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Post by rodpashley on Feb 13, 2010 8:40:00 GMT 1
Brian Spicer (Number 29) at Baalo, racing a "Speedway Midget". These were raced during the 1980s, I think. Attachments:
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Post by administrator on Feb 13, 2010 10:30:03 GMT 1
Is Baalo in Holland and wasn't Tony Stubbs another starter in the meetings? That's a great double-question!
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Post by ovaltrack on Feb 13, 2010 11:13:35 GMT 1
The European promoters seem to like the formula cars - I guess they look more business-like than traditional Midgets. The development of circuit cars on the contintnent, Formula Toyota, helped kill off the Midgets in Europe.
Yes it's Baarlo and Tony Stubbs did indeed race with those guys too. I'd be interested if anyone has more pictures from that class / era.
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Post by kiwikid34 on Feb 13, 2010 15:13:14 GMT 1
The development of circuit cars on the contintnent, Formula Toyota, nelped kill of the Midgets in Europe. And 'cos they were treating midgets as a formula car sport rather than as a speedway dirt track sport. And not knowing anything about REAL midgets in Oz, kiwiland and USA possibly. IMO. |
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Post by 93 on Feb 21, 2010 21:34:47 GMT 1
Hi I maybe end of 1970/beginning 1980. Attachments:
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Post by administrator on Feb 21, 2010 22:45:11 GMT 1
That's a lovey car owned by Tony Stubbs. He upset quite a few people but was a good driver and more importantly a PERSONALITY. His last stint was about 1982 with NaMICSA.
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Post by rodpashley on Feb 22, 2010 3:13:45 GMT 1
If I remember correctly, Formula Toyota replaced continental Midgets virtually overnight, sometime in the early ninety's
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Post by haflinger121 on Feb 22, 2010 10:43:41 GMT 1
Interesting that Stubbs' car is sponsored by Derrington's, the carburettor company. I believe this to be the same firm that was set up by Vic Derrington who raced at Greenford in '34.
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Post by 93 on Feb 25, 2010 21:49:51 GMT 1
One more Attachments:
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Post by tobyhalter on Feb 25, 2010 22:34:27 GMT 1
The previous photo looks more like a formula car (or pavement racer) than a midget, but it's great. More about it, the year, and who is the driver, who looks to be enjoying himself.
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Post by rodpashley on Apr 1, 2011 22:03:18 GMT 1
Any body know if the Stubbs Dastle at the top of this discussion ever had a V8 installed please?
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Post by administrator on Apr 26, 2011 10:15:23 GMT 1
![]() Tony Stubbs l...72 Baarlo.jpg[/img] Tony Stubbs leading Pete Smith at Barlo, Holland, in 1972. Attachments:
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Post by thebaldeagle1932 on Mar 1, 2012 0:35:17 GMT 1
Is the Baarlo track in Holland still operational? If so, wouldn't it be worth the GPMC trying to takes some cars there to help repopularise the formula in Europe.
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Post by rodpashley on Mar 1, 2012 2:35:52 GMT 1
The Tony Stubbs car pictured earlier in ths thread, I am told, was the first Mk 7 Dastle to be built.
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Post by ovaltrack on Mar 5, 2012 15:52:45 GMT 1
Baarlo is a lost circuit - I seem to recall it's a caravan park these days. It was a great place and had the big 1km oval plus a shorter one at one end. It would be great to get the Midgets racing in Europe again and, thanks to the likes of the Kilianski and Scheepens teams, there is still the chance that one day it might happen.
It's quite easy for us non-drivers to suggest a meeting or two overseas but the reality is that it is difficult to organise and also very expensive for the drivers who are all regular working guys who have to pay enough in fuel to race in the UK. The driver base for the GMPC is now mostly in the Midlands so the Channel Tunnel and ferries are a long way from home already.
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