John Hall driving #82 at
Mission Bell 200, Riverside/CA on 4th. Oct. 1970 (race no.11), turn 6
Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab
John Hall driving #82 at Riverside 1970
Photos of the car at Riverside in
1970 were provided by Gus Tarrab. See page 99 of John Crafts
book "Mustang Race Cars" for an image of this
Boss 302 on pace lap at the 1970 Kent Trans Am.
*Race results from SCCA statistics
For the ex-John Hall T/A 68
notchback view the 1967/68 Mustang notchback independent racer
page. http://www.ponysite.de/67_68_notchbacks.htm
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 The History of John Hall's BOSS 302
Driven
by John Hall from 1970-72 this Boss 302 was originally sponsored by
Ford of Canada and Fogg Motors LTD in British Columbia. Original color
was Grabber Blue, first raced as the "Fogg
Motors Special" and later changed to white and "BOSS GTX
302" livery.
First raced during the KENT 200 at the Seattle International Raceway on 20th. September 1970, but did not finish after 44 laps (Position
23)*.
One photo of the car with Hall's crew hanging out
the right window with a checkered flag, so it won a race somewhere.
Likely a Canadian race, but if sb. recognizes it, let us know.
Next owner/driver was Hank
Boseham who raced the car in A/S from 1973-75 as car # 738 with a color
change to yellow & turquoise and Cherry Motors LTD sponsorship.
Sadly in 1975 this car took a heavy hit to the left front which landed
it well off the race circuit and into woods.
Pete Halford is current owner of this
built BOSS GTX 302 Mustang. It was
once at Legendary Motor Cars in Canada
and sold in 2003 to Pete Hallford, a Canadian living in the UK. It's still today
(as of 2005) vintage raced by
Pete.
Pete
wrote us in Oct. 2005:
" I raced it 4
times in 2004 at Road America, Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen in SVRA events
and at the VARAC Vintage Meeting at Mosport, where it won both the
sprint race and Enduro. The
car is now being kept in Pennsylvania and just competed at Road
Atlanta with the SVRA on Oct. 22/23, 2005. Congratulations
on an interesting website." Pete Hallford
Picture
courtesy LMC
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