SUNDAY, 19th MAY
Starts 2 p.m. at Dooen Road Shell Service Station.
All good roads. Approximately 120 Miles.Good Prizes, Everyone Welcome
$1 per car.
A. Frewen, Sec
SOURCE: The Mail-Times May 15, 1968
Horsham’s new Renault and Peugeot dealer, Tom Edgar has had a long motor racing career in hillclimbs and circuit racing.
He started competing in hillclimbs around Horsham in 1954 in a Wylie car owned by Dan Ladrigan. Tom then drove a Simea in circuit racing at Phillip Island, Wangaratta and Horsham before getting a supercharged MGTC capable of about 100 miles an hour.
He started building his sleek Elfin racing car in 1962 and finished it in 1963, using some of his own parts and some from the Elfin works in SA.
Sunday March 24
Scenic drive through the Grampians starts 1:30pm at Dooen Road Shell Service Station.
$1 per car. Good prizes for each class.
Bar-B-Q after at Dooen Racing Circuit – BYO
SOURCE: The Mail-Times March 20 & 22, 1968
Dan Landrigan recorded fastest time of the day in his Elfin in Horsham Motor Sports Club’s quarter-mile sprints on Sunday.
Driving in the racing car section, Landrigan covered the distance in 16.2 seconds to win from Robert Tucker (MG TC special) 16.9 sec. and Tony Frewen (MG TC special) 17.3.
Roger Pilgrim, one of 30 competitors, went Into , a triple spin at the end of one of his runs and came out backwards In a. cloud
of dust.
Thirteen entrants finished a 48-mile car trial after the sprints. Continue reading Landrigan Fastest In Elfin
to be held at Dooen Racing Circuit on Sunday 18th February.
Starting at 1:30 p.m.
Everyone Welcome
Bring own Tea
SOURCE: The Mail-Times February 14, 1968