TS5, Surtees TS5 and Garner TS5; Surtees TS5A

Dave Jordan testing one of the pair of new AIR TS5s, this the one running on Webers, at Riverside 14 Apr 1969. Copyright Dave Jordan 2003. Used with permission.Late in 1968, Roger Nathan announced that he would be entering the new Formula 5000 with a Len Terry designed car. Terry started the design but the project soon changed hands as James Garner's AIR team needed a car for US Formula A and did a deal with John Surtees' fledgling operation to take over and manufacture the Nathan-Terry project.

According to John Surtees autobiography, he originally just acted as an agent between Len Terry and James Garner. Just five cars were to be built with two to be run by Team Surtees in the 1969 UK series and two by Garner in the US series. Garner, with partners John Crean and Don Rabbit, had struck a deal with AMC to provide engines.

The first four cars were built at Len Terry's Design Auto workshops in Poole with later cars being built at Surtees' base at Slough and then at the team's new premises at Edenbridge in Kent.

Dave Jordan testing one of the pair of new AIR TS5s, this the one running on Webers, at Riverside 14 Apr 1969. Copyright Dave Jordan 2003. Used with permission.The car was rechristened the TS5 presumably for Terry-Surtees-5000, with the planned US cars being called Garner TS5. A prototype was tested in England by AIR driver Scooter Patrick during the winter and at the end of March 1969, Garner announced that his AIR team would be selling their Lola T70 Mark 3s and their new Can-Am Lola T162s to concentrate on the two-car TS5 Formula A team of David Hobbs and Scooter Patrick. However, the engines were behind schedule and when AIR's first two cars arrived, in the middle of March, they had to be fitted with Chevrolet V8s. A four-day test was organised at Riverside 14-18 April with team drivers Patrick and Dave Jordan but both cars suffered suspension failures and Crean decided to terminate the relationship with Surtees and commission Dan Gurney to build Eagles instead. Shortly after this, AMC pulled out and the whole project dissolved.

Scooter Patrick testing one of the pair of new AIR TS5s, this the fuel-injected car, at Riverside 14 Apr 1969. Copyright Dave Jordan 2003. Used with permission.With three or four cars now complete and a fifth on the way, Surtees continued with the project, running a pair of TS5s in the UK and another pair in the US as Team Surtees entries. The car soon became known as the Surtees TS5 and after early successes with the works cars, Surtees put the TS5 into production and soon made his first sale, Mike Goth buying the freshly-completed fifth car. However, only two more were built and the only sales were of second-hand cars in the US. One of these was to Garner who had parted company with AIR in August 1969 and ran a TS5 for Scooter Patrick.

Thanks to Chris Townsend, Dave Jordan, Mark Harmer, Wolfgang Klopfer, Al Moore, Jeremy Jackson, David McKinney, Pete Stowe, Ian Hebblethwaite, Anthony Smith, Eli Solomon, Rob Fischetti, Hamilton Vose III, Todd Hankinson, Franz Guggemos and Chris Novatny. All and any help would be gratefully received. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can add anything.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5
001		 Andrea de Adamich in TS5/001 early in 1969. It is worth comparing this picture with the one of Taylor driving 001 at the 1969 Gold Cup in Motoring News 21 Aug 1969 p12 which shows a different nose and different mirror mounts. Copyright Fred Scatley 2002. Used with permission.This car built by Len Terry (see Motoring News 21 Aug 1969 p12). Team Surtees UK 1969: driven by Andrea de Adamich (R1 - R7) and Taylor (R8 Zandvoort 10 Aug: won; and Oulton Park Gold Cup 16 Aug 1969: 4th). Not seen thereafter but not used as De Adamich went to US. Unlikely to be the de Adamich US car as his first race was only seven days after Oulton Park. More likely that de Adamich used TS5/04 and that TS5/01 was retired at this point. Chassis 001 is then likely to be the car sent to the US for Scooter Patrick in Garner's TS5 at St Jovite in 1969. Around the car are chief crew Max Kelly, Rob Fischetti and three of Garner's film crew. Copyright Rob Fischetti 2005. Used with permission.James Garner's Cherokee Racing to run for Scooter Patrick (R10 Lime Rock and R11 St Jovite - crashed). The roll hoop on this car appears different to those on the later cars. See 'the France car' and 'the Sleutjes car' below. Unknown
Surtees TS5
002		 Never seen in the UK so presumably AIR for US 1969. If so, it would have been white. An Autoweek (28 Jun 1969 p2) news item, reporting that AIR have switched to Eagles, says that the TS5s "have been returned to Surtees' TS Research and Development shop in England".
Possibly the white car used by Taylor at Sebring (US R13 28 Dec 1969).
Jackie Pretorius' Doug Serrurier-owned Surtees TS5 in the Bulawayo paddock in 1970. Copyright Doug Brown. Used with permission.This number used by F1R for the Serrurier-owned, Pretorious-driven Ford-engined TS5 that first raced in South Africa on 30 Mar 1970. Pretorious SA 1970 - Willie Ferguson SA 1971 (two races only; replaced by TS8) - Spencer Shultze SA 1971 (debut Coronation "100" 12 Apr 1971) - Team Wynns? for Jackie Pretorius SA 1972 (debut Coronation "100" 3 Apr 1972) - The ex-Serrurier TS5 when owned by Nolly Limberis at Killarney probably in 1973. Copyright Danie van den Berg 2005. Used with permission.Nolly Limberis SA 1973 (from R1); SA 1974 (replaced briefly by M10B!); not seen in 1975.

The car was then sold to Phillip Smith and was used once for drag racing. On it's first run Phillip spun the car and hit the Armco barrier backwards, damaging the rear suspension. He then sold the original engine and stored the car in a barn for 27 years! From the beginning I have tried to buy the car from him. In 1990 I left SA to live in the UK. Last year Phillip contacted me to inform me that he had decided not to restore the car and was prepared to sell the car to me. It was in a poor state, but is now in the process of a nut and bolt restoration. It should be finished within the next few weeks. (Anthony Smith email 23 Aug 2004)

Anthony Smith's Surtees TS5 just after the completion of its restoration early in 2005. Copyright Anthony Smith 2005. Used with permission.Bought in South Africa in 2003 by Anthony Smith and brought to the UK. The restoration was completed early in 2005.

 Anthony Smith (UK) 2005
Surtees TS5
003		 Team Surtees UK 1969: driven by David Hobbs. For first two races early April; then presumably to US for Hobbs/TS/Garner (DNS US R1 Riverside). Most likely to have been Hobbs' US car 1969.
Team Surtees for David Hobbs US 1969 (from R6 Elkhart Lake 20 Jul): seven races, wins at Donnybrook, St Jovite and Thompson. Then sold to Hamilton Vose III of RACE for the remaining canadian and US races of 1969 (debut Mosport Park Canadian R9 14 Oct 1969; also raced at Sebring US R13 28 Dec 1969). Reports at the time say that RACE bought one or two new TS5As for 1970 but Hamilton Vose recalls only the two ex-works cars. If he is right, this, or its sister ex-de Adamich car would be the one used by Vose in US 1970? If so, the 2-speed automatic at Riverside April 1970 (Aw 23 May 1970 p5). Crashed at Sears Point June 1970 and sold, still damaged, to Ken Kloster.
Wrecked?
Surtees TS5
004		 Team Surtees UK 1969: driven by Trevor Taylor at R3 Brands Hatch 11 May (pole but DNS); David Hobbs (R4 Mallory Park 26 May); Taylor (R5 Silverstone 15 Jun); Hobbs (R6 Mondello Park 13 Jul). Then disappears and may have gone to US for Hobbs although his first race in US was R6 Elkhart Lake 20 Jul, just seven days after Mondello Park. More likely the de Adamich car later in the season.
Team Surtees for Andrea de Adamich US 1969 (from R9 Mosport Park 23 Aug 1969): four races: best result second place at St Jovite behind Hobbs. Sold to RACE and driven by Rick DeJarld at Sebring in December. According to Hamilton Vose, he did not buy new TS5As for 1970 so this car would be the John Martin "TS5A" in 1970. 		Unknown
Surtees TS5
005		 Mike Goth's TS5 at Road America 1970. Copyright Tom Schultz 2005. Used with permission.Mike Goth US 1969 (four races; debut R6 Elkhart Lake 20 Jul); Tasman 1970 (crewed by Brian Burness and Joey Cavaglieri). Taken in part-exchange by Charlie Hayes for a Lola T190 by May 1970 and advertised by Hayes 23 May 1970. To Fred Phillips (New Orleans, LA) US 1970 (R9 Brainerd 16 Aug). Collided with Ron Grable in practice for R10 Lime Rock 7 Sep 1970 and Philips blamed for accident. Did not start and loaned car to Grable for the race; Either Fred Phillips or Ron Grable in Phillips' TS5 at Lime Rock in 1970. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission. Grable finished 8th. Advertised by Phillips 30 Jan 1971 ("Late Surtees TS5 ... spares for nearly a complete extra car"). To Chris Cook (Holland, TX) US 1971 (5 races; debut R2 Laguna Seca 2 May 1971); US 1972 (1 race only: R3 Watkins Glen 18 Jun 1972). According to Rob van Westenburg's research, Cook reversed the car into the wall at Elkhart Lake and damaged the left rear. The TS5 was sold to Ron Frankln and his brother on Oklahoma soon after and was traded to John Barker (Denver) 1974 who restored it To Frank Meyers (Colorado Springs, CO) 1988 - Rob van Westenberg (Morrison, CO) 1995. Chris Cook in his Surtees TS5, probably at Laguna Seca in 1971. Copyright Al Moore 2002. Used with permission.Retained 2006. Rob van Westenberg (US) 2006
Surtees TS5
006		 For Tetsu Ikusawa (DNA at R7 Koksijde 3 August 1969) but deal fell through. Team Surtees UK 1969 for Taylor (R7 Koksijde 3 Aug 1969) and Bell (R8 Zandvoort). Then handed to Team Elite for Taylor late season (R9 Snetterton 1 Sep 1969, R10 Hockenheim where said to be green and white, R11 and R12) - crashed at last race. Later "found to be more badly damaged than at first thought - Autosport 6 Nov 1969 pp22-23. Almost certainly the white car used by Taylor at Sebring (US R13 28 Dec 1969). Presumably sold in US for 1970 season to Sherwood Johnston or Eric Pohl. (Number given by F1 Register to Alex Blignaut's TS5 driven by Eddie Keizan in South Africa in 1972 but see TS5A/007.) Unknown
Surtees TS5
007
Fellow competitor Sandy Shepard took this shot of David Hobbs' Surtees TS5 at Sebring in 1969. Copyright Sandy Shepard 2006. Used with permission.Fellow competitor Sandy Shepard took this shot of David Hobbs' Surtees TS5 at Sebring in 1969. Copyright Sandy Shepard 2006. Used with permission.
Robert Fischetti's TS5, probably at Laguna Seca 1971. Copyright Al Moore 2002. Used with permission.Robert Fischetti's TS5, probably at Laguna Seca 1971. Copyright Al Moore 2002. Used with permission.
Team Surtees US 1969: New for David Hobbs at Sebring (US R13 28 Dec 1969). Then Taylor UK 1970. Wrecked at Brands Hatch (AS 7 May 1970 p27) and with a new TS5A nearing completion for Taylor, the TS5 was sold to Robert Fischetti (Redondo Beach, CA): SCCA Nationals late 1970 (first seen winning a SCCA National at Ontario on 20 Sep 1970; 2nd Southern Pacific Division with 8pts); US 1971 (all 8 races plus both USAC Seattle races); US 1972 (DNQ at R1 Laguna Seca 7 May). Wrecked in practice at R2 Watkins Glen 1972. 		Wrecked

Of these seven TS5s, it would appear that 001, 003, 004, 005, 007 and probably 006 stayed in the US. The only other car, 002, went to South Africa.

Surtees TS5A

The 1970 development of the TS5, dubbed the TS5A, appears to have only very minor changes. Motoring News (4 Dec 1969 p14) mentions only "revised front and rear suspension, simplified fuel and oil systems, increased braking efficiency, new magnesium steering rack, chassis mods, choice of Hewland LG500, 600 or DG300 gearbox plus many other detail modifications to improve efficiency and maintenance". A bragging war was going on with Trojan, who had stated their intention to build 50 M10Bs (they didn't manage half that) so Surtees said the initial batch of 15 TS5As "will probably be increased" and Autosport, the same week, said that 15 firm orders had been received from the US. Coverage of the TS5A in the UK specialist press was minimal and when it was mentioned in Autosport (4 Dec 1969 p2), there was no picture and Trojan had bought the facing page for a M10B advert. Only nine TS5As appear to have been built.

In December 1969, Hamilton Vose III formed Royal American Competition Enterprises in Chicago and RACE were appointed mid-western importer of the new TS5A. Vose bought both of TS's 1969 US cars and was said to have three TS5As on order but Vose told the author in 2005 that he did not buy any TS5As. Fred Opert also ordered a car for John Gunn and the only other order came from Goth but he traded his for a Lola T190 before it even raced.

Alex Blignaut did a deal with Team Surtees to buy a pair of old TS5As at the end of the 1971 season. These were TS5A/007, the 1970 Hobbs US car used onlyfor a hire deal in 1971, and the ex-Rollinson/Trimmer TS5A/008. Both were fitted with Ford engines for South Africa. With 001 and 009 having been wrecked, all the other surviving TS5As were in the US.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5A
001		 Team Surtees UK 1970 for Taylor and Hobbs (Zandvoort, International Trophy, Brands Hatch). Wrecked at Brands Hatch (AS 7 May 1970 p27) Wrecked
Surtees TS5A
002		 Likely to be the Goth, Opert/Gunn or Hooper car. If RACE did buy one or more TS5As, this could be one of their cars. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
003		 Likely to be the Goth, Opert/Gunn or Hooper car. If RACE did buy one or more TS5As, this could be one of their cars. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
004		 Likely to be the Goth, Opert/Gunn or Hooper car. If RACE did buy one or more TS5As, this could be one of their cars. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
005		 Likely to be the Goth, Opert/Gunn or Hooper car. If RACE did buy one or more TS5As, this could be one of their cars. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
006		 Young for John Gunn US 1970. Young Argentine GP 1971. Subsequent history unknown but a damaged tub with Gunn's name on the side was with Rob van Westenberg (Morrison, CO) in 2003. Rob van Westenberg (US) 2003
Surtees TS5A
007
Hobbs' brand new Surtees TS5A at Dallas in 1970. Copyright David Hutson 2006. Used with permission.Hobbs' brand new Surtees TS5A at Dallas in 1970. Copyright David Hutson 2006. Used with permission.Peter Haller's TS5A is prepared in the Killarney pits. This picture was probably taken in 1974. Copyright Danie van den Berg 2005. Used with permission.Peter Haller's TS5A is prepared in the Killarney pits. This picture was probably taken in 1974. Copyright Danie van den Berg 2005. Used with permission.
Team Surtees for David Hobbs US 1970 (8 races: debut R6 Dallas 5 Jul; won at R10 Lime Rock 7 Sep). See picture here. Advertised by TS Research as "Hobbs' Continental winning car complete as raced ... at Fred Opert's" in February 1971.Returned to UK and leased by TS to Hervé Bayard UK 1971 (2 races: retired at R15 Oulton Park 18 Sep; 11th at R16 Brands Hatch 26 Sep).Sold to Eddie Keizan December 1971 and converted to Ford engines (the ex JW Mirage units). Prepared and run by Alex Blignaut for for Keizan SA 1972 (debut Killaney 8 Jan 1972); for Nols Niemann SA 1973 (R1 and R2 only; replaced by the TS8) - Peter Haller SA 1973 (from R3 Welkom); SA 1974; not seen in 1975. Later sold to "a chap in Durban", then to Brian Tyler and sold by him to Jon Reakes (UK) first seen in HSCC events 1987 but may have been racing earlier. Raced until 1995 at least (some time between 1987 and 1992, the car's livery changes from blue to red) including Donington Park 19 Jul 1987, Colerne sprint 1991, Donington Park 13 Sep 1992, Mallory Park 23 May 1993, Donington Park 3 Sep 1994 and Castle Combe on 5 Aug 1995. Via Brooks to Peter Kormann (Germany) 1997 - Frank Dennert 1999 - Franz Guggemos (Bavaria, Germany) 2005. Retained 2006. The car is now painted dark blue.		 Franz Guggemos (Germany) 2006
Surtees TS5A
008		 This picture taken in the pits at Killarney almost certainly shows Rob Thomas's TS5A. In the background is the sister TS5A still in Blignaut's Lucky Stripe colours, implying the picture was taken early in 1973. Copyright Danie van den Berg 2005. Used with permission.Irish Racing Cars for Alan Rollinson UK 1970 ("New" AS 4 Jun 1970 p4). Note that "TS5/008" is the number given by F1R to car used by Richard Sterne in South Africa in 1972. More likely to have been TS5A/008 (ex Rollinson 1970, Trimmer 1971). Sold to Eddie Keizan December 1971 as a spare to TS5A/007 and converted to Ford engines (the ex JW Mirage units). Prepared and run by Alex Blignaut for Richard Sterne SA 1972 (debut Kyalami 3 Jun 1972) - Bob Thomas Racing for Rob Thomas SA 1973 (from R1) disappears mid-season; not seen in 1974 or 1975. Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
009		 Trevor Taylor brand new car at Mondello 1970 (AS 28 May 1970 p12). Crashed Salzburg 1970 (AS 16 Jul 1970 p48) and written off (AS 30 Jul 1970 p3). Wrecked

Of the nine TS5As, it would appear that 002, 003, 004, 005 and 006 stayed in the US. Of the other four, two were wrecked and two went to South Africa. As with the TS5, none remained in the UK. However, the only TS5As that are known to have been in the US are Opert's, Young's and Hoover's, of which Opert's was wrecked. Possibly the two other numbers weren't used, a practice which was not uncommon amongst racing car manufacturers in this period. It is possible that only two TS5As continued after 1970, Young's and Hoover's.

NB. No Surtees appear in SCCA National FA points tables for 1969. No Surtees appeared at the ARRC.

1970

Three or four mystery TS5As race during 1970: Fred Opert's for John Gunn (from R1 Riverside 19 Apr), Doug Hooper, RACE for John Martin (both from R4 Laguna Seca 14 Jun) and RACE's second car Rex Ramsey (only at R7 Elkhart Lake 18 Jul). As well as these raced cars, Mike Goth was said to have taken delivery of a car but part-exchanged it for a Lola T190. This TS5A was advertised by Hayes on 23 May 1970 alongside Goth's ex-Tasman TS5. So it is quite possible that one of the raced cars, Hooper's for example, was ex-Goth. It is also possible that Gunn's late-season car was ex-Goth.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5A
'the Opert car'		 John Gunn in Fred Opert's TS5A at Lime Rock in 1971. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission.Fred Opert (New Jersey) for John Gunn US 1970 (10 races: best finish 2nd place at R5 Sears Point 28 Jun and R6 Dallas 5 Jul). Wrecked in practice crash at R11 Mosport Park 13 Sep. Gunn moved to the Young America team with a new TS5A/006. Wrecked.
Surtees TS5A
'the Hooper car		 Doug Hooper (Studio City, CA) US 1970 (two races only R4 Laguna Seca 14 Jun and R12 Mid-Ohio 27 Sep). Hooper is best remembered as a Corvette racer in the early 1960s but also ran Can-Am later that decade, running a three-year-old McLaren M1A in 1968 and a two-year-old Lola T70 Mk 3B in 1969. Given the age of his Can-Am machinery, it seem unlikely his Surtees would have been new so maybe this was a TS5 or maybe it was the nearly-new Goth TS5A. Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
'the RACE/Martin car'		 RACE (Chicago, IL) for John Martin (Bristol, Wisc.) US 1970 (9 races: debut R4 Laguna Seca 14 Jun; best finish 4th at R6 Dallas 5 Jul and R11 Mosport Park 13 Sep). Vose now advises that Martin's car was one of his ex-works TS5s, not a TS5A. It is then likely to be the complete car sold to Ken Kloster. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
'the RACE/Ramsey car'		 RACE (Chicago, IL) for Rex Ramsey (Sherman Oaks, CA) US 1970 (one race only: R7 Elkhart Lake 18 Jul). Presumably entered by RACE as entered at #88. Possibly the former Hamilton Vose TS5 crashed at R5 Sears Point 28 Jun 1970 but more likely to be the second "TS5A" mentioned in RACE adverts. In Autoweek 1 May 1971, RACE advertise two TS5As: one complete and one dismantled. The dismantled car is said to be needing $750 of work - suggesting an accident - and is said to have only one race on it. Only the Ramsey car would appear to fit this description. Subsequent history unknown but quite likely to be one of the cars involved in the deal between Vose and Ken Kloster for Kloster's Ford GT40. If so, see 'the Kloster car'. Unknown

Also, four new TS5 combinations appear in 1970: Sherwood Johnston (from R1 Riverside 19 Apr) and Lou Sell (in Eric Pohl's car) joining Fred Philips in TS5/005 and Robert Fischetti in TS5/007. As five or six TS5s appear to have remained in the US and as Vose appears to have still had 003 and 004 in 1970, it would seem that these two 'new' cars must be chassis 001 and 006.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5
'the Johnston car'		 Sherwood Johnston (Scottsdale, AZ) and fitted with Ford engine: US 1970 (#15 from R1 Riverside 19 Apr), also raced by Lou Sell (R5 Sears Point). Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5
'the Pohl car'		 Eric S Pohl (Santa Fe Springs, CA) SCCA Regionals 1970: driven by Lou Sell (Ontario Motor Speedway in 20 Sep 1970 - the same race at which Fischetti's car first appears) and by Ozzie Pohl (Willow Springs Regional 13 Dec 1970); SCCA Nationals 1971: driven by Sell Riverside 13 Feb 1971); US 1971: driven by Ozzie Pohl (R1 Riverside 25 Apr only: 28th/crashed in heat 1 and "heavily damaged"). Not seen again so presumed wrecked. Wrecked?

Jeffrey Kallenberg (Shreveport, LA) advertised a TS5 on 7 Nov 1970. This is very probably Phillips' TS5/005 as Phillips was also from Louisiana and his company, Phillips Energy Inc, is based in Shreveport.

1971

A whole rash of TS5/TS5A Surtees disappear at the end of 1970. Of the six 1969 TS5s that appear to have been racing in 1970 (those of Vose, Martin, Phillips, Fischetti, Johnston and Pohl), Vose's and Pohl's were wrecked, the second Vose car (004) went to Kloster, Phillips' (005) went to Cook, Fischetti's (007) was retained and Johnston's disappears.

Of the TS5As, the Young/Gunn 006 disappears along with the unraced Goth car, an unknown number of RACE cars and Hooper's. The Goth car may turn out to be Hooper's or Gunn's but that still leaves at least three TS5As unaccounted for making around five cars in total.

Only two new mysteries appear: Nick Dioguardi's "TS5B" and Bill Johnson's TS5A.

From this point forward, it is quite possible that TS5As were being reported as TS5s.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5B
'the Dioguardi car'		 Nick Dioguardi (Glendale, CA) SCCA Nationals 1971 (first seen winning FA class at Phoenix 28 Feb 1971; also second at Willow Springs 14 Mar; retired at ARRC 27 Nov); US 1971 (all eight races); SCCA Nationals 1972 (won at Phoenix 27 Feb; Southern Pacific Division: 3rd with 11pts). Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5A
'the Johnson car'		 Bill Johnson (Kansas City, MO) for Jim Bandy (Grandview, MO) US 1971 (4 races; debut R1 Riverside 25 Apr 1971, entered by Bill Johnson Racing); SCCA Nationals (won at Mid-America Raceway 13 Jun and Hutchinson 8 Aug; Midwest Division: 5th with 9pts) then raced by Ron Stafford (Lake Lotawana, MO) SCCA Nationals 1971 (first seen winning FA class at Dallas International Motor Speedway 10 Oct 1971). SCCA Midwest Division: 3rd with 15pts; also 3rd at ARRC in TS5A - Fred Stout (Brentwood/St Louis, MO) US 1975 (failed to start twice). Entered by "J. Bland McCoy, High Ridge, Mo." at Elkhart Lake in 1975. Later 'purchased by unknown but went to England for restoration and racing'. Unknown
Surtees TS5
'the Kloster car'		 Ken Kloster (Toledo, OH) US 1971 (1 race only: R4 Mid-Ohio 5 Jul 1971 where he crashed in practice). Kloster bought two cars from Hamilton Vose, one damaged from Vose's accident at Sears Point in June 1970. Howie Fairbanks recalls buying one complete car and a damaged tub from Kloster. See the Gallucci - Harmer car below.  

1972

With nine or ten TS5s or TS5As having appeared and disappeared in the US, trying to make any sense of the three new 1972 combinations is almost pointless. As well as the one or two TS5s and one TS5A that had been wrecked, Vose still had at least one of the RACE TS5As going into 1972, one car was in Missouri and may have stayed there until 1975, one was in Ohio and on its way to Minnesota, Dioguardi and Fischetti retained their cars in California and Cook his car in Texas. That makes eight or nine.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5A
'the 1972 Vose car'		 In Autoweek 15 Apr 1972, Hamilton Vose (Chicago, IL) advertises a 1970 TS5A that "has never been out of our shop", Is this a third RACE TS5A? Curiously, it has a Weismann gearbox, indicating that it is the unassembled Surtees that went to Donald Finlayson. Subsequent history unknown but see 'the Snellback car'. Unknown
Surtees TS5/A
'the SFR car'		 Stuart Forbes-Robinson (Huntington Beach, CA) US 1972 (3 races); SCCA Nationals 1972 (won at Willow Springs 17 Sep, DSQ at Phoenix 1 Oct; Southern Pacific Division: 5th with 9pts). Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5
'the Fowler car'		 Micky Fowler (Glendale, CA) advertised Autoweek 19 Aug 1972 and 30 Sep 1972 ("leading So Pac National points"). Nothing more known. Note that Fowler lived in the same town as 1971/72 Surtees racer Nick Dioguardi who was well up in the South Pacific Div table. Could Fowler have been advertising Dioguardi's car? Unknown

1973

Only one TS5 appears in 1973 and that just in an advert.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5
'the Hancock car'		 John C. Hancock (Austin, TX) advertised a TS5 in Autoweek 14 Jul 1973. Nothing more known. Note that the Cook car from 1971/72 was based in Holland, Texas. Unknown

1975

Two tired old Surtees appear in 1975 but little was seen of either. One was the ex-Johnson car, the other Howie Fairbanks' ex-Kloster car.

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5/A
'the Fairbanks car'
(1975-1978)		 Howie Fairbanks' Surtees at Brainerd for a SCCA National in July 1977. Copyright Todd Peterson 2005. Used with permission.Howie Fairbanks (St Paul, Minnesota) finished third in the 1975 CSPRRC in a Surtees described as seven years old. This suggests it was a TS5. Raced at Brainerd 1977. Also finished third at 1978 June Sprints in a Surtees. Nothing else known but see the Gallucci - Harmer car below. Unknown

1977

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5
'the France car'		 John France in TS5 at Sears Point National 24 Apr 1977 (Formula Jul 1977 p30). See 'the Sleutjes car' below. Unknown

The later mystery cars

Car History Current
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Surtees TS5A
'the Snellback car'		 Tom Snellbeck's TS5A being restored at Baci Motorsports in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Copyright Chris Novatny 2006. Used with permission.Tom Snellback (of The Last Detail, North Chicago, IL) raced a "1968 Surtees TS-5A" at Elkhart Lake in 1991. The car was advertised ('Surtees TS5A 1968 F5000') in Sep 1993. In 1999, Randy Finlayson spotted this car at a car show and mentioned to Ted Dagiel that Randy's father had once owned that car. Apparantly Mr Finlayson had raced it just a few times and sold it to Snellback in the late 1980s. Chris Novatny pinpointed that date to early 1989. He restored the car for Snellbeck and recalls that the car showed no signs of ever having been assembled - the tub was bare and all the components were packaged up and appeared unused. One interesting point is that the car had a Weismann gearbox - see 'the 1972 Vose car' above. Subsequent history unknown. Unknown
Surtees TS5/A
'the Juckette car'		 Tom Juckette (Clive, IA) owned a blue "1970 Surtees TS5" until his death in January 2005. After buying the car in 1999, he was entered at Elkhart Lake in July 2000 and also finished sixth in class at the BRIC event at Elkhart Lake in July 2001 in the #411 "1970 Surtees TS5". The car was on show at the Salisbury Automobile Classic (Des Moines, IA) in Sep 2004 and it was mentioned that David Hobbs had identified it as a car that he "had previously driven to victory at Sebring and a pole position at Road America". Hobbs had indeed won at Sebring, but in TS5/007 which was later wrecked. There is no record of him winning a pole at Road America (Elkhart Lake) in a Surtees of any type. Tom Juckette (US) 2005
Surtees TS5/A
'the Gallucci - Harmer car'

Mark Harmer poses with John Surtees and his restored Surtees at Road America in the summer of 2003. Copyright Mark Harmer 2003. Used with permission.Jim Gallucci (Danville ,CA): bought from "a guy by the name of Bruce Kanapa". Sold via InvestCar.com to Mark Harmer (Michigan, US) September 2001. Harmer was able to trace the car back to Howie Fairbanks who had bought it and a wrecked chassis from Ken Kloster (Toledo Ohio). Harmer continues:

I have tried to track down Ken Kloster, but have had no luck. Anyway Howie campaigned the car in SCCA events. At the time he ran the car it was white. When I bought the car, it was red. He ran the car with a homemade sportscar nose. I have a picture he sent me if you’re interested in seeing it. At some point he crashed the car and replaced the skin over the top of the car. That is why the windscreen area does not match pictures of the original cars. He said he did the best he could with the repair. Other than the difference in shape of the windscreen the repair seems to be pretty sound. Howie thinks that the car is a TS-5A because the bearings in the front suspension rockers are tapered bearings. He said that the TS-5’s had regular roller bearings. Who knows if they are original or modified. Also the wing currently on the back of the car was not what was there when he sold it. The only other distinguishing marks on the car are the numbers stamped into the rear of the chassis and the rear crossmember, 004A.

Another view of mark Harmer's immaculately restored Surtees. Copyright Mark Harmer 2004. Used with permission.Assuming Harmer is right and this is the Fairbanks car, it's still unclear whether it is also the car Kloster drove. If Kloster sold two cars to Fairbanks, was the crashed car his Mid-Ohio car or was it the wreck from Vose's accident at Sears Point the year before? As Kloster bought two RACE cars, it would seem likely that this is TS5/004, the car used by de Adamich in the US in 1969 and then by DeJarld and, presumably, John Martin in 1970? This matches its "004A" marking.

Mark Harmer (US) 2006
Surtees TS5
'the Sleutjes car'		 Andy Sleutjes bought chassis 001 in 2000. Based on information from John Surtees, Andy identified it as the car "originally sold to James Garner" and "later raced by the France brothers in local SCCA events". This is consistent with 001 being listed as de Adamich's UK car which could then have gone to James Garner's Cherokee Racing project with Scooter Patrick later in the year. Andy Sleutjes (US) 2003
Surtees
'the Thompson car' 		Jack Thompson (Philadelphia, PA) bought a TS5 or TS5A from Bill "Murph" Mayberry's Car Care Co. at Lime Rock in the 1980s. Todd Hankinson, who looks after the car, found three paint schemes while restoring it: an original all-white scheme, then "a black bottom with candy red top and yellow pinstriping", and finally "light baby blue" over that. The car has a "TS3" marking which may imply it was TS5/003. If TS5/003 was originally an AIR car, the white paint would match. However, that should have red paint over it from when it was driven by Hobbs or De Adamich later that season. Research continues. Jack Thompson (US) 2006

A restored Surtees TS5 was advertised by 'Frank' from a Colorado Spring, CO number in Victory Lane Jan and May 1991.

Other sources include a feature on the TS5 in Autosport (6 Nov 1969 pp22-23), the F1 Register's F5000 books, Autoweek's classified columns and Autosport's 1971 season review (6 Jan 1972 pp7-13).

No room above for these but here is David Hobbs in the race winning Surtees TS5A at Lime Rock in 1971.

David Hobbs at Lime Rock in 1971. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission. David Hobbs at Lime Rock in 1971. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission.David Hobbs on his way to victory at Lime Rock in 1971. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission.

As a bonus, here are three more pictures of Jon Reakes' Surtees TS5A in the paddock at HSCC meetings in 1987, 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Jon Reakes in his Surtees TS5A at Donington Park 19 Jul 1987. Copyright Jeremy Jackson 2003. Used with permission. Jon Reakes' Surtees TS5A at HSCC Donington Park on 13 Sep 1992. Copyright Jeremy Jackson 2003. Used with permission. Jon Reakes' Surtees TS5A at Mallory Park on 23 May 1993. Copyright Jeremy Jackson 2003. Used with permission. Jon Reakes' Surtees TS5A at HSCC Donington Park on 3 Sep 1994. Copyright Jeremy Jackson 2003. Used with permission.

These histories last updated on 8 January, 2007 .