Brad Jones Racing will pay tribute to Supercars Hall of Famer Norm Beechey for the Sandown 500 Retro Round. TerryS has sent me a couple to post. Norm and his wife Marg were friends of our parents, as were many competitors from the '70s so it makes the tribute a very personal one for us." Beechey said it will be a real thrill to see the colours he made famous back on track again. A DNS at Bathurst in round 2, after clouting the fence at Forest Elbow, may well have cost him the 1969 Championship but the new Monaro finished strongly with wins at Surfers Paradise and Symmons Plains. "You had to rush down to the corner, hop onto the brakes firmly and then start rowing it down through the gears. To talk to a Shannons Auction Team member directly, call the 1300 078 500. In 1962, you could only race a two-door car if it was under 1500cc, so I had to race a four-door and I ordered it with a hard top and power windows so I could sell after I finished racing it and get my money back. Its a magnificent effort, my greatest motor racing achievement. Norm concluded. He had commenced with Beecheys Truck Dealership in the Chevy Nova era and progressed to race team duties after Graham Moore stepped down and John Sheppard left after a short stint. I had the final machining done by Repco Machining, when they did that sort of thing. The line-up covered each class of racing in the Improved Production era: Beechey in the Over 3000cc class along with teammates Jim McKeown, and his super quick Lotus Cortina, and the ubiquitous Peter Manton, king of the Mini brigade. Improved in 24 Hours. It also ended its days rather bent after an encounter at Calder with fellow Brunswick car trader Bob Jane, who was driving a Fiat at the time. LEGAL INNOVATION | Tu Agente Digitalizador; LEGAL3 | Gestin Definitiva de Despachos; LEGAL GOV | Gestin Avanzada Sector Pblico I treated that track with a lot of respect. Haiti would be reunified as a republic under Jean-Pierre Boyer, a revolutionary leader who would remain president until 1843. Ray, As far as I'm aware the first race with Lex driving it was 4 November 1962 Sandown. I saw Stormin Norm race the Len Lukey owned red Galaxie at Sandown, many years ago. But the Impala was the first of the muscle cars." But it was 1965 that arguably changed the landscape of Touring Car Racing and almost certainly began the love affair with V8s as the staple diet of racing in Australia. (Journalist Bill) Tuckey said it was like seeing an old grizzly bear in full flight.". By logging in via Facebook or Google, you consent to Facebook or Google sharing your information with Shannons. Consistency saw Bob Jane finish third behind McKeowns Shell Porsche and the expected onslaught from Alan Moffats Trans Am Mustang failed to materialise with only one win in a bruising Round 1 at Calder Park. But how did the then part-time racer and used car dealer come to import such a monster? Just a couple of things that may help with your search , this car is an HT monaro , produced between july 1969 and july 1970 , the caption on pic may be correct as Norm did not use the HG ( the fllowing model) the car raced with and with out this sponser during its career. Big lazy grunter with bull nose Top Loader and Kelsey Hayes 4 spot brakes. The Chevy Nova went straight by Geoghegan up the Mountain Straight in the race, and I was leading comfortably. ). Of those he won 7 races and the championship twice. Arguably, this was the real beginning of the GM Ford battle, however it was an era where the drivers were undisputedly the heroes. It is just on fifty years since Norm Beechey won the second round of the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship at Bathurst in his game changing Holden Monaro GTS 350. two years before switching to the 427. If you'd put a fresh gearbox in every time you raced you probably would have got away with it but there was no alternative: the engine was too powerful for the 'box and the car was using money faster than I could make it, that's why I stopped racing it." The greatest source of technical information for the Impala came, naturally, from the States but not from road racers. $6.60. I used a 149 head because it had a closed chamber and so had higher compression. Jane was third ahead of defending champion Geoghegan, both in older Mustangs. It was just what looked right to me, Harrop says now. ", Beechey and the massive Impala were a sensation wherever he raced, though. It was drag racers and NASCAR teams that really exploited the big block Chev and Beechey picked up a lot of tricks from direct contact with US racers and tuners. Wilson Security Sandown 500 | Tickets | EventInfo. Autographed photo by Bob Jane & Norm Beechey. Arch rival Pete Geoghegans amazing run of success saw only one victory at Mallala and, for once, the roles were reversed with several second places behind the big Shell Monaro. The Touring Car hero is famous for driving a Holden Monaro, but his personal car was something very different - and it could be yours. Norm Beechey, better known by her family name Norm Beechey, is a popular Australian Racecar driver. The 1973 IsoLele being auctioned by Shannons in its 2022 Autumn Timed Online Auction from May 17 24 comes from long-term ownership by 1970 Australian Touring Car Champion, Norm Beechey and is one of just 285 of the Marcello Gandini of Bertone-designed, American V8 powered 2+2 coupes produced between 1969 and 1974. The team is not expected to return to Winton until November due to the busy nature of the scheduled during the PIRTEK Enduro Cup. Copyright Race Torque Media 2021. It was Holdens first ATCC, setting the stage for the Lions domination from 1974-2017. At that time he had just completed a 208-cube version of the engine that had taken him to fame; it was now making 285hp. We could have run a team of cars for that amount. he is one of famous Racecar driver with the age 88 years old group. Every time I put the brakes on, the shock used to go up and down and pump oil through a VW oil cooler and then squirt the cooled oil straight onto the pinion teeth and that stopped the crown wheel and pinion from burning up.". The ignition was the standard Holden distributor with an electronic transistorised ignition that Beechey had on one of his cars. This is as much as I can remember. Must be 4 doors? Norm only raced the S4 at Lakeside that year. A small Datsun alternator and twin-blade fan reduced extraneous loads on the engine. Not only was the character himself one of the most popular drivers of the era, he went further by putting cars on the grid between 1965 and 1970 that were unique and won him even more fans. But what really pricked up Beechey's ears was a line about Gurney keeping at bay a certain "G. Hill in a 3.8-litre disc-braked Jaguar". Racing Geoghegan was always tough but very fair. Anyway, a race was organised up in the back-blocks of Coburg and I won that. July 20, 2021 Norm Beechey's HK Monaro The HK Monaro Here's a photo of the remains of Norm Beechey's HK Monaro. But ofcourse everyone else has similar tyres! Posted September 20, 2006. I think it ended up with a two-inch inlet, which is pretty amazing when you compare it with a standard head, where the valves are way over the sparkplug side. Stormin Norm on his way to the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship at Lakeside. The championship was won by Norm Beechey, driving a Ford Mustang. This time he would trail Petes Mustang and retire after only 12 laps. But it wasnt. Did Lex still race it after shunting the Cooper that year? Home Insurance products for motoring enthusiasts who drive imported, modified, classic, veteran or vintage cars. ", "Back then the fields weren't very big. Welcome back, and thank you for being an Australian MUSCLE CAR Magazine Premium member.Sign in with your details below: 50 Years of the Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 Years of The Great Race - Bathurst Picture Book. From left: Peter Manton, Brad Jones and Norm Beechey in 1967. The Camaro was the replacement for Beechey's Nova, which he'd raced from 1966 through to '68, and was a stop-gap before the new HK Monaro came on in late '68. View PDS. bj baldwin wife death; classic carlectables heritage collection. Norm Beechey nationality Australian age 90 years old born July 9, 1932 hometown Melbourne Racing highlights Racing career summary Disclaimer: the data and summaries are all taken from the data available in the career details section further below on this page. 3,275 views 1 fave 0 comments Taken on January 4, 2011 Some rights reserved Additional info Viewing privacy Public I got to know Jack Collins, Greg Goddard and Fritz Norton pretty well, buying camshafts, carburettors and manifolds for the EH. Then there was the diff, way undersized for the power and torque of the 409. Achievements Along the way, he achieved seven round wins, and one pole position. How did how could a carburetted six-cylinder FJ run times as quick as 11.81 back in 1971? Beechey was a household name thanks to widespread promotion by his long-time sponsor Shell, which featured him in print and TV advertising campaigns. He returned in early 1966 with a two door, 5.3 litre Chevrolet Nova 11. TRT: The stories behind the sport. And that made the brakes much better. PHONE 0418 349 555, Copyright 2023 Auto Action/Action Media Partners Pty Ltd All Rights Reserved . It was 1970 that saw Beechey launch the car that would be defining not only in his own career but lives in the annals of one of the greatest Touring Cars the country has ever seen. At the time it was just what you were doing and it didnt seem that big a deal, Ron says of his time running the Howler. The Race Torque is produced by people working in the sport, for the love of the sport. The rules changed at the start of 1965. Even in 62-68 they had numerous versions of the FEs. Beechey contested in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972, in which consisted of 31 ATCC rounds and 26 races. "It had the first Borg-Warner four-speed, aluminium-cased gearbox with very thin gears and it wasn't strong enough. Finished in an attractive iridescent metallic blue with its original dark blue leather trim, the Iso also retains its original lightweight Campagnolo Elektron magnesium wheels shod with Michelin XWX tyres. Ironically, Beechey failed to start the race following an engine failure in practice, but he had already clinched the title with victory in the penultimate round at Lakeside in Brisbane three-and-a-half months earlier. Beechey, I would say, is simply covering the corner as they brake here - a Brier Thomas photo. Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by DDDenny, Sep 22, 2020. Terms of Service. 1968. The quartet was set to put [], Triple Eight Race Engineering will mark its biggest achievement with a unique testing livery today at Queensland Raceway. The 1933-born Racecar driver expert is arguably the worlds most influential Norm Beechey is expert, with a wide-ranging social media outreach. RON HARROP has appeared in the Legends section of the mag before (SM, Mar 00). Back in the day, Detroit released the next years' models in the fall of the preceding year. Which means it would have been one of the first cars off the line of that model year, usually the release is towards the end of August. Privacy Policy. Wilberforce despaired at his friend's end and Clarkson aided the king's wife and daughters when they were exiled to England. We used to weld metal gussets on the brake shoes to make them stronger." The big Yank had numerous Achilles heels, ones that wouldn't show up on a US interstate. Symmons, Superbikes, Supercars, Shunts.. and Geese, COMMENT: Forget testing, and get on with it. Despite the Impala's imposing size, brawny Beechey says it wasn't physically hard to drive, (even though he didn't use the road car's power steering) due to skinny, hard tyres and short races. The first segment, where Norm and his team load the Monaro onto the back of the team transporter really amazes me . My new for 71 Galaxie LTD in the US had 2 and 4bbl versions of that engine along with numerous others from 240 6 through to 429 Cobrajet. Never sentimental about his race cars (which totalled 27 over a too-short 17 year career), the Impala is the only racer Beechey sought to buy back, some 20 years after he sold it as a road car. "We used to run the engine to 7000rpm. "There was a genuine technique to driving this car fast and I think my style suited this car because I grew up driving big fast American cars," he says. Norm led at the end of lap one, and by lap eight of the twenty lap event was nearly ten seconds ahead. BJR reveals three-car Norm Beechey tribute, Sign up to the Repco Supercars Championship Newsletter, Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Davison: Webb ready to race after Ipswich test, Whincup chasing qualifying gains at Ipswich test. So the evolution of the Howler began. I reckon we spent a week just getting him comfortable in the car. Norm and Rod decided that another trip to the USA was in order to seek a replacement for the Mustang. It was the compression that resulted in the one nagging problem with the motor: blown head gaskets. It was dyno tuned by Jack Wilson - whose son Craig now runs Walkinshaw Racing - and he used to say, "Boss, if it won't live on the dyno it won't live on the track." We did a half-hour classic at Calder and at the end of that my car was exhausted and so was Bobby's Jag. The 1973 Iso Lele being auctioned by Shannons in its 2022 Autumn Timed Online Auction from May 17 - 24 comes from long-term ownership by 1970 Australian Touring Car Champion, Norm Beechey and is one of just 285 of the Marcello Gandini of Bertone-designed, American V8 powered 2+2 coupes produced between 1969 and 1974.. Named after director Piero Rivolta's wife, the Lele filled the gap . Attached is a link to a youtube video that records the successful year of 1970 when Norm won the Australian Touring Car Championship in his locally built Holden Monaro powered by a 350 Chev. One tip involved the suspension. Frankly, it was a humble beginning. Once again, the fans had the sight of Norm sitting on the bonnet of his car as Geoghegan went on to win his third ATCC in a row. We only ever raced it with Chev conrods - it's got Carillos in it now - but we never had conrod problems, only bearing trouble." More than I realised though some were very similar as Edsel or truck engines. The place: the old Castlereagh drag strip in Sydney. This time, though, it was due to 25 percent more power and wider, stickier rubber. Inicio; Servicios. Darryl Hinton Norms income mostly comes from and basic source is being a successful Australian Racecar driver. with team-mate Jim McKeown finally relinquishing his Ford Cortina GT for the Porsche and Brian Foley stepping up from a Mini. "But if you rushed up and braked at 200 yards every time, you'd only get about two stops out of the sintered metallic linings before the brakes would be on fire and you'd fall off. Hear, hear Norm. In 1968, Beechey was again in the USA to find a replacement for the Nova. Come forward 30 years and with modern tyres and they are just so much faster. It was so smooth that you could sit a glass of wine on the rocker cover when it was on the dyno and it would just sit there.. At the age of 88 years, Norm Beechey weight not available right now. All 25 Gen3 Mustangs and Camaros took to the [], PHONE 03 9563 2107 He was just brilliant to watch.. This paper argues that the relation between marxism and feminism has, in all the forms it has so far taken, been an unequal one. All of these attributes explain why Norm Beechey was, without question, one of the greatest Touring Car competitors this county has ever seen. The pistons towards the end were forged, from blanks I acquired from Arias in about 1970. Or perhaps the car belonged to Rootes Australia and they hired Beechey to drive it for them. Bob Jane continued with his hastily arrived Mustang in 1966 and was joined by Pete Geoghegan in the Touring Car ranks. I believe all motorsport fans have a fond memory like that, and thats certainly one of mine. It was just intended as a road car. The brakes weren't too bad but they used to give up. It all started from there. Facebook @autoactionmagTwitter @Auto_ActionInstagram @autoactionmagOnline Shop, Bruce Williams[emailprotected] Emergency Proceed to Emergency Department (ED). The cars were hard to get during their launch year on the USA market but, in inimitable Beechey style, he was soon in the USA jumping the queue thanks to a chance restaurant meeting in Melbourne with Bill Bourke, head of Ford Australia, who wrote Norm a letter of introduction to Ford USA. Norm was really 99% of that motor car. Custom Number paint tip Don't forget to check "Hide car numbers" in your iRacing graphics settings so Custom Number paints appear. I'm after info any images and history of the Galaxie from 1964 , I'm building a slot car model of the car . Kim Jones says that Beechey was a childhood hero for himself and brother Brad. The Lele comes with an original brochure in an original folder, as well as a laminated photocopy of an Owners Manual. I bought an EH around the end of 1965, when it was about 11 months old. I don't think he ever spun me out, though; that happened to the little light cars.". Post 870, but all are worth another look. The second is the race Beechey had with Max Volkers in a Cortina at Lowood. I dont think Ian Geoghegan ever beat me at Calder, and I could not beat him at Warwick Farm. Languages. also know about his Social media accounts i.e. He was a very, very clever man. His great rivals were Ian Geoghegan, Bob Jane and, at the end of his career, Allan Moffat, perhaps Australian racings greatest villain. NORM BEECHEY , EH HOLDEN S4, RACING, aussie muscle car"aussie muscle cars" DRAGONSLiVEDin AUSTRALIA Norm Beechey had long been a crowd favourite, his flamboyant driving style was addictive. What Bourke probably hadn't counted on, though, was the massive free kick his marketing campaign received from three of Australia's biggest names in motor sport at the time - Norm Beechey, Pete Geoghegan and Bob Jane - when all three chose to race Mustangs in 1965. I note that pretty well everyone does that today. GRAHAM RITTER.1970 SANDOWN ATCC $ 495.00 On Sale. Recent. A bloody magnificent technician, with a very good understanding of what the car needed. Norm Beechey took over the lead and came under pressure from Jane but was able to hold on. The LHD Chev arrived by ship in Brisbane and Beechey, Coad and GM motorsport man, Peter Lewis-Williams (he formed the Holden Dealer Team with Harry Firth) drove the car back to Melbourne to run it in. "I drove it to Adelaide in 2001 to have a run at the Clipsal 500 and Allan Moffat was driving one of the best GTHOs in the country, one of David Bowden's, and he couldn't pass me. View or bid on all 2022 Shannons Autumn Timed Online Auction lots It was in pretty shabby condition then but these days, restored and race worthy, Beechey enters it on the odd road rally and drives it on the streets and it's still a weapon, making 535hp (399kW), around 100 more than it did in 1962. "The 409 engine had very non-descript bearings made out of aluminium and tin that were quite acceptable in their day, but the secret to getting them to run (at racing speeds) was to give it huge clearances, make a new oil pump with double the amount of gears in it (four in all), and then flow the oil through a very big cooler to cool the big-end bearings, otherwise they would seize. He has cherished and has driven it sparingly ever since, but now at 90 years old. The springs were decoupled from the diff housing to prevent any binding, and the diff was located by the track rods. Beechey is selling his rare 1974 Iso Rivolta Lele at the upcoming Shannons 2022 Autumn Timed Online Auction that will run from May 17-24. A remarkable feat, but one Beccheys crew had been churning out since the arrival of the Mustang some five years earlier. Beechey won seven of the 31 ATCC rounds that he competed in between 1963 and 1972 and has largely kept a low profile since his retirement. It was still breaking parts, rear wheel bearings. Holden Hsv. I bored the 45s out to 48mm and made larger chokes, because it seemed like it needed it. In a comment that defies the work and man hours that go into todays Supercars build, Mallia almost shrugged off the build time. If you know of things missing or have corrections, please log in and submit them. SIGNED NORM BEECHEY, ALLAN MOFFAT, BOB JANE. The HT Holden Monaro was unlike any other Touring Car built in Australia: Innovative and borrowing much from the factory built Trans Am cars, the Beechey Monaro would be the first locally produced car to ever win the ATCC. Quick view Details. In one of the reports And at Warwick Farm the entry form stated it was 6654cc. It was the first ATCC victory for a V8-engined car and the first of five ATCC titles won by drivers of Ford Mustangs. All my cars had bench seats. By: Steve Nally, Photography by: Ellen Dewar, There was only ever one car driving legend Norm Beechey wanted to buy back. They duelled in bellowing beasts V8 Mustangs, Camaros and Monaros. OZZIE MOTOR RACING ICONS NORM BEECHEY by Bill Pearson Before Brock there was Beechey. It was Beechey's first of two Australian Touring Car Championship wins. If you have current knowledge about Norm Beechey's net worth, please feel free to share the information below. The Holden project was immense, Beechey said. But it was no use buying a Jaguar to beat a Jaguar; he had to find something else. Australian Muscle Cars. Harrop bought a traded FJ from Beechey for $29, installed the engine, gearbox and diff from the EH, all in the standard positions, and $1300 later it ran a 13.42 at its first meeting (April 1969). Instead it was just one more demonstration that that FJ, the famous (some still say infamous) Howler of Victorian Ron Harrop, had the goods on all the top V8s of the day. "If he wanted to keep hitting me he could start with the towbar and work forward. It was based on a Chev Duntov grind that had a bit ground off the nose. Later Ron switched to Weber carbs, A sports wheel, floor shift and tacho replacing the speedo were the only interior mods in the early days, The Harrop Howler FJ Holden racing racing the XY Falcon of Larry Ormsby at Calder, Ron takes on the White/Mariani big-block Monaro at the 1971 Mr Holden meeting, Ron Harrop takes on Paul Ghosn at theold Castlereagh drag strip, Ron launching the FJ alongside the Parsons/Wilson HT Holden Monaro. Other car insurance options are available. 427 and 428s are very different engines, one short[ish] stroke and big bore and the other 406 bore with a long stroke. This is an amazing documentary reviewing Norm Beecheys much celebrated 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship win in his famous HT Monaro. So the evolution of the Howler began. speed ENV gearbox, with tuning by Jack Wilson of Norm Beechey fame) power output was In the vincinity of 110 bhp. "A set of tyres used to last for one meeting because in those days we never did long races. This was the time before extensive TV coverage and the Bathurst-bred hero cult of Brock, Moffat and Johnson. But what about the car that kicked off his career: Harrops Howler? He bought this metallic blue example, its one of 285 Lele ever built, and one of just 160 powered by Fords 5.7-litre Cleveland V8. At the front were the standard 90/10 shocks. Norman Beechey A factory Imp was imported by Norm Beechey, a top Australian Touring car driver in the sixties. At the end we had 343hp at 7800rpm. I was launching it at around 7000rpm and revving it to about 8400rpm at the finish when it was running the 11.8s. The rivalry with Pete Geoghegan was one of the greatest in Touring Car History in Australia and Beechey still speaks fondly of it. "I've spoken to my wife and we'll do the interview. 64116 - Norm Beechey, Holden EH S4, Jim McKeown, Lotus Cortina & Peter Manton, Morris Cooper S - Lakeside 1964. Norm won the Australian Touring Car Championship that year when he imported a brand-new Ford Mustang. Well they couldnt. $6.60. 1965-66 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa: Classic Metal. We had a workshop in Brunswick across the road from Norm Beecheys Speed Shop, and so I found myself down there a bit. Well, it wasnt that high. LGH ED Reception - Phone: (03) 6777 6405 Fax: (03) 6777 5201 MCH ED* - Phone: (03) 6478 5120 Fax: (03) 6441 5923 NWRH ED* - Phone: (03) 6493 6351 Fax: (03) 6464 1926 RHH ED Reception - Phone: (03) 6166 6100 Fax: (03) 6173 0489 Beechey is selling his rare 1974 Iso Rivolta Lele at the upcoming Shannons 2022 Autumn Timed Online Auction that will run from May 17-24. pick up Auto Action 1799 online or at your local newsagent. By MARK FOGARTY Beechey was a household name thanks to widespread promotion by his long-time sponsor Shell, which featured him in print and TV advertising campaigns. Norm or Lex Davidson were probably even worse off for tyres. Amy lost five of those. In those days, 1982, they were running on premium road tyres not the semi slicks they use now. Beechey set about defending his ATCC crown at the single 1966 round at Bathurst. 1965 vann han otmsvarande race p Sandown, innan han ret drp tog silver p . Running a car like the Howler meant always trying new ideas. sku: 62002-1. We didnt know those things in those days. Holden Monaro. The Monaro took its first ATCC win at Round 2 at Bathurst and then went on to win in front of huge crowd at Melbournes Sandown Park Raceway. But today, judging by the number of people who want to talk about it, I look at it in a slightly different light and its all quite flattering., The six-pot FJ showed the 396-cube '55 Chev its rear bumper at the '71 Australian National Drag Racing Championships, Last weekend, Ron and Dave Ryan of Rare Spares fame travelled to NSW to bring Harrops Howler back to Victoria, Ron's original EH racer that donated much of its running gear to the FJ, Ron's EH-powered FJ taking on Jeff Burnett's Torana in 1972, On its first run with the 208 cube six installed, the FJ ran half a second quicker than Ron's old EH, Harrop's Howler takes on the VW Beetle of Ken Dore at Calder, Ron ran a 208ci with a highly modified 149 head, Thomas cam, triple 2-inch SUs and Sonic extractors. The HT Monaro GTS 350 debuted at Beecheys home track at Calder. A rare car today, the Lele has the added attraction of having an interesting Australian provenance and is expected to sell in the $90,000-$110,000 range. 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