1969 Surtees TS5 Formula 5000

History

The history of chassis 005 is reported by OldRacingCars.com/Surtees TS5 as follows:

Mike Goth US 1969 (four races; debut R6 Elkhart Lake 20 Jul).

Tasman 1970 (crewed by Brian Burness and Joey Cavaglieri).

Taken in part-exchange by Charlie Hayes for a Lola T190 by May 1970 and advertised by Hayes 23 May 1970.

To Fred Phillips (New Orleans, LA) US 1970 (R9 Brainerd 16 Aug). Collided with Ron Grable in practice for R10 Lime Rock 7 Sep 1970 and Philips was blamed for accident. Philips did not start and loaned car to Grable for the race; Grable finished 8th.

Advertised by Phillips 30 Jan 1971 (“Late Surtees TS5 … spares for nearly a complete extra car”).

To Chris Cook (Holland, TX) US 1971 (5 races; debut R2 Laguna Seca 2 May 1971); US 1972 (1 race only: R3 Watkins Glen 18 Jun 1972). According to Rob van Westenburg’s research, Cook reversed the car into the wall at Elkhart Lake and damaged the left rear.

The TS5 was sold to Ron Franklin and his brother in Oklahoma soon after and was traded to John Barker (Denver) 1974 who restored it.

Frank Mayer (Colorado Springs, CO) purchased the car from John Barker’s Performance Development & Racing (Denver, CO) in boxes in 1985. He completed the restoration in 1988, and raced in Colorado at Avon, Copper Mountain, Steamboat Springs and LaJunta; in Arizona at Firebird, in New York at Waktkins Glen, and in Connecticut at Lime Rock.

Advertised in Victory Lane in 1991. In 1993, he (Mayer) sold the car to John Obilero (Denver, CO). By 1995, the car had moved to Rob van Westenberg (Morrison, CO) 1995. Rob van Westenberg still had this car in February 2017. Driven by: Mike Goth, Fred Phillips, Ron Grable and Chris Cook. First race: Road America (US R6), 20 Jul 1969. Total of 20 recorded races.

To see photos of Goth in the Surtees racing in New Zealand in 1970, please see the Ian Peak F5000 collection at TheRoaringSeason.com. To see additional photos of Goth racing the Surtees in the Tasmans series, please see Autopics – Goth TS5 photos

Description

Monocoque chassis with 5 liter Chevy V8 and Hewland LG500 gearbox.

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