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PIGGYBACK FOR LEARNERHAMILTON SETS PACECalder Races-Jan 16. by James Laing -Peach F-2 CHAMPIONSHIPLaunching ramp for Chris Hocking's Corolla Clubman was the shovel nose of the Derry George Elfin 600 driven by Peter Larner in the final open sports car race. Larner gyrated at Repco in hot pursuit of Phil Mooreanxiously awaits Chris Hockingends up with two handfuls of Clubman front wishbones until officials arrive. Calder, Sunday, January 16 -The 1200-miles all the way from Brisbane's sunny Mt. Gravatt was worth it for young Queensland driver Vern Hamilton, who cleaned up a packed 22-starter field for the first round of the 1972 formula two championship. The SO-tapperturned into a race of attrition with almost half of the field dropping out. Hamilton, driving his Elfin 600, lapped the field and finished in a race time of 40.14.0 sees., having started from eighth on the grid.Hamilton now leads the poi n tscore from Tatura driver Don Ubergang (Elfin 600) and third placed Peter Larner (Renmax).Early leader was Alfredo Costanzo (Elfin ACI), who leapt away from polegetter Maurie Quincey (Elfin 600E) and Clive Millis (600B).With a bunched field of the top formula two drivers - Costanzo, Gary Campbell from NSW (Ertin 600C), Clive Millis, Maurie Quincey, Ken Hastings (McLaren M4A), Vern Hamilton, Don Ubergang, Brian Sampson (S_pecoToyota) and Peter Larner in order away from the start - the ANF-2 race was a top contender as top competition for the day.But by lap 13 the exhaustive pace in torrid conditions on a slippery track started to take toll.First Clive Millis retired on the backstraight with a broken oil line and then race leader Alf Costanzo relinquished his lead (later to return from the pits but out of contention) to Maurie Quincey, his Elfin's engine also leaking oil.But the dreaded fall-out rate had not stopped and two laps later on the 17th circuit Maurie Quincey's silver Elfin also glided onto the in-field near "Toyota", struck with engine trouble.This left the consistent New South Welshman, Gary Campbell in the Provincial Motors Elfin leading the pack followed by Vern Hamilton, Ken Hastings, Don Ubergang, Bruce Rae (having his first run in the newly acquired Elfin 600), Denis Lupton in the Auto Corse Devione, Peter Larner and Brian Sampson's Speco.Lupton's ~han~e for the front running finished on lap 18, when he retired the Devione while Chris Farrell's Brabham BT6 which was well down the field due to a bad start and only slowly catching the leaders also pitted.The field had split into two groups with Campbell and Hamilton tagging around in the lead to a trio of Hastings, Ubergang and Rae with Larner and Sampson another 50 yards back.The race was over for Campbell when his Elfin started fouling plugs in the hot conditions and Hamilton caught and passed the red Elfin as it pitted. Meanwhile, Rae had also dropped from contention and the leaders bunched to an even smaller group of Hamilton now leading from Hastings, Ubergang, Samp son and Larner.Ubergang moved up _to ~ happy second as Hastings engine went off-song and still with nearly 20 laps _to go loo~ed. as though It would~ t fm1sh. ,But It wa~ Samps~ms turn next apd with_ a ~lyn~g sta'.t Speco powered by a comparatively tiny 1200 cc Toyota broke a rear radius arm and the Speco half spun to withdraw at Repco corner.So now there were two that could be called race leaders -Hamilton and Hastings. But the Victorian's car was fast losing pace and Hamilton gradually pulled out a full lap lead as Hastings fell further behind and was then passed. by Ubergang and then Larner.And with Hamilton's car never looking like missing a beat that's how the last ten laps went under th~ wheels.Ubergang was in fact lucky to finish second, as his Elfin's clutch was slipping for the last five laps.Third ran Peter Larner and fourth on a sick engine, Ken Hastings.The race had been r~ duced from 80 laps to 50 to keep up spectator interest and it was undoubtedly one of the most crippling races for the normally super reliable F2s seen recently.It was a fine drive for F2 convert at the start of 1971, Vern Hamilton, who will go into the next round (which doesn't come up until April at Hume Weir) with a resounding psychological lead.The ANF-2 championship round was the feature race of Calder's first meeting for the new year, which saw a half-Hearted motley collection of competitors who did, however, turn on some most spirited racing.SPORT SEDANSSOME OF THE NOT-SO JANE fans would have been pleased to see the normally dominant Repco Torana really have to work in a combined sports closed and improved tourers race.Jane is no longer allowed to use the rear spoiler and the super Torana was quite dodgey under heavy braking.Star of the show was Big "Pete" Geoghegan in the over 1300cctouring and over 2.5 S/S race who ran second to Jane for two laps before pushing past around the· Autolite esses. And with the big V8 storming up the main straight making moremechanical horsepower clatter than exhaust boom Jane couldn't made the difference.Vince Mclaughlan takes a different look at Autolite corner. His Elfin Corolla flipped during the F3 race and slid 40 yards on its roll bar. Mclaughlan escaped unhurt as Bob Punch's Elfin Mono motors past. The final blow came when Jane chose to take Alan Borella' s V8 powered FX on the outside of Repco as Pete sl;pped by on the inside.The Torana ran wide and gave Pete sufficient berth to h?tve ·no troubles (<Lespite raffic through the ~sses) in winning.Third was Barry Sharp in the Brabham Ford lightweight, fourth, Harry Lefoe's V8 Imp and fifth Pat Crea in the brand new super Falcon GT of his own.It was also the first Calder run for Clive Green in the ex-Pete Geoghegan Mustang but the Victorian was still feeling his way and far from contented. ·Fellow Mustang -driver. Tony Calvert from the Apple Isle. also provecf no threat retiring on the fourth lap.Damn Victorian tracks -which way do they go! Sydneysider Bruce Hayward gets dramatically sideways to direction of intended travel fThe sport closed final - the Marlboro Cup - in fact it looked more like a barrel - was another Jane-Pete clash over 10 laps this time with all the qualifiers from the morning races.It was Pete from the start as Jane made a bad getaway while a brave hearted John Bassett in the Globe Products Escort RS held up the red flag to Barry Sharp.Bob Gill (Anglia), Bill Hamon (Holden FX), Bruce Taylor (Jaguar V8), Chris Neal (Mini) and Terry Wade (Mini) turned on a behind-the-leaders battle of their own with NSW's Bruce taylor taking two full spins on consecutive laps at Repco.In a last lap desperate Jane also had a Repco lose in the Repco Torana which gave a clear cut, hand clapping win to Big. Pete then Jane, Barry Sharp, John Bassett (despite a last lap spin also at Repco) and Mike Stillwell.In an earlier race for those who didn't qualify for the final S/S final, Darrylyn Huitt turned on a grandstander with a last lap passing move on Jim Keable's Mini in a race which looked to be sewn up by Holden driver Bill Hamon.Darrylyn really won the crowd's praise with her stylish overtake on the rnside of R~pco to outpace the Hamon Holden in her 2.2- litre Volkswagen.Event two on the program was a two-part qualifying race for under 1300 touring and under 2.5 S/S and was claimed by SA tourist John Bassett who bad starred at the Adelaide International raceway inaugral meeting he w~ekend befon! in his Globe Products Escort RS which goes and looks the equal of the Stillwell machine.Bassett won the second part of the race from Mike Stillwell with Tony Vita beating home Jim Keable (both Minis) in the first part.AMI driver Dick Thurstonwas lucky to escape without trauma when a rear wheel hub broke on his improved Corolla at Autolite.FORMULA VEETERRY PEJtKINS, brother of Formula Ford champ for 1971, Larry Perkins was the man to beat in two packed fields of over 20 horizontally-opposed mass madness machines. The Perkins Vee outstripped Geoff Davey from South Australia in both starts with Roberts' Elfin Vee coming third in one and Calder star of a few meetings back, Leo Anthony third in the other.SIX CYLINDER SERIESPETER WOODWARD debuting his new super-Torana was an easy winner from Norm Gowan. and Gary Rogers both in modified EH Holdens in the opening round of the six cylinder series.Peters who turned on a brain storm for the crowd with Peters less well-braked blue EH dragging its feet sideways under brakes for will-she, or won't-she-spin entry to most corners.But it was John O'Sullivan beat home who turned on a brain storm for the crowd with Peters less well-braked blue EH dragging its feet sideways under brakes for will-she, or won't-she-spin entry to most corners.O'Sullivan and Peter Peters in the fjrst race for fourth.In the 10-lap final Woodward h<1d more trouble keeping out Norm Gowan but managed to power across the line first ahead of Gowan, Peters and Jim Roe.In the handicap race it was Bruce Parker in an EH from Nick Louis and Rex Porter both driving Falcons.SPORTS CARSPETER LARNER in the Derry George Elfin 600C turned on the spectacle of the day -front page "Age" news -when he spun at Repco in close pursuit of Bill O'Gorman's "new" Matich SR5 from Adelaide.With nowhere to go but ram the spinning Elfin, Chris Hocking in a Corolla Clubman ran up the Elfin's shovel nose and left Larner with a handful of front suspension to stop the Clubman's nose crashing down on the Elfin cockpit.Clear winner was John Harvey who rushed away from the first field to win by a lap (in 10 ! ) from Phil Moore's Elfin 600C, Larner, Bill O'Gorman having his first eastern State run in the ex-Colin Hyams Matich and Kevin Norden in an Elfin Toyota.For the second race Harvey conveniently pitted on the first lap ( they even cleared the pit row in anticipation) and then rushed back at the tail of the field to stage a handicap-like swallowing of the field.It took Harvey only two laps to fill third behind Moore and Larner.Larner lost his third on the final lap in the spectacular Repco corner incident.In the production sports races, Doug Whiteford was ~irtually invincible with the only real .threat for Ron MacLurkin's Bolwell Nagari which raced away to lead in the scratch event.But the Ford 302 V8-powered dart was less happy under brakes and around bends than the Whiteford Datsun 2000 and on the second lap, the Nagari spun under brakes leaving a clear road for Whiteford with Paul Trevethan and Ray Wallis filling second and third with MG-Bs.In the final handicap - Last race of the day - Whiteford started from scratch and with three laps to go seemed to have the leaders taped.But a smooth consistent drive by John ·Latham (MGB) saw him push the near standard Bee over the line a bonnet's length in front of Whiteford who stretched the big five-speed two-litre Datsun with a determined foot but was just pipped.SERIES PRODUCTION TOURINGTWO HEATS -an up to 2000cc and then over 2000cc -sorted starters from a small series field for the day's final.In the under two-litre heat the Bill Evans Developments' Escort t/cs of John Piper and Barry Ward proved too fast for the Brian Wood Ford entry of Jim Murcott or private runner Allan Keith.After Pete Geoghegan's Super Falcon win in the sports sedan race it looked like a Ford day when Murray Carter (under close stopwatch scrutiny from a spectating Allan- Moffat) ran away with the lead and despite "falling off" at Repco maintained his advantage to win from Leo Geoghegan' s Charger, Norm Beechey (Charger) and Ross Woodbridge (Torana XU-1).Geoghegan made a poor start when Frank Porter's XU-1 was tripped and ''ejected" as the field stormed away from the start line. However Geoghegan caught and overtook both Lawrie Nelson (Charger) who retired and Beechey, showing the number one works car had that little horsepower edge.In the final, Ford's disappointment was Murray Carter's retirement when the Falcon GT-HO Phase Three started overheating.A closer race between Geoghegan and Beechey saw the Shell driver wave Leo through to a win on the final lap.For the small fry it was Ward's turn for an Escort win over Piper and Murcott.SUPPORTING RACING CAR EVENTSTHE FIRST RACE showed the pace for the ANF-2 championship when Sydneysider Garry Campbell former F-Vee ace showed the way to Quincey and Hastings in the F-2 first category.For the F-3 race which included a class for F-Fords, Brian Sampson's AMI Racing Team Corolla-engined Speco proved itself still the fastest F3 car with a win from Bob Punch's Elfin Mo'no and Brian Shead' s Motor Improvements Cheetah.Dave Green turned in the best F-Ford drive with his Morley-Ford Wren, winning from Graeme Pearl's Elfin 600 and John Edmunds' Aztec.Just look at thai front wheel camber. Leo Geoghegan flings the works Charger hard into Repco to take the series production touring car final for Chrysler. Murray Carter's GT-HO retired overheating. Itwas also the other "spectacular" of the day when F-3 driver Vince McLauchlan's Elfin Corolla flipped and skidded reverse side up along the track. McLauchlan wasn't injured although his F3 Elfin took a damaging pounding.