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Selangor Grand Prix

Batu Tiga, 10 Sep 1972

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Harvey Simon Elfin 600B [7018] - Ford twin cam
Harvey Simon [no number on entry list]
50 1h 18m 15.2s
80 mph
2 Percy Chan Brabham BT15 [BT14/BT15 "FJB2"?] - Ford twin cam
#15 Scuderia Malindo (see note 1)
49 1h 18m 28.0s
3 Jan Bussell Palliser WDB4 [1] - Ford twin cam
#14 Team Rothmans (see note 2)
49 1h 18m 29.1s
4 Brian Schollum (FF) 1.6-litre Elden - Ford Kent
#96 Piako Swamp Mob
47 1h 19m 04.1s
5 Chong Boon Seng (GT) 1.6-litre Lotus 23B - Ford twin cam
#23 Chong Boon Seng
45 1h 18m 32.0s
6 Sonny Rajah March 712M [7] - Ford twin cam Hart
#1 Team Rothmans
43 1h 18m 22.3s
7 Dave Hayward (FF) 1.6-litre Hawke DL2A - Ford Kent
#9 D. Hayward
37 1h 18m 27.5s
DNA Vern Schuppan March 722 [40] - Ford twin cam
#129 M.S.A. [Malaya Singapore Airlines]
(see note 3)
Did not arrive
  John Macdonald Brabham BT36 [2] - Ford twin cam
#11 Tudor Team Schomac (see note 4)
On entry list
  Leo Geoghegan Brabham BT30 [BT29/23] - Ford twin cam Hart
#12 Leo Geoghegan (see note 5)
On entry list
  David Coode Tuppence - Ford
#52 Team Tuppence
On entry list
  Eddy Choong (GT) 2-litre Chevron B8 - BMW M10
#62 Eddy Choong
On entry list
  Albert Poon Brabham BT30 [5] - Ford twin cam
#66 Albert Poon (see note 6)
On entry list
  Joey Bundalian Elfin 600C [6910]
#73 Joe Bundalian
On entry list
  Brian Roper unknown - Ford
#111 Brian Roper
On entry list

All cars are 1.6-litre 1.6 2v unless noted.

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT15 [BT14/BT15 "FJB2"?] (Percy Chan): Jan Bussell bought a twin-cam Brabham from Howden Ganley which was always described as a BT14. The car is said by John Blanden to be AM88, by Bryan Miller to be AM66 and is recorded by Ted Walker as F2-4-66. It is also said that Ganley had built up an unused F3 chassis, quite probably a BT15, while working at MRD and sold it to Bussell with a Ford twin-cam engine supplied by Red Rose Motors. As a BT15 with a twin-cam was virtually identical to a BT14, the description would make sense. According to Ted Walker again, it later went to P Chan (i.e. Percy Chan) in 1972 and then to Bruce Winder in New Zealand in 1973. It was not raced in NZ and is unknown until (according to John Blanden) it was bought by John Dymond in NZ in 1999. It was restored in NZ and raced in historics in 2000 before moving to Dymond's native Australia. Owned by Dymond until his death in 2006, then with his family as part of Team Penrite. Raced by Keith Simpson for the team in 2010 and 2011.
  2. Palliser WDB4 [1] (Jan Bussell): New for Vern Schuppan to drive as the Palliser Racing entry in the British Formula Atlantic series in early 1971. Taken out to Singapore in April 1971 and sold there to Hengkie Iriawan, who raced it in Southeast Asian events in 1971 and early 1972, still fitted with its BRM Ford twin cam engine. Iriawan died on 23 April 1972 in a go-kart crash at Ipoh in Malaysia, and the Palliser was sold to Jan Bussell (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), who raced it in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Subsequent history unknown.
  3. March 722 [40] (Vern Schuppan): New to Australian Vern Schuppan to drive in the British Formula Atlantic championship. Fitted with a BRM Ford twin cam engine, and first seen in practice at Mallory Park in late March, but Schuppan left before the race to catch a flight to the Singapore GP. Schuppan finished second in Singapore, and third in the Malaysian GP a week later. Then returned to the British series, now with a BDA, and won four rounds. The car was then fitted with Falconer bodywork and an Amon-Woods engine rebuilt by Geoff Richardson, and raced in the Rothmans 50,000 and in two late-season F2 races. After a single F2 race in 1973 fitted with a Richardon BDG, the car went to Southeast Asia, winning the Singapore GP with a Ford twin cam fitted, then competed in the JAF Grand Prix at Fuji with the BDG, and back to the 'twink' for Macau. He raced the car in British Formula Atlantic briefly in early 1974, then sent it back to Asia where he won the Macau GP in November, by which time it had been fitted with 732 bodywork and a Lola T360 rear wing. It then became a fixture at Macau up to 1977, being driven by Alan Jones and Derek Daly. Patrick Tambay also raced for Theodore Racing in the Malaysian and Penang Grands Prix in 1977, where it was still in 732 form but was billed as a 752. It reappeared at Macau for Schuppan in 1979, now in 76B bodywork. After one more race in the hands of Roberto Moreno, the car was retained by Yip and placed in the Macau Grand Prix Museum.
  4. Brabham BT36 [2] (John Macdonald): New to Rondel Racing for Graham Hill and Bob Wollek to race in F2 in 1971. To John Macdonald (Hong Kong) for 1972, and fitted with a Hart 416 twin cam on carbs for Southeast Asian racing. To Eddie Marcello (Philippines) in 1973, and then to Rod Ocampo (Philippines) 1975, who last raced it in 1976. It then went to Romeo David in 1977, but the engine failed during practice and it did not race again. Later given to Louis Camus. Acquired from Camus by Leif Norberg, a Swede then living in Malaysia, in 1988, and it was restored for him in 1996 by Peter Denty Racing (Thetford, Norfolk). Sold to Andrew Fellowes (Benowa, Queensland, Australia) in 2004. To Alan Telfer in 2011.
  5. Brabham BT30 [BT29/23] (Leo Geoghegan): Entered by Fred Opert Racing for Evan Noyes (Cedarville, MI) in the 1971 Tasman series, where it was fitted with a 1.8-litre Cosworth FVC. This was not the same BT29 that Noyes had used in Formula B in 1970, as that car was later advertised by Opert in the US. Sold to Graeme Lawrence (New Zealand) after the Tasman series, fitted with a Hart twin cam and used in races in South East Asia in early 1971, then with the FVC again for races in New Zealand and Australia. To Leo Geoghegan for SE Asian races in 1972, then to Ken Smith in New Zealand. Next seen when advertised by Bill David (Taupo, New Zealand) in June 1974, still with its FVC and twin cam engines. Raced by Frank Bray and entered by David in 1975, then to Peter Hughes and fitted with a Fiat engine for 1976, then a BDA for 1977. Observed by David McKinney in 1977 to be chassis BT29/23.
  6. Brabham BT30 [5] (Albert Poon): Sold to Frank Williams Racing Cars and entered for Piers Courage and Richard Attwood in F2 in 1969. Then sold to Albert Poon (Hong Kong) and raced by him at the Macau GP in November 1969. Retained by Poon for South East Asian racing in 1970, 1971 and 1972. Reported to have been scrapped.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.

Individual sources for this event

The Straits Times 11 Sep 1972 p25. Entry list and other programme details provided by Richard Coe.