Rennmax BN1
Essentially a Lotus 20 with Lotus 22 suspension. It is believed that six cars were built. Seven are shown here but Mal Cooper's disappears early so one of the later cars could be second-hand.
Thanks to Ray Bell and Bryan Miller for their help constructing these histories. All and any help would be gratefully received. Please e-mail Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can add anything.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Rennmax BN1 'the Cooper car' |
Mal Cooper (first recorded outing Warwick Farm 14 Oct 1962; initially 997cc and Green). Cooper Warwick Farm 2 Jun 1963. Then the Reynolds car? Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Garner car' |
Barry Garner, hillclimbs etc.1963-4, then Don Baker 1964-66, then Tony Cavanagh 1966-9, then Ray Winter 1969-1972. Subsequent history unknown but with Peter ffrench by 2003. Advertised in December 2004. | Peter Ffrench (Aus) 2004 |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Hibbard car' |
Kingsley Hibbard (first recorded outing 8 Sep 1963; initially 1096cc and Gunmetal Blue). Hibbard Warwick Farm 16 Feb 1964. To Ken Ward as 1100cc then 1300; retained. Ward drove the car in historic racing in 2004 but died at the end of 2006. To Noel Brian (secretary of the HSRCA in Sydney) and being used in 2008. | Noel Brian (Aus) 2008 |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Williamson car' |
Peter Williamson (first recorded outing 16 Feb 1964; initially 1489cc supercharged pushrod Ford). To Paul Bolton (Hillman Minx engine): Gold Star 1964, Blair Shepherd in 1966, Brian Power (pushrod Ford): Gold Star 1968, Gold Star 1970, Brian Schuster and later drivers only in minor events. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Reynolds car' |
AJ 'Tony' Reynolds (first recorded outing 7 Jun 1964; initially 1098cc and green/yellow). Later to Max Stewart (initially 1098cc and green): Warwick Farm 13 Feb 1966, Warwick Farm 19 Feb 1967 (1098cc and red); re-engined with 1498cc twin-cam (and now red): Warwick Farm 14 May 1967, Warwick Farm 16 Jul 1967, Warwick Farm 10 Sep 1967, Warwick Farm 3 Dec 1967 (shared Australian Formula 2 championship with Garrie Cooper in 1967). Entered for John Christian (as an 1100cc) in 1968 but crashed at Warwick Farm that year and put to one side, unrepaired. Subsequent history unknown but was with Dean Rainsford (Aus) in Australian FJ historic racing in 2002. | Dean Rainsford (Aus) 2003 |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Ellis car' |
Laurie Ellis until 1969, maybe 1970. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Rennmax BN1 'the Small car' |
Warren Small. Thence Percy Hunter, then Errol Richardson, in his hands very succesfull in N.S.W. hillclimbs resulting in the championship between 1967 and 1974. Then to Alec Brincat. Subsequent history unknown but with Rob Hands by 2003. | Rob Hands (Aus) 2003 |
Harry Hickling ran a Rennmax BN1 in Australian historic in 2006. Grant Patullo was entered in a BN1 in 2008 events.