footage from 1973...

Frank Gardner in a 550bhp Chevy Camaro

The circuit has hardly changed, just a bit of armco and advertising that has gone/been replaced.

[lazyitus]

Interesting point Iain. How are ya by the way !?

I noticed the rise on the straight before Island too. It seems exagerated. I reckon there must have been some flattening done at Oulton over the years, probably during one of the resurfacings.

Interesting to see the building on the right just after the bridge.

From Island all through to Knickerbrook was pretty well flat out straight. Awesome. Unforunately I witnessed Paul Warwicks fatal crash there which was the signal to alter Knickerbrook to how it is now.

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rufusruffcutt said:

Sorry for the thread resurrection...

You're joking mate!

Awesome pictures. Please, spend some time to dig out as many as you can.

Fantastic.

[lazyitus]

Hello again !

A few images from a book I borrowed from the library recently. Sorry they are so big.

(If anyone can make them smaller, please feel free and I'll delete this original post if required)



Jim Clark





BRM Chief Engineer Tony Rudd (left), Jackie Stewart and Mike Spence





Jochen Rindt





John Surtees TS7 F1 car at the start (Gold Cup 1970)





Jackie Oliver





Frank Gardner being interviewed after the 1970 Gold Cup..





Frank Gardner at work in a Ford Boss 302 Mustang





1968 Tourist Trophy race - Lola T70's, Ford GT40's, Chevron B8's, Lotus Europas etc etc





Amazing picture - Top of clay hill. Note the skeleton of the bridge that's still there today and the unbelievably crazy trackside building crammed with spectators on the roof. Fabulous





Peter Sutcliffe leads Tony Deane heading towards Clay Hill





Lola leads Ferraris





Denny Hulme gets the ecstacy feeling





James Hunt (R.I.P legend) leads past the pits in glorious Whit Monday sunshine, 1970





Ian Mitchell goes ploughing into Island Bend - Ended up OK





Jock Russell, Ian Mitchell and Robs Lamplough thunder through Druids





Carlos Avallones Lola T140 burns in the distance as Mike Walker pulls Peter Gethin and Mike Hailwood along in his slipstream. Avallone was not seriously hurt.





Formula 3's slither through Deer Leap





Bev Bond finishing just a car length infront of Hunt





Start of Formule Libre race. I just love the Senior Service stand.





John Scott-Davies' E-type lies upside down in an old swamp on the outside of Knicker Brook. He didn't die. In fact, he got out and jumped into a Lotus 19 for the following Formule Libre race. That's him passing his previous wreck !!





EM Dean clips the bank on the inside of Lodge and rolls his then vintage racer, which spits him to the floor like a bad sweet.



The car continues to roll with Dean sliding down the track next to it. Amazingly, cuts and bruises were as bad as it got for this driver.

Edited by lazyitus on Monday 11th January 21:08

[lazyitus]

I think there was a similar incident at Silverstone IIRC ?

[lazyitus]

That's dreadful footage.

Did he make any kind of recovery, does anybody know ?

[lazyitus]

If that's right, he's bloody lucky.

[lazyitus]

OK - reloaded pictures at the end of page 2 (20 posts a page format).

Hope you enjoy looking.

Thanks to Matt.

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Felix7 said:

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Excellent pics - please post the others when you get the chance.

[lazyitus]

You know, I look at this picture and see how many people are trackside. I believe it attracted 40,000 people at events in its heyday.

What a shame these size crowds don't attend anymore. 10,000 people is seen as a good effort nowadays. I wonder why this is.

[lazyitus]

The famous Chris Amon picture. Has been on my desktop that one. Sunning car control and stunning photograph.

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Porky said:

Is this not John Miles

The book says it is Rindt in a Lotus 72C. I can't confirm whether this is true. The book goes on to say that at the end of the race, Rindt stopped the car at Old Hall, collected his bag from a marshalls post and jumped into a nearby helecopter. He was on his way back to Vienna before Surtees had finished his slowing down lap.

Edited by lazyitus on Thursday 14th January 08:37

[lazyitus]

Found this, last night..



It's the programme from the 1985 Gold Cup, where I went as a young teenager to watch Andy Rouse battle it out with a certain Barry Sheene in a Celica Supra! I remember it very clearly.

Browsing through the pages last night, I was delighted to see some of the young men who entered the Formula Ford 1600 race during this weekend..

Damon Hill
Bertrand Gachot
Mark Blundell
Perry McCarthy

to name a few... little did we know what their futures held !

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Wildsiejr said:

A clip of a very wet Thunder sports race where my dad Mike Wilds leads John Foulston and I remember my dad saying after the race that he just thought John was on his tail so thats why he pushed soo hard and got a big lead !!
http://www.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&g...

I'll look later at home. Is this from Oulton Park?