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Unheralded Predecessors: Opposition

February 14, 2022 By pete

1951 Kieft Norton CK51 would be Stirling Moss’s new mount.

By Pete Vack
Photos by Jonathan Sharp from the Goodwood Revival, 2015.

Of the three victories achieved by non-Cooper cars in 1950, Frank Aikens of Wingco fame won at Silverstone with the Dick Ceasar-designed Iota-Triumph. The Jonsson-driven Effyh won another, and the third defeat was, of course, dealt at Rheims by the JBS, the most serious contender so far. Alfred J. Bottoms’ short career was both wild and meteoric. He was an ex-motorcycle racer who embarked upon an F3 effort in 1950, modifying another special with his own revised rear suspension.

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Unheralded Predecessors: Foreign Competitors

February 7, 2022 By pete

A beauty from Sweden, the Effyh was like a miniature Auto Union. This example was in the Jack Mayes collection in 1989. Photo by Mary Vack.

By Pete Vack

By the end of ’49, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile decided to adopt the 500cc class and incorporate it as the new Formula 3, recognizing its potential as a training ground for future Grand Prix drivers. The Paris-based body had not only anticipated the success of the formula, but in 1949, the French Association Generale des Amicales et Coureurs Independants was ready to promote a 500cc class to be known as the Mouvement Racer 500.

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Unheralded Predecessors: Cooper Ascendent

January 31, 2022 By pete

Jean Geslin in a Cooper Norton at Pomona. Photo by Allen R. Kuhn

By Pete Vack

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FROM ITALY WITH LOVE

While its first few appearances were plagued by broken motor mounts, John Cooper knew that the Cooper Mk I had potential. His father, Charles Cooper, was a burly Vauxhall dealer and garage owner from Surbiton who had spent a good part of the Thirties as racer Kaye Don’s mechanic, and he allowed his son full access to the shop’s tools and supplies.

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