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Title: Solved NIC#932 - 1960 Omega Mk II Formula Junior
Post by: nicanary on February 16, 2018, 07:14:44 AM
Please tell me the driver and name of the car.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 15, 2018, 07:39:11 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 18, 2018, 08:17:25 AM
Eastern Europe?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 18, 2018, 09:11:32 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 18, 2018, 08:17:25 AM
Eastern Europe?

No.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 19, 2018, 01:12:58 PM
Europe?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: D-type on March 19, 2018, 03:43:05 PM
North America?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 19, 2018, 05:36:17 PM
Quote from: D-type on March 19, 2018, 03:43:05 PM
North America?

Not Europe, because it is from North America.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 21, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Is it formula Junior?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 21, 2018, 06:03:47 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 21, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Is it formula Junior?

Yes.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 21, 2018, 09:13:53 PM
Could it be Bill Shaw's Cockroach-DKW,  I have never seen it from the front.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 22, 2018, 05:05:05 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 21, 2018, 09:13:53 PM
Could it be Bill Shaw's Cockroach-DKW,  I have never seen it from the front.

Not that car.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 22, 2018, 07:53:37 PM
Is it DKW engined?
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 23, 2018, 05:30:03 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 22, 2018, 07:53:37 PM
Is it DKW engined?

The website which could possibly tell me is unavailable at the moment. This matter is being discussed on well-known sites.

I'm pretty sure I tried to find out at the time the puzzle was first posted - I can tell you that the capacity was 1098cc.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 25, 2018, 06:28:42 PM
It couldn't be the 1960 RSM could it - I have never seen a photo of it.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 26, 2018, 04:56:16 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 25, 2018, 06:28:42 PM
It couldn't be the 1960 RSM could it - I have never seen a photo of it.

Not that.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 29, 2018, 08:09:14 PM
These are the cars I do not know but which appeared in FJ races in the US in 1960. Is it one of these?

Reno Special
Ferguson-DKW
Jocko-Fiat
Isis-Fiat (although I think this is a De Tomaso)
Triumph Special
BS mark 11 special
Special-DKW
Xeitler- DKW
Omega MX XI


Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 30, 2018, 03:55:50 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 29, 2018, 08:09:14 PM
These are the cars I do not know but which appeared in FJ races in the US in 1960. Is it one of these?

Reno Special
Ferguson-DKW
Jocko-Fiat
Isis-Fiat (although I think this is a De Tomaso)
Triumph Special
BS mark 11 special
Special-DKW
Xeitler- DKW
Omega MX XI

Yes. It is one of those, althought the "mark" designation does not tally with my records. That cuts it down a bit!
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 05:20:53 AM
All I have is that one Al Souter, a Canadian, raced a car called the    BS Mark 11 Special at Harewood Acres, Canada in 1960. It was also driven on other occasions there by Ed Bradley.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 30, 2018, 05:49:41 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 05:20:53 AM
All I have is that one Al Souter, a Canadian, raced a car called the    BS Mark 11 Special at Harewood Acres, Canada in 1960. It was also driven on other occasions there by Ed Bradley.

It's not that one, which leaves...........
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 08:40:56 AM
the Omega MX XI is listed at the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Laguna Seca Raceway, California, USA in 1960 driven by Ray Ingalls. It came 30th out of 32.
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 08:51:00 AM
On another site I cannot open it appears to be listed as the Omega Mk II
Title: Re: NIC#932
Post by: nicanary on March 30, 2018, 12:12:04 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 08:51:00 AM
On another site I cannot open it appears to be listed as the Omega Mk II

That's what I have, and as you've mentioned the driver in yoiur last post you've now completed the puzzle.

The photo was in a programme for a meeting at Vaca Valley in 1960.