Warwick Brown – F5000 / Tasman Cup | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

1972 Warwick Farm in practice for the 1972 Tasman round. Photo Lynton Hemer

1972 Warwick Farm in practice for the 1972 Tasman round. Photo Lynton Hemer

1972 – Warwick Brown from Frank Matich during the ‘Belle Trophy’ Oran Park Gold Star round won by FM in 1972. McLaren M10B Chev and Matich A50 Repco (unattributed)… Photo and info from FB of www.primotipo.com

1972 Surfer’s Paradise Raceway. Photo Greg James

1972 Tasman Cup: 1972 Feb Warwick Farm International with McLaren M10B [400-19] – Chevrolet V8. Photo by Brian Jackson via Glenn Anthony Paine

1972 Tasman series. Photo Tony Glenn

1972 Tasman series. Photo Tony Glenn

1972 Calder Tasmans Series – practice day. Photo Wendy and Stephen Gall

1972 Calder Tasmans Series – practice day. Photo Wendy and Stephen Gall

1972 Calder Tasmans Series – practice day. Photo Wendy and Stephen Gall

1972 Calder Tasmans Series – practice day. Photo Wendy and Stephen Gall

Warwick Brown, we hear Warwick’s thoughts on just what it was like to monster an F5000 in the 1970s, which rivals he most respected and how he took it up to the sport’s elite drivers when he raced Stateside. s5000.com.au/2020/06/17/s5000-heritage-series-warwick-brown/ and s5000.com.au/2020/06/26/warwick-brown-reflections-on-an-open-wheel-career/ Image Credit: AN1Images.com

1973 Practice day for the 1973 NZ GP Pukekohe – Warwick Brown – Lola T300. Photo and info Milan Fistonic

1973 – Warwick Bown and his Lola T300, NZ 1973, Tasman, Pukekohe. Photo Richard Ryan and info via primotipo.com

1973 Lady Wigram Trophy with Lola T300 [HU4-2] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Laurie Brenssell

1973 Lady Wigram Trophy with Lola T300 [HU4-2] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Laurie Brenssell

1973 Tasman cup Teretonga International with Lola T332 [HU27] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Laurie Brennsell

1974 GP Australia F5000 Oran Park. Photo Bryan Henderson

1974 Australian GP, Oran Park… Warwick Brown was the star of the show but didn’t win the AGP thanks to the failure of a crankshaft torsional vibration damper in the Peter Molloy tweaked Chevy V8 of his Lola T332. Photo Bryan Henderson

1974 Tasman series with Lola T332 Oran Park Tasman 1974. Photo and info Brian Stratton/Neil Sratton

1974 Tasman Oran Park. Photo Russell Martin

1974 October 26-27 Riverside Grand Prix IROC F5000 from left Warwick Bown, Mario Andretti and Brian Rdeman. Photo Frank Mormillo

1975 WB about to become Tasman Champion February 1975 at Sandown. Photo and info Glenn Moulds

1975 Tasman Championship Sandown 23rd February 1975. Photo Robert Davies

1975 Podium at first round of the 1975 Tasman series at Levin NZ. Winner Graeme Lawrence with Warwick Brown second and Kevin Bartlett in third. Info richard Blanden photo Milan Fistonic

1975 Oran Park. Photo Peter Flanagan

1975 F5000 USA Riverside. Photo from scanned version of Formula America’s International autoracing magazines

1975 F5000 USA Riverside. Photo Eric Lemuet

1975 F5000 USA Riverside. Photo Fred Bernius

1975 Riverside with Bobby Unser #48. Photo Rod McLeod

1975 Riverside. Photo Richard Deming Jr.

1975 F5000 USA /SCCA/USAC Formula 5000/ 1975 Mosport with Talon MR-1A – Chevrolet V8 – #48 Bobby Unser. Photo Norm MacLeod

1975 F5000 USA Mosport with Bobby Unser. Photo David Harding

1976 Elhart Lake. Photo Richard Deming Jr.

1976 Elhart Lake with Lola T332C [HU55] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Richard Deming Jr.

1976 Elhart Lake with Lola T332C [HU55] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Richard Deming Jr.

1976 Elhart Lake with Lola T332C [HU55] – Chevrolet V8. Photo Pepper Bowe

1976 – The fastest Team Manager for the 1976 Tasman Series in NZ, Mr Warwick Brown – He was just home from the U.S. for a short time and I asked him to come over and give me a hand.. Photo and info via Bruce Allison

1977 F5000 Australia – 1977 February – Oran Park practise. Photo Glenn Moulds

1977 Surfers Paradise Queensland. Photo Michael Strudwick

1977 Surfers Paradise Queensland. Photo Michael Strudwick

1977 Surfers Paradise Queensland. Photo Michael Strudwick