[allenbrown]

Hi folks

I finished going through Autosport for 1975, trying tio make sense of the 75S entries. THe real puzzle, as noted above, is the extra car at Brands in June. I wonder if the Knight/Knight car at Le Mans could have been new, then going to Cabral at Brands. If so, maybe Castro Prado had to take his 75S to Heavens to run for that race only if Alroy didn't have capacity? Either way, there were apparantly four 75S at Brands so, with the Michel Pignard hill climb 75S, we appear to have accounted for the entire production run.

Mugello WSC 22 Mar
No 75S present. Entry list contained: 2 75S-BMWs for Fornera/Camathias and de Lamare/Neto (as at Monza four weeks later) and Lepp's 75S-Hart.

Dijon WSC 6 Apr
Autosport adds that both the A1 Roy Racing cars failed to qualify on their debut. Both had BDG engines.
Alroy Racing (Stubbs/Johnson/Cabral) March 75S-BDG DNQ
Alroy Racing (Andrews/Stubbs) March 75S-BDG DNQ

Silverstone BRDC 13 Apr
Autosport says Lepp was in "the works" 75S with a 2-litre Hart 420R engine.
Lepp March 75S-Hart

Monza WSC 20 Apr
Autosport says Schuppan had Lepp's car and that Cabral/Stubbs fitted a new Hart-BDA for the race.
Alroy Racing (Cabral/Stubbs) March 75S-Ford
Alroy Racing (Castro Prado/Andrews) March 75S-Ford
Vern Schuppan (Tunmer/Schuppan) March 75S-Hart
Pedro de Lamare (de Lamare/Neto) March 75S-BMW entry only
Citta dei Mille (Fornera/Camathias) March 75S-BMW entry only

Spa WSC 4 May
Autosport says the BDA was still in the Prado/Johnson car.
March Engineering (Lepp/Pilette) March 75S-Hart
Alroy Racing (Keegan/Andrews) March 75S-BDG
Alroy Racing (Castro Prado/Johnson) March 75S-BDA
Alroy Racing (Beuttler/Stubbs) March 75S-Ford entry only

Enna WSC 18 May
Autosport (15 May 1975 p7) says Morgan will drive the car which "will, of course, be prepared by Roger Hire Racing, under supervision from the works".
? (Castro Prado/Stubbs) March 75S-BMW entry only
? (Cabral/Andrews) March 75S-BMW entry only

Nurburgring WSC 1 June
Autosport (15 May 1975 p7) says Dave Morgan will drive the car which "will, of course, be prepared by Roger Hire Racing, under supervision from the works".
March Hart Racing (Morgan/Lepp/Schuppan) March 75S-Hart
Alroy Racing (Knight/Mons/Knight) March 75S-Ford
Alroy Racing (Cabral/Castro Prado) March 75S-Ford

Le Mans 15 June
Autosport (24 Apr 1975 p8) says this will be one of the Alroy cars with a 2-litre Ford BDG.
Madison Racing team (Mons/Knight/Knight) March 75S-Ford

Brands EU2 22 June
Autosport says Cabral has the 75S-BDG used last week at Le Mans, Skeaping has the "March-Hart/BDA 75S" and there is now a fourth 75S: "Prado's Roger Heavens run March-BMW 75S". So is this a new 75S or has Prado moved a car over from Alroy Racing?
John Lepp March 75S Hart
Alroy Racing (Skeaping) March 75S-Hart/BDA
Alroy Racing (Cabral) March 75S-BDG
Roger Heavens (Castro-Prado) March 75S-BMW

Zeltweg WSC 29 June
OK, now I'm confused. Autosport confirms that Prado's car is a Alroy Racing 75S. So where has that fourth 75S gone?
March Racing (Morgan/Lepp) March 75S Hart
Alroy Racing (Cabral/Lunger) March 75S-Ford
Alroy Racing (Binder/Castro Prado/Stubbs) March 75S-Ford

Knockhill 13 Jul
John Lepp "works" March 75S

Hockenheim 31 Aug
Autosport adds that Mohr's car was one of the BDG Alroy cars, not a BMW as Martin had it.
John Lepp March 75S Hart
Alroy Racing (Skeaping) March 75S-Ford
Manfred Mohr March 75S-BDG

Shand Carpets "100", Knockhill 14 Sep
John Lepp March 75S Hart

Was Knockhill really a European Championship race? Both Kettlewell and Krejci say there were only two rounds.

Does anyone have Motoring News for 1975? Could that help?

Allen