Boquet Canyon Rally – 9-10-1950
This was the FCCA’s first ever “Time-Speed-Distance” rally. The April 1953 issue of Exhaust Notes talks about the rally in an article entitled “FLASH BACK”. An image of that article is below.
AN AUSTIN A40 APPROACHES WITH NAVIGATOR SMILING AND DRIVER WAVING AT THE CAMERA.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE BOUQUET CANYON RALLY, BUT THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS CORRECT. CLUB FOUNDER JOHN FOSTER (LEFT) MUGS FOR THE CAMERA. AN EARLY SPLIT WINDOW VW CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.
I BELIEVE THIS IS RALLY WINNER WARWICK GREGSON'S FATHER IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF THIS MORRIS MINOR CONVERTIBLE. A GAGGLE OF BRITISH CARS FOLLOWS, INCLUDING THREE MG-TDs, AN AUSTIN A40, AND A JAGUAR XK-120 COUPE.
A BOUQUET CANYON CAMP GROUND SIGN CAN BE SEEN ABOVE THE HOOD (BONNET) OF THIS AUSTIN A40 DEVON.
AN MG-TD APPROACHES A CHECK POINT, LEADING TWO OTHER TDs AND A MORRIS MINOR CONVERTIBLE..
ANOTHER MG-TD, THIS TIME WITH A JAGUAR XK-120 COUPE PULLING UP THE REAR. NOTE THE BOUQUET CANYON CAMP GROUND SIGN.
WARWICK GREGSON PROUDLY SHOWS OFF HIS TROPHY, THE FIRST EVER FCCA RALLY TROPHY AWARDED!
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