FEATURE : 50 YEARS AGO IN PHOTOS
Current Historic F3 racer Mike Walker in Doug Hardwicke ’ s Formula 5000 Lola T192 at the old Russell Bend
Half a century back
We are very fortunate to have been granted access to the fabulous photo archive of Mike Dixon . This year , in each issue , we plan to revisit a 1971 race meeting with a gallery of images .
Roy Pierpoint in the SCA Camaro leads the similar car of Martin Thomas
Our first gallery is from Snetterton 9 April 1971 , when Formula 5000 , Group 2 Touring Cars ( contesting the British Touring Car Championship ) and a round of the BOC Formula Ford Championship were the feature races .
Formula Fords stream out of Coram and into Russell
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