Ian Rowley pressing hard with the Shark-nosed Assegai at the Monaco swimming pool corner. (Photo Gauld)
By Graham Gauld
Rob Young, who wrote the book Special Brew, The Story of the Southern African Formula One and Libre Specials, is an old friend of mine and we have corresponded for over fifty years. He is a retired accountant with an internationally known accountancy company and has been involved with South African motor sport all his life. To most readers of VeloceToday this opens a window to the sheer enthusiasm for motor sport there, but what a struggle it has been in a country that has been involved in political controversy for many years. However, one of the chapters in this new book caught my eye; the shark-nosed Assegai that Tony Kotze built in 1961.