Racing at the 2024 HSR Mitty Historic Sports Car races, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on April 26, 2024.
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Racing at the 2024 HSR Mitty Historic Sports Car races, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on April 26, 2024.
Taken during the Masters Gentlemen Drivers race on the Saturday of the 2023 Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival.
Taken during the Masters Gentlemen Drivers race on the Saturday of the 2023 Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival.
Van Diemen RF92 FF1600 (1992) Engine 1600cc S4 Ford
Series Heritage Formula Ford (2019)
Race Donington 14 April 1992
Race Number 50 David Porter (Hinkley)
VAN DIEMEN SET
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Van Dieman was a highly successful racing car manufacturer founded in 1973 by Ros Ambrose and Ralph Firman Snr. and based in Snetterton, Norfolk.The company's name comes from the island of Tasmania, Australia, which was formerly known as Van Diemen's Land and is where Ambrose was born and lived before moving to the UK to co-found the company.
The first car produced was the Van Diemen FA73 one of which went on to win the 1973 BRDC Formula Ford 1600 championship in the hands of Derek Lawrence as well as the 1973 BRSCC Formula Ford driven by Donald MacLeod. The cars began dominating Formula Ford and the company embarked on high volume manufacture of their cars. In 1977 Brazilian Chico Serra won the BRSCC championship and also went on to win that years Formula Ford Festival. The company was in the business of producing customer cars as well as running a works team, in 1977 Van Dieman began a long sponsorship arrangement with Duckhams oils, the yellow liveried cars becoming regulars in the winning circle at home and Internationally. In 1975 Van Dieman took over Racing Developments, a producer of Formula 3 chassis and expanded into Formula Three.Van Diemen scored a swept the BRSCC Formula Ford 1600 championship in 1980. Brazilian drivers Roberto Moreno and Raul Boesel won 13 out of 14 races and finished one and two in the standings. Jonathan Palmer, also driving Van Diemen, was third, Moreno ent on to win the Formula Ford Festival followed by Tommy Byrne (PS Byrnes autobiography Crash and Byrne is well worth a read for an insight into the characters involved in racing at the time), also driving a Van Diemen. Byrne had a very successful 1981 season winning the Festival, European and British Formula Ford 2000 championships. Ayrton Senna made his European racing debut in 1981 in the BRSCC and RAC Formula Ford 1600 championships, driving Van Diemen chassis. After winning these two championships he graduated into Formula Ford 2000, again driving Van Diemens. In 1982 Senna won both the British and European Formula Ford 2000 championships. The following year Van Diemans newest Brazilian recruit Maurício Gugelmin finished second in the British Formula Ford 2000 driving a Van Diemen. In the same year Maurizio Sandro Sala won the BRDC Formula Ford 1600. In 1985 eight Van Diemens filled the top ten at the Formula Ford Festival.
Halfway through the eighties Reynard chassis started to dominate the Formula Ford 2000. Van Diemen shifted its focust toward Formula Renault, also a 2-litre engine formula. The Formula Ford Festival was won four consecutive times from 1986 thru 1989 by Van Diemen chassis. Roland Ratzenberger (1986) and Vincenzo Sospiri (1988) won the race in customer entries. The factory team won the race in 1987 and 1989 with Eddie Irvine and Niko Palhares. The British constructor made its debut in the Formula Renault in 1989. Neil Riddiford won the first British Formula Renault championship in 1989, driving a Van Diemen
Domination of Formula Ford continued in the 1990's the constructor won the British Formula Ford championship five times and the Festival seven times. Jason Plato won the first Formula Renault Eurocup driving for the Duckhams Van Diemen factory team. Bobby Verdon-Roe won the British Formula Renault in 1991 in a customer entered Van Diemen. Also in 1991 Van Dieman was contracted to build and supply the chassis for Formula Vauxhall the first championship was won by future IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti. In 1993 Van Dieman re-entered Formula Three with its first composite built chassis racing in the Japanese F3, German F3 and the French F3 championships but the cars did not prove successful and Van Dieman withdrew from F3 at the seasons close. With the demise of Formula Ford 2000, the company focussed on exporting cars tom the USA with F2000 and went on to win the F2000 Champiuonship. In 1994 a Manor Motorsport entered Van Dieman won the ormula Renault Eurocup and the USF2000 championships of 1995 and 1996 were won by the Van Diemans of Jeret Schroeder and Steve Knapp. Van Diemen dominated the series winning all drivers and constructors titles until the series folded after the 2006 season with other wins coming from newboy, Brit, Dan Wheeldon, in 1996 Guy Smith won the British Formula Renault Championships in his Van Dieman but in Europe Tatuus and Mygale were becoming the chassis of choice., 1998 was the companies last entry in F. Renault. In 1998 Van Dieman was contracted to build the cars for Formula Palmer, and continued to do so through to 2010
In the 2000's Van Dieman was the winning manufacturer in Formula Ford in 2000, 2001 and 2002
In 2002 Van Dieman was bought by Don Panoz and became part of his Élan Motorsport Technologies group out of Braselton, Georgia. As of 2002 the factory team ceased to exist. Tom Kimber-Smith and Valle Mäkelä won the British Formula Ford title, in customer entries, in 2002 and 2003.
With the takeover by Élan, Van Diemen became more active in the United States. The Van Diemen FR02 used in Formula Ireland and Formula X between 2001 and 2004 was introduced in the United States the cars continued to be successful but gradualy lost their Van Dieman identification, with the Elan name becoming more prominant.
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Shot 13.04.2019 at the GT Cup and MSVR Championships at Donington Park Ref 138-497
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1836 - Porter County Centennial, Inc. - 1936
SOUVENIR
TWO WOODEN NICKELS
O. L. ALLANSON
President
F. W. ALPEN
Treasurer
COMMODORE PORTER
This wooden certificate is issued by PORTER COUNTY CENTENNIAL, Inc., in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Porter County in 1836, and is Redeemable at the Face Value Stamped Thereon in United States Coin at the Farmers State Bank, Valparaiso, Indiana, up to and including 3:00 P. M., August 22, 1936.
O. L. ALLANSON, President
F. W. ALPEN, Treasurer
Date: 1936
Source Type: Wooden Certificate
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Porter County Centennial, Inc.
Postmark: Not applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Information concerning Porter County's centennial celebration can be viewed in the published Souvenir Program. This token does not appear in tokencatalog.com, the premier source for token information.
Copyright 2022. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
oh-boy oh-boy oh-boy!!!
When I saw this coming around turn 10, I was astonished. Video replays do not do it any justice compared to being a couple dozen feet away. Unbelievably awesome.
Quick day-trip up to Watkins Glen. Had no idea of the entries. Lots of surprises.
2021 Masters HSR Historic Race Weekend
Masters Endurance Legends USA
Watkins Glen International
