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This is a bit not quite as the topic intended, but not worth a new thred and it sort of fits here.I was actually doing some research on an engine from the late sixties, the Martin V8. It was originally going to be for F1 but for various reasons never made it. It did however get used in Sports cars and the amazing Special Saloons back then.
Part of my searching uncovered a programme from Thruxton in 1971. I was at the race although I dont really remember details of it other than the Martin V8 engine being in Brian Cutting's Escort Special Saloon.
I looked through all the races in the programme on that day. Some of the names and cars just make me realise how fortunate we were back then to have, in terms of such special cars and remarkable fields of at the time up and coming talent.
The F3 race for instance.... three future World Champions, Jones Scheckter and Hunt all running. Plus Purley, Williamson and others.
In the Special saloons we had an Escort with a BRM V12 3 litre engine, plus numerous other big cars and name drivers. Look at Event #6. Also the field was so large we had two special saloon races, one for over 1300cc and one for under. Both grid fillers with reserves.
The Modsports as well, some brilliant cars like John "Plastic" Pearson with his Jag XK 120, Brian Hough with his TVR. Actually just noticed Hough only had a V6 TVR at this event. He went on to run it with a 5.7 litre V8 later. Sadly he lost his life in the V8 car at Thruxton a couple of years later at a meeting I was also at. It was one of my hero cars. (below)
Happy Days.
Anyway here is the programme: https://www.progcovers.com/motor/thruxton711017.pdf
