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Originally Posted by Dan Rear
OK, here's some chaps, only 1300cc+ cars listed, by no. in prog.
Mallory 26-8-73 FordSport Speed Day
1. Mick Hill Capri 6000cc
2. Bill Cox Capri 5700
3. John Wales Berpop 4700
4. Tony Strawson Capri 4700
5. Tony Ward Escort 1650
6. Dennis Nott Escort 5000
7. Roy Yates Zodiac 6300
9. Chris Meek Escort BDA 1850
10. Jeff Mann Anglia 1700
Funny how they're all Fords ain't it! Hill won from Meek and Strawson
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Funnily enough Baby Bertha made her debut on the 25th May 1975 at Brand Hatch in the FordSport Super Saloon Day in the BRSCC Super Saloon Championship but retired with driveshagt failure.
Just some Vauxhall history:-
Old Nail started as a flat fronted Firenza and debuted in 1971 and was maily raced by Dad but Bill Dryden won the Scottish championship in her and also drove her a few times supporting Big and Baby Bertha.
Old Nail's career is important as the two DTV Vivas were crashed at Lydden in 1971. Old Nail was raced until 1976 by DTV and last used by Gerry Marshall in 1978 - now owned by me and on load at Donington.
The DTV Vivas - One became John Pope's Viva which then became John's white turbo-charged Magnum (Dad drove both of these versions for John) and is still owned by John and I think still used on the road.
The second Viva was bought by Gerry Johnstone and Stan Burge who both raced her and Dad raced this car several times too. The car was then sold to Dave Millington in 1972 (he had a huge accident in at Oulton Park in 1973
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bosTNtfjai0) and he then in 1976 he sold it to Mervyn Dornford of Porto Rico but to be shipped to Guyana (the dealer brokered by Phillip DeFreitas) and Mervyn then took the car to Florida - he still has and races the car today in SCAA regional events, winning the ASR class championship in 1988.
Big Bertha was raced by Gerry Marshall in 1974 only and was built into;
Baby Bertha was raced by Gerry Marshall in 1975, 1976, 1977 and then again in 1983 and 1984 (Paul Haywood-Halfpenny and Phil Barak had her in the intervening years) before Joe Ward bought (and still owns) Baby Bertha.
Mega Bertha was started in 1976 and was never finished or raced (Vauxhall took the project away from DTV and never finished it!!) but is still existence today and should be on the tracks this year and I don't know if the owner is that public about it so I won't post his name.
Right, that's some of the DTV Vauxhalls but there were a lot of customer cars, not to mention Tony Davies Transpeed Firenza that Gerry raced with Tony a few times and Tony still racers to this day, very original car and the Vauxhall Chevette built for Mike Smith (also raced by Gerry) and was sold on ebay last year and also the Stars and Stripes Manta built by Gerry Johnstone (and again raced by Gerry!!).