MEMORABILIA
CARDBOARD MODELS
Below are pictures of two cardboard model stock cars of 85 Ray Tyldesley and 53 John Lund published by Keith Barber in his Stock Annuals of 1989 and 1990.
TESTIMONIAL PROGRAMMES
Below are pictures of the testimonial programmes produced for Stu Smith Snr in 1986 and Frankie Wainman Snr in 2007
PETER ARNOLD'S HANDBOOK
I recently managed to acquire this iconic piece of stock car literature. There is a picture below. It is showing age and wear but still eminently readable and covers a defining time for stock car racing back in 1960 when real organisation was giving the sport shape and substance for the future.
BOOKS ABOUT STOCK CAR RACING
Below are pictures of the covers of three books on Stock Car Racing that most collectors of stox memorabilia will have in their collection. They are 'Barney Reilly's Stock Car' a work of fiction written by the legendary pioneer Johnny Hoskins, 'Stock Car Racing - The Thrill of the Century' by early racer Pete Tucker, based on his travels around the country to various stadia and 'The Sound and the Fury' written by motor racing media man Neil Randon, a look behind the scenes of modern day F1 Stock Cars.
WILDBILL TO WILDCAT
The first edition of this book was published by Keith Barber in 1971 and covered the first eighteen seasons of F1 stock car racing.
A second edition appeared towards the end of the Silver Jubilee season in 1979 and covered the period from 1954 to virtually the end of 1979.
Most collectors of stock car memorabilia will have both copies in their archives and for those who have never seen the books, they are pictured below:
Recently I acquired a rare edition of the original publication from the author. The cover looks exactly like all the rest but when opened it contains the autographs of the following drivers who all signed it at the launch in 1971: 38 Tanya Crouch, 28 John Goody, 99 Jerzy Wojotowicz, 156 Jack Appleby, 2 Willie Harrison, 22 Harold (Bozzy) Bosworth, 42 Aubrey Leighton, 73 Vic Ferriday, 29 George Foulger, 5 Doug Wardropper and 85 Pete Tucker. See picture below:
All the original copies were printed in black and white but, uniquely, this copy has been coloured in by the author and illustrator, Keith Barber, who has also autographed the book. Below are pictures of some of the coloured illustrations:
AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH
To celebrate 50 years of BriSCA F1 stockcar racing at the Golden Jubilee Dinner on 24th March 2004, I framed a photograph showing models of the All Time Top Six Drivers. THis was autographed by the six drivers who were all in attendance, 53 John Lund, 1/391 Stuart Smith, 212 Frankie Wainman Senior, 515 Frankie Wainman Junior, 1/33 Peter Falding and 2 Willie Harrison and auctioned on behalf of the Drivers Benevolent Fund. They also signed my personal copy of the photograph and it is pictured below:
Stu Smith signed it first and, as you can see, added '6 Times World Champion'. John Lund was delighted to top him with the comment '8 Times!'. Great one-upmanship!! The picture provides a special memory of a wonderful occasion.
STOCK CARS - THE BOARD GAME
The Board Game, 'Stock Cars', was launched in the winter of 1980 by Huddersfield based Mick France. It was described as the 'new, exciting family board game, bringing the atmosphere of a real stock car race to everyone' - super value at £7.00 each.
The game contained eight detailed coloured miniature stock cars - two whites, two yellows, two blues and two reds. Six of the cars were unmistakeably those of 304 Dave Mellor, 160 Andy Stott, 199 Mike Close, 212 Frankie Wainman, 391 Stu Smith and 260 Dave Berresford.
The game was designed for 2 to 4 players each having two cars to pilot via dice throws around the oval raceway. Grading cards and incident cards together with obstacle cars went a long way towards creating an authentic setting.
I can remember many happy hours spent enjoying this game with other stock car enthusiasts in the family. The only problem was the fight over who would control the Smith and Wainman cars!!
Looking back through my Stock Car Supporter mags I came across a Stock Car Competition in the March/April 1982 edition. The prize was the eight solid silver miniature stock cars used in making the coloured cars supplied with each game. They were said to have cost over £120.
I wonder how many of these games have survived the last nearly 30 years and in what condition - I cannot recall any being offered for sale on ebay.
In the modern era it is the electronic devices that outsell the humble board game but I have a sneaking feeling that the Stock Car board game might just appeal to a new generation of supporters.
THE PRINT INSPIRED BY THE 1991 WORLD FINAL AT HEDNESFORD
Stock car music, Top Trumps and enamel pins
SEW-ONS FROM THE 70S AND 80S
My young son was mad about sew-on badges, particularly relating to his favourite driver 391 Stu Smith. Years later after he had grown up and left home, I managed to rescue the badges off his racing jacket before it fell to pieces. Below are pics of those sew-ons and I hope they revive some happy memories:
