John harvey racing driver

It was later developed into a fullfledged drag car by larry webb and bob redwing of alan green racing, who added fuel injection to give the cheetah an alleged 500 horsepower. A fourtime winner of the armstrong 500 at phillip island and then bathurst, bob jane goes down in australian motor racing history books as one of the alltime greats. Teaming with peter brock in the early 1980s their holden commodore was dominant and won the bathurst from 1982 to 1984. He was a top speedcar driver for many years in the 1950s and 1960s, winning many championship races including the nsw championship for three successive years and the victorian championship t. Whether it was touring cars, speedway racers, sportscars, openwheelers or even a solar car. John french racing driver last updated april 12, 2019. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Emerson harvey and jackson burton get australian f4 debut. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover john s connections and jobs at similar companies. But, if you ask exholden race car driver john harvey, its the wrong question. Nick percat had won before on debut, at bathurst, as a co driver five years before.

For the 3 hour race, basil raced solo in pete brocks superseded torana v8 a9x seen above brock and john harvey each driving with co drivers in the later torana slr 5000 v8 models and basil still took a remarkable 4th. With john sheppard at the helm and drivers like peter brock and john harvey piloting them expertly they had some of the most memorable victories of any race car on tracks all over australia. There are 259 days remaining until the end of this year. Peter brock receives his bathurst winners trophy from prime minister bob hawke with co drivers larry perkins and john harvey. Catalogue of all 143 scale dinkum classic holden racing version model cars. John harvey is one of australias most accomplished and gifted racing drivers with an impressive record in championship races in every category he competed in. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day. Despite being regarded as one of the best speedcar drivers in australia, harvey switched from speedway to road racing in 1964 following the deaths of a few. Brocks cars have been well documented, with both the 1978 and 1979 cars here in our collection. Interview with hdt and hsv hero john harvey whichcar.

He was a top speedcar driver for many years in the 1950s and 1960s, winning many championship. Description holden lc torana gtr xu1 1971 hardie ferodo 500 drivers. He also won the australian touring car championship in 1979. What emerged from this chaos, of course, was a fairytale. But that was with the crack holden racing team and the team he now drove for, ld motorsport, was the lowestfunded in the pitlane. It goes around the corners faster than a touring car, brakes harder and compared to an openwheel. John french racing driver wikimili, the free encyclopedia. They cannot be modified or updated on their own and do not cover entire drivers racing.

John harvey racing driver born 1938, winner of the 1983 bathurst john harvey royal navy admiral 17721837, long serving royal navy officer john harvey royal navy officer 17401794, long serving naval officer killed at the glorious first of june. Spencer martin tips his ferrari 250lm into the fast homestead corner at warwick farm before unleashing the cars 3. The first race after repair of the bt23e was in john harvey s hands, at warwick farm in a support race late in 1968. John harvey racing driver born 1938, winner of the 1983 bathurst john harvey cricketer 19392003, english cricketer john harvey rugby league born 1955, australian rugby league player and coach john harvey american football born 1966, national football league running back john harvey canadian football born 1950, canadian football league running back. The national library of australias copies direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages clicking on the order now button below will open the ordering form in a new window which will allow you to enter the details of your request. Motorsport legend john harvey reflects on his time with holden and. John harvey talks about his holden racing mate peter brock. This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. John harvey was born on february 21, 1938 82 years old. Colin bond is an australian former racing driver and team owner whose golden years were the 1970s when he won three australian rally championship titles 1971, 1972, 1974 and australian touring car championship title in 1975 in 1969, he and tony roberts won the hardieferodo 500 race, what is today the bathurst.

John harvey was one of australias most versatile racing car drivers. The 15year old will make his car racing debut with the team as he comes straight from karting. The 1985 australian touring car championship was a cams sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of touring cars. Robert morris born 4 october 1948 is an australian former racing driver. Emerson harvey is the grandson of famous australian racing driver john harvey and will join team brm.

He won numerous speedway titles in the 50s and 60s, before switching to road racing where he successfully campaigned brabhams in the australian drivers championship. View john harvey s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. In what became harveys final year as a professional race car driver. He was a top speedcar driver for many years in the 1950s and 1960s, winning many championship races including the nsw championship for three successive years and the victorian championship twice before turning his skills to road racing where he had a long and successful career until his. John francis harvey is a retired australian racing driver. Compared to other racing drivers of the time, john harvey got into road racing fairly late into his career.

Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Later in a career, bond recorded six more podiums at mount panoramas. He was a top speedcar driver for many years in the 1950s and 1960s winning many championship races including the nsw championship for three successive years and the victorian championship twice. He was the first driver to win a formula one world championship with the williams team, becoming the 1980 world drivers champion and the second australian to do so following triple world champion sir jack brabham. These statistics are based only on the results available in the rsc archive database. Garrie cooper, perhaps the other driver capable of winning the gold star that year also had a. Brothers peter and phil brock in the team brock entered torana l34 completed a second consecutive podium. John french born 28 november 1930 is an australian retired racing driver. John harvey retired from motor industry no company. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. And misses the bad midget crash john had being the main reason of his quitting speedway. Road racing championship round behind john harveys oldfaithful brabham bt23e repco. Allan george moffat obe born 10 november 1939 in saskatoon, saskatchewan, canada is a canadianaustralian racing driver known for his four championships in the australian touring car championship, six wins in the sandown 500 and his four wins in the bathurst 500.

He competed in a total of 117 grands prix, winning 12 and achieving. In 1967, green sold the car to john harvey, who titled it for the first time and it remains titled as a 1967 model today. John francis harvey born 21 february 1938 in sydney, new south wales is a retired australian racing driver. John harvey australian racing driver age, birthday. Australian sports car championship 1971 standings driver. I loved open wheel cars, open cockpit cars that was my go, said australian motor racing legend and wandin resident, john harvey. The race was dramatically won by the ron hodgson motors entered holden lh torana slr 5000 l34 of bob morris and british driver john fitzpatrick. John harvey racing driver wikimili, the best wikipedia. While many of his rivals, including allan moffat, peter brock and colin bond, elected to drive the 500mile race solo, jane paired up with his regular bob jane racing driver john harvey.

Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. John harvey, lionel ayers, howie sangster, alan hamilton, phil moore, henry michell, stan keen, ken hastings snr. John harvey receives medal of order of australia mount. Team brm won the teams championship in 2015 and 2016 and now sports a five driver lineup. The john harvey fanpage official is for the discussion and reminiscing of the exceptional exploits of one of. Spencer martin was one of australias champion drivers of the 1960s winning the gold star, the australian drivers championship in. Click on the site to see john harvey s career results at that track glossary.

The john harvey fanpage official is for the discussion and reminiscing of the exceptional exploits of one of australias all time greats of motor sport. John harvey is one of australias most versatile and accomplished racing drivers. Morris won australias premier touring car race, the bathurst in 1976. His first championship steer was at the sandown tasman round in february 1969. Holden lc torana gtr xu1 1971 hardie ferodo 500 bob. Second on the same lap was the holden dealer team torana l34 of colin bond and john harvey. Born in sydney in 1938, john harvey is bestremembered for his. Morris was inducted into the v8 supercars hall of fame in 2004. It was the 26th running of the australian touring car championship and the first to be contested using regulations based on the fias international group a regulations after having been run under cams home grown group c rules between 1973 and 1984. Which driver, dead or alive would you most like to have dinner with. Alan stanley jones, mbe born 2 november 1946 in melbourne, victoria is an australian former formula one driver. John had engine dramas and failed to finish the race won by chris amons ferrari dino 246t. The former open wheeler and sportscar racing star joined his team boss in a torana much improved over that which holden teams had first raced at bathurst the. In this interview john reveals his favourite race cars, his toughest rival.

There are more than 280 events that were made this day in history. The first thirteen drivers to be inducted into mount panoramas new legends. Australian motor racing legend john harvey is the patron for the upcoming. Before that he was actually one of the best speedcar racers. Profile for racing driver john harvey from australia. Moffat was inducted into the v8 supercars hall of fame in 1999 moffat and his longtime friend and rival and later co. After a couple of year on the dirt track, harvey moved to road. Drivers switch type of racing the nostalgia forum the. All the winners from the 1970 tasman championship season. Larry would eventually win the race six times 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, with co drivers peter brock 198284, john harvey 1983, gregg hansford 1993 and russell ingall 1995 and 1997. Ken block swaps seats with v8 supercar drivers mark winterbottom and will davison duration. Great hes still kicking on at 81 word has it he was still lightingup marlboros at hsvhdt reunions not that long ago.