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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Aaron65 on March 19, 2011, 04:02:29 PM

Title: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: Aaron65 on March 19, 2011, 04:02:29 PM

1 point for a complete answer here...who is this man, what is he about to do, and what will he be driving?

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 22, 2011, 08:58:32 AM

Lots of Rookie puzzles with no replies, so I might as well move this one on up.  An Expert should know it right away...

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Tackitt on March 22, 2011, 04:07:50 PM

It is American racing driver John Fitch and he is about to go racing. Those coveralls tell me that he is a member of the Mercedes sports car team and is about to climb into a Mercedes 300SLR most likely.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 22, 2011, 08:06:44 PM

Nope on all counts...

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Tackitt on March 22, 2011, 08:39:25 PM

You sure fooled me. Even after you said no, I went back and it still looks like Fitch to me. I will be interested in seeing who this is.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 08:53:59 AM

Speeding on up!

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: faksta on March 27, 2011, 12:47:54 PM

Wearing a shirt and a tie, he must be British. The face is familiar, but...dammit... The man in dark suit looks somehow like Graham Hill to me, but the general athmosphere looks late-fifties, so he should have been a bit younger then, I guess...

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 12:49:50 PM

Yes to British, no to Graham Hill...earlier 50s.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: woodinsight on March 27, 2011, 12:53:53 PM

He looks like Ken Richardson to me.
If it is I'll provide you with more information in my next reply.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 12:54:15 PM

It is!

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: faksta on March 27, 2011, 12:55:50 PM

Hope you understood I was speaking about the man in a background (Re: Graham Hill)  ::)

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: woodinsight on March 27, 2011, 01:17:06 PM

Ken Richardson was the principal test and development driver for the BRM V16 F1 car project.
I believe he is about to test the car, perhaps at Boreham, in the early 1950s.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 01:48:01 PM

Quote from: faksta on March 27, 2011, 12:55:50 PM

Hope you understood I was speaking about the man in a background (Re: Graham Hill)  ::)

Yes I did, but there's no way it could be Graham Hill age-wise, like you said.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 01:48:34 PM

Quote from: woodinsight on March 27, 2011, 01:17:06 PM

Ken Richardson was the principal test and development driver for the BRM V16 F1 car project.
I believe he is about to test the car, perhaps at Boreham, in the early 1950s.

He's not doing that here...he is a test and developmental driver in this photo, however.

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Tom_I on March 27, 2011, 02:23:01 PM

Is he about to enter the qualifying rounds of the 1951 Italian Grand Prix?

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Wendax on March 27, 2011, 02:30:27 PM

Ken Richardson at Jabbeke in May,1953 ready to set up a new speed world record for production cars below 2 litres. The car was the aerodynamically modified second Triumph TR2 prototype (MVC575).

Title: Re: A65 #17
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 03:19:28 PM

Wendax gets it again!  I love early Triumphs...
His first run was only 104 MPH, but a plug wire fell off...the other runs were much better!
He averaged nearly 125 MPH, and the TRs were off and running!  I'll buy one when I win the lottery (ha ha) and I have room and money to buy my "Great 28..."  Yes, I have a list of cars to buy and there are 28 cars on it.  :)

PS...He ran with and without a windscreen, which is why in the two pictures shown, the car looks a bit different...


(http://users.skynet.be/tr.register.belgium/images/jabbeke_tr2_1.jpg)

Title: Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: Aaron65 on March 27, 2011, 03:22:47 PM

I'm going to give a point to woodinsight too for nabbing the driver...seems fair to me.

Title: Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: Wendax on March 27, 2011, 03:27:03 PM

Good idea  :applause:

Title: Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: woodinsight on March 27, 2011, 04:50:11 PM

Thanks very much - the Jabbeke Triumph would have been my next guess

Title: Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: Tom_I on March 28, 2011, 05:16:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sCwvHkW-PM

Title: Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
Post by: Aaron65 on March 28, 2011, 07:54:24 AM

What a cool video!  That TR2 sounded nice, if that noise wasn't added in later!