Comments on: Sir Jack Brabham

By: hohum

hohum — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:53:43 +0000

Regarding the Cooper rear engine revolution, I know Auto Union did it successfully in the 30′s but I’ve often wondered whether a car I saw race near Orange NSW Australia in the mid 50s may have influenced Jack and hence Cooper, it was a Jowett Jupiter special, ie. an open wheel racer with a small (1.2l I think) 4cyl boxer engine at the back, I dont think it won but it did very well beating lots of more powerful front-engined cars .That was the first race meeting I ever went to and the little yellow Jowett special is the only thing I remember of it, it was the talking point of the day.

By: Stan Kirk

Stan Kirk — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:28:55 +0000

Sir Jack Brabham drove like the gentleman that he still is, always hard and fair with an incredible feel for the car, what it was doing and why, which came from his engineering background. His ground breaking contributions to motor racing, making rear engined cars work (his input into the Cooper rear engined F1 should not be under appreciated), the dynamic affect he had on the Indy 500 with just one demonstration appearance with a F1 cooper and winning Grand Prix and the world championship with a car of his own teams construction, will probably not be surpassed – no contest.

By: teamorders

teamorders — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:41:13 +0000

Brabham seems to be an under rated driver, given his achievements I would have expected him to pop up more often as a hihgly rated driver of the past. It’s not like the competition was weak in the late fifties and sixties, or maybe the other cars were weak but the drivers weren’t???