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For most of the 70's WASA league consisted of Bristol South, Yate & Sodbury, Norton Radstock, Penhow, Cardiff & District, Western Valley and Mid Glamorgan. North Avon club had a short term existence for a couple of years in the early 80's too. Only 3 of those clubs remain today... This mini based front engined special was a regular in those days.
The Highman family from the Bredon Hill club were very well known in the 70's with their very tidy trio of VW Beetles. Here Mick Highman fends off a Yate & Sodbury class4 Mini in a modified saloons open at Norton Radstock 1978.
A Gloucester & District Anglia (G46D) leads Mike Pullin's surprisingly competitive Viva YS17
More Highman Beetle action with the 2 brothers in their Class 2 versions
Henry Winter leads Allan Payton in a class 6a dice, both with 'mid mounted' 100E's with highly modified Ford crossflow motors
A Cardiff&District Mini takes a tumble
Joe Brewer and Rob Crone disputing the lead in their modified 850 Minis
Henry Winter getting a push from Nick Pike's Mini
Yate's Pat Mason leads Henry Winter and Allan Payton
Rob Crone's very quick Riley Elf
Mick 'Mogsey' Morgan leads an unlimited Specials race at the South Wales Open 1979
Norman Evans racing his well known 1300 Special with the Western Valley club before they folded
Steve Wilson leads Radford's Dave Kings off the line at the South Wales Open 1979
TA12 Steve Davies leads Mick Morgan in a class 10 heat
S270 Jeff Hogg leads this class 6 race off the line with his 1380 engined Austin 1100
Phil Dyke and Mogsey launch off the line for another battle
The PHD44 Special was driven by the late Merv Tucker. Thanks to Merv's Grandson Lee for the namecheck.
Look at all those NSU's!
Mean looking TA5 Class10 special of Derek Thomas alongside Mogsey Morgan
TA12 Class10 Special of Steve Davies with the ex Julian Bronson engine installed.
C6 Pete Collins leads a Specials Open race at Hereford
Penhow's Roy McDonagh battles with Jim Funge, David Tipping and Dave Baldwin at Hereford's Withington Show meeting
Ivor Davies's Pinto Escort leads H250 Ken Dyke's Mini which had a Ford V6 shoehorned into the back
This is BC02 Roy Millington in his BDG class9 special. With it's monocoque chassis and Hewland FG gearbox it was many years ahead of it's time. Roy runs Millington Race Engines and is famous for his alloy 'Diamond' blocks that are used in quite a few class 3,7 & 9 cars.
One of the Grasby brothers from Evesham getting attacked from behind
Bruce Campbell fends off Phil Barlow in one of their many battles
Phil Dyke leads Malcolm Pritchard. Note Phil's 'drag style' straight through exhaust pipes
C6 Pete Collins and Pembroke's Lyndon Phelps at a wet West Midland Open 1979.
Emyr Jones gets up the inside of Ivor Davies
More straight through pipes for David Tipping's V8 Beetle
Yate & Sodbury's Pat Mason
The Bredon Hill Lotus twin cam Beetle of Brian Bond
Derek Tovey and Don Wassell in their class6a Ford pushrod 100E's
A supercharged 2.2 all steel Pinto which sat in the passenger seat space powered this Wartburg of Roy McDonagh. Roy sits in the back!
Familiar Hereford racer Tony Over in his 'Hellsapoppin' class2 Imp
Phil Goodenough in the priceless ex World Cup rally Escort
More class6a action with Don Wassell, Pat Mason, Henry Winter etc
Rory Fisher leads Pete Burge's Imp
Mike Adams and Steve Hall in their modified Mini's
Brian Reece's class2 Simca
Fibreglass arches were not illegal in the 70's
Freddie Booy leads Spam at Stroud's Moreton Valence venue which is just the other side of the Motorway to their current Javelin Park site
Don Wassell in customary sideways style. Don raced fast Fords from 1970 to 2002 well into his sixties
Jules Martin and Eric Canning in a class2 dice
Pat Mason leads a pair of Gloucester League super saloons
Tidy Bredon Hill Imp of Ron Peacey(?) leads Pat Mason
10F - V6 Beetle of Merv Dawe
Close class4 action with Alan Howell, Freddie Booy and John King
Dave 'Flying Milkman' Symonds has been racing since the 60's and is still competitive today
Freddie Booy's Datsun was powered by a modified Ford crossflow. In later versions he developed the Nissan engine with fair success too
Typical class6a action from Pat Mason and Don Wassell
Clevedon driver Mike Vowles in another 100E
Keith Taylor leads John Woodland in a WASA specials open race
More Roy McDonagh shots.
The legendary Wimpy Walker in P14 takes the inside line to fend off Roy McDonagh
Strouds Nationals winner Joe Brewer in his 850 Mini
John Paddock's Jaguar front engined special trying to fend off Mid Glamorgan driver Steve Young's Toyota Celica powered special
