Great to see my hero Brian Pedley again. His Min was orange when I was a regular supporter, never thought I`d see him again, great days! Addenda - I have just learned from a well known author of books on this subject that Brian was leading the points championship at this point but was robbed of a win here because an oil seal failure caused clutch slippage with the result seen above.
Ure spot on mate! Was never the same when those crappy starlets pugs etc came in the escort days were the golden times close sideways racing we were just lucky to be there pal!!!
First World final i went to, by train just for the Saturday of the weekend as the car I had on the road would probably not made the 200 mile round trip :). The good old days before the crappy plastic covered spaceframes took over.
"Heidelberg Staalwerke" BDA Escort( Happy Steenkamp ). Father-in-law, Jurgens Steyn, was the owner of this company at the time and sponsored several riders, including himself during the early seventies. Fourth place is not too shabby for SA!! Francois, Seun, hierdie "comment" is net vir julle. R.I.P oom Jurie - ons mis jou!!
I think Barry Lee would have won this easily if he had of had a slightly better starting position on the grid . It always struck me as wrong for the World Final that they used to draw the names out of the hat for grid position. During the season ALL the best drivers start at the back so they have a fairly equal chance to make it all the way to the front and win the race but in the World final you might get one of the top drivers or a few of them right at the front and another few top drivers right at the back ( as happened here ) . No matter how good you are , you are NOT going to be able to catch another Top driver if he is 30 cars in front of you . It’s just not possible . By the time you pass 30 odd cars the other driver will usually have an unassailable lead .
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I was named after Barry "leapy " Lee . what an awesome racer . absolute hero
Great to see my hero Brian Pedley again. His Min was orange when I was a regular supporter, never thought I`d see him again, great days! Addenda - I have just learned from a well known author of books on this subject that Brian was leading the points championship at this point but was robbed of a win here because an oil seal failure caused clutch slippage with the result seen above.
Brilliant again mate,just brilliant!!
Fantastic Racing and cars, NEVER will be repeated as today's cars look crap.
Ure spot on mate! Was never the same when those crappy starlets pugs etc came in the escort days were the golden times close sideways racing we were just lucky to be there pal!!!
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Fantastic racing, fantastic cars.
Happy Steinkampf, great racing drivers name, Ha Ha!!
Great video again, keep them coming!!!
"Happy Steenkamp" from SA.
Fantastic racing from Barry Lee and another fantastic upload. Do you have anymore????
great commentary
Fantasic stuff!
First World final i went to, by train just for the Saturday of the weekend as the car I had on the road would probably not made the 200 mile round trip :). The good old days before the crappy plastic covered spaceframes took over.
Riminds me of classic hot rods
"Heidelberg Staalwerke" BDA Escort( Happy Steenkamp ). Father-in-law, Jurgens Steyn, was the owner of this company at the time and sponsored several riders, including himself during the early seventies. Fourth place is not too shabby for SA!! Francois, Seun, hierdie "comment" is net vir julle. R.I.P oom Jurie - ons mis jou!!
I thought he was saying Happy Stinker! Thanks for the clarification.
Gr8 video m8
Irish men are the hot rod racers
is there an NSU Prinz in there?!?
Go Happy Steinkampf or stinkampf.....or did I hear it incorrectly at 2.45... love the name..
Happy Steenkamp from S.A.
"Steenkamp" - raced for my father-in-law. FIL was the owner of that Escort. He flew 8 of those over from SA for the preparation to the WC 1975.
The announcer sounds like Eric Idle.
Barry Lee has to win from the back, if he wins at all.....................That wasn't even David Colemanballs.
I think Barry Lee would have won this easily if he had of had a slightly better starting position on the grid . It always struck me as wrong for the World Final that they used to draw the names out of the hat for grid position. During the season ALL the best drivers start at the back so they have a fairly equal chance to make it all the way to the front and win the race but in the World final you might get one of the top drivers or a few of them right at the front and another few top drivers right at the back ( as happened here ) . No matter how good you are , you are NOT going to be able to catch another Top driver if he is 30 cars in front of you . It’s just not possible . By the time you pass 30 odd cars the other driver will usually have an unassailable lead .