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Surtees 1971 TS8 DeSilva

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Make: Surtees
Model: TS-8
Year: 1971

Chassis: 007
Engine: Chevy 302 (5 Litre)
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Harindra DeSilva
Location: Hayward, California, USA
Previous Owners: Team Surtees, Richard Attwood, Brian Redman, David Swigler

Racing History: Car raced by Peter Reverson and Alan Rollinson in various European racs and winning the 1972 Monza F5000 race. This car also competed in the Questor Grand Prix. Car was imported by Brian Redman from Britain to the US and restored before it was sold to Dave Swigler in 1985.

Surtees 1972 TS11 Sills

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Make:  Surtees
Model: TS-11
Year: 1972

Chassis: 004
Engine: Chevy 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Donald Sills
Location: Incline Village, Nevada, USA
Contact Info: N/A  Email: djsills@sbcglobal.net
Previous Owners: ChampCarr Inc., Gary Matthews, Chuck Haynes.

Racing History: Car raced by Sam Posey in the 1972 L&M Championship and 1973 Tasman Series and driven in 1974 by Gary Mathews. Don Sills bought the original tub from Chuck Haynes in 2000 and is in the process of restoring the car. Another car by the same chassis is also owned by Anthony Goddard from the UK. Not clear if this car was built on a spare tub or on a new tub.

Shadow 1975 DN6 Bartel

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Make: Shadow
Model: Formula 5000 DN6
Year: 1975
Chassis: 1A
Engine: Dodge (5 lt. equivalent)
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Jim Bartel
Location: Wixom, MI, USA

Previous Owners: Don Nichols, Mike Duncan, Jim Bartel, Andrew Simpson, Scott Monroe, Jim Kelleher

Racing History: Car first raced at Pocono in June 1975 driven by Jackie Oliver and finishing 3rd. The car competed in five other races in 1975. Oliver raced the car at Mosport, Road America (practice only) and Riverside, and was used as a spare car for Long Beach. J. P. Jarrier raced the car at Watkins Glen in 1975. In 1976, Oliver only raced the car once at Mid-Ohio finishing in 2nd place. It appears that Don Nichlos retained the car until 1991 when Mike Duncan purchased it. Car was aacquired by Jim Bartel in 1997 who performed a complete restoration and retained it until 2007. Car changed hands a few more times before being acquired by Jim Kelleher in 2009 and raced occasionally in the U.S. F5000 Revival Series. Car was reacquired by Jim Bartel in 2014 for another complete restoration before participating in the F5000 Revival Series in 2015 and driven by Craig Bennett. 

Shadow 1975 DN6 Losher

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Make: Shadow
Model: Formula 5000 DN6
Year: 1975
Chassis: 3A
Engine: Dodge (5 lt. equivalent)
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Dennis Losher
Location: Turlock, CA, USA

Previous Owners: Don Nichols (Shadow Team owner)

Racing History: Driven by Jackie Oliver, Jody Scheckter, Tom Pryce at Laguna Beach, Laguna Seca and Riverside in 1975. Purchased by Dennis Losher from Don Nichols in 2005 and under restoration for 2008 vintage racing season.

McRae 1971 GM1 Boissoneau

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1971
Chassis: 011A
Engine: Chevy 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Ray Boissoneau
Location: Bedford, New Hampshire, USA

Previous Owners: Roy Lane

Racing History: This car is nearly identical to car chassis #12 also owned by Ray Boissoneau. This Chassis was a Graham McRae spare car, when he ran the F5000 series and won the championship in 1971. Roy Lane purchased the Chassis and all parts to assemble a complete car. After Ray Boissoneau bought the chassis and spare parts he assembled the car in the U.S. The chassis came with a plate #11. Since there is a another chassis #11 already in existence, Ray is using number 011A on the Chassis plate.

McRae 1972 GM1 Boissoneau

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1972
Chassis: 012
Engine: Chevy 305 cid (5 lt. equivalent)
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Ray Boissoneau
Location: Bedford, New Hampshire, USA

Previous Owners: Purchased new by Warwick Racing in 1973, sold to Bristol-based Sprint expert, Dave Harris. Purchased by Roy Lane in 1983. Purchased by Ray Boissoneau in 1996.

Racing History: Raced by Roy Lane. Finished 2nd overall in the British Hill Climb Championship in 1974 and 1st in 1975 having won 11 of 13 qualifying rounds and securing the title with a record maximum points score. Finished 1st overall again in 1976 in Hill Climb Championship. Dave Harris drove the car to 1st overall finish in the British Sprint Championship in 1977. During 1981 the car was used to set several British land speed records. In 1984 Roy Lane won the British Sprint Championship with the car at the Isle of Man with Roy Lane recording a speed of nearly 180 MPH on wet roads. From 19997 to present, Ray Boissoneau has raced the car at various historic race events with HSR and other racing organizations in the USA and England to several 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes at Brands Hatch, Watkins Glen, Road America, Mt.Treblant, Road Atlanta, VIR, etc.

McRae 1972 GM1 IMAJINE MS/Hyde

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1972
Chassis: 009
Engine: Chevy 302, 5 litre with Lucas/Kinsler Fuel Injection
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: IMAJINE Motorsport/Chris Hyde
Location: New Zealand

Previous Owners: Jim and Chuck Sarich of Quicksilver Racing (1973-1975), Ted Wenz and Peter Marcovicci of Marcovicci-Wenz Engineering (1975-2004).

Racing History: This car was campaigned by Quicksilver Racing in June 1973 at Watkins Glen in round five of the US F5000 championship series. Car bought by Wenz-Marcovicci in 1975 and raced by Ted Wenz in historic events from 1986 to 2004. Car purchased by IMAJINE Motorsport in 2004 and driven by Chris Hyde in Tasman Revival Series and other International historic events , such as at Brands Hatch and Silverstone in 2005.

McRae 1972 GM1 Petrie

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1972
Chassis: 005
Engine: Chevy 5 lt.
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Ken Petrie
Location: Denver, CO

Previous Owners: Graham McRae, Gregg Young, Randolph Johnston

Racing History: Graham McRae raced this car in the UK in 1972 and later in New Zealand to the Tasman 1973 championship. Car later raced by Gregg Young during 1973 and by Randolph Johnston in 1974 in the US. Ken Petrie bought car in 1994 and has raced in vintage events in the US.

Racing History: Raced by David Prophet from 1970 to 1973. In 1989 Ric Hall won the HSCC pre-1991 Single Seat Championship in the UK. Raced in vintage raced on the west coast since 2000.

McRae 1973 GM1 Hoey

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1973
Chassis: 008
Engine: Chevy 305 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Paul Hoey
Location: Olympia, Washington, USA

Previous Owners: Dan Furey, Josef Scott, Bill Johnson.

Racing History: Raced by Josef Scott and Dan Furey. Raced at Riverside in 1973. Gordon Smiley, Vern Schuppan and then the owner Joseph Scott tried driving it unsuccessfully. Raced at HSR at Mid-Ohio in July 1994. Bought and raced by Paul Hoey in 2005 in SOVREN and other race events.

McRae 1973 GM1 Stengel

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1973
Chassis: 10
Engine: Chevy 305 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: James Stengel
Location: New York, New York, USA

Previous Owners: Quick Silver Racing, Rodney Green (1973), Paul Hoey.

Racing History: Raced by Chuck and Jim Sarich as second car for Quick Silver. Later purchased and raced by Rodney Green mostly in Midwest events. Sold to Paul Hoey in 2007. Car purchased by Jim Stengel in 2008. Jim plans to race in vintage races in the US beginning in 2008. 

McRae 1973 GM1 Esterer

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Make: McRae
Model: GM1
Year: 1973
Chassis: 014
Engine: Chevy 302, 5lt.
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Jay Esterer
Location: Edmonton, CAN

Previous Owners: Graham McRae, Ian Stronach, Derek Robinson, Larry Bradley, Ian Higgins, Ken Petrie.

Racing History: Graham McRae raced this car in 1973 in 5 US races without much success. Ian Stronach bought car and raced during 1976-1977 in UK. Car returned to US and bought by Ken Petrie in 2001 who raced it in various US vintage events.

McLaren 1969 M10B Leeson

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10B
Year: 1969 (Oct)
Chassis: 400-04
Engine: Chevy 5 litre with Weber carburetors (48IDA)
Transmission: Hewland DG500

Owner: Bruce Leeson
Location: Monterey, California, USA

Previous Owners: David Prophet (1970 -1973); Jim More, Noel Le Tissier, Waring and Gillow, Phil Chapman, Ian Webb, John Pesket, John Beasley and John Harper (1973 – 1988); Ric Hall, Hall & Fowler (1988 – 1989); Richard Schenfeld in NY (1990); Purchased by Bruce Leeson in 1991. 

Racing History: Raced by David Prophet from 1970 to 1973. In 1989 Ric Hall won the HSCC pre-1991 Single Seat Championship in the UK. Raced in vintage raced on the west coast since 2000.

McLaren 1969 M10A Pozo

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10-A
Year: 1969
Chassis: 300-07
Engine: Chevy 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland LG600

Owner: Jesus Pozo
Location: Madrid, Spain

Previous Owners: Roger McCaig (1969-1970), Howie Fairbanks (1970 – 77), French Canadian auto museum (1977-1974), Andrew Simpson

Racing History: Car raced in 1969-1970 by well-known Canadian privateer Roger McCaig. Car raced in 1993 at Watkins Glen for F1 reunion. Car recently restored by RM Motorsports for Andrew Simpson. Since the ground up restoration, Andrew Simpson has raced car at various CVAR events (setting class track speed records) and Brian Redman International Challenge events at Road America. Car sold and moved to Spain in 2006.

McLaren 1969 M10A Fogel

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10-A
Year: 1969
Chassis: 11 or 12
Engine: Chevy Traco 304 (5 litre)
Transmission: Hewland LG600

Owner: Martin Fogel
Location: Hermosa Beach, CA, USA

Previous Owners: Merle Brennan (1969-1973), Martin Fogel (1973-)

Racing History: One of two M10 cars owned by Merle Brennan. Car restored by Martin Fogel and raced on occasion at HMSA events in Nevada. The Traco motor was initially built for James Garner’s A.I.R. Trans Am Team.

McLaren 1969 M10A Roberts

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10B
Year: 1970
Chassis: 400-04b
Engine: Chevy 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Barry Davison
Location: Buckinghamshire, UK

Previous Owners: David Prophet, Roy Lane. 

Racing History: This chassis number is a duplicate of another 400-04 listed in this Registry. This car was rebuilt by Roy Lane around the tub and mortal remains of Prophet’s original 400/4 which was crashed in practice at Silverstone, and which Roy purchased from him on 3rd October 1970 after the tub was deemed a write-off. The original tub which Lane purchased was repaired at the factory and Lane ran a number of M10s and other McLarens in various forms up the hills, while this chassis languished in his loft. This car most likely was not rebuilt or run as an entity by Lane until recent years when he re-assembled it as a hill climb car. The car has subsequently been rebuilt as a circuit car by Simon Hadfield and currently campaigned in the UK in historic races by Barry Davison.

McLaren 1970 M10B Davison

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10B
Year: 1970
Chassis: 400-04b
Engine: Chevy 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Barry Davison
Location: Buckinghamshire, UK

Previous Owners: David Prophet, Roy Lane. 

Racing History: This chassis number is a duplicate of another 400-04 listed in this Registry. This car was rebuilt by Roy Lane around the tub and mortal remains of Prophet’s original 400/4 which was crashed in practice at Silverstone, and which Roy purchased from him on 3rd October 1970 after the tub was deemed a write-off. The original tub which Lane purchased was repaired at the factory and Lane ran a number of M10s and other McLarens in various forms up the hills, while this chassis languished in his loft. This car most likely was not rebuilt or run as an entity by Lane until recent years when he re-assembled it as a hill climb car. The car has subsequently been rebuilt as a circuit car by Simon Hadfield and currently campaigned in the UK in historic races by Barry Davison.

McLaren 1970 M10B Kuprecht

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Make: McLaren
Model: M10B
Year: 1970
Chassis: 400-05
Engine: Chevy 305 ci
Transmission: Hewland DG300

Owner: Reto Kuprecht
Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Previous Owners: Howden Ganley and others. 

Racing History: Raced by Howden Ganley with sponsorship from Barry Newman in the UK in 1970 in 18 races with five second places. Ganley finished in second place in the European F5000 cahmpionship in 1970. Gordon Spice raced in Argentinian GP in 1971 and UK in 1971. Car rebuilt as ‘Kitchmac’ by Tony Kitchiner for 1972 season and driven by Gordon Spice  in 7 races in UK, and by John Kendall in UK and a race at Watkins Glen. Car also later raced in UK by Fred Saunders, Alan Rollinson, Roger Williamson, Kaye Griffiths, Richard Knight. Car not seen again after the end of 1973. Car bought by Reto Kuprecht in 2003 in its first stage of restoration from a now defunct company and went on improving it, including building a new motor. Reto has put the car on the track recently with demo runs at racing events – like the “Jim Clark Revival at Hockenheim”.

McLaren 1970 M10B Hankin

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Make: McLaren
Model: M-10B
Year: 1970 
Chassis: 14
Engine: Chevy 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: David Hankin
Location: Redding, CA, USA

Previous Owners: N/A

Racing History: N/A

McLaren 1971 M18 Watson

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Make: McLaren 
Model: M 18 Gardos
Year: 1971
Chassis: 500-08 
Engine: HOLDEN V-8 5000cc
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Chris Watson 
Location: Aukland, NZ 

Previous Owners: Dan Sullivan, David Craig, Bob Minogue, Graham McMinn, Max Worick, Brian Sampson, Pefiri Roach

Racing History: 1979 Austrailian Grand Prix (6th), 1980 Australian Grand Prix, Australian Hillclimb Championship (2nd), 2017 New Zealand Formula Libre Series (11th)

McLaren 1972 M22 Rush

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Make: McLaren
Model: M22
Year: 1972
Chassis: 3-72
Engine: Chevy 5 litre
Transmission: Hewland DG5

Owner: Tim Rush
Location: New Zealand

Previous Owners: N/A

Racing History: N/A

McKee 1968 MK8 D’Amore

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Make: McKee F5000
Model: MK8
Year: 1968
Chassis: N/A
Engine: Chevy 333 ci
Transmission: Hewland LG 600

Owner: Robert E. D’Amore
Location: Arlington, MA, USA

Previous Owners: Team Nappi

Racing History: Car formerly raced by Kurt Reinold and Team Nappi in 1968. Bob D’Amore race mostly along the east coast between VA and New England in hill climb races.

McKee 1969 12C Dudiak

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Make: McKee F5000 Mk12C
Model: 12C
Year: 1969
Chassis: Type 300 SS, No. N/A
Engine: Chevy 302 cid (5 lt. equivalent)
Transmission: Hewland LG 600

Owner: Paul J. Dudiak
Location: Peoria, Illinois USA

Previous Owners: Tito Nappi (1969-1971; C.J Salomone (1972); Anthony M. Kestian (1972-1974); Donald G. DeMaaagd (1974-2005)

Racing History: Mk12C was built by Bob McKee for Tito Nappi of Team Nappi Racing of Rockford, Illinois. The car was driven successfully by Kurt Reinold from 1969 to 1971 to 8 SCCA National wins, he won numerous Divisional races and the Central Division Championship in 1969, 1970 and 1971. He also won the June 1971 Sprint race at Road America. The car was restored to its original configuration in 2006 by Paul Dudiak. In july 2006 at the Kohler International Challenge races at Road Amarica, Bob McKee, Tito Nappi and Kurt Reinold were part of the McKee reunion and autographed the car. Currently raced with HSR, SVRA, and other historic racing events at Watkins Glen, Road America, etc. Check Paul’s website for more details.

McKee 1969 MK12 Dudiak

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Make: McKee F5000
Model: MK12
Year: 1969
Chassis: Type 300 SS, No. 2
Engine: Chevy 302 cid (5 lt. equivalent)
Transmission: Hewland LG 600

Owner: Paul J. Dudiak
Location: Peoria, Illinois USA

Previous Owners: Dick DeJarld, Mike Yarbrough

Racing History: Dick DeJarld and Mike Yarbrough drove the car in many L&M Continental 5000 Series races. This car won the June Sprints race at Road America in June 1969. The car is in original form as last raced in 1975 in its last L&M series race. Check Paul’s website for more details.

McKee 1972 MK18 Simpson

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Make: McKee
Model: MK-18
Year: 1972
Chassis: 72FA57
Engine: Chevy 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Tom Simpson
Location: Peoria, IL.  USA

Previous Owners: Bob Goulet, Ed Midgley, Dick DeJarld

Racing History: Car first raced in 1973 at Michigan International Raceway

Matich 1972 A50 Lewis

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Make:  Matich
Model:  A50
Year: 1972
Chassis: 004
Engine: GM Holden 5.0 Liter V-8
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Philip Lewis
Location: Australia

Previous Owners: John Walker (1972-1973), Jon Davison (1973-1978), Bronwyn Taylor (1978-1980), Geoff Munyard (1980-1982), Graeme Stoll (1982-1986), Peter Brennan (1986-1987), Siggy Schuler (1987-1989), Ken Smith (1989-1996), James Boult (1996-1999), Russe Greer (1999-2002)< Richard Bendell (2002-2004), Aaron Lewis (2004-2012)< Philip Lewis (2012-Current).

Racing History: First event Oran Park, 25 June 1972 John Walker (4th)
USA L&M Series 1973 at Riverside, Michigan (8th) Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen (8th)
Australian Deivers Championship and Tasman Series-Walker (1972-1974) and Jon Davison (1974-1977) 1974.
1974 (upgraded to A53 spec.)
Contested AGP 1974-1978 (4th in 1974)