McLaren M10B

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New to Team Broadspeed and fitted with a Falconer Ford Boss 302ci engine for Chris Craft to race in the British F5000 series. The team was managed by former Alan Mann team manager Keith Greene and made its debut at Monza in June, where the engine failed. The car was later damaged in a fire at the team's Stratford Road premises in Birmingham, after which the team decided to focus on saloon car racing, and Green left.

It then sat in the Broadspeed workshops until 1972 when it was acquired by Sid Taylor and fitted with an Alan Smith Chevrolet V8 for Brian Redman to race in the British series (6 races + 1 DNS, 2 wins). It was then taken to North America for the SCCA series where it was driven by Derek Bell (R3 Watkins Glen 18 Jun and R4 Elkhart Lake) and John Cannon (R5 Donnybrooke). It was sold for Taylor by Jerry Entin to Micky Fowler after R6 Road Atlanta 20 Aug 1972 and entered at R8 Riverside 24 Sep 1972. Micky Fowler US 1973 (1 race + 1 DNS); SCCA Nationals 1973 (won at Riverside); US 1974 (one appearance only); US 1975 (1 DNS only); SCCA Nationals 1975.

According to paperwork still with the car, it was sold by Thomas H. Stitch to Arthur Boga (Los Angeles, CA) in January 1976. Then unknown until sold by Mike Sheehan (Costa Mesa, CA) to D. Lowell McGrane (Zephyr Cove, NV) in late 1987 or early 1988. Then to Brad Calkins (Denver, CO) in May 1990. The car has a brass SCCA plate which indicates that it raced in the 1972 SCCA series and the name 'Taylor' stamped into the DG300 transmission. Still with Calkins in February 2015.

Driven by: Chris Craft, Brian Redman, Gordon Spice, Derek Bell, John Cannon and Micky Fowler. First race: Monza (UK R11), 21 Jun 1970. Total of 16 recorded races.