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After reading Andy Fadsters plans to drop the John Whitmore Daimler engine into a Bantam,I was wondering how many cars have used blown and injected Daimler V8s since Tony Anderson and Russ Carpenter

Robin Read

Here's Robin Read in 1987/88.

Here is Russ Carpenter getting ready to make a run at the then new 1/4 mile track in Hockenheim 1989.

Robin in his first Bad Habit dragster at Giebelstadt around 1986

This picture is from my sister website http://www.dragracinghistory.de
Tony Chunky Morris

havent seen a picture of Robin's car for ages

guessing the middle butterfly is blanked off to reduce surface opening as its only small blower?

Excluding Russ Carpenter, Tony Anderson, John Whitmore and Robin Reed, the following is a list of racers who ran Daimler powered machines in either the Dragster, Comp Altered or Street Altered classes. If anyone knows of any more then please add to the list! Also I suspect that the entries for Rob Emmett and Mark Horridge refers to Andy’s dragster ‘Drag-n’Fly’.

1972
Stephen Martin BSP1 - The Ghost Train 2548cc
Martin Rowatt CD6 - Asterix the Gaul 2548cc (s)
Bob Deichen CCCA9 - Majesty 4561cc

1973
A. Bathurst DCA2 - Metronome 2500cc
G. Hall DD1 - Wild Angle 2548cc

1974
Ian Shanks JD33 - Shank’s Pony 2548cc
Bo Deichen SCA19 - Majesty 4661cc
J. Liddle JCA46 - Metronome 2458cc
R.G. Allen JCA50 - Trackshun Ackshun 2500cc (s)
P. Smith TSA1 - If or Damit 2648cc
C. Carver JCA40 - Orange Bond 4800cc
R. East ASA23 - Piece’s of Eight 4561

1975
Rick Fielding MCA35 - Imagination 2548cc (s)
P. Smith SD65 2548cc

1976
Roy Jagger JCA73 - Sues Blues 2548cc
Liz Newton/Tony Puttick JCA33 - All Shook Up 4500cc

1977
Peter Jeffries SCA12 - Brute Force/Chilton Valley Charger 4561 (s)
Dave Gibbons JD63 - Wild Angel 152ci

1978
Rick Fielding SD61 - Imagination 155ci
John Newman SD34 - Trouble & Strife 4688cc

1979
Simon Davis GD36 - Communication 158ci
Ross Hamilton DD21 - Beautiful Noise 158ci
Keith Hobson - Slingshot Dragster

1980
Paul Knight/Barry Miller DD21 - Beautiful Noise 2604cc
Jim Ibbett BD23 - Shanky’s Pony 278ci
Roy Jagger FCA43 - Doodle Bug 2548cc (s)
Dave Tucker DCA10 - Vandal 2541 (s)
Peter Roy - Competition Altered

1981
Pip Biddlecombe FM19 - Rubellion 152ci
Martin Stevens JCA390 - Papas Pram 2 2500cc

1983
John Newman DD21 - Beautiful Noise 152ci

1984
John Hunt GD51 - Gold Digger 152ci

1985
Adrian Merry MM28 152ci

1986
Rob Emmett DD22 152ci

1988
Mark Horridge ED6 - Wishful Thinkin’ 152ci

That's a pretty comprehensive list Muddy. Here's a couple more from York Raceway. The slingshot with a stock 2.5 Hemi is Kieth Hobson's from '79 and the T altered taking on the Sting Corvette was run by Peter Roy in '80 with a 4.5 Hemi.

MotorPsycho wrote:guessing the middle butterfly is blanked off to reduce surface opening as its only small blower?

Correct.

The picture taken at "Giebelstadt around 1986" was actually 1985. I crewed for Robin in 1986 but couldn't make the 1985 event. Robin ran his first ever seven at that venue in 1986 after I shut him down for a fuel leak, we repaired and refueled and the rest is history (at least for that car).

As has been documented in the past, Robin bought the Beautiful Noise chassis (built by Dennis Priddle) and over two close seasons back and front halved the car. He then joined the "old" sections together and sold it with a short motor to Mark Horridge. Robin still has the "new" chassis.

Very detailed list muddytalker. Here's a couple more of Robin's car.

well done for your detail list muddytalker