So all the good bits, including the manual box, were quickly transferred to the notchback for the 1967 ATCC on July 30. 'Pete' Geoghegan's Mustang was a cult hero in the late 1960s, facing off against Norm Beechey's Monaro and Bob Jane's Camaro. New South Wales Marriage Index #7091/1964, Wikipedia profile: Ian Geoghegan; accessed 29 Jan 2021, his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Many obituaries can be found describing him - he worked as a Clerk in the State Supreme Court, but also had a stake in a saloon (that supposedly bore his name) on 542 Grand Street. Pete Geoghegan did so many times too! I saw him in many cars Jaguar MkI, Aston Martin Zagato, Cortina GT, Lotus 23s, and in a Lotus Elan chasing Spencer Martin's Ferrari LM250 around the "Esses" at the Farm. Price on request. The greatest sedan steerer Australia has ever seen without question.His extraordinary achievements included:Three Sports Car Titles 1963,1965&1976.Five Touring Car Titles 1964,1966,1967,1968&1969.One Bathurst (endurance race) victory 1973.Big Pete as he was known to everyone,was a man with a great sense of humor & car control which had to be seen to be believed.He was also one part(Allan Moffat was the other), of the touring car race which has gone down in folklore as the greatest race this country has ever witnessed (Easter Monday Bathurst 1972).Pete will be sorely missed by all those who ever witnessed him power sliding the Mustang at various racetracks around the country. And if the driver was happy, then so were we!". I worked for Leo and Pete was a regular face in the garage. Then they took it to Bathurst, where Wall put it on pole for the Historic Touring Car race, going on to take a win and a second before an axle broke in the third race. Leave a message for others who see this profile. Ironically, the HDT was then run by Harry Firth while Leo's older brother Ian won the race co-driving with Allan Moffat in a Ford Works Team XA Falcon GT Hardtop. Very sad news. This made the shorter upper wishbones no longer necessary, allowing the Mustang to corner as flat and unspectacularly as everyone else. 'Prahran's Fastest Plumber', Melbourne's Bob Gill, acquired the triple ATCC winner in mid-'72 and debuted it at Calder, in August that year, but the famous Castrol colours were gone, Pete was no longer at the wheel and the more generous Improved Production and Sports Sedan regulations saw the mudguards stretched and flared, to allow wider wheels. Their father, Tom Geoghegan, was by the mid 1960s considered to be one of the Old Men of . Once we have received payment, we will e-mail you a jpeg file within 48 hours, which will print up to a 8x12 inch photograph. 0103DB1D-EAD7-4802-817B-EF26DD6C46D9_zpsl0oipldx.jpg (139.36 kB, 761x501 - viewed 220 times.) Recaro Corner, Oran Park, 2008: That famous image of the Mustang three-wheeling onto the Oran Park main straight is seared into our brains, but today we're on all four, taking the same corner and still fascinated by the impact this iconic vehicle has had on Australian motor racing. So to widen the track legally and fit the fattest tyres available, Sheppard shortened the Mustang's top wishbones by an inch, to ensure the unladen wheel leant in when cornering and didn't foul the front mudguard. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Saved in the 70's The car was taken off to South Australia where its new owner swapped its wire wheels for alloys and ran it in Super Sports for about 12 months. He was the elder of two sons of former New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, both of whom become dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s. Speedcafe.com has been established to provide a daily motorsport news service to the industry and fans in Australia and internationally. So we left the rear springs pretty soft, so that the car would squat and get its power down," Sheppard said. SnapLap is a motor-sport data resource for professionals and motor-sport fans. Sometimes referred to as "Pete" Geoghegan, he was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene. Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, (26 April 1939 - 15 November 2003) was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Login to find your connection. 1999. . Log In. The pair were flagged in first, but a protest by teammate Harry Firth saw the brothers relegated to second after a re-count of the lap charts. Previous Next. He was 68-years-old. But corruption is global - and we are its engine opendemocracy.net Why Britain is more corrupt than you think OPINION: The UK has dropped in the Corruption Perception Index. "If one single thing inspired me in motorsport, that was it!". After crossing the line in second place, the brothers were later disqualified for restarting their Cortina during a pit stop. Geoghegan was the son of five-time Australian touring car champion, Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan and nephew of Australia GT and Formula 2 champion, Leo, and is believed to have passed away from . He purposefully made a slow start so as not to strip the new gears in his Lotus and drove a steady race. By - May 24, 2022. Donnelly continued racing the car for the next two years before deciding to sell it and that's where Des Wall was connected to his Creek Corner memories. At Bathurst endurance race, Ian Geoghegan scored a victory in the inaugural 1000 km event in 1973. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. Clutch pump for Maserati Mistral and Maserati Mexico, original, new. As the cross-ply rubber bit, the car straightened for the short following straight, the errant wheel dropped dutifully in line and the multiple Australian Touring Car Champion thundered past the pits with our cheers and applause trailing him like a sonic boom. Unfortunately for Leo and Ian, just two hours after the start their Falcon ran out of petrol after it had passed the pits. 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Leo, who in the car at the time, was able to drive through the back gate into the pits to be refueled, which led the lap scorers to mistakenly credit the #53 Ford with a lap it did not complete. "I know it's a lot of money, " he said, "but it's also a lot of car. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. More parts available. Subscribe to our daily newsletter, the best way to get your news first, fast and free! The greatest sedan steerer Australia has ever seen without question.His extraordinary achievements included:Three Sports Car Titles 1963,1965&1976.Five Touring Car Titles 1964,1966,1967,1968&1969.One Bathurst (endurance race) victory 1973.Big Pete as he was known to everyone,was a man with a great sense of humor & car . [3][4], Geoghegan finished 2nd in Class D in the 1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 in this Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38, Geoghegan won the 1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship in this Birrana 274. In Geoghegan's hands, the Castrol Mustang won the ATCC crown in. Geoghan's cause of death was ruled as ligature strangulation and blunt chest trauma. I had the pleasure of meeting him once when I was very very young, I have an autographed polaroid photo in a drawer somewhere, which my Uncle got for me on that occasion. Only items of the same subtype may be compared. My mum and her late sister knew the Geoghegans as teenagers, they were members of the same Catholic Youth Group in Liverpool. Entry List for the 1001 to 1600cc race that was won by Geoghegan. See more of Who's Who in Motor Racing on Facebook. In the mid 1960s the two Geoghegan brothers, Leo and Ian, were members of the TOTAL Racing Team and the pair cut a swathe of successes through the intensively competitive sport of motor racing, and set lap records on every major circuit in Australia. He also won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 endurance race in 1973, driving an XA Falcon GT with Moffat for the Ford Works Team. He could take the piss out of someone without them even knowing it. Geoghegan won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 only once, in 1973, together with Allan Moffat in the factory-entered Ford XA Falcon GT. The Geoghegan brothers were at the 1965 NZ GP meeting at Pukekohe. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. Together with older brother, Leo, he was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene. Geoghegan's engineer, John Sheppard, was responsible for tuning and maintaining the GTA, which was fitted with a four-speed gearbox and 302-cubic-inch engine from a '67 fastback. But even when it was replaced for the 1972 season by a factory-built 620hp GT HO 'Super Falcon', it was still scoring points in the hands of its new owner Clive Green, after six full seasons of racing. He was a massive fan and supporter of Speedcafe.com and was always up for a chat about anything that was going on. "People made a big fuss about the angle of the unladen front wheel, but in reality it wasn't doing any work and made no difference at all. His older brother Leo was also an accomplished driver and the brothers often shared a car in endurance events. This car knows the Narellan short circuit even better than its now-owner and the fabulous rumble of its fuel injected V8 echoing off the pit wall sounds just the same as it did nearly 40 years ago, when the car was in its prime. 'Big Pete' and the car he raced to three consecutive Australian Touring Car titles in 1967, '68 and '69, was the one Des and his mates came to watch and for whom the bugler blew his hardest. He was the elder of two sons of former New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, both of whom become dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s. In stark contrast, Allan Moffat's stunning new Coca-Cola Trans Am Mustang braked and cornered faster and flatter and despite all Geoghegan's skill and the Mustang's crowd-pleasing theatrics, won all three Touring Car races on its debut. His older brother Leo was He loved the sport and the people in it and always knew what was going on, whether that was in Supercars, F1, MotoGP or local Formula Ford. Sorry, but the page you are looking for doesn't exist. Price on request. BIDDING is underway in the auction of the Holden Monaro GTS Sports Sedan built for Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan. Members from all areas of the motorsport community are expected to attend the service at Stella Maris Catholic Church at 268 Hedges Ave, Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan ran the number one in the 1965 race at Sandown as the 1964 champion. Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall have their now-infamous 'Shriek At The Creek'. As a result, lap times were around 23 seconds slower than when the car was fitted with the Hemi six, though it was expected that the long straights and more open nature of the Mount Panorama Circuit would better suit the V8 engined car. He was the elder of two sons of former New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, both of whom become dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s. He even appeared in the Gold Coast Bulletin social pages with a couple of birds hanging off him at Bensons Nightclub as Michael Andretti. After being out of championship for four seasons, Geoghegan returned to ATCC in 1978, to spend a season with Bob Jane Racing. Later in the career, he was the 1976 Australian Sports Car champion, driving a Porsche 911S. Email. Copyright 2023 Wheels Media, a division of Are Media Pty Limited. UPDATE: The funeral of Australian motorsport character Michael Geoghegan will be held at 1100, Saturday, March 21. He was living at #107 W 94th St at the time of his death, with . Geoghegan was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999. Legendary 1967 GTA mustang racer. Ian Geoghegan raced with Ford Mustang until 1971. Even better, he did it every lap. Price on request. - List your car for FREE - Advertise your car in both Unique Cars magazine and online, - Manage unlimited online ads with TraderAds - Call us today to discuss how we can help you sell more stock, Damian 'Damo' Worthy doesn't have a long career in vehicle restos, but with a youth spent fiddling with all things LC/LJ, he's now combining his passion with his skills+MORE, Russian steel, you probably know the story+MORE, By: Michael Browning , Photography by: Easton Chang. Other career highlights included victories in the following: Leo Geoghegan was the principal driver for Chrysler Australia during the period (19701972) when the company supported Valiant Pacer and Valiant Charger Series Production touring car teams. Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, (26 April 1940 - 15 November 2003) was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. October 7, 2005 In Australian motorsport history, one of the all-time crowd favourites was the late Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan sliding his famous 1967 Ford Mustang GTA around Australian racing . Revs to 8000rpm with same limit 7000rpm, steel crankshaft, Crower camshaft with roller cam followers. I don't know who drove it so i couldn't hazzard a guess to what car it was. Leo later stated that the Torana was one of his least favourite cars he drove at Bathurst. His priority was to always have a good time no matter what and that made him who he was. More than three decades on, the veteran Mustang was still special. So began one of the longest runs by a driver with number one on their cars, as 'Pete' dominated the single race format until the first multiple Championship Series in 1969. . SOLD! [Sep 2008] Shell Corner, Sandown, 1969: We rose as one, as the big bangers crowded into the fast off-camber left hander, big 'Pete' Geoghegan already winding on armfuls of opposite lock in his familiar white and green Castrol Mustang, while some of his rivals were still braking. Ian was the top qualifier in factory-entered #53 Ford XR Falcon GT. G > Geoghegan > Ian Anthony Geoghegan, Categories: Australia, Racing Car Drivers | Australia, Notables in Sport | Notables, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. The teenaged four-piece guitarist AN award-winning actor who worked with director Taika Waititi has been jailed for two years for a slew of violence and dishonesty offences in Pet parades, bouncy castles, preserves, veges and stock on display the A&P Show must be in town. Pete Geoghegan's championship-winning Ford Mustang. Their father, Tom Geoghegan, was by the mid 1960s considered to be one of the Old Men of . 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