Formula South Africa - car by car

Below are the 60 cars that appeared in Formula South Africa from 1979 to 1986.

Chevron B25 25-73-01

John Love in the Team Gunston Chevron B25 at Kyalami in 1973. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Tony Martin in his Chevron B25 at Kyalami in 1974. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Chassis number given by the Formula 1 Register (F1R) on the #6 Team Gunston car of John Love in the 1973 South African Formula 1 championship (F2 class). Sold to Tony Martin for the 1974 South African season, and retained for 1975, when he fitted it with a 2-litre Hart BDA. It was then sold to Mike Fogg for Formula Atlantic in 1976. It went to Ivor Raasch for 1977, and he used the back end of the car in a spaceframe Ford Escort Special Saloon. The car then went to Alan Macdonald for 1979 and was reconstituted, now with a Cosworth BDG, and Macdonald raced it in this form at Roy Hesketh later that year. The organisers knew its engine was not eligible, but were apparently grateful for another car on the grid. Macdonald later sold off the Hewland FG400 and Cosworth BDG but kept the rolling chassis until he sold it to Mike Budd in Johannesburg. Budd still had the car in March 2006. By 2016, the car was with Stuart Thompson and was being restored. Still with Thompson in August 2024.

Current owner: Stuart Thompson (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B25 car-by-car histories.)

Ian Scheckter in the Team Gunston Chevron B25 in 1973. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Bernard Tilanus in the Rack-Rite Racing Chevron B25 at Kyalami in 1980. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Chassis number observed by the Formula 1 Register (F1R) on the #7 Team Gunston car of Brian van Hage in the 1973 South African Formula 1 championship (F2 class). This car was raced by Ian Scheckter at the start of the 1973 season, then by Piet de Klerk, Andrew Thompson and Brian von Hage after Scheckter moved to the team's #8 car. These two cars remained with the team for 1974, now run by Ken Howes as Team Lexington. Chassis 73-02 is believed to have been the car driven by Guy Tunmer in 1974, and then by Roy Klomfass in 1975. At the end of 1975 it was sold, with chassis 73-03, to the Domingo brothers and converted to Formula Atlantic for 1976. Although it has not been possible to determine the exact usage of the two cars, it is assumed here that 73-02 was the #8 car raced by John Nicholson, Alan Domingo and Yunus Domingo in 1976. In 1978, one of the B25s was sold to Mel Lahner, and entered by his Rackrite team for Mike Hoffmann to drive. Not seen in 1979, but then converted by Andrew Thompson to Mazda rotary engines for the new South African 'Atlantic' rules. Raced by various drivers in this form in 1981 and 1982. In the absence of any other information, it is assumed that 73-02 was the first choice car, wearing #10 in 1980 and #15 in 1981. Sold to Thompson in 1983, and retained until the mid-1990s when it was restored, and sold to Gary Dunkerley in 1998. Sold on in December 2006 about 2005 to a 'racing trust' owned by Anthony Corin (Pretoria) and Peter Lindenberg. They sold it to New Zealand some time around 2016.

Current owner: Unknown owner (New Zealand) 2016

(See also Chevron B25 car-by-car histories.)

Brian van Hage in the Lexington Racing Chevron B25 at the Rand Spring Trophy in September 1974. Copyright Ben van Rensburg 2016. Used with permission.

The Franschhoek Motor Museum's Chevron B25 at Killarney in December 2019. Copyright Tony Kent 2019. Used with permission.

Chassis number observed by the Formula 1 Register (F1R) on the Team Gunston car of Ian Scheckter in the 1973 South African Formula 1 championship (F2 class). This car, and its sister chassis 73-02, were retained by the team for 1974, when they ran with Lexington sponsorship. Chassis 73-03 is believed to have been the car driven by Brian van Hage in 1974. In 1975, the team ran one of the B25s for Roy Klomfass, with the other one being kept as a spare car for him. Both cars were sold to the Domingo brothers for the inaugural year of the South African Formula Atlantic championship but it has not proved possibly to identify the individual histories of the two cars during this period. It is assumed that 73-02 was the #7 car driven by Joe Domingo in 1976, by Yunus Domingo in 1977, and then the #11 car entered for Joe Domingo in 1978. Not seen in 1979, but then sold to Mel Lahner for 1980, and converted by Andrew Thompson to Mazda rotary engines for the new South African 'Atlantic' rules. Raced by various drivers in this form in 1981 and 1982. In the absence of any other information, it is assumed that 73-03 was the first choice car, wearing #12 in 1980 and #16 in 1981. In 1985 or 1986, Alan Macdonald and Andrew Thompson bought 73-02 and 73-03 from Mel Lahner. Thompson refurbished 73-03 for Johann Rupert's Franschhoek Motor Museum, and sold it to the museum in 1991. Still in the museum in August 2024.

Current owner: Franschhoek Motor Museum (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B25 car-by-car histories.)

Jim Crawford in the SDC Racing Chevron B29 during 1975. Copyright Ted Walker 2021. Used with permission.

Len Booysen in the Golden-Flo Chevron B29 at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Jim Crawford at Oulton Park in late May when his early-season development car was rebuilt on a new monocoque, effectively becoming a new car with chassis number 29-75-15. Crawford raced this car seven times in the British Formula Atlantic series, winning two races, and also raced it in F2 specification at Silverstone in August, using a Geoff Richardson BDA engine. Richard Morgan (Purley, Surrey) then hired the car for a few races at the end of the season. To Len Booysen (Randburg, South Africa) for the 1976 South African Formula Atlantic series, entered by Golden-Flo Racing with Kenitex. Then to Dorino Treccani and raced by him in a few late 1977 and early 1978 races before it passed to Sarel Pienaar, who raced it for the rest of 1978 and in 1979.

It was purchased from Pienaar by Peter Haller in 1980 to provide parts for his homebuilt Haller Special. The B29 tub was not used in the Haller Special, and was never converted to a Mazda engine. After Haller's death in March 1984, the original tub and salvageable parts from the B29 and were bought from Haller's widow by Alan McDonald and Mike Budd. Their plans to build a sports car did not materialize, and the B29 was eventually restored by Budd for Mike Ward. The restoration was completed around 2005. It was later sold to Doug Brown, who returned it to its 1976 Golden Flo livery. Later sold to Colin Frost about 2015. Still with Frost in August 2024.

Current owner: Colin Frost (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B29 car-by-car histories.)

Gunnar Nilsson in the Rapid Movements Chevron B29 at Thruxton in 1975. Copyright Andrew Scriven 2010. Used with permission.

Manny Pinto in his Chevron B29 at Welkom in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

The Rapid Movements Chevron B29 driven by Matt Spitzley is believed to have suffered a testing accident at some point early in 1975, and it was rebuilt with a new monocoque. At the Oulton Park race on 26 May, it was noted as having chassis plate 75-25, but exactly when the rebuild took place is still unclear. Gunnar Nilsson took over the car from Spitzley in August, and recorded five successive wins in it, four of them from pole. In January 1976 it was sold to John Gibb (Randburg, South Africa), to be raced in the new South African Formula Atlantic series, entered by Team Mum for Men with backing from Pioneer Hi Fi. It was sold to Geoff Frizell (Durban, South Africa) for 1977, and returned with Frizell in 1979, when it was described as a B34. It then went to Manny Pinto, and was raced by him from 1980 to 1984, and then reappeared two years later with Trevor Trautmann who raced it in 1986. Trautmann exhanged it for Alan Dunlop's Lant, and the Chevron then went to Alan McDonald and Mike Budd. Budd restored it for Mark du Toit, who owned it in 2000. It was purchased by Anthony Corin (Malmesbury, South Africa) in 2004 and was still owned by him in June 2008. By 2019 it was owned by Colin Frost. Still with Frost in August 2024.

Current owner: Colin Frost (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B29 car-by-car histories.)

Tony Martin in his Chevron B34 at Roy Hesketh in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Evan Boddy in the South Coast Motors Chevron B34 at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Tony Martin for the 1976 South African Formula Atlantic championship, entered by Team Bic/South Coast Motors. Retained by Martin for 1977 as a spare car to his new B39 and raced only once that season, as a South Coast Motors entry for Evan Boddy at Kyalami in October. Raced by Boddy during 1978, entered again by South Coast Motors Racing. Raced again by Boddy in 1979, again entered by South Coast Motors, and also retained for 1980 as a backup for 34-76-08, but apparently unused that season. Sold in early 1981 to Stan Chandler, who commissioned SCM's engine specialist Piet Bredenhann to fit a Mazda rotary engine. The car was entered for John Banks to drive at Kyalami and at Goldfields Raceway in May 1981, at Kyalami in May 1982, and possibly at other races. Shortly after that last entry, it was sold to Ken Critchfield. The car was involved in an accident later in 1982 or in early 1983, and the engine and gearbox were then used by Fred Goddard to rebuild his March 802. The damaged Chevron tub and salvageable suspension components were returned to John Banks who retained it in its damaged state until selling it to Mike Budd in 1995. Budd was rebuilding the car for Gary Dunkerly, and after Mike's death in 2022, the restoration was taken over by his son Ryan.

Current owner: Ryan Budd (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B34 car-by-car histories.)

Guy Tunmer in his Chevron B34 at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Peter Haller's Chevron B34 in the pits at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright Grant Georgopoulos 2022. Used with permission.

A works-backed Formula Atlantic development car entered for Bill Brack in STP livery in the opening two rounds of the 1976 South African Formula Atlantic championship. Then to Guy Tunmer (Sandton) who ran it for the rest of the 1976 season, entered by Paradise Beach/National Radio. Tunmer did not continue in Formula Atlantic in 1977, and in 1978 Andrew Thompson recalls buying a Chevron B34 from the Tunmers on behalf of Rembrandt. Entered by Thompson for Abel d'Oliveira for a couple of races in early 1979. Then to Peter Haller, who fitted a 3-litre Ford Essex V6 for the new Formula South Africa but the car did not race in this form. It was fitted with a Mazda engine for 1980, and Haller drove it that season and in early 1981 before his Haller Special was ready. This was presumably the B34 entered by Haller's sponsor Hekro Engineering for Roy Moss at Kyalami in August 1981. Entered for Haller's mechanic Freddie Sprenzer at Killarney in early 1982, then raced by Haller from late 1982 to early 1984. After Haller died in a racing accident, the B34 was bought from his widow Hettie by Michael Rudolph, who raced it in 1985 and 1986. The car is reported to have later gone to Alan Macdonald, and then found its way to Michael Budd. Some time before 2012, Budd sold the project to Michael Hillary, and then started a restoration for Hillary. Unfortunately, Budd died before completing the project, but his son Ryan Budd has continued the project for Hillary. Still with Budd in August 2024.

Current owner: Michael Hillary (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B34 car-by-car histories.)

Basil van Rooyen in his Chevron B34 at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Tony Martin in his March-nosed Chevron B34 at Kyalami's Rand Spring Trophy in October 1978. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Basil van Rooyen for the South African Formula Atlantic series, sponsored by Wrangler Jeans. Van Rooyen significantly modified the car during the season, with a March nose and side radiators. Retained for 1977, again with Wrangler Jeans sponsorship. Van Rooyen recalls that he sold the car to Tony Martin, and it was at some point during this time that the car was raced by Desiré Wilson in the first few races of the 1978 series. It was raced by Tony Martin at some races in 1979 as an alternative to his unsatisfactory B45, but Bernard Tilanus recalls that "the tub was damaged when Tony fell asleep and went off the road writing the trailer and car off". Tilanus explained that Martin bought a replacement tub from Chevron and built a standard B34. It was entered for some late-1980 races as a spare car for Martin, and retained in early 1981 as a spare to Martin's new Maurer MM80. The B34 was then sold to Roley Nöffke, who raced it in 1981. At the end of the season, Mike Needell took over the drive, still entered by Nöffke's Roray Racing, and he drove it through the 1982 season. Tilanus reports that it later went to Keith Horwood. Tilanus then bought the car and sold it to Mike Fergusson, but the restoration was still incomplete when Fergusson died. It was then bought by Colin Frost, who took it to Andrew Thompson to complete the restoration. Driven by Neil Lobb at Kyalami in 2014. Still with Frost in September 2024.

Current owner: Colin Frost (South Africa) 2024

(See also Chevron B34 car-by-car histories.)

Tony Martin in his Gillibrand "wing car" Chevron B45 at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Tony Martin in his BP 2000 Chevron B45 at Kyalami in 1980. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to South Coast Motors for Tony Martin to race in the South African Formula Atlantic series in 1978, sponsored by the United Tobacco Company's Lucky Strike brand, and initially wearing Chevron B39 bodywork. Retained for 1979, but Martin also had an older Chevron B34 which was used at several races. The B45 was then fitted with a 3-litre Ford V6 engine for the new Formula South Africa that started in July 1979. It was also rebuilt by Ken Gillibrand as a "wing car", but this was not a success and it was rebuilt to more standard specification. It was fitted with a Mazda engine for 1980 and entered by South Coast Motors for Len Booysen to drive in the first few races of the season, but Martin had to take over the car when his preferred B34 was damaged in a towing accident. He was very successful in the car that season, but reports only gave it as a BP Racing Propart Chevron or a BP McCarthy Chevron, so it's unclear when he used his rebuilt B34. Martin bought an ex-F2 Maurer MM80 for 1981. The B45 was later destroyed in a garage fire.

Current owner: Destroyed 1980

(See also Chevron B45 car-by-car histories.)

Andre Du Plessis in the Donnelly JD201 at Welkom in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Lew Baker in the Donnelly JD201 at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

The Donnelly JD201 was built for Formula Atlantic in South Africa by ex-Brabham engineer John Donnelly during 1977 when he was based in Durban, in conjunction with building the JD1 for Formula Ford. The Formula Atlantic car had a stainless steel monocoque with Modus suspension and wedge bodywork inspired by Formula Ford practice. It was first raced by Clive Cooke at Kyalami in February 1978 and proved competitive, with Cooke achieving three good finishes that season. The Donnelly was entered by Team Donnelly Racing for local driver Len Booysen to drive in early 1979, but any firm details of it actually racing are elusive. It was acquired by Piet Fouche's Pretoria Brick team, fitted with a Mazda engine for the new Formula South Africa, and entered for Formula Ford star André du Plessis towards the end of the 1980 season. Du Plessis then drove the car in 1981 alongside brother Jan du Plessis in the team's March 792. By May 1982 the Donnelly had been sold to Lew Baker, who entered it for Piet de Klerk to drive, then for himself, and then for Mike Bucknall. The Donnelly was then stripped so its Modus running gear could be used on a Tiga sports cars that had previously used Maurer MM83 running gear. The Tiga passed to Dorino Trocchani, and the Donnelly monocoque was thrown away by Baker in 1985.

Current owner: Scrapped 1985

Haller Special 81 '1'

Peter Haller in the Haller Special 81 at Kyalami in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Peter Haller in the Haller Special 81 at Kyalami in January 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Built for the 1981 season by Peter Haller, an engineer of German descent who worked at Herbert Krottenburger's company Hekro. At the end of 1979, Hekro acquired a pair of Chevrons, Chevron B29 (29-75-15) from Sarel Pienaar and Chevron B34 (34-76-03) from Andrew Thompson, and Haller raced the B34 in 1980 while using components of the B29 to build a new car based on a new spaceframe chassis. The B29 corners were used on the new car. It first raced ay Kyalami in May 1981, and was raced by Haller for the rest of the season and the first part of 1982. Haller then moved back to the B34, then to the team's March 782 in the non-wing class. Haller returned to his self-built car for the 1984 season, running in the wing-car class, but crashed at Welkom in March and died from his injuries. The remaining Chevron B29 components and the original B29 tub were purchased from Haller's widow by Alan Macdonald and Mike Budd. The wrecked Haller spaceframe chassis was thrown away.

Current owner: Destroyed 1984

Lant RT2/'1'

Trevor van Rooyen in the Rack-Rite Lant at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New in May 1982 to Rack Rite Racing for Trevor van Rooyen to race in the Formula South Africa series. Van Rooyen crashed heavily at the final race of the year when he spun on oil in the Esses on lap 4 and spun into the crash barriers. Exactly what happened to this car next is unknown, but it appears most likely that its career ended at this point, and its surviving components were used to build up a new car for 1983.

Current owner: Wrecked 1982

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Dave Charlton's accident in the Rack-Rite Lant RR83 at Kyalami in January 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Believed to have been a new car raced by Dave Charlton from the start of the 1983 season for Rack Rite Racing in the Formula South Africa series, as Rack Rite's #12 entry. Charlton crashed the car at Kyalami on 29 January 1983, and the Rand Daily Mail's race report described it as a wreck. Bernard Tilanus told Ian Hebblethwaite that the remaining components of this car were in a package that he was offered by Mel Lahner at the end of 1983, so that suggests this car's life ended at this point, and its surviving components were used on other builds.

Current owner: Wrecked 1983

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Dave Charlton in the Rack-Rite Lant RR83 at Killarney in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Nish's wrecked Lant after his accident at Kyalami in January 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Built new in early 1983 for Rack Rite Racing to use the Formula South Africa series, presumably built to replace the Lant wrecked by Dave Charlton at Kyalami in January. It is believed to have been first raced by Charlton at Killarney in April 1983, then by Roy Klomfass at Kyalami on 31 May 1983. It is very difficult to know for sure what happened next, but the most likely scenario is that Klomfass drove the team's older Ralt on 16 July, and the new Lant ended up being raced by Bernard Tilanus for Fred Goddard's Petromark team. Tilanus recalls swapping cars with Klomfass after that race, which would suggest Klomfass drove the new Lant at the remaining races of 1983. The history of the car from this point onwards is uncertain. In 1984, this is likely to be the #14 Lant raced by Roy Klomfass early in the season, then taken over by Matt Keyser from the Aldo Scribante race onwards. Assuming Keyser stayed with the same car in 1984, this is likely to have been the #13 Lant 83A raced by Dave Charlton in the final race of the 1984 season, and would then be the car retained by Rack-Rite for 1985, when it was raced by American Mike Nish at Kyalami in January 1985 and crashed heavily at Wesbank corner.

Current owner: Wrecked 1985

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Niall Bernic in Ivano Moavero's Lant at Kyalami in July 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Simon McKinley in his Lant 'RT4' at Kirkistown in 2010. Copyright Steve Wilkinson 2025. Used with permission.

Ivano Moavero bought a new Lant monocoque for the 1983 season and it was built up for him by Eddie Pinto using Ralt components, new RT4-size Marston bag tanks and a new Hewland FT200. The resulting car was usually entered as a Ralt, and although it was entered for a number of events in 1983, it did not race that season. It was finally raced by Moavero during the 1984 season, when he was sponsored by Niall's Car Radio. Later that season, Moavero acquired the ex-Graham Duxbury March 832, and the Lant was then driven by Niall Bernic. Moavero raced the Lant again in the 1985 season. The car went to Bill Dunlop in 1986, when it was raced by Allan Dunlop. Dunlop then swapped it for Trevor Trautmann's Chevron B29. Trautmann considered using it to build a 'Can-Am' sports car, but the project did not proceed. It was subsequently sold to Vicky Chandhok in India, who raced it at Madras in 1989. It was next seen with John Payne in the UK, who raced it in Sprints between 1994 and 1996. It was then sold to Cyril Orme-Lynch in Ireland, and by 2005 was owned by Peter and Simon McKinley in Ireland. Peter noted that the car carried the chassis number "RR 8302", but other Lants do not carry a number in the same position. Simon McKinley ran the car in hillclimbs in 2013 and 2014, using a 2.4-litre Millington engine with Warrior head. In April 2015, he crashed the Lant during the Clare Motor Club Hillclimb and was killed.

Current owner: Simon McKinley (Ireland) 2015

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Wayne Taylor in the Rack-Rite Lant at Kyalami in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Built in early 1984 by Rack Rite Racing team manager Dave Morgan for Wayne Taylor to race in the Formula SA series. It used a Lant tub, locally-made cast alumnium uprights, a Hewland FT200 gearbox supplied to Lant Cars, and a larger Ralt RT2 fuel cell supplied by Premier Fuel Systems. Raced by Taylor for the remainder of the 1984 season, without notable success. Retained by Taylor for 1985, when it was entered by Brian Ferris Racing, with backing from BP and Mainardi Civil Contractors. Taylor won four races, and finished second in the championship, but he also used Ferris's Ralt at an unknown number of races that year. From July onwards, Lant Cars was shown as one of Taylor's entrants, and at the Kyalami race on 27 July, Tony Martin raced a Lant in BP livery, which seems likely to have been Taylor's Lant. It is assumed here that Taylor also raced the Ralt at Aldo Scribante in August and Killarney in September. Basil Mann was due to drive "the BP/MMI Lant" at Aldo Scribante but it was canibalised for parts so that Taylor could race. For 1986, the car returned to Rack Rite and was raced by Trevor van Rooyen. The championship was then cancelled, and the car was retained by Rack-Rite until 2010, when it was sold to Ian Hebblethwaite. Still with Hebblethwaite in August 2024.

Current owner: Ian Hebblethwaite (South Africa) 2024

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Roy Klomfass in the Rack-Rite Lant at Kyalami in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Nish in his rented Lahner Lant at Kyalami in February 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

After Wayne Lahner crashed his Lant at Goldfields Raceway in March 1984, Floris du Plessis (the father of Andre and Jan) built up a new car for him. It used a Lant monocoque, a Lant FT200-copy gearbox numbered '002' and had at least three orginal Ralt magnesium uprights. Given the '002' gearbox and other anecdotal evidence, it appears that this new car contained some parts from the previous entity Lant 'No 2' wrecked by Dave Charlton at Kyalami in January 1983. This is believed to be the car raced by Roy Klomfass at Kyalami on 2 June 1984, but exactly where else it was used remains unclear. It is then likely to be the car driven by Mike Nish at Killarney in February 1985 as the #14 entry after he crashed the team's other car at Kyalami. Then probably for Tony Martin later in the season. Photographs suggest that it was then the #22 car driven by Tony Martin and Basil Mann for Mel Lahner's team in 1986. This is then believed to be the Lant retained by Rack-Rite until about 2003 when it was sold to Alan ("AJ") Kernick. As well as the three Ralt magnesium uprights mentioned above, this car also has signs of green paint from the Hyperama livery run by Charlton and Klomfass can be seen on the wheels and on overspray on the tub. It also has a wheelbase about 3¾ inches shorter than the 1984 Lant that Kernick restored for Ben Havenga. Still with AJ Kernick in August 2024.

Current owner: AJ Kernick (South Africa) 2024

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Billy Maloney in his Lant-Mazda at Kyalami in November 1986. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Billy Maloney in his converted sports Lant at Welkom in 1990. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Believed to have been a new car raced by Roy Klomfass at the Formula South Africa race at Kyalami on 28 July 1984 for Rack Rite Racing. It was loaned to Bill Maloney and raced by him at Goldfields in September. Then bought by Maloney and raced by him through the 1985 season, when it was described as a Lant RR85, but it is possible that his 1985 car was a new chassis. The car has a Lant chassis and a Lant-built gearbox, a copy of the Hewland FT200, numbered '003'. Maloney used the car again for the 1986 South African 'Can-Am' season, still in single-seater form. He then fitted it with open sports car bodywork and it in the sports car series that replaced the national series in 1987 and 1988. He then fitted closed bodywork and raced it as a Group C car in 1989, In the early 1990s, it was sold to Dorino Treccani, and returned to single seater specification. In about 2018, it was restored by Alan Kernick for owner Ben Havenga (Cape Town, South Africa). Still owned by Ben Havenga in August 2024.

Current owner: Ben Havenga (South Africa) 2024

(See also Lant RT2 car-by-car histories.)

Guy Tunmer in the Paradise Beach March 722 at Kyalami in 1973. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Bobby Scott in Andrew Thompson's Kronenbräu March at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Brett Lunger, and entered by Space Racing for him in F2 in 1972. Bob Sparshott's partner John 'Ace' Woodington was in charge of the F1 team, with ex-Surtees mechanic Roger Flynn. Lunger also raced the car in the Torneio do Brasil in October and November 1972. March records show that this car was sold to Guy Tunmer in December 1972, although press reports at the time said Tunmer had bought the ex-Ronnie Peterson car. Tunmer (Sandton, South Africa) had acquired the 722 for the new "F2" class of the South African national championship, and had it fitted with an 1800cc Cosworth FVC and raced it through 1973. The car was not seen in 1974, but is believed to have been kept as a spare to Tunmer's new Chevron. In 1975, it was sold to André Verwey (Johannesburg, South Africa) who planned to rebuild it with a BMW F2 engine and Hewland FG400 gearbox, but when Formula Atlantic was announced, he updated it with bright red 74B bodywork and a Nicholson BDA engine. Used in this form by Verwey in two races late 1975, and then into 1976. Sold back to the Tunmers in mid-1976 for Mervyn Tunmer to use, when it was reclothed in March 76B bodywork. Unused in 1977, but then sold to Andrew Thompson in 1978, converted to a Ford V6 engine for the new formula, and raced in that form by Bobby Scott in 1979. At this time it had mostly 77B bodywork but with a front radiator and 79B sidepods, and was sponsored by Rembrandt through its Kronenbräu 1308 Lager brand. After Rembrandt's withdrawal, it was sold to Mel Lahner's Rackrite team for 1980, and raced by Derek Ziman and John McNicol. It was rebuilt with a Mazda engine mid-season. Retained by Rackrite for 1981, when it was entered for McNicol, Ziman and Lahner, then raced by Bernard Tilanus for a few races before he left the team, then by his replacement Trevor van Rooyen, and finally McNicol took it over again. Both Tilanus and van Rooyen won races in it that season. It was retained again for 1982, when Lahner's son Wayne drove it, and by this time it was in standard March 77B bodywork, but with a 79B rear wing. It was retained by the Lahner family until 2004, when it was sold back to Andrew and Stuart Thompson. Still with Stuart Thompson in August 2024.

Current owner: Stuart Thompson (South Africa) 2024

(See also March 722 (Formula 2) car-by-car histories.)

Garry Ainscough in his 74B-bodied March at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Kent Dyson in his 77B-bodied March at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Built up in March 74B specification by André Verwey (Johannesburg, South Africa) for Garry Ainscough (Bulawayo, Rhodesia) to race in the South African Formula Atlantic series in 1976. It has been suggested that it was built from a March 722, chassis 722/17, but evidence for this proving elusive, and it is possible that a tub number, such as AM72-17, has been misinterpreted. Ainscough raced the car again at the start of 1977, but it then disappeared again until 1980, when Alan Macdonald bought a March 722 from Tony Martin and updated it with a Mazda engine and wing-car sidepods for the Sigma Series. It was reported to be the "ex-Ainscough" March. Macdonald sold it to Dave Hart's Team Valvoline for 1981 after Hart lost his drive in the Hekro March 802. Kent Dyson bought it from Hart for the last race of the 1981 season and retained it for 1982, intending to update it to 77B specification. Ian Hebblethwaite then reports that it went to Keith Horwood for Michael Bryan in 1985, and then to Lew Baker who was the last to race it. In about 1988, it was sold via Brian Raubenheimer in South Africa to David McLaughlin in England. Its history after 1988 is still to be resolved.

Current owner: unknown

(See also March 722 (Formula 2) car-by-car histories.)

Len Booysen in the Golden-Flo March 76B at Kyalami in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Vernon Bricknell in his ex-DAW March 77B at Kyalami in early 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Ian Scheckter for South African Formula Atlantic in 1976. Sold to Len Booysen for the 1977 season, then loaned by Booysen to Dave Charlton to drive. During this time it was bought from Booysen by Ken Gillibrand, who then loaned it to DAW for Bernard Tilanus to drive in April and May 1978. It was unused in 1979, and advertised by Gillibrand in August. Sold later in 1979 to Soon Weeks who fitted the 2-litre BMW engine from Dave Hart's March 77B and raced it in this form in early 1980. Then swapped with Bernard Tilanus and the DAW team for DAW's Wheatcroft R18, and fitted with a Mazda engine. Raced several times by Tilanus but he then left the team after a disagreement with Jeff Waberski and was replaced by Trevor van Rooyen, who raced the 76B for the rest of 1980. It was sold to Vernon Bricknell at the end of that season, and raced by him in early 1981 until his new Maurer MM80 arrived. The 76B was then sold yet again, this time to the Pretoria Brick team for Wayne Taylor to drive, until Hekro's March 802 was acquired for him. Pretoria Brick retained the 76B for 1982, when it was raced by Basil Mann, Kevin Heath and Roy Carr. It was sold to Alan Dunlop for 1983, and he raced it until 1985. It then passed to Neville Riddell and most of its components were used in a sports car built for Riddell by Lew Baker. All that was left was the tub, and this was sold to Fred Goddard who is believed to have stripped it to keep the bulkheads as spares. At this point the 76B no longer existed.

Current owner: No longer exists

(See also March 76B car-by-car histories.)

Dave Charlton in the Scribante/Lucky Strike Racing March 76B at Roy Hesketh in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Domingo in his March 76B at Welkom in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Sold to Dave Charlton in July 1976 to drive for the Scribante team in South African Formula Atlantic, sponsored by United Tobacco through its Lucky Strike brand. The March replaced Charlton's existing Modus M3, debuting at the Rand Winter Trophy in August 1976 Charlton raced the March again in 1977, and at the start of 1978, at which point Lucky Strike withdrew Charlton's sponsorship, moving it to Tony Martin. The March 76B reverted to Alex Blignaut, who retained United Tobacco sponsorship through the Benson & Hedges brand. The 76B was kept as a spare car to the March 77B he ran for Nols Neiman until the end of the short 1978 season, when the engine and gearbox were sold to Andrew Thompson. The 76B was retained by Blignaut's team in 1979 but not used that season. It was then sold to the Domingo brothers (who also owned a bitza 76B built using a spare 76B monocoque) and fitted with a Mazda engine for Roy Klomfass to race in Formula South Africa in 1980. After Klomfass turned down the drive, Domingo drove it instead. The car was driven Dave Charlton at Kyalami in August 1980 as Domingo was observing Ramadan, but failed to start after being injured in practice for the saloon car race. Domingo continued to drive the car until early 1981, when it was sold to Ivano Moavero and raced by him in 1981 and part of 1982. Then in mid-1982, Moavero bought the highly-developed ex-Duxbury 77B, and sold the 76B to Michele ('Mike') Peters who raced it through to July 1985. Peters sold the car to Terry Moss, to replace the 77B that Moss had wrecked. However, instead of racing the 76B, Moss stripped the car and used its components to build up a March 782. The 76B tub was put aside until 2010, when it was acquired from a friend of Moss by Bernard Tilanus. The tub number showed that it was the original monocoque from 76B/19, so it was reunited with its original chassis plate (which had been kept by Brian Raubenheimer) and fully rebuilt. It was later sold by Tilanus to the Scribante family. In early 2022, the Scribante family sold the 76B and their March 782 to Mark Charteris in the UK. He kept the 782 but sold the 76B to Paul Nightingale in Derbyshire. Restored by Nightingale and tested briefly at Anglesey. It was due to be run by Tim Gray in an HSCC race at Croft in August 2024 until the race was cancelled.

Current owner: Paul Nightingale (UK) 2024

(See also March 76B car-by-car histories.)

Mike Domingo in his March 76B at Welkom in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Domingo in his March 76B at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

A car built up by Mike Domingo at the start of 1977 using a monocoque that Ian Scheckter had damaged when testing 76B/1 after the race at Aldo Scribante in March 1976. Domingo's car is usually referred to as "76B/1 (A)" as it built around the first tub from 76B/1. It was raced by Mike Domingo through 1977, 1978 and 1979, still with its BDA engine. It was then rebuilt with a Mazda engine for 1980, but was damaged at Kyalami in January. The car was rebuilt, but the Domingos also acquired Alex Blignaut's 76B/19 which was built up for Roy Klomfass to drive. When Klomfass declined the drive, Mike Domingo moved to the ex-Blignaut car, leaving his original car redundant. The ex-Scheckter tub and associated spares were sold in mid-1980 to Vernon Bricknell as spares for the March 76B-1 he had just acquired from the DAW Supplies team. When Bricknell sold 76B-1 to the Pretoria Brick Racing Team in early 1981, the remains of the Domingo car remained with Bricknell until damaged when the building in which they were being stored collapsed. The tub was scrapped and the remaining parts sold to Trevor Trautmann for a sports car project. At this stage, the Domingo 76B had effectively ceased to exist.

Current owner: No longer exists

(See also March 76B car-by-car histories.)

Roy Klomfass in the Gunston March 77B at Roy Hesketh in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Dave Charlton in the old DAW March 77B at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Eddie Pinto and Team Gunston for Roy Klomfass to race in South African Formula Atlantic in 1977, using Swindon BDA engines. Retained by Team Gunston in 1978 for new driver Trevor van Rooyen. Retained again by Team Gunston for the 1978/79 season, when it was a spare car to Van Rooyen's new March 79B and was driven that season by Basil Van Rooyen at Kyalami in October 1978 (when Trevor was unwell), by Dave Charlton at Killarney later that month, and then by Trevor at two races. Later in 1979, it was raced twice by John Love. It was unused in 1980, then sold to Jeff Waberski after his DAW Supplies team's ex-Ian Scheckter March 78B was destroyed in a transporter fire. The 77B was fitted with a Mazda engine and raced by Bernard Tilanus for DAW Supplies from June 1981 onwards. It was raced by Dave Charlton for DAW around March/April 1982, then by Billy Maloney as a DAW entry later in 1982. Maloney crashed the car at some point, and acquired a March 782 to replace it in April 1983. The 77B was sold to Klaus Grogor's House of Sports Cars team for Grogor to drive in the 1983 season, and then retained by Grogor unused through 1984 and 1985. It was then sold to Gary Harrison who intended to convert it into a sports car for the 'Can-Am' series that absorbed Formula SA in 1986, but he only used in single seater form. The car was acquired by Dorino Treccani during the 1990s and sold to Andrew and Stuart Thompson in 2000. Still with Stuart Thompson in August 2024.

Current owner: Stuart Thompson (South Africa) 2024

March 77B/11

Rupert Keegan in his March 77B at Kyalami in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ivano Moavero in Fred Goddard's March 77B at Kyalami in August 1986. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Rupert Keegan to race in the South African Formula Atlantic series in early 1977, run for him by the Doug Shierson team and entered as Team Uniewinkels. Then run by Martin Flint and Roger Taylor for John Gibb to race for the rest of 1977. Retained by Flint & Taylor's Team Uniewinkels for 1978, when it was driven by Roy Klomfass. Moved to Alex Blignaut's Team Texan for the start of the 1978/79 season, still with Klomfass driving, as a spare car to the team's new March 79B. The 77B was then sold to Dave Hart's Team Valvoline. Hart fitted it with a BMW engine for the new Formula South Africa in 1979, then converted to a Mazda engine for 1980. It was then sold to Brian Ferris, who raced it in 1981 and in early 1982 before his new Ralt RT4/82 arrived. The 77B may have been raced by Ferris's friend Klaus Grogor in the latter half of 1982. In January 1983, it was sold to Fred Goddard who ran it for several drivers as part of his Petromark team over the next two seasons, including Braam Smith, Roy Carr, Derek Irving and Danie Mulder. It was unused in 1985, then driven by Ivano Moavero in 1986. Then retained by Goddard who took it with him to the UK when he emigrated in 1989 to set up Fred Goddard Racing. After Fred's death in July 2007, the 77B passed to his son Earl Goddard, and he sold it to Nick Beer around 2013.

Current owner: unknown

March 77B/17

Bobby Scott in Andrew Thompson's Sportsman Lager March 77B at Kyalami in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Bobby Scott and John Gibb in their March 77Bs at Kyalami in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Andrew Thompson in South Africa, and raced by Bobby Scott in South Africa Formula Atlantic in 1977, with sponsorship from Sportsman Lager. Retained by Thompson and Scott for the 1978 season. After the end of that season, in June 1978, the car was damaged during a display exhibition at a shopping centre car park that had been converted into a mini race track for publicity purposes. Thompson built another 77B from spares (77B/'AT') for Scott to drive in the 1978/79 season, and the next time 77B/17 was seen was when it was hired to Tommy Dunne during that 1978/79 season but crashed at Welkom in June. The wreck was pushed to the back of Thompson's workshop and was not raced again. The salvaged tub and parts have remained in South Africa. Still with Andrew Thompson in August 2024,

Current owner: Andrew Thompson (South Africa) 2024

March 77B/18

Nols Nieman in Alex Blignaut's Benson & Hedges March 77B at Welkom in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Wayne Taylor in the Rack-Rite March 77B at Kyalami in March 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Alex Blignaut for Nols Nieman to race in the South African Formula Atlantic series in early 1977, with Benson & Hedges sponsorship. Retained by Blignaut's Benson & Hedges team for Nieman again in 1978. Raced for Blignaut by Derek Bell in November 1978, then by Sarel van der Merwe in May 1979, after which it was given by Blignaut to Tony Martin's South Coast Motors team as a spare car. It was entered for Billy Scheepers in January, then rented to Roy Moss for the Goldfields race in February. Bernard Tilanus then borrowed it for the Killarney race in March after his DAW March 78B had been destroyed in a transporter fire. In July 1980, it was sold to Jeff Waberski's DAW Supplies team for Wayne Taylor to drive. Then in October 1980, it was sold on to Mel Lahner's Rackrite Racing. Taylor moved with the car, and raced it at Kyalami on 4 October and then in the first few months of the 1981 season. It was then taken over by Trevor van Rooyen who found the weight penalty on his ground-effect March 802 was too great. He raced the 77B for the rest of the 1981 season. It was retained for 1982, when Rackrite ran the car for Andre du Plessis and Mike Domingo. It was retained again for 1983, when driven by Gavin Lahner and Kevin Heath. It was not used again after that, but was retained by Mel Lahner until sold to Andrew Thompson in 1984. It was later restored for Ian Schofield. Still owned by Ian Schofield in August 2024.

Current owner: Ian Schofield (South Africa) 2024

March 77B/'AT'

Bobby Scott in Andrew Thomson's March 77B at Kyalami in October 1978. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Graham Duxbury in his March 77B at Kyalami in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Built by Andrew Thompson in South Africa in 1978 using an unused monocoque that had been supplied as a spare for Ian Scheckter's March 77B/7. Thompson acquired the tub and all the other 77B spares from Ken Howes before 77B/7 was sold back to the UK. He built all these into a new car using the Hewland FT200 gearbox from the ex-Dave Charlton/Alex Blignaut March 76B/19. The resulting car was raced by Bobby Scott through the 1978/79 season, sponsored by Rembrandt through its Sportsman Lager and then Kronenbräu 1308 Lager brands. It was rented from Thompson by Graham Duxbury for a race in October 1979, still with its BDA engine, and then sold to Hagen Wulf and Ivor Raasch who fitted a Mazda engine for the 1980 season. It was also raced by Allan McDonald that season. It was then sold to Graham Duxbury who raced it very successfully in 1981. Retained for the first few races of 1982 until Duxbury's new March 82A arrived and then sold to Ivan Moavero who used it for the rest of that season. Sold to Steve Herbst for 1983, but in August he swapped it for Roy Moss's March 792. Raced by Moss until the end of 1984. He then sold it to Terry Moss, who was unrelated, for the 1985 season, but Moss crashed the car at Kyalami in April, destroying the front of the monocoque. Moss built up a March 782 using parts salvaged from the 77B, but the tub was scrapped. The 77B effectively ceased to exist at this point.

Current owner: Wrecked 1985

March 782/2

Bernard Tilanus in the DAW March 782 at Welkom in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Braam Smith in the DAW March 782 at the Aldo Scribante circuit in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Rad Dougall's race car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably the one he then wrecked in practice at the Nürburgring 30 Apr 1978. Presumably "Toleman's second" 782 driven by Tiff Needell at Hockenheim 26 Sep. To Paul Smith for Formula Atlantic in 1979, but wrecked on Smith's first outing, at Mallory Park in March 1979. The car was rebuilt on a new tub fabricated by Mo Gomm, but the original tub was also repaired and retained by Smith incomplete. As the "782-2" plate remained on this car, the Gomm car is regarded here as a separate car, 'PS1'. The new 'PS1' and the remains of 782/2 were both sold to Bernard Tilanus "in the autumn of 1981" and shipped to South Africa. Tilanus raced 'PS1' for the DAW Supplies team in the Sigma Mazda series in early 1982 but then sold it to Hekro for Ian Scheckter to drive. The team then built up a second car on the original 782/2 tub, distinguished by its black dash rollhoop, and Tilanus raced that car at Killarney, Welkom and Kyalami in May 1982. It was then raced by Braam Smith for DAW in late 1982 and early 1983. In April 1983, it was sold to Billy Maloney, replacing his March 77B, and was raced by him for the rest of 1983. He retained the car for 1984, but damaged it in a practice accident at East London in August. It is believed to have been sold to Arthur Christie in January 1985. It was sold back to Bernard Tilanus for the 'Can-Am' season in 1986. After that, it went to Keith Horwood who planned to use it for a sports car project in 1987, but that did not go ahead and the car remained unused for two years. It was then rebuilt by Andrew Thompson as a show car for the Rembrandt Group's Heidelberg Motor Museum. The museum was acquired by BAT in 1999, who closed it in 2003. The following year, the car collection was acquired by Johann Rupert, son of Dr Anton Rupert and moved to the L'Ormarins Estate in Franschhoek. The Franschhoek Motor Museum, named after Johan Rupert, was opened in May 2007, and the March 782 remains on display in Ian Scheckter's 1978 livery. Scheckter's Lexington March 78B was, of course, a completely different car, and was destroyed in 1980. Still in the museum in August 2024.

Current owner: Franschhoek Motor Museum (South Africa) 2024

March 782/'PS1'

Bernard Tilanus in the DAW March 782 at Kyalami in Autumn 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Peter Haller in his March 782 at Killarney in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

After Paul Smith wrecked his ex-Toleman March 782-2 at Mallory Park in March 1979, he built up a new car using a tub fabricated by Mo Gomm. As the "782-2" plate remained on the original tub, and this was later repaired, this Gomm-built car is regarded here as a new car 'PS1'. The new 'PS1' was used by Smith in Formula Atlantic and F2 in 1979 and 1980. It was sold together with the remains of 782-2 to Bernard Tilanus "in the autumn of 1981" and shipped to South Africa. Tilanus converted 'PS1' to use Sigma Mazda engines and raced it in early 1982. It was sold in March or April 1982 to Hekro for Ian Scheckter to race, but he did not like the car, and it was taken over by his Hekro teammate Peter Haller. At some point in 1983, probably at Kyalami on 30 April 1983 where Haller retired, 'PS1' was damaged. It is believed that the unrepaired tub ended up with Keith Horwood. It passed via Ivan Glasby to a hotel owned by one of the Toleman brothers in the Eastern Transvaal, where it was hung on the wall of the bar. The tub was thrown away around 2005, when the hotel changed hands.

Current owner: Scrapped 2005

March 782/23

New to Brian Henton and entered for him by Brian Henton Racing to race in the 1978 Formula 2 series. Henton joined the Toleman team for 1979, and his car was probably the March 782 with 79B sidepods that he raced at the Nürburgring and at Vallelunga while the team's Ralt RT2/79s were being sorted. Later run by Henton as a hire car for Boy Hayje at Zadvoort in July, Cocho Lopez at Misano in August and for Wolfgang Locher at Thruxton in April 1980. Advertised by Henton in December 1980. It was next seen in 1983, when it was bought in the UK by South African Evan Boddy. It was stripped in 1984/85, and its running gear used to build a sports racing car. In 1985, Terry Moss (Port Elizabeth) crashed his 77B heavily at Kyalami and bought the 782 tub to rebuild his car, entering it at least once in 1986. The resulting car was acquired from Moss by Craig Buck and converted into a sports racing car by Buck and Brett Hudson. Buck later sold it to Rory Nesbitt, and he sold it on to Bernard Tilanus, who set about restoring it back to 782 specification. Tilanus was reported to own the car in March 2007. It was later sold by Tilanus to the Scribante family. In early 2022, the Scribante family sold the 782 and their March 76B to Mark Charteris in the UK. He sold the 76B but kept the 782 and had it rebuilt by Richard Evans, using a new monocoque and with a Hart 420R engine. The car was shaken down at Zandvoort in May 2024 and raced by Charteris at the Silverstone Classic in August 2024.

Current owner: Mark Chateris (UK) 2024

March 78B 'the Ian Scheckter car'

Ian Scheckter in the Lexington Racing March 78B at Kyalami's Rand Spring Trophy in 1978. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Clive Cooke in his March 78B/79B at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ian Scheckter had a new Team Lexington March 78B for the start of the South African Formula Atlantic series. He retained the car for the 1978/79 season (October to May) and by December 1978 it had been updated with the same sidepods as the new March 79B. When Scheckter acquired a new F2-chassis 79A, the 78B/79B was sold to Clive Cooke, who raced it for the first time at Kyalami in January 1979. The car was due to be converted to a BMW engine for the Formula SA series, but Cooke did not appear. Sold to Jeff Waberski's DAW Supplies team in 1980, and fitted with a Mazda engine for Bernard Tilanus to drive. He won three of the first four races of the season, but while the March was being taken to Killarney for the Cape South Easter Trophy in March 1980, the transporter caught fire just outside Parys and exploded. The March was "completely destroyed" according to press reports, and the team's second car, a Wheatcroft R18 that was being towed on a trailer, was also badly damaged.

Current owner: Destroyed 1980

March 79A/27

Jan du Plessis in the Pretoria Brick March 79A at Kyalami in March 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Roy Moss in his Camec March 79A at Kyalami in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Team Lexington for Ian Scheckter to drive in South African Formula Atlantic in 1979. The new "wing car" was delivered in time for Scheckter to race it in the Highveld 100 at Kyalami on 27 January, and he won five of his first six races in the car. It was fitted with a Fiat engine for the start of Formula SA but this was quickly replaced with a Mazda rotary engine, and Scheckter won the last four races of the season. The 79A was sold to Bokomo Racing for Tommy Dunne in 1980. It was then sold to Pieter Fouché's Pretoria Brick team, where it was raced by Jan du Plessis in 1981 and by Roy Carr in 1982. In mid-1982, Fouché reorganised the team to focus on a Ralt RT4/82 for Wayne Taylor, and the 79A was sold to Roy Moss. He raced it for the remainder of 1982 and through 1983, during which time he fitted a March 802 rollhoop. It was then sold to Steve Herbst who converted it to flat-bottomed specification by removing the sidepods. He also fitted side-mounted radiators and a March 802 nose. He ran it in this form in 1984 and 1985. The tub and bodywork were later exported by Gavin Hards to John Brannigan, but by the time they arrived the chassis plate was no longer with them. John's stock book from the time shows that he sold it all to Richard Parkin as a kit, but as the car Richard received had no chassis plate but a 1980 nose and 1980 rollhoop, he advertised it as an 80A. He remembers getting no interest in it and believes he may have sold it through the trade, perhaps to Roger Hurst. Subsequent history unknown.

Current owner: unknown

March 79B 'the Team Gunston car'

Trevor van Rooyen in the Gunston March 79B at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Trevor van Rooyen in the Gunston March 79B at Kyalami in 1979. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Trevor van Rooyen raced a March 79B for Team Gunston from December 1978 onwards in South African Formula Atlantic. Gunston withdrew from racing when the new Formula SA rules came into force in June 1979 and the 79B is believed to have been sold with other South African Formula Atlantic cars to Ted Titmas (Van Nuys, CA). Chris Townsend reports that the car was sold to an owner in Texas. Subsequent history unknown.

Current owner: unknown

March 802/6

Trevor van Rooyen in the DAW March 802 at Kyalami in March 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ken Critchfield in his March 802 at Kyalami in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Mike Thackwell to drive as part of the ICI March Racing Team in F2 in 1980. After Thackwell moved into F1 in August, the 802 was raced by Jo Gartner, Howdy Holmes and Michael Korten in the last three races of the season. Sold to Jeff Waberski's DAW team in South Africa for 1981, fitted with a Mazda engine and raced by Trevor van Rooyen in Formula SA in 1981. To Fred Goddard's Petromark for 1982, but in mid-season its rear end was used to build up the ex-Scheckter March 822 that Goddard had acquired. The rest of 802-6 was sold to Ken Critchfield, who rebuilt it using the rear end salvaged from his damaged March 802-7. Raced by Critchfield in 1984, and again in 1986. The car was then acquired by Gavin Hards and exported to the UK to John Brannigan in late 1986 or early 1987. Brannigan sold the car, still with its Mazda engine, to Richard Fuller, who used it in libre racing. In late 1989, it was bought from Fuller by Chris Drewett (Harbury, Warwickshire) and refitted with a BMW engine that came with it for hillclimbs. By this time the car had a March 812 nosecone and cockpit, and what Drewett recalled as "very dodgy sidepods". Raced by Roger Ealand in the Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy historic F2 race at Thruxton in June 1993. Drewett traded the car for a TVR to Clive Greenhalgh (Birmingham) in 1993. The car was offered for sale by the Brooks auction house in June 1999. Subsequent history unknown.

Current owner: unknown

March 802/7

Tommy Dunn in the Hekro March 802 at Kyalami in March 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Wayne Taylor in the Pretoria Brick March 802 at Kyalami in Autumn 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Manfred Winkelhock to drive as part of the ICI March Racing Team in F2 in 1980. Sold to Hekro Engineering in South Africa for 1981, fitted with a Mazda engine and raced in Formula SA in early 1981 by Dave Hart. Tommy Dunn then took over the drive, but damaged the car in practice at Kyalami on 9 May. It was repaired but Dunne then also left the team. The 802 was next driven by Ian Scheckter at Kyalami in late June but he declined to start after practice. It was not seen again in 1981 until the final race, when it had been sold to Pretoria Brick Racing and was entered for Wayne Taylor. The car was run by Eddie Pinto in 1982 as a Pretoria Brick Racing entry for Taylor to drive. When the team's new Ralt RT4/82 arrived, the March was sold to Lew Baker in July 1982, and used by him for the rest of 1982 and in 1983. Sold to Ken Critchfield in May or June 1983 and raced by him for the remainder of that season. Believed to have been wrecked early in 1984. Critchfield bought the sister car 802/6 so he could continue racing, and the monocoque from 802/7 was thrown away.

Current owner: unknown

March 822 'the Team Gunston car'

Ian Scheckter in the Gunston March 822 at the Aldo Scribante circuit in January 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Fred Goddard's March 822 after Derick Irving crashed it at Kyalami in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ian Scheckter returned to the South African Sigma Series in 1983 with a March 822 run for him by Ken Howes and sponsored by Team Gunston. The car was reported to have been acquired from the Merzario F2 team and the Hewland FT200 on the car would support this. The car was fitted with March 832 sidepods when raced by Scheckter in the first few races of 1983, but Howes then acquired a March 832 monocoque and suspension, and the rear end of the 822, including engine and gearbox, was used to build up a new 832. The rest of the 822, including a set of 822 bodywork, was sold to Fred Goddard's Petromark team and built up using the rear end of Goddard's March 802. This hybrid 822/802 is believed to have been crashed in testing at Kyalami by Braam Smith in late March 1983 but was repaired and then raced for Goddard by Bernard Tilanus in April and May 1983. Tilanus then moved to a Lant, and Dave Charlton took over the 822/802 for one race in July, and Goddard himself tried it in practice at Kyalami in September. In 1984, Goddard entered the car in several races for Derick Irving, who also drove Goddard's March 77B that season. At Kyalami, probably at the end of July, Irving crashed the car heavily, damaging the monocoque. The wreck was immediately bought by Keith Horwood, who knew that Ken Howes still had the monocoque from Graham Duxbury's March 82A, which would have been effectively identical to the 822 monocoque in the Goddard car. Horwood rebuilt the 822/802 on the ex-Duxbury 82A monocoque, which left the damaged ex-Scheckter 822 monocoque redundant. Horwood later sold both the 822 monocoque and a 782 monocoque to Ivan Glasby. Jannie Van Aswegan, who was with Ivan Glasby when he collected them, recalls that the damaged 822 tub was scrapped.

Current owner: Scrapped

March 82A/2

Graham Duxbury in the Hekro March 822 at Kyalami in Autumn 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Needell in his March 822 at Kyalami in February 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Graham Duxbury to drive in the South African Sigma Mazda series, entered by Hekro/Propart/BP. It was always known as a March 822 in South Africa, but it appears in March records as a March 82A. Retained for Duxbury for 1983, when it was entered by Brut/Boss Paving/BP. In early 1983, parts of the car were used by Ken Howes to build up a new March 832 for Duxbury. The rest of the car remained with Howes until late 1984 when it was acquired by Keith Horwood and rebuilt using parts from the ex-Fred Goddard March 822/802 that had been crashed by Derick Irving. This hybrid 82A/822/802 was raced for Horwood by Mike Needell in early 1985, and by Horwood later in the season. It was then acquired by Gavin Hards and exported from South Africa. It was acquired by Roy Woodhouse in the UK, who regarded it as the ex-Scheckter 822. He fitted it with a turbocharged 3.5-litre Rover engine and used it in Sprints in 1987 and 1988. It is believed that he wrecked the car in late 1988 or early 1989, as he returned to his older March 772/782 in 1989. In 2006, speed event specialist Steve Wilkinson reported that Richard Prosser was restoring Roy Woodhouse's "ex-Ian Scheckter 822".

Current owner: Roy Woodhouse (UK) 2006

March 832/15

Klaus Grogor in his March 832 at Kyalami in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Klaus Grogor in his March 832 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to James Gresham Racing for Enrique Mansilla to drive in Formula 2 in 1983. To Klaus Grogor and fitted with a Mazda engine for the South African Sigma series in 1984. Retained by Grogor for 1985. Grogor appeared again on entry lists in early 1986. The car was then converted into a Sportscar/Thundersports configuration for 1987 and 1988 in South Africa and driven by Grogor and Mike Rossouw with Autoquip sponsorship. It was reverted to single-seater specification and exported by Groger to Europe in 1989. It was acquired (possibly via Gavin Hards) by John Brannigan in England, and sold to Peter Thurston, who fitted a turbocharged Mazda engine and raced it in libre events at Lydden in 1990 and 1991. It was then acquired by Ron Cumming (Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and used in libre events with a BMW F2 engine. In 2001, it was acquired from Cumming by Peter Hammond and sold to Kevan McLurg in 2007, and then to Herbert Schnell in Germany in 2008. It returned to McLurg in 2015, and was sold to Peter Kernick in South Africa in November 2016. Still with Peter Kernick in August 2024.

Current owner: Peter Kernick (South Africa) 2024

March 832 'the Ian Scheckter car'

Ian Scheckter in the Gunston March 832 at Killarney in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Peter in his March 832 at Welkom in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Ken Howes' Team Gunston for Ian Scheckter to drive in the South African Sigma series in 1983. It arrived as a monocoque and front suspension and was completed using the rear end of a March 822. Raced by Scheckter for the rest of the 1983 season, easily winning the championship. Retained by Scheckter and Howes for 1984, again winning the title. Scheckter then left the Sigma series again, and Howes acquired a newer March 842 for new driver John Moni to drive in 1985. The March 832 was sold by Team Gunston to Michele Peter, who raced the car in 1985. It was then exported by Gavin Hards to Marcus Hotz in Switzerland. By 2004, it had been acquired by Felix Haas, when it still had its Mazda engine and was still in the red #7 livery used by Peter during 1985. A few years later, the car was sold to Jakob Eckhart (Switzerland) who fitted a turbo Mazda engine. Some time after that, it was sold to Lance Robinson (Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire), who restored it and has tested it since, but not raced it.

Current owner: Lance Robinson (UK) 2023

March 832 'the Graham Duxbury car'

Graham Duxbury in Herbert Krottenberger's Brut March 832 at Kyalami in 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ken Critchfield in his March 832 at Welkom in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Ken Howes' Team Gunston for Graham Duxbury to drive in the South African Sigma series in 1983. Like the Ian Scheckter car, it arrived as a monocoque and front suspension, and was completed using the rear end of Duxbury's March 82A. Raced by Duxbury for the remainder of the 1983 season. To Ivano Moavero in 1984, and raced by him and also by Ian Scheckter when he borrowed it for the second heat at Killarney in September 1984. Sold to Ken Critchfield for the 1985 season. The March 832 is believed to have been exported by Gavin Hards to John Brannigan in England. Brannigan received three March 832s in total and it is unclear which was which. He sold one or two of these to John Churchill for a Lancia Stratos GT car project, and it is possible that the Duxbury car was one of those. Subsequent history unknown.

Current owner: unknown

March 832 'the John Moni car'

John Moni in his Duckhams March 832 at Kyalami in July 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

John Moni bought a March 832 from an Italian F2 team and fitted a Mazda engine for the 1984 Formula South Africa series. He raced the car in 1984 with Duckhams Oil sponsorship. At the end of that season, Moni joined Team Gunston and exported the 832 to Switzerland, acquiring a newer March 842 for the 1985 season. The subsequent history of the 832 after it reached Switzerland is unknown.

Current owner: unknown

March 842 'the Team Gunston car'

John Moni in the Gunston March 842 at Kyalami in February 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

John Moni in the Gunston March 842 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

After Ian Scheckter and Ken Howes left Formula SA after the 1984 season, Gavin Hards took over as team manager, and John Moni joined as driver. They purchased a second-hand March 842 for the 1985 season, which was entered for Moni by Team Gunston. The car did not work well and by the end of the season was being described as a 842/832. Nearly all the up-to-date F2 cars left South Africa in 1986, but the fate of this car remains unknown.

Current owner: unknown

Maurer MM80-03

Tony Martin in his Propart Maurer MM80 at Kyalami in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Clive Cooke in Tony Martin's Maurer MM80 at Kyalami in August 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Eje Elgh to drive for the MM Mampe Racing Team in Formula 2 in 1980. After Markus Höttinger's death at Hockenheim, Elgh was the team's only driver at the next two races, but was then injured when testing a F2 Tiga F280 at Silverstone. His car was taken over by Patrick Gaillard at Pau in late May and at Silverstone two weeks later. He was then replaced by Beppe Gabbiani, who is believed to have driven MM80-03 for the remainder of the 1980 season. This car is likely to be the "ex-Gabbiani" car sold to Tony Martin in South Africa. Raced by Martin through the 1981 Sigma Series. Martin acquired a newer Maurer MM81 for 1982 and the MM80 was not seen in 1982 or early 1983. It was used by Clive Cooke in the latter part of the 1983 season, and then sold to Keith Horwood later in 1984 for Dermot Leslie to race in 1985, alongside Horwood racing his ex-DAW MM81. The MM80 was exported from South Africa to England at the end of 1986, and was one of the two MM80s acquired by Stuart Ridge in 1988. One of Ridge's cars, used in Historic F2 in 1993, was noted as 'MM80-03'.

Current owner: unknown

Maurer MM80 'the Vernon Bricknell car'

Vernon Bricknell in his Maurer MM80 at Kyalami in March 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Vernon Bricknell in his Maurer MM80 at Kyalami in May 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Vernon Bricknell acquired a Maurer MM80 for the South African Sigma Series in 1981. The car was identified in at least five different entry lists in early 1981 as "Maurer MM80-02", indicating that it was chassis MM80-02, but the car is believed in South Africa to have been chassis MM80-04. Raced by Bricknell through the 1981 season, and raced again at some events in 1982. The car was then retained by Bricknell in his aircraft hanger until being sold in the mid 1990s to his friend Neil Watson-Smith in Durban, and then on to Gordon Capper. The car was restored by Duncan Thersby. The car was later acquired from Capper by Graham Vos (Johannesburg, Gauteng), and sold by him to Reg Anderson (Cape Town, Western Cape) at some point before 2006. Still with Reg Anderson in August 2024.

Current owner: Reg Anderson (South Africa) 2024

Maurer MM81 'the Tony Martin car'

Tony Martin in his BP Maurer MM81 at Kyalami in Autumn 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

John Moni in his Duckhams Maurer MM81 at Kyalami in April 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Ian Martin's BP-backed South Coast Motors team acquired a Maurer MM81 for the start of the 1982 Formula South Africa season, to be raced by Tony Martin. Martin won four races in the car and finished third in the championship. It was then sold to John Moni, who raced it through the 1983 Formula SA season with Duckhams sponsorship. The car is believed to have been sold to Switzerland in trade for the March 832 that Moni acquired for 1984. Subsequent history unknown.

Current owner: unknown

Maurer MM81 'the DAW Supplies car'

Bernard Tilanus in the DAW Maurer MM81 at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Keith Horwood in his Maurer MM81 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Jeff Waberski's DAW Supplies team acquired a Maurer MM81 partway through the 1982 Formula South Africa season for Bernard Tilanus to drive, replacing his March 782. DAW acquired a newer Maurer for 1983, and the MM81 was raced by Trevor van Rooyen in the early part of the season. In early March 1983, DAW dropped Tilanus from the team and van Rooyen became No 1 driver, taking over Tilanus's newer Maurer. The MM81 was then sold to Roley Noffke of Roray Racing for Matt Keyser to drive for the rest of 1983. Keyser raced it again for the first few months of 1984 until he moved to the Rack Rite team. The Maurer was sold to Keith Horwood later in 1984, and retained by him for the 1985 and 1986 seasons. The car was then exported, and is understood to have gone to the UK. Other sources report that it went to Germany.

Current owner: unknown

Maurer MM82-04

Tony Martin in his BP Maurer MM82 at the Aldo Scribante circuit in January 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Dave Charlton in Herbert Krottenberger's Maurer MM82 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Beppe Gabbiani to drive for Maurer Motorsport in F2 in 1982. Sold to Ian Martin's BP-backed South Coast Motors team for the start of the 1983 Formula South Africa season, to be raced by Tony Martin. Martin bought a new Maurer MM83 for 1984, but the older MM82 remained with the team until In May 1985, when it was sold to Herbert Krottenberger for Dave Charlton to drive for the rest of the season under the Scuderia S. Giuricich banner. According to later owner Peter Kernick, it passed to Lew Baker in 1986, then to Gordon Capper in 1999 before Kernick bought it in 2012. Sold to Andrew McCarthy in Australia in late 2021. Still with McCarthy in January 2024.

Current owner: Andrew McCarthy (Australia) 2024

Maurer MM83-03

Bernard Tilanus in the new DAW Maurer MM83 at the Aldo Scribante circuit in January 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to the DAW Supplies team in South Africa and fitted with a Mazda engine for Bernard Tilanus to drive in the 1983 Formula South Africa season. Tilanus was dropped from the DAW team in March 1983, and Trevor van Rooyen continued as DAW's sole driver using the ex-Tilanus MM83. DAW then acquired a second MM83 for the 1984 season. The older car was then partly dismantled and its rear end was used to rebuild DAW's Tiga SC83 Group C Jr sports car. This Tiga was raced by Van Rooyen and Peter Morrison in the Kyalami 1000km in November 1984 but lost a wheel and crashed. The Maurer was reconstituted for 1985, when DAW ran both their MM83s, this car being the No 4 entry for Graham Duxbury and Matt Keyser at least once. At the end of 1985, both of DAW's MM83s were sold to a central European owner. At some point it was acquired by Edi Taveri (Switzerland) who ran it in events still in DAW livery and still with its Mazda engine. He used the car at Dijon in June 1998. He later used the car in historic racing in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Taveri died at the end of December 2022. Acquired by Bruno Flückiger and Daniel Mauerhofer in 2024.

Current owner: Bruno Flückiger and Daniel Mauerhofer (Switzerland) 2024

(See also Maurer MM83 car-by-car histories.)

Trevor van Rooyen in the DAW Maurer MM83 at Welkom in 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

DAW Supplies acquired a second Maurer MM83 for the 1984 season. This car was reported to have been significantly strengthened, compared with the pre-season version that DAW had acquired a year earlier. DAW chief mechanic Brian Kruger recalls that it was the ex-Kenny Acheson car. It was raced by Trevor van Rooyen through the 1984 season.

At the end of 1985, both of DAW's MM83s are reported to have been sold to Switzerland.

Current owner: unknown

(See also Maurer MM83 car-by-car histories.)

Graham Duxbury in Tony Martin's Maurer MM83 at Kyalami in July 1984. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Brian Ferris in his Maurer MM83 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Tony Martin raced a Maurer MM83 for Ian Martin Racing (South Coast Motors) in 1984. This car has been described as his MM82 updated, but it had the distinctive pullrod front suspension of an MM83, not the rocker-arm suspension of an MM82. Martin's primary focus in 1984 was racing in IMSA, so the Maurer was raced by Graham Duxbury and Ben Morgenrood when Martin was unavailable. The car went to Brian Ferris for 1985, who also entered it as an MM83. Subsequent history unknown but it is said to have been exported to the UK.

Current owner: unknown

(See also Maurer MM83 car-by-car histories.)

Mike Domingo in his Modus M3 at Killarney in 1976. Copyright Johan Pretorius 2024. Used with permission.

John Simpson in his Modus M3 at Welkom in 1977. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Domingo built up a Modus M3 for 1976 using what is believed to have been the first monocoque from Modus M3/022, which was replaced after an accident in July 1975. Raced by Mike Domingo in the South African Formula Atlantic series in 1976. Sold to John Simpson for 1977, but he crashed the car in practice at Welkom, his second event. The car returned to Team Domingo and was eventually repaired, apparently using a spare monocoque supplied to Dave Charlton in March 1976. It was raced by Yunus Domingo at least twice in 1979, and then by Jan Klinkert at Kyalami in May 1979. The car then remained with the Domingo family until 1995, when it was bought by Sam Thomas. Shortly afterwards, he sold it to to John McKercher. At this point it was found to have tub number 043-2-76, assumed to be a spare monocoque supplied to either Dave Charlton or Mike Domingo after their cars were built in 1976. Restored and used by McKercher in South African historic racing.

Current owner: John McKercher (South Africa) 2024

(See also Modus M3 car-by-car histories.)

Vern Schuppan in the works Palliser at Oulton Park in 1971. Copyright Alan Cox 2006. Used with permission.

Fred Goddard in the Palliser WDB4 at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Vern Schuppan to drive as the Palliser Racing entry in the British Formula Atlantic series, built in April 1971, replacing his early-season car that had been sold. This new car was built on a quite different spaceframe chassis fabricated by Bert Ray, using bigger tubes and with a larger rollhoop. It was first driven by Hugh Dibley at Castle Combe on 12 April but did not start. Then raced by Schuppan to win a libre race at Thruxton two weeks later, and then in the Formula Atlantic championship, having missed two rounds. He won four more rounds to take the 1971 Yellow Pages Championship. The Palliser was then sold to Dave Handford (Chingola, Zambia) in January 1972. It was later acquired by Fred Goddard in Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia, and he raced it in the South African Formula Atlantic series in 1976, using a Broadspeed BDA engine. It was then sold to Ronnie Watt, and in 1980 it was fitted with a Mazda engine for Mike Wesson, whom Watt had been sponsoring in FV, to drive in Formula SA events. It was then retained by Watt until 2010, when he sold it to Ian Hebblethwaite. Stuart Thompson fully restored the car to 1971 specification for Hebblethwaite. Still owned by Hebblethwaite in August 2024.

Current owner: Ian Hebblethwaite (South Africa) 2024

Ralt RT2/79-152

Bernard Tilanus in the Rack-Rite Ralt RT2/79 at Kyalami in 1981. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Toleman Group Motorsport for Brian Henton to drive in the 1979 Formula 2 championship. Henton won at Mugello in this car but used chassis 154 later in the season. The sister cars 153 and 154 were sold for the 1981 season, but 152 is believed to have been retained as a test car. Sold to Mel Lahner for 1981, and entered by his Rackrite Shelving team for Bernard Tilanus to drive in Formula South Africa. Tilanus scored three wins and two second places in the first five races, but Mel Lahner then "relegated" Tilanus to the team's 722/77B and drove the Ralt himself. Wayne Taylor also drove it once at Kyalami in May after damaging his March 77B in practice, and then Roy Klomfass drove the Ralt at Aldo Scribante in August, where he won both races, and at two later races. The car was later dismantled and the tub panels flattened out to provide templates for a series of Ralt copies commissioned by Lahner, built in South Africa and called Lants.

Current owner: unknown

Ralt RT4/81-272

Trevor van Rooyen in the Rack-Rite Ralt RT4/82 at Welkom in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Roy Klomfass in the Rack-Rite Lant-Ralt at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Rack Rite Racing for Trevor van Rooyen to race in the 1982 Formula South Africa series. When van Rooyen moved to the team's new Lant RR82 in May, the Ralt was retained as a spare car and was raced at least once by Andre du Plessis. It is thought to have been the "Lant" raced by du Plessis at Kyalami on 24 July 1982 and by Roy Klomfass at Kyalami on 4 Sep 1982, but this remains uncertain. Then raced as a Lant during 1983 and early 1984 until damaged in Wayne Lahner's accident with Peter Haller at Goldfields on 3 March 1984. The monocoque was thrown away at this point, and the gearbox and other salvaged parts used in a sports car project.

Current owner: Scrapped 1984

Ralt RT4/82-325

Brian Ferris in his new Ralt RT4/82 at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Wayne Taylor in the BP Ralt RT4/82 at Kyalami in 1985. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Brian Ferris in mid-1982 for the Formula South Africa series, where he was entered by his own Dealer Lamborghini operation. Ferris retained the Ralt for the 1983 season, when he was usually entered by Dealer Maserati. Ferris missed the first half of the 1984 season, but had returned by the time of the East London race in August. In 1985, this was one of two cars available to Wayne Taylor to race in the South African series. His car was always entered as a Lant but photographs show he used the Ralt at Goldfields in March and at Kyalami in July, so it is likely he used it at other races. It is assumed here that he also raced the Ralt at Aldo Scribante in August and Killarney in September. Taylor rented a different Ralt for the start of the 1986 season but crashed the Ralt in private testing, writing it off, and returned to chassis 325 for the second half of the season, winning the title with it. Taylor's career then took him to the US, and the Ralt was left in storage with a friend for many years. Around 2006, it ws nearly stolen, so Taylor decided to sell it. It was bought by Colin Ellison, and its identity was confirmed at that point by its FT200 gearbox number. Subsequently sold to the Scribante family collection where it awaits a full restoration.

Current owner: Scribante family collection (South Africa) 2024

Ralt RT4/82-330

Wayne Taylor in Brian Ferris's blue Ralt RT4/82 at Kyalami in August 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Wayne Taylor in the Whoosh/BP Ralt RT4/82 at Kyalami in 1986. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Pete Fouché's Pretoria Brick Racing in mid-1982 for Wayne Taylor to race in the Formula South Africa series. Severely damaged in practice at Kyalami in early September when Taylor went off on oil. Rebuilt on a new monocoque for Taylor for 1983. In August 1983, Taylor "parted company" with Pretoria Brick and moved to Brian Ferris's team. He continued the drive the same Ralt for the rest of the season, renting it from Pretoria Brick, but now painted blue. The car was hired to Bernard Tilanus for 1984, and run for him by Fred Goddard with sponsorship from Camec Cranes. He retained the Ralt for 1985, again run by Goddard and with sponsorship from Duckhams and Camec, although the car was entered as a Lant RR84 at two races early that season. In 1986, the car was hired by Wayne Taylor, who had sponsorship from BP and Whoosh, and started the season very well, winning the first three races. The car was then written off in a testing accident, and Taylor rented RT4-325 to replace it. Taylor returned the remains of 330 to Pretoria Brick. The Ralt tub was so badly damaged that it was thrown away and an unused Lant tub then sat with the parts as a potential future project. This stayed with Piet & George Fouché until around 2005 when the complete rear end of '330 was sold to Fanie Brand (Cape Town) who intended to use it to upgrade a Tiga Sports 2000. This package included the Hewland FT200 which was verified as the original fitted to 330, together with Ralt rear uprights, brakes and other parts. The remaining front end parts were thrown away, and the unused Lant tub ended up hung on the wall of a garage. RT4-330 effectively no longer exists.

Current owner: Wrecked 1986

Ralt RT4/83-426

George Fouché in his Ralt RT4/83 at Kyalami in September 1983. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Mike Bryan in his rented Ralt RT4/83 at Kyalami in May 1986. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Pretoria Brick Racing and fitted with a Mazda engine for George Fouche to drive in the 1983 Formula South Africa series. For 1984, it was rented to Braam Smith, and run for him by Fred Goddard, although entered by Pretoria Brick. It was entered again for Braam Smith at the opening round of the 1985 season, but does not appear in any results for that season. It was rented by Michael Bryan for 1986, with sponsorship from Whoosh Pool Cleaners, but the sponsorship fell away quite quickly, and Bryan returned the Ralt to Pretoria Brick. It was then retained by George Fouche for many years, but was not used again. In 2005, Fouche sold it to Jimmy Price, and in 2011 it passed to Barry Scott, who raced it in South African historic events. In 2017, it was bought by Peter Kernick. Sold to Ian Schofield (Franschhoek, Western Cape) in 2024.

Current owner: Ian Schofield (South Africa) 2024

Wheatcroft R18 002

Richard Morgan in the Wheatcroft R18 at Brands Hatch in July 1975. Copyright Ted Walker 2019. Used with permission.

Steve Herbst in his March-nosed Wheatcroft R18 at Kyalami in 1982. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New for Wheatcroft Racing in June 1975, replacing chassis 001 which had been destroyed by Brian Henton while testing at Oulton Park in late May. Raced by Richard Morgan in British Formula Atlantic in Donington Park Collection livery. In August the car was converted to F2 spec and driven by Henton at the Silverstone F2 race, finishing third. Henton then drove it in Formula Atlantic for the rest of the season. Sold to Alex Blignaut for Nols Nieman to drive in the 1976 South African Formula Atlantic series as a spare car to his new chassis 003. Retained for 1977 and 1978, but apparently not raced over these two seasons. Sold to Steve Herbst in 1979, and converted to a Mazda engine for Formula SA. In early 1980, Herbst was involved in a collision with Peter Morrison in the sister R18. Herbst's car's tub was repaired by Mike Domingo, and Herbst continued to race it until mid-1982. In August 1982, it was sold to Trevor Trautmann, again for Formula SA, and in 1983 he had a new monocoque fabricated in South Africa for the car, the original tub apparently being discarded. He did not complete the rebuild and later sold the car's gearbox, suspension and uprights to Dorino Trocchani for a Tiga sports racing car project. The new tub and bodywork were sold off, but quickly located by Roger Pearce and sold to John Hatfield (Pinetown, Kwazulu-Natal), who owned the sister R18-003. Hatfield built up a car on the new tub using parts from both 002 and 003, but using the 002 chassis plate. The resulting car was exported to the UK some time between 1987 and 1993, and in 1996 it was purchased from a dealer in Cheshire by Paul Gardener of Bolton. He noted that it still had the 002 chassis plate. In 2004, Simon Hadfield collected the Wheatcroft from Gardener and delivered it to Mondello for Martin Birrane. It remained in Birrane's collection until about 2016.

Current owner: Martin Birrane Collection (Ireland) 2016

(See also Wheatcroft R18 car-by-car histories.)

Nols Nieman in Alex Blignaut's Wheatcroft R18 at Kyalami in 1976. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

Bernard Tilanus in the DAW Wheatcroft R18 at Kyalami in 1978. Copyright David Pearson (motoprint.co.za) 2024. Used with permission.

New to Alex Blignaut for Nols Nieman to drive in the 1976 South African Formula Atlantic series, sponsored by Benson & Hedges. The team had the older R18/002 as a spare car. Retained for 1977, when it was also driven by Royce Love and Grant Maben. Retained again for 1978, when it was probably the car raced by Keith Zeeman for Blignaut's team. Sold to Jeff Waberski's DAW Supplies team for Bernard Tilanus to drive from October 1978 onwards. When the new Formula SA rules were introduced, the R18 was the first chassis to be fitted with a Mazda engine. Driven by Peter Morrison in early 1980, but Tilanus took over the car again after his newer March 78B was destroyed. Later in 1980, Tilanus swapped the car for Soon Weeks' March, and Weeks continued with the Wheatcroft in 1981. Weeks is believed to have had an accident in the car, after which he kept it until 1986 when he sold it to Dave Hart in Natal, complete with the same BMW M10 engine that Hart had used in his March 77B back in 1979. The car then passed to John Hatfield (Pinetown, Kwazulu-Natal) who was looking for a Hewland FT200 for his Chevron B61 and an engine for a Chevron B8. Around 1990 Hatfield also acquired the remains of R18-002 from Trevor Trautmann (via Roger Pearce). Trautmann had had a new monocoque for the car fabricated locally in 1983. Hatfield then consolidated the remains of both cars into the new monocoque, fitted the chassis plate from 002 and restored it to rolling chassis condition. The subsequent history of the 003 monocoque and parts is unknown. It was last seen leaning against a wall at Hatfield's Status Cars workshop in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. However, in June 1993, Alan Goodman (Reading) drove a Wheatcroft R18, reportedly chassis 003, in a Historic F3 race at Thruxton.

Current owner: unknown

(See also Wheatcroft R18 car-by-car histories.)