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Alf Najar, Grand Prix winner at Bathurst, October 1946

  • Peter Kelaher said:
    There has to be a great story behind this photo! Who’s the driver? What’s the ethnic origin of the family? How did they come to be at Bathurst in 1946?
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    This is Alf Najar who won the race. His parents were from Tripoli in Lebanon there is more information on their site alhs.org.au/?p=233
  • Peter Kelaher said:
    Thanks! Much appreciated info.

It's Grand Prix season in Dublin

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Read all about it in the newly published ‘The Irish International Grand Prix 1929-1931’

    www.irishvintagescene.ie/product/the-irish-international-...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Spoiler Alert ! ...

    DUBLIN GRAND PRIX
    Following on the recent Le Mans (France) Twenty four Hours Reliability Grand Prix comes the results of the Dublin Grand Prix held on Friday and Saturday last. The first days race was held for Standard Sports Cars under 1500 c.c., resulting in a win for Ivanowsky driving an 'Alfa Romeo' at' an average speed of 75.03 miles an hour. The results of Saturday's racing for Standard Sports cars, capacity unlimited, was First and Grand Prix, Ivanowsky (Alfa Romeo) at an average speed of 76.40 miles per hour. The second, third, fourth, fifth, and eighth positions were filled by 'Bentley' cars and the sixth by an 'Alfa Romeo,' and all these including the winner used 'Shell' Oil and Spirit. The distance in each case was 301 miles, and cars and drivers of all nations competed. The Grand Prix was awarded for the fastest time for both days.


    From - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133495171?searchTerm=g...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The winner Boris Ivenovsky and his Alfa Romeo are celebrated in the middle photo of the right page.
  • Suck Diesel said:

    Malcolm Campbell during practice for the 1929 race
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Boris Ivanowski (Russian: Борис Ивановский) (born 12 January 1893 [died 1967]) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Guard who went into exile after the Russian revolution and made his way to fame in the 1920s as a racecar driver."

    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Ivanowski

No. 2. John Crouch with his Delahaye 135 racing car, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946,

  • Peter Kelaher said:
    Look at the width of those tyres!