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These pictures are from possibly the only time we have had an Autograss meeting on proper snow. It was at Stroud's Moreton Valence venue on New Years Day 1979 and there were cars present from as far afield as Teifi and Pennine clubs
We think this is P270EM Lol Hartshorn in a mk1 Escort
Bob Bodenham was a regular class10 runner throughout the 70's and early 80's winning the nationals too
Paul Best in a rather bent Mini
Possibly Steve Roberts in S26D and the Radstock Mini of Tony Thompson taking the outside line
TA4 Geraint Evans leads S46D Roy Scragg
S13D Trevor Summers(?) leads Penhow's Dave Fisher
Roy Scragg again in his modified Anglia Estate
Geraint's Mini was the star of the day, really getting to grips with the snow
Cardiff racer Alwyn Williams leads Geraint Evans in the wheelbender race
Chip Shop worker Jules Martin from Bristol in another Anglia
Some shots of Bob Bodenham in one of his early Class 10 Specials racing against Stroud's Dave Allen
Here are some pictures of an end of season bash for Autograss cars at Mendip Raceway near Bristol in 1978
P14 Wimpy Walker in his class6a 100E with a highly modified Ford pushrod engine which resided in the passenger seat space. This gave great weight distribution and made for lots of sideways action. Unfortunately this was the last outing for Wimpy's very successful car as it succumbed to the unforgiving Mendip crash barrier...
S5D Tony Lovell - known as Mr Sheen due to his immaculate car presentation. This chassis was still being used by the Phipps family for many years afterwards
BS83 Steve Badman in his class2 Beetle. Steve still races with Stroud club in a class2 Micra
Gloucester Imp racer Art Williams battles with Andy Williams Escort
Yorkshireman Barry Glendenning in his Rover V8 Special at the Hanbury Nationals 1978
John Lloyd from Wrexham in a V6 Special
In the 70's Class 5 was for over 1201cc pre 1964 cars which meant there were loads of Jags and Cortinas racing. It was a bit hectic as you can see from these pictures featuring NS167 Mike Jones and S1Y John Briggs who went on to be a NASA Director.
In the mid seventies this car/driver combination was the one to beat in class 6a (the forerunner to class 7). With it's highly tuned 1700 pushrod engine sat in the passenger seat space using a shortened propshaft it had perfect balance and driver Wimpy Walker from Penhow certainly could pedal it quickly.
G8D Tony Smith leads PAC38 Bryn Thomas
Fiery Fred Booy in his Datsun leads the quick Stroud Minis of Bill Summers and Spamspeed.
Derek Carless' all conquering Class 2 Simca on its way to another win
N149 John Smith from Nottingham in another Jag
AC90 Mike Waugh was class 5 National Champion in 1978 with this Rover
Phil Goodenough in one of his class2 Escorts. Phil still races class 7 today with the Stroud Club
Bob 'Jackdaw' Mountford in his Capri powered by a V8 Daimler engine sourced from a hearse!
Tidy modified MGB of Steve Needham. Thanks to Graham Jackson (ex H247Y) for the namecheck.
Border Counties regular Jim Funge in his mk1 Escort
Mad Martin Payton in his pushrod powered Ford Pop 100E
Derek Thomas
Cwmdu racer Peter Collins in his V6 Class10 Special
These last few shots are from a very early Bristol South meeting circa 1971.
Len Attwell in his famous 'Grasshopper' front engined special powered by a Ford Pinto
