Roll-Call?

[Peter Mallett]

When I look at the biographies above I am proud to be a co-moderator of this forum.

My real name is as you see. I'm 46 years old but have the enthusiasm of a ten year old. I race a Group 1 Capri in the Classic Saloon Car Club GB Championship, although due to working commitments that is currently on hold.

I live in Buckinghamshire England but at present I'm located in a town called Nefteyugansk in Western Siberia.

I really don't recall how I got interested in the sport. I suspect it was when my dad bought me a Scalextric when I was five. Unlike some of you I'm not actually undertaking any project associated with the history of the sport. But I do hope that those of you who are, will keep us posted on progress.

Heroes? I try not to have any because they all deserve respect. However the achievements of drivers like Alan Jones, Graham and Damon Hill, Peterson, Mansell and their like appeal to me more than Gilles Villeneauve, Jim Clarke or others. Why? Because I believe that they are (were) less talented than their peers and so had to work that much harder to achieve.

I have favourites like anyone else and my list would include Sir Stirling (because he's a damn fine bloke), Gerry Marshall because he always has time to talk to me, Tony Brooks (a quiet gentleman), Peter Collins because he deserved so much more. I could go on.

Oh and sometimes I let my sense of humour get the better of me so look out.

[djb]

David Babcock, 37

I too, tend to read here more than write, but ever since stumbling upon this forum, the appeal has been for a number of reasons. Firstly, I strongly believe in the importance of learning of the past to have a better appreciation of the present, whether it's motorsport in this case, or world events that have shaped where and how we live. Sure, it's a well used statement, but I really do enjoy learning more about racing History from all the tidbits you all have squirreled away, in heads or on paper (and speaking of tidbits, if I wasn't sure of the term "anoraks" before coming here, some of you have certainly cleared that up!)
It's worth mentioning how I appreciate the atmosphere of thoughtfulness that goes into the writing here, as well as looking at topics with more of a "bigger picture" point of view.

As for my beginnings of getting interested in motorsport, in Ottawa, during the 70's, I grew up for awhile across the street from a British Car garage, run by a friendly Brit who tolerated me hanging around and asking questions about all the great cars that came in and out. Bug-eyed Sprites, Austin Healy 3000's, MG TC +TD's, A's + B's, Spits, Jags- even the odd 120 or 150, plus my fav E-type, Land Rovers, Mini Coopers', some rare Lotus's etc. To you lot, these would be regular old cars you'd see all the time, but to me and my best friend, they were pretty darn exciting and rare, especially to hang about and listen to them being tuned by old Mr. Redshaw.
So yes, I have a fondness for 50's, 60's + 70's British street stuff, even if I'm pretty vague about model types and details. The late 70's also saw me and a lot of other Canadian teenagers getting hooked on F1, compliments of Villeneuve Sr. and so that was the beginning of that; although I have taken hiatus's here and there, with other interests taking up more of my time.

Well, that's that, always enjoy the reads here...

[Marshal]

Jon Dee, 29, based in Bristol, England. As my moniker suggests I Marshal at race meetings, and have a catholic interest in current and historic racing. Since a young age I have devoured books on the subject which I was fortunate to have access to, as my Dad has been a race fan since the early 50's.

I enjoy the intelligent discussion here which has broadened my knowledge of racing, and just occasionally I can add a tidbit of my own.

The Goodwood revival meeting is my favourite of the year, and the only one I marshal in a tie

[woodyracing]

Andy Woodvine, 26 from Lancashire England.

Originally I was into modified road (street) cars, and read magazines such as MaxPower etc, then my interest moved on to stage rallying and rally cars, then I became more interested in race cars and track racing.

After doing quite a bit of race training in (pre 87) Formula Ford, I desperately want to get into racing now.

I read and post in most of the ten-tenths forums.
Two of my favourite cars are the Sierra and Escort Cosworths - so I guess they are classed as historic cars now.

WoodyRacing

[Buonfornello]

Hello all, I'm a resident of the United States, but I would prefer to keep my identity secret for reasons which will soon be apparent.I am a long-time fan of automobile racing of any type which includes left and right turns, but my real area of true passion and obsession is true road racing like the Mille Miglia, the Carrera Panamericana and of course, the Targa Florio.I would love to see a revival of these types of races on a grand scale despite the dangers inherent in it.My ultimate vision and the goal of my life is to see a road race conducted along the entire lenght of the United States' Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.A distance of 1000miles of mountain roads along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains starting in Cherokee North Carolina and ending at Front Royal Virginia.For over 15 years now I have worked tirelessly within the system, through Republican and Democratic administrations with the National Park Service, US Forestry Commission and state authorities to bring my vision to reality.Sadly, all of my efforts have been unavailing and I now find myself turning to nefarious methods in order to accomplish my goal.I have reached the conclusion that no Constitutionally elected US government would ever allow the race that I propose to take place which leaves my only option the violent overthrow of the US government and its replacement with a Mussolini-style fascist dictatorship to be headed by the renegade former Secretary of the Interior James ("trees cause pollution") Watt.I am not a Fascist.If my plans succeed, please forgive me the genocide and oppression it will entail, but eggs have to be broken, etc.

[TimD]

Gotta say more than that, Sir.

Or I shall assume that you are in fact Brock Yates.

[Felix Muelas]

Originally posted by Buonfornello
...my only option the violent overthrow of the US government and its replacement with a Mussolini-style fascist dictatorship...

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Originally posted by Buonfornello
I am not a Fascist.

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Originally posted by Buonfornello
If my plans succeed, please forgive me the genocide and oppression it will entail, but eggs have to be broken, etc.

Of the 21 words that are quoted in the sentence, I think I can entirely suscribe one :etc.
Now, as for the eggs, I want to think that I don´t know what you mean

Un abrazo

Felix

[Buonfornello]

Surely to be misunderstood is the inevitable lot of the true revolutionary...but you will thank me one day, Felix.

What a quandary is presented by our host, Tim.On the one hand, I could reveal my true identity, thereby risking prosecution on charges of Sedition and Treason, or on the other hand I could allow myself "Buonfornello" to be associated in the minds of readers with the image of Brock Yates?...Truly a difficult decision...What would the Scarlet Pimpernel do?...I shall have to think it over.

[Kpy]

Originally posted by Buonfornello
Surely to be misunderstood is the inevitable lot of the true revolutionary...

Well, you're either a dangerous lunatic or a failed comedian, but please understand that the promotion of fascism here in Europe makes many of us feel very sad indeed.
I suggest you take your sick ideas back up into the Appalachians and stay there.
In the meantime I, for one, will ignore your posts.

[Buonfornello]

...so much for whimsy..!

[TimD]

Easy, Kpy.

I appreciate and understand your deeply held feelings, your sense of history and your most commendable vigilance, but please bear in mind that what people choose to say on this forum may not necessarily read the same way in one culture as in another.

What is a source of bitter memory on one continent can easily assume much lesser proportions thousands of miles away.



Buonfornello, welcome to our forum. Be ye the Pimpernel or not, your secret may remain secret for as long as you wish. And I promise I'll try not to mention Brock Yates.

Bother! Done it again.

[Kpy]

Originally posted by TimD
Easy, Kpy.

I appreciate and understand your deeply held feelings, your sense of history and your most commendable vigilance, but please bear in mind that what people choose to say on this forum may not necessarily read the same way in one culture as in another.

What is a source of bitter memory on one continent can easily assume much lesser proportions thousands of miles away.

Tim -

OK I accept the failed comedian theory.

But my late father-in-law spent the last thirty five years of his life unable to walk without assistance, and in constant pain and mental anguish as a direct result of what was done to him by Mussolini's thugs. He was by no means alone. I'm hardly likely to want to rub shoulders with someone advocating fascism. I find it deeply offensive.

I take it you use the word culture in it's broadest sense.

[Peter Mallett]

Kpy & Buonfornello,

I've just written the following words to another poster. "Be careful what you present because you may be misunderstood".

It holds true for all of us and whilst I agree with Tim, I first read the post with trepidation. However I balanced that with the other posts by Buonfornello which show the the person is interested in the threads on this forum so I considered the post in a humorous light.

However your personal feelings are important and I think we are all now aware of the importance of being careful whilst having some fun as well. Perhaps you could both discuss this with the "pm" facility?

It's a good reminder to us all.

And now, back to the thread.

[Corktree]

I don't get here much, but I do lurk from time to time to see how things are going and to see all the familar "faces."

Should there ever be a quiz, the Nostalgia Forum is a essentially a direct result of wanting to do something like this forum. We are fortunate to have these two fora and a few others (such as the Racing History group which is now on Yahoo) rather than zero -- which is something that is always a possibility.

Like here, things are okay at the NF. Being "elitist" is never very popular it seems.....

Ciao.

The Lone Ranger

[Udo]

I think, its time to return to the original intention of the thread that is to let us all know about the various backgrounds and special interests of each other as far as MOTORSPORT and its history is concerned...
My name is Udo Klinkel and I'm still a rookie to Atlas and ten-tenths forum, as I discovered it only a few days ago through a hint of Ray Bell.
Today I'm living in a little village near Landshut in Bavaria, but my motor racing story began in 1964, when my parents decided to move from the Ruhr area to the Eifel mountains...Guess, where?
The Nürburgring was just 10 KM away, I never heard about motor racing before, but a neighbour of us came around one Saturday afternoon and asked my father if we were interested in watching the 1000 KM race?
So it all started. I saw John Surtees racing his Ferrari at the head of this huge field of sportscars, and became a fan of this man. I followed his career very closely, met him very often at the 'Ring, collected a lot of autographs and made many photos with my small camera. I witnessed Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and the others throughing snowballs at each other in the old Nürburgring paddock, when the Eifel-weather went mad again during practice days of the Eifelrennen. I saw John Surtees testing a BMW F2 round the Südschleife in 1967 along with his Honda F1 in preparation for the 67 German GP, witnessed Porsche test with the first ever 917, was there when Gerhard Mitter died in practice for the 69 GP. And, of course saw Jackie Stewart sailing through the rain and fog in 1968...
Many more stories are to be told here.
In 1977 I joined Lufthansa German Airlines and the motor racing time was over... Working at Berlin, Düsseldorf or Frankfurt, I lost contact with watching motor races from the track side or from the pits, although I always followed Formula 1 on TV. My archive of photos, autographs, magazins and books was still there, but I did not touch it for almost 20 years! The internet changed it all and in 1999 I went to Le Mans and there it was again. I discovered my old archive again, looked at it and was very pleased to see what treasures it contained... With the help of my girl friend Silvie I even managed to create my own still amateurish web-site: www.motorsportphotos.de. Unfortunately I do not have the time to update it in shorter intervals, but I promise, there will be more photos and stories soon. I'm now busy with adding more race results to my large collection with the goal to get it as complete as possible, starting with the early days of motor racing up to todays races. Additionally I do some reporting and photographing for Harald Gallinis www.gt-eins.de, which brings me back to the tracks and behind the scenes. I have been to the Most ELMS race recently where I met Martin again (second time - he was at the Nürburgring 1000 KM in 2000), who did such a fantastic job with his sportscar results site.
So there will be some more threads from me going into detail of the one or other race or results and I hope to add more pieces to the big puzzle with the help of all of you.

[paulzinho]

Paul Davey age 17

My interests lie in wanting to watch old F1 races... i'd like to see some from the 60s and 70s in particular.

I am also interested in th history of Le Mans.

Mycurrent project is researching my Dads (Tim Lee-Davey) results from his racing career.

My racing hero was Ayrton Senna.

[AndyF]

Hi, my name's Andrew Frampton, and I am a reporter and photographer on the Club and National Racing Scene, working from home in Hampshire. Although only 17, I do have a couple of years of experience, but am learning along the way; my first race meeting was in August 1995, and it has progressed from there. As well as my interest in Club racing of today (Saloons especially), I enjoy to read about Classic and Historic races, and make a point to get to CSCC meetings at least a couple of times each season. Although I am only an occasional visitor to this section, and spend most of my time in National and Club Racing, I find threds about Saloon racing from the 60s onwards most interesting. Am afraid I cannot add to much to most of the posts, but please keep up the good work guys and gals, (although there only seems to be guys here!!).

Andrew

[Vitesse]

AndyF: try reading the post above by UAtkins again - I'm sure Ursula would be rather miffed to discover you think she's a bloke!

[AndyF]

Sorry about that Ursula , maybe I should rephrase. 'Almost all the posters on this topic are male'...

[Diabando]

Well...maybe one more female...but I rarely post!

I lurk (like Craig!), read and learn...this is where I am most amazed by things I would never have known. Like Larry Perkins helping out with Lauder.

Keep it up - I love this place

[mickj]

Udo
Dont sell your site to short.its well done
mickj

[Steve Watkins]

Steve Watkins, age 43
I live in Melbourne, Australia and drive past the Albert Park circuit each day to and from work.
My main interest is Formula One, which began late in 1969 when I bought a copy of Australian Motor Sport which had a report of the Italian Grand Prix.
By the mid 70's I was getting Motor Sport and Autosport and this broadened my areas of interest to most categories.
Actual racing experience has been limited to being part of a pit crew for an AUSCAR Superspeedway team about ten years ago (at the Calder Thunderdome and to the first two Gold Coast Indy races)
I am currently in the process of building a database for the WC results but progress is very slow due to other commitments. With all the results that are on the web I am wondering whether to continue this project.
I continue to watch each Grand Prix and CART race (videotaped and watched at a more suitable time). In fact since the Channel 9 started showing the races in 1981 I have missed only two.
I have been lurking around The Nostalgia Forum for about a year (with the very occassional post) and since checking here just recently have seen some very familiar names from there.
I am amazed at the detail some of the posters know about the subjects raised here and at TNF.

Steve Watkins

[DNQ]

I'm Scott Russell, I live in Brisbane, Australia, and I'm 15 years old. Being that age, you probably think I am not into historic racing, but you are far from the truth.

I haven't posted a huge amount on the historic forums, but I love anything from the old days of racing, and appreciate the days when it was man and machine racing wheel to wheel, none of this pitstops and strategy rubbish.

My favourite car? I will never forget the day out at Lakeside last year when Kevin Bartlett was demonstrating the Ford GT40....wow, amazing. The sound was amazing, the car beautiful.

I sometimes wish I had a time machine so I could go back and see these beautiful machines race...

[Barry Boor]

I really ought to spend more time over here. The topics look more interesting than those currently in vogue on another popular forum.
Did I really say that? Well hush my mouth!

Anyway, apologies to those who have read all this before on the 'other' forum:
I am who my user name says I am. I am 53, and a Cockney Londoner, now living and teaching in North West Wales-by-the-sea.
I follow most forms of international motor sport, but still feel that F1 is the pinnacle thereof. Even if it frustrates me more and more as the years go by.
I used to call myself Dan Gurney's #1 British fan, but having seen the support there is for the Great Man, I suppose I should now say, one of his greatest British fans. I also have great respect and affection for Jim Clark, Tony Brooks and of course, dear old Stirling.
I build and race slot-cars, currently working on a series based around the mid-1950's; details of same can be seen at
http://www.bboor.freeserve.co.uk/Website
I also collect diecast models of historic single seaters.
I had a brief flirtation with racing back in the early 1970's, being a member of the lunatic crew who built and attempted to race the Connew F1 car. Peter Connew is my cousin.
Although I now live nearly 300 miles away from Peter, I am gradually trying to persuade him that he MUST rebuild the old girl before she and he get too old. Anyone got a spare DFV? It doesn't have to work!!!!

[Racer.Demon]

Mattijs Diepraam from the Netherlands reporting for duty. I am about to turn 33 and am married to this great girl that is the mother of my 3-year-old kid (who is already doing a great job in recognizing GP cars, bikes and road cars!).

During office hours I usually work as a writer and business journalist but when deadlines aren't pressing me I take some time to post to TNF (and now here as well) and do some work on the websites I maintain, which are http://8w.forix.com (8W hosted by Forix), http://www.racer.demon.nl/6thgear (6th Gear) and http://www.racer.demon.nl/mrh (Reference Directory of Motor Racing History Sources on the Web).

I have probably taken too much time before I decided to sign up here but I see that I won't have any regrets. I won't be a prolific poster - my number of posts at TNF has also dropped dramatically, due to sheer lack of time - but I am sure I will enjoy reading many of the discussions started at this place.

Right, carry on...