Youtube/Wikimedia CommonsJohn Geoghan and Joseph Druce. In the 1968 London-Sydney, Aaltonen, with Henry Liddon and Paul Easter, finished a creditable fifth. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Pete was spectacular around Mount Panorama and won the 1973 Bathurst 1000 (the first 1000-kilometre race there), sharing a Ford Falcon GT with Allan Moffat. Edited by Lee Nicolle, 09 September 2012 - 02:14. Now 30, he has raced Formula Three in Europe, and still plans to race in the Austria, French and German championships next year. In the 1970s, Frank Williams went to the Arab world for sponsorship that would help him build a world championship-winning Formula One team. Mick,when i built a '67 car for historics with a 302,was tempted to build a Chev with a 350 in it,but kept on thinking about Big Pete's car and what a great looking rig it was,Tate did my engine 500bhp 400 pounds of torque,when we did the dyno run on Sheppo's dyno,he said it was the most he had scene on a 5 litre Ford engine on carbs,that was good enough for me.footnote..when i was a kid I lived in a street ,one day the local racer Clive Green rolled up and parked on the back of a truck was Pete's stang painted Shell yellow,I stood there for a long long time,just looking. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. We just love the history of the family. That would have been the old Geoghean cars lot at this address.JAXQuickfit Tyres Haberfield257 Parramatta Road, Haberfield NSW 2045. Try again. Pete's late-1960s Mustang, in Castrol colours, was parked outside the church, with some of his major trophies on the bonnet. Search above to list available cemeteries. This category contains only the following file. United Protestant Association general manager Steve Walkerden said Woodlands, like virtually all homes that housed about 500,000 people who spent some or all of their childhood in institutional care in Australia, was ''always short of funds, struggling to get suitable staff, and dependent upon the charity of the local Newcastle people''. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. According to Dan, KB took the car out on track for a shakedown, and then brought it in. Join now . Let your community know. Without hesitation, Lieutenant Geoghegan rose from his foxhole command post and selflessly exposed himself to the sheets of enemy fire as he ran out to assist his wounded trooper, receiving fatal wounds in the process. Please try again later. Pinto Pete means something to me, so I asked was it a cartoon, comic, children's book? Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. I'm thinking it's Calder. Later in his career Geoghegan drove a Porsche Carrera to win the 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship, while also driving a Holden HQ Monaro in the Australian Sports Sedan Championship. Geoghegan, in his fast but cantankerous 600-horsepower Falcon, finally beat his great rival and friend in his Coca-Cola Mustang after 13 spellbinding laps around the mountain. His older brother Leo was also an accomplished driver and the brothers often shared a car in endurance events. Born on July 16, 1922, to Presley Downs and Mildred Davidson . Today, The Overlook Film Festival unveils the slate for its 2023 edition, to take place in New Orleans from March 30-April 2. Dan was our host, and told a magnificent story of having Pete come to Brisbane to see the Mustang following its restoration.Pete was not well at the time, and they took him out to Lakeside. Woodlands Boys Home at Wallsend was the third of 13 United Protestant Association homes which cared for nearly 540 boys aged four to 17 between 1944 and 1981. Geoghegan won four straight ATCC titles in brutal, power-sliding V8 Mustangs from 1966 onwards, having taken the 64 crown in a Ford Cortina GT. Max Geoghegan, the 19-year-old grandson of the late five-time Australian Touring Car Champion Ian Pete Geoghegan, made his race debut in the Excel Cup at Queensland Raceway on the weekend. Ian Geoghegan died on the 19th of November 2003, which was a Wednesday. When Geoghan was convicted, he was put in a protective custody unit with 23 other inmates. 596 Geoghegan, Death Indexes Scotland 1868 - 1951 597 Geoghegan, Deaths Scotland 1857 - 1951 598 Geoghegan, Deaths Scotland 1858 - 1945 599 Geoghegan, Deaths Scotland 1863-1951 Page One 600 Geoghegan, Deaths Scotland 1863-1951 Page Two 601 Gahan GRO Births 1864-1873, McGeoghegan Births Durham 1894-1991 Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. If you were going to own an Australian touring car of that period,that would be the one for me. And he entertained in and out of the car. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository,
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