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... background for an enthusiast. Born on August the 5th, 1939 Roger made his debut at club level in 1956, and went on to win the first of four British Rally Championship titles in a Ford GT Cortina in 1965, and then a Ford RS Escort in 1972, 1973 and 1975, all with co-driver Jim Porter. He was a well rounded sportsman, reaching county standard at ... synonymous with Clark's name as a winner, Jim Porter. The pair's first events of a strictly road-going nature were in a Y-type Ford, succeeded by a 100E van. Roger later recalled, "we won a few pots and things locally, but I had a Mini in 1960 and I really established myself in those". In fact Roger won the ...

... Bathurst And The GT Falcon Ford's Falcon GT had a life span of only eight years, but it packed more drama and more passion into that time than any other car in Australian motoring history. The GT's swansong was its appearance at the 1975 Bathurst 1000, although some would linger for a few years more. At the time, it was litreally being swamped by a horde of Torana SL/R 5000s all with better power/weight ratios, better brakes, less body weight and more agility than the Falcons. The Falcon GT's rise and demise was almost exclusively governed by the requirements of the "The Mount". The first 289 cube Falcon GT appeared when Ford could develop its Cortina GT and GT500 1.5 -litre cars no further and ...

... 34�mes Grand Prix d Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1966 Circuit Permanenthe de la Sarthe Date: June 18th and 19th, 1966 Conditions: Dry, Light rain on Sunday Starters: 55 Track Length: 13,461 metres Distance: 4843.090 km Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney, USA Ford GT Mk II, 3'30"6= 230.103 km/h Pole Position: Dan Gurney, USA, Ford GT Mk II, 3'30"6= 230.103 km/h Average Speed: 210.795 km/h Originally, the race results were actually determined by distance. The car which covered the greatest distance was declared the winner. This is known to have caught out the Ford team in 1966. With a dominant 1-2 lead ...

... George Moffat 4 times Bathurst winner and a name synonymous with Aussie racing car legends. The Canadian born Moffat would move to Australia with his parents in the early 1960's as a college student, however his passion was for racing, something he had enjoyed Stateside prior to moving to Australia. His first foray on the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) came in 1965, then driving a Ford Lotus Cortina. He switched to driving a Ford Mustang, and with sponsorship provided by Coca-Cola his brightly coloured red car soon became a favourite of race fans around the country. He would go on to win 101 ATCC races in this car between 1969 and 1972 but there was a problem- Bathurst eligibility requirements dictated that all cars entered had to be Series Production cars. Moffat either ...

... Le Mans. The winning car, the first turbo-charged version to win the event, covered 349 laps to average 198.75 km/h for 4770 km. Despite an unscheduled pit stop for half an hour to replace a turbo-charger, they still managed to win by 11 laps from J-Louis Lafosse and Francoise Migualt, of France, in an old rebodied Lola-Ford. A Mirage-Ford, driven by Aussie Vern Schuppan and popular Britain Derek Bell, was fifth 23 laps behind. Vern was one of five Aussies taking part. Third place, and the ones who got the biggest cheer from the mighty 200,000 crowd went to popular London stamp dealer Alain de Cadenet 29, and Chris Craft 33, in a modified Lola-Ford. The ...