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Post by sharyn29 on Apr 16, 2012 13:35:12 GMT 10
 steve margo shared this with lqss on facebook |
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 16, 2012 20:57:07 GMT 10
Well somehow Steve has his dates wrong.
This is the story used in Peter White's magazine around July 1998. That was the story that I read and it led me to LQSS in August of that year and purchasing a sprinter off Terry Bennett in the same month.
The other thing is there was no track before 1995/96ish
BTW....The #42 Sedan is Terry's car.
Shazz, just thinking ...did you make a typo on the heading, making it '89 instead of '98?
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 17, 2012 6:47:25 GMT 10
Little story on that A1 sprintcar and Raf.
My 1st day at LQSS and I'm talking with various people. John May and Raf were pitted near where the pit gate now is. I sat down and introduced myself and we started chatting. Raf asked if I'd driven RC cars before. I said yes. He then handed me the transmitter and said "take it out and do some laps". I looked at John May, who owned the car and he said " if you bend it Raf fixes it"
Raf took the car to the track entrance, just a hole in the boards back in those days, and fired the car up.
I drove out and slowly circulated the track, to get the feel of the car.
Raf said "you wont learn anything at that speed, they go better when they go faster"
After about 20 laps I gave the tranmitter back to Raf and walked away with a big smile on the dial.
Never ever forgotten the gesture of Raf and John on that very 1st day!
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Post by robhod on Apr 17, 2012 7:11:10 GMT 10
Great piece of history
what ever happened to Raf?
Rob
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Post by jwracing on Apr 17, 2012 8:37:36 GMT 10
Bob, Is that the Bullett that I now own?The ex Castrol car?
JW
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Post by sharyn29 on Apr 17, 2012 12:11:41 GMT 10
thats what steve said 1989  |
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Post by rac92 on Apr 17, 2012 13:41:41 GMT 10
i think Raf won Aust title at Ararat in '97 if that helps with dates
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Post by sharyn29 on Apr 17, 2012 15:41:16 GMT 10
sorry i asked steve he said yes it was 98 he made the typo  |
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 17, 2012 19:26:18 GMT 10
Raf got a wife and a family and a business and a full blown hot rod street car.
Unfortunately no room for 1/4 scale, which was a real sad loss to LQSS.
He was a racer. Sponsored in the sprintcar ranks by the late John May and factory sponsored in the smaller scales for many years.
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Post by greg on Apr 17, 2012 20:01:57 GMT 10
I remember going back about 15 years , he used to come up to Newcastle and run 1/8th scale nitro off road, out at Barnsley in some guys back paddock. Think he was sponsored back then by someone who imported the nitro motors and spare parts.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 17, 2012 21:27:57 GMT 10
Just talking to Terry Bennett on some history of the photo in the article.
That car won the 1997 Title at Ararat with Raf driving and the chassis won the 2006 Title at LQSS with Terrence Armstrong driving. Two Australian 1/4 Scale Sprintcar Owner Titles to the late John May, 9 years apart!.
Today the car sits in Terry's shop.
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Post by q71dirtmod on Apr 24, 2012 16:05:41 GMT 10
got any photo's of it now days?
thanks
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 25, 2012 8:20:52 GMT 10
Shouldn't be a problem.
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Post by xracer on Apr 26, 2012 11:32:59 GMT 10
Gaday Guys Corect me also if im wrong but Isnt that car the one John May & Terry came over home and Brought it off me !! Here is a pick of how it looked when i sold it to John May Jees i was only like 20 back then .Brad  |
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 27, 2012 19:37:39 GMT 10
Brad,
Spoke to Terry today and he confirmed what you said is true.Your car is the one that sits in his shop, with some slight bar alterations
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Post by xracer on Apr 28, 2012 8:14:26 GMT 10
Gaday Bob Yer Thought she was . A great little car i don't even remember why it was i sold it. Just one day John & Terry turning up at home and brought it then & there.  |
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Post by bobjeffreson on Apr 28, 2012 9:12:33 GMT 10
Went through the files and found these.....
Here's Raf, 2nd from right, in the starting line-up for the 2000 Australian Title at LQSS.
The car after its Aussie Title win, 1997.
Raf, after winning the NSW Title. Forgot the year.Very early 2000s
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Post by jeff on May 8, 2012 14:18:44 GMT 10
who are the rest of the ugly bastards in that pic.lol
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Post by jeff on May 8, 2012 14:24:02 GMT 10
oh,, by the way. the track was built in 1996, after i returned from adelaide in oct 1995 and got together with geoff miles, and bill drew who were also in adelaide. then met up with terry bennett, john may and lindsay chew and we all decided to ask lqss if we could build a track. ok was given and we started in feb of 1996 and finished it the day before we held the nsw titles in june long weekend 1996.the rest is history which should never be forgotten
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Post by bobjeffreson on May 24, 2012 20:47:11 GMT 10
I saw the car at Terry Bennett's shed this week. I didn't have a camera with me!
It still looks the same as this photo from the very 1st John May Memorial race.
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