Andrew hedges racing driver

Whitsun, goodwood, barc, alan foster 771, 21 laps both cars finished, spun. The chrysler charger was the most successful standard production racecar ever on nz circuits. Below is a table of all entrants of races in the 1960 bscc season. Welcome,a passion for speed, control and accuracy has always been the driving force in everything i do. What struck a positive chord with andrew in the bmw race driver series was the friendly nature of the competitors. The tuning boom for the new mini was taking off and companies like speedwell and downton were at the forefront racing their own cars to advertise their tuning parts. F1s biggest selling point is the glamour it sure as shit aint the actual on track racing, which is outclassed by most other racing categories. The previous year that same car had competed at le mans in aerodynamic long nose configuration where, driven by andrew hedges and paddy hopkirk, it averaged 99. Winter olympics sportspeople from oxfordshire british racing drivers british bobsleigh biography stubs. This mgb gt is the forgotten hero of sports car racings golden age. Profile for racing driver andrew hedges from britain.

The farmhouse, large, warm and solid, provides a hospitable welcome on the squally autumn day of my visit. Andrew hedges 16 september 1935 1 october 2005 was a british bobsledder. British female racing drivers the contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Chassis 2493 was taken from the triumph coventry factory in august 1973 and with factory support from abingdon motorsports department with bmc guru don moore allocated to the engine the car was built over the winter of 1973. Added to this team a little later was the expertise of andrew hedges, the bmc factory racing driver and sales manager of upd and, with the. Ii ford racing coupes, three run by shelby american, three by holman and moody and two by alan mann racing and all the cars were prepared to the same specification, differing only in colour, which was done for identification purposes, but unlike in previous years this was a concerted and united effort controlled much more strictly by ford staff. Achieving more victories than any other driver that season, he finished as runnerup to. Achieving more victories than any other driver that season, he finished as runnerup to bmw stablemate colin turkington after battling closely for honours throughout. Jan 27, 2017 andy lally is not your standard racecar driver.

Chryslers were highly successful in nz production saloon car racing throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Driving past his land everything is immaculate, the fences arrowstraight, the hedges and verges perfectly trimmed. Drivers with last names starting with h racingreference. Andrew hedges racing career profile driver database. This aluminium bodied austinhealey sprite was built in 1966 for that seasons big endurance races. Most men will never get a chance of even karting competitively due to the ridiculous costs, let alone women, who just in the uk alone are outnumbered 14. Foster mga twin cam team and andrew hedges magnette racing team. Andrew kirkaldy born 1 march 1976 in st andrews is a scottish racing driver and managing director of mclaren gt. This print is signed by paddy hopkirk and andrew hedges. Click on the race name to see the results of that race. He raced in the formula vauxhall championship in 1996 and 1997, finishing runnerup in 1997. Andrew hedges nationality british born september 16, 1935 died october 1, 2005 disclaimer.

Matt kuebel matthew lautzenhiser morgan burgett andrew hedges jamie macklem riley vreeke nick uhlarik justin sherwin tyler affolder andrew jackiw justin derosa. Andrew hedges gbs cars photo gallery racing sports cars. Andrew hedges and alan foster hold the immaculate midgets in tight formation, a sight which will be sadly missed around the circuits this season now that the jacobs team is disbanded so far we have not mentioned the allimportant drivers who have so. Moreorless complete results for the mgb, mgb gt, mg c, and a few prototypes notably the lightweight mgc gtss with special alloy body panels in the world championship series from 1962 to 1978, as well as other classic races and rallyes of the era. What does it take to become a lamborghini racing driver. It competed in the sebring 12hour race with timo makinen and paul hawkins and later at le mans with andrew hedges and paddy hopkirk at the wheel. Andrew hedges was a regular driver for jacobs up till 1964, including the international km race at the nurburgring where the two midgets finished first and second in class, the highest placed british competitors. The entry was not of a very high standard and only 54 cars started, instead of the traditional 55. Sep 01, 2017 this mgb gt is the forgotten hero of sports car racing s golden age. Sports car racing photo gallery of andrew hedges gbs cars photo gallery.

He also won the mclaren autosport brdc award in that year, which earnt him a prize test with the mclaren formula one team. Foster mga twincam team and andrew hedges magnette racing team. Jacobs retired from driving, but he didnt retire from racing. In 1970 the car competed in the daytona 24hr with a privateer. Here we have yet another driver who has caught the e30 racing bug. Mg marked a serious return to postwar racing with the entry of. It meant andrew spent his early years following the rally circuit, before progressing to karting. World sports racing prototypes world championship 1966. Lamborghini huracan gt3 pov helmetcam onboard at monza. This is a nondiffusing parent category of category. Some glory was seen by young, whom after finishing second in six of the years eight races was able to take victory in the 1,000cc class, holding off andrew hedges who had the ability to make it a clean sweep of victories that season for the austin a40. Kirkaldy began his career competing in karting, winning the scottish junior championship in 1989 and the scottish senior championship in 1993. Chassis 2493, originally mimosa yellow and sponsored and supported by combined butch tailors racing teambroadspeed, campaigned the belgian touring car championship through.

Growing up in st andrews his father enjoyed building rally cars while his mum was a driving instructor. Andrew evans is a young american race car driver competing in the imsa weathertech sportscar championship, and is the 2019 12 hours of sebring winner. Brands hatch brands hatch has been the scene of some momentous occasions in motor racing history from ayrton sennas first victory and nigel mansells first grand prix win, to. A champion on the track, the 40yearold is also a vegan, outdoor sports enthusiast and outright fitness fiend. In the 1968 sebring 12 hour race, the mgc of hopkirk and hedges finished in 10th place overall and is shown here being followed by a ford gt40.

Andrew kirkaldy born 1 march 1976 in st andrews is a british racing driver and managing director of mclaren gt. I count myself very lucky that i can call my passion my job. Oct 01, 2005 andrew hedges nationality british born september 16, 1935 died october 1, 2005 disclaimer. Jun 30, 2015 this pin was discovered by victoria british ltd discover and save.

Ive been a keen circuit racer for around 16 years now and before me my father logan was a driver in the 1960s who took part in the monte carlo rallies and was a familiar. Comparison between andrew hedges and chuck tannlund racing. With a winning background in karting, formula cars, and sports cars, both in north america and europe, andrew is one of the top prototype race car drivers rising through the ranks of motorsports. World sports racing prototypes british international. Rob wolff, who currently races in the e30 class, first started in motorsport about 40 odd years ago.

Beautiful women are glamorous, snotty little kids are not. Comments 2 video links 0 contact info 0 andrew hedges born. Andrews race cars has been designing and building quality race cars and performance components since 1989. Andrew smith racing career profile driver database. Chrysler hemi valiant chargers of new zealand a racing. Just perfect he thought, for a small capacity gt racing car.

The unipower story from hgvs to urban cubes via the gt. But the most natural racing driver ive ever seen was peter hannen. He was a very delicate driver with complete selfcontrol and the ability to assess the situation. Hedges left and paddy hopkirk take a welldeserved break at sebring in 1969 both clearly holding an early form of modern f1 drivers energy drinks ch during this time you managed to fit in some tobogganing, bobsleighing and powerboat racing. Successful sebring sprite driver, andrew hedges, had come to dicks notice on a. Motor racing results from the dawn of motor sport with driver, team and circuit profiles. He had the connaught and i was driving a 250f and he sat back and i had to go further and further to keep him behind me. Mgb, drx 255c which took second in class at le mans in 1965. Starting out as a design only service due to proprietor rod andrews structural engineering background and cad expertise, the company soon outgrew the home garage to where it is today utilising 3 warehouses in seven hills, sydney, australia. He was the first driver to win a formula one world. References this biographical article relating to british bobsleigh. Andrew hedges and alan foster hold the immaculate midgets in tight formation, a sight which will be sadly missed around the circuits this season now that the jacobs team is disbanded so far we have not mentioned the allimportant drivers who have so consistently brought the midgets to the finishing line. See more ideas about racing, mg cars and sport cars. This mgb gt is the forgotten hero of sports car racings.

This year le mans was run to the new formula of 3litres for group 6 cars and 5litres for group 4 and the new chicane before the pits was in use, so that cars had to brake heavily after the white house esses and negotiate two 45m. Andrew then took part in the scholarship competition run by silverstone race academy. Moreorless complete results for the mgb, mgb gt, mg c, and a few prototypes notably the lightweight mgc gtss with special alloy body panels in the world championship series from 1962 to 1978, as well as other classic. Andrew hedges the editor interviews the amateur racing and rally driver, international powerboat racer and british olympic bobsleigh team member who went on to become the most successful postwar works mg driver in the june issue we covered andrew s introduction to motorsport with a vintage bentley, austin a40. 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. Alan stanley jones, mbe born 2 november 1946 in melbourne, victoria is an australian former formula one driver.

For a driver with so many battles with so many racers under his belt, green has a strong and unexpected view on the best driver he has raced against. He competed in the twoman and the fourman events at the 1964 winter olympics. Bmw and wsr entered a trio of new 3 series in 2019, and once more, jordan represented the blue corner at bmw pirtek racing his longtime partner extending its support. Michael began racing with an mg tc and a jaguar ss100 in the mid 50s, followed by a lotus 7 in 1957, but it was with a 1. Lotus 47 europa group 4 1967 home racing sports cars lotus 47. I am a racing driver, driver coach and precision driver. Nzs premier production car race was the annual benson and hedges 500 mile later km race at pukekohe near auckland. Driving the worlds longest motor race classic driver.

Bill jenkinscars i lust for john targetts mgb race car, number 612, bmo 542b mg mgb, mg midget. Full details of racing driver andrew hedges s record. Andrew farms 700 acres of mixed arable in border country near berwickupontweed. He met the likes of the balls, graham macdonald, mike moros. Amazing pictures show the moment a lucky british racing car driver had a miraculous escape after barrelrolling with is head out of the window andrew bourkes alfa romeo gtv clipped another. In spring 1973 julien verneave bmc works driver and distributor of leyland cars belgium ordered the build of a dolomite sprint group 1 race car. Starting his career in karts as so many aspiring professional drivers, he soon started winning both races and championships, beating many drivers with more experience. During his varied racing career he once shared a drive in 1963 in one of the dick jacobs mg midget coupes with andrew hedges as codriver, finishing th. Driver its impossible for both genders to try and have a career in motorsport. See more ideas about mg cars, racing and race cars. Andrew hedges was a regular driver for jacobs up till 1964, including the.