Manufacturers – Page 19

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Ctg

CTG was an engineering company founded by Cyril Malem and based in Wimborne in Dorset. They began constructing racing cars in 1971 and from 1972-78 were subcontractors for Chevron as well as building many cars for other people including the monocoque for the 1974 F1 Fittipaldi FD04 and in later years 2 F1 BRM chassis as well as work for Ralt. In 1977 CTG began constructing their own cars for FF 2000 where they won several races with a variety of drivers. In 1976 in conjunction with freelance designer Len Terry and Viking team owner Tore John Helle (who laid out the design parameters) they built 5 Viking F3 cars (see Viking entry) for the Swedish team to compete in European and Swedish F3 races.

1977

The story of the CTG F3 is a little convoluted. By the middle of 1976 the Viking team were in financial trouble and Len Terry and CTG unsuccessfully sought the backing to run 1 or 2 cars at the end of the season. The Viking design was rebuilt in 1977 as a Technic (see Technic entry) with only one qualifying attempt to its name. CTG announced a new F3 car for 1978, the CTG 378, and at the end of 1977 a car was tested that was called a CTG which appears to be the Technic renamed. The 378 did not materialise and CTG disappeared from F3 racing.

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Dastle

Throughout the sixties Geoffrey Rumble’s Dastle company specialised in short-track racing midgets with only a F. Ford car to their name. In 1972 they produced their first F3 car and over the next few years produced a number of models which ran with varying degrees of success. They always seem to be hampered by lack of suffuicient finance to enable them to do enough testing and to ensure they had decent engines. Today the Dastle company is still going strong making raceboxes to transport race cars.

1972

Based around a strong monocoque (note the hefty roll hoop in the pictures) with orthodox suspension, the Mk 9 was designed by Geoff Rumble. Its wide track made it stable through corners but slow in a straight line. Perhaps the Mk9’s greatest claim to fame was that the then newly formed Hesketh team gave the young James Hunt his last F3 races in one. Both James and Bubbles Horsley proved the strength of the tubs with huge accidents at Brands Hatch on the same day.

1973

Designed on similar lines to the Mk 9 but with inboard front brakes and a full-width nose the Mk 10 was driven by Barrie Maskell. Despite a lot of development work that took it through to “B” form it was never a genuine front runner and it gained a perhaps unjustified reputation as being poor handling. The best result was an end of season 5th at Thruxton for Maskell

1974

The Mk10 continued into 1974 where it suffered badly in early season races from an unreliable engine as the switch was made to 2-litre engines. However Dastle persevered and the car was updated to “C” spec for Maskell. Despite only using a 1700 or 1800 cc engine Maskell took an excellent second at Cadwell Park in June and a third in the same month at Snetterton. A fifth at Cadwell in July was the only other result of note.

1976

In 1976 Barrie Maskell resurrected the Mk10c and finished second in a non-championship race at Mallory Park in a very weak field. The car was, unusually for this time, powered by a twin-cam Ford.

Drivers:
1972 Anthony “Bubbles” Horsley, James Hunt, Steve Thompson.

1973 Barrie Maskell, Norman Pierce.

1974 Barrie Maskell, Norman Pierce.

1975 Barrie Maskell.

1976 Barrie Maskell.

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Crs-Allegrini

A one-off chassis for the 1975 Italian F3 championship, the 001 was driven by Piercarlo Ghinzani, it had a narrow track suspension and was powered by the ubiquitous Novamotor Toyota. It was reasonably successful with a 6th place at Varano and a pair of 5ths at Magione and Monza.

Drivers

1975 Piercarlo Ghinzani.

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DULON

Dulon Cars were built in Didcot by Andrew DUncan and Bill LONgley and they made their reputation with a number of quite successful F Ford and FF2000 cars as well as some small capacity Sports Cars. At various times some F Atlantic cars emerged as well as a rather bulky one-off F5000. In December 1967 the new F Ford LD4 was announced, it was a conventional spaceframe chassis and it was stated that a F3 version, the LD5, would be built for Cooper F3 driver Jeremy Dobson although it seems as if the car was not completed. At various other times a F3 Dulon was mooted, including a car based on the 1975 FF2000 design but they all seem to have been stillborn.

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Crm

David Coode who had a handful of races in the Penny-Ford in 1964 entered the CRM at a race at Montlhéry in April 1965 but did not arrive, no engine was listed.

Drivers

1965 David Coode.

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de Tomaso

Alessandro de Tomaso came to Modena from his native Argentina to race Osca sports cars, when he retired he decided to settle in Modena permanently. He began constructing his own cars and in 1961 produced an F1 that would take either a 1.5 litre Osca or Alfa Romeo engine. Over the next few years de Tomaso came up with a string of various competition cars but it seemed that no sooner had a new car arrived than de Tomaso would loose interest and start on another project. All of this meant that although some of his cars were quite competitive they never received the necessary development. In 1969 they produced a reasonably competitive FVA powered F2 car and the following year Dallara was commissioned to produce an F1 car. The resultant car was run by Frank Williams and was driven by Piers Courage, things looked promising with a third place in the International Trophy at Silverstone. Tragically Courage lost his life in the car at Zandvoort and the team understandably lost heart for the rest of the year and at the end of the season de Tomaso gave up the single seater scene and concentrated on sports cars. Sadly Alessandro de Tomaso passed away in 2003.

1964

A F3 car was produced in 1964 that was basically an update of the 1962 F Junior car, fitted with a Holbay engine it showed flashes of promise including a win at Caserta.

1965

A new car was built for 1965 but results were generally disappointing, Clay Regazzoni taking a sixth at Magny Cours.

Drivers:

1964 Massimo de Antoni, Giorgio Bassi, Franco Bernabei, Giosue Butti, Mario Casoni, “Miro Gay”.

1965 Massimo de Antoni, Giorgio Bassi, Clay Regazzoni.

1966 Franco Bernabei, Roberto Bussinello, Francesco Vento.

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De Nadai

The Ford powered de Nadai was raced by, and presumably constructed by, Henri de Nadai, its first appearance seems to have been at Clermont-Ferrand in July 1964 where it failed to start. There were sporadic, uncompetitive appearances until its swansong in 1967 where it finished 16th and last in Heat 1 of a race at Montjuich Park in April.

Drivers

1964 Henri de Nadai.

1965 Henri de Nadai.

1967 Henri de Nadai.

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Crossle

John Crosslé has been building cars in Holywood, near Belfast, since 1957 and is Ireland’s longest-established racing car manufacturer by some distance. The Crosslé Car Company has built cars for many formulae including F2, F3, F5000 and Sports Cars however it is in the Ford based classes that it has been the most successful. Their first car was an 1172 Ford Special produced in 1957, the first single seater was the 4F intended for use in Formula Junior or 1172cc racing. The chassis that would bring the Crosslé name to the forefront of motorsport was the Leslie Drysdale designed F Ford 16F, Gerry Birrell took the European championship in his car and over 40 cars were built and sold. Following this success Crosslé would produce large numbers of very competitive, and successful, FF1600 and FF2000 chassis.

1966

In September 1966 Gerry Corbett entered a Crosslé in a race at Castle Combe but failed to finish, it was a similar story at Brands Hatch in October. It is likely that this was a 6F, Crosslé built three of these cars in 1964, two in 1172 specification and one in F3 guise, although it seems no F3 races were undertaken. A further four models were built in 1965, three for local racing and one to American Formula C rules. The 6F was a conventional spaceframe design although the rear suspension was unusual for the time in using a combination of wishbone, transverse link and hub carrier.

1971

In 1970 Crosslé announced the 17F, a slim space framed car with conventional suspension, with drivers such as Gerry Birrell, Brian Nelson and John Watson mentioned as possible pilots but plans were shelved due to lack of development time and the car never left Ireland. Norman Moffett practised a Crosslé 17F for a non-championship race at Crystal Palace in June 1971 but withdrew before the race and he also took part in the non-championship race at Kirkistown in July. In 1973 the 26F, a derivative of the F2 22F was again announced but it didn’t seem to race, so Crosslé’s flirtation with F3 was brief and sadly unsuccessful.

Drivers

1966 Gerry Corbett.

1967 Nick Corbett, John Pringle.

1971 Norman Moffett.

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Crespi

In 1987, the first year of the Sudam F3 Championship, a VW-powered Crespi scored a single point, the series that year was dominated by fellow Argentinian constructor Berta. Presumably the car was linked to the Crespi team that ran cars in a number of South American Championships notably F Renault.

Drivers

1987 Rafael Verna.

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Delfin

A home-built Czechoslovakian car that was constructed by Ing. Gajdos who worked for the Tatra Koprivnice car and truck company. The initial power plant was unusual, it was the 2472 cc V8 engine from the Tatra 603 effectively cut in half and uniquely for an F3 engine it was air-cooled, the transmission came from a Fiat 600D. Three Delfins appeared at a race in 1964 at the Sachsenring that mixed a largely East German field with 8 or so contemporary western cars. Sadly, given their very unusual components, they weren’t noticeably competitive. The next appearance (assuming it was the same car) was at a race at Brno in 1966 when two cars were entered but did not finish, one was listed as a “66” the other as a “65” indicating there were two different designs. After this a single car arrived at Hockenheim in 1968, no engine was listed so it is not certain that Tatra still provided the motive force, no result was achieved. The final appearence for a Delfin was at a race at Neubiberg in October 1969 when it failed to finish, for this race at least the motive power was courtesy of Skoda.

Thanks to Standa Cozik for additional information.

Drivers:

1964 ?
Jiri Gajdos, Alois Gbelec, Jiri Pelucha.

1966
66
Jiri Gajdos.

65
Vladimir Ondrejik.

1968 ?
Vladislav Ondrejik.

1969 ?
Karl-Adolf Kneip.

F3 History

Category: Manufacturers

Ctg

Ctg

1977

Dastle

Dastle

1972

1973

1974

1976

Crs-Allegrini

Crs-Allegrini

Drivers

DULON

DULON

Crm

Crm

Drivers

de Tomaso

de Tomaso

1964

1965

De Nadai

De Nadai

Crossle

Crossle

1966

1971

Drivers

Crespi

Crespi

Drivers

Delfin

Delfin

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