Mel McEwin Racing

Recent pic that appeared on another site by eagle-eyed supporter of Mel McEwin Racing site ( David Anderson) shows the famous Reg Sparks in a much loved Valiant Pacer with Mel McEwin in his Corolla Sprinter SL next to Reg on the grid . Anymore information re this pic and history of that event is much appreciated along with anymore pics of Mel .

These things take time !!! After some serious thought and a bit of fiddling the Sprinter is now running like a clock. A reluctant needle and seat replaced along with a little creativity on some linkage helped it spring into life once more . Fine weather hopefully soon, will enable a decent run through the hills . Pictured ; Mel McEwin with the author after their successful short run to the Eagle on the Hill and back . An historic day along the road to making the Corolla usable once more .

An historic pic . Two of South Australia's racing heroes side by side on the grid at the Mallala track for the 1.5 litre Sports Car Championships 1966 . Garrie Cooper (2) front and Mel McEwin (16) ready to battle it out . As i understand it McEwin's Elfin FJ took him onto win by 5 seconds ahead of all comers . He commented recently that Cooper had a whole new level of friendliness towards him after that day .