Jeff Uren, the Glossary
Jeffery Macandrew-Uren (17 October 1925 – 6 April 2007), was a British engineer, racing driver, race team manager, tuner, customiser, and entrepreneur.[1]
Table of Contents
61 relations: AC Cars, Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Alpine Rally, Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (motor car), Brabham, Brands Hatch, Brentford, British Touring Car Championship, Car tuning, Cornwall, Cortina Savage, Crystal Palace circuit, Custom car, Doc Shepherd, Elva (car manufacturer), Exeter, Ford Cortina, Ford Essex V6 engine (UK), Ford Falcon (North America), Ford GT40, Ford Motor Company, Ford Pinto engine, Ford Prefect, Ford Zephyr, Formula One, Formula Three, Formula Two, Goodwood Circuit, Group C, Hanwell, Holman-Moody, IOE engine, Jack Sears, John Wyer, List of BTCC champions, Lotus 23, Lotus 30, M1 motorway, Mallory Park, Monte Carlo Rally, Motor Sport (magazine), Oulton Park, Rally Sweden, Royal Automobile Club, Ruston-Bucyrus, Shelby American, Shelby Daytona, Silverstone Circuit, Snetterton Circuit, Tommy Wisdom, ... Expand index (11 more) »
- Auto tuning companies
- British Touring Car Championship Champions
AC Cars
AC Cars, originally incorporated as Auto Carriers Ltd., is a British specialist automobile manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car makers founded in Britain.
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in the village of Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
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Alpine Rally
The Alpine Rally, also known by its official name Coupe des Alpes, was a rally competition based in Marseille and held from 1932 to 1971.
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Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (motor car)
The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire is a large automobile which was produced by the British company, Armstrong Siddeley Motors Limited, from 1952 to 1960.
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Brabham
Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham, was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team.
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow.
British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA.
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Car tuning
Car tuning is the modification of a car to optimise it for a different set of performance requirements from those it was originally designed to meet.
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Cortina Savage
The Cortina Savage is a custom performance automobile based on the Ford Cortina.
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Crystal Palace circuit
Crystal Palace circuit is a former motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in the Crystal Palace area of south London, England.
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Custom car
A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been altered to either improve its performance, change its aesthetics, or a combination of both.
Doc Shepherd
George Corbyn "Doc" Shepherd (13 May 1900 – October 1986) was a British racing driver. Jeff Uren and Doc Shepherd are British Touring Car Championship Champions, British Touring Car Championship drivers and English racing drivers.
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Elva (car manufacturer)
Elva was a sports and racing car manufacturing company based in Bexhill, then Hastings and Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
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Exeter
Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.
Ford Cortina
The Ford Cortina is a medium-sized family car manufactured and marketed initially by Ford of Britain, and then Ford of Europe in various body styles from 1962 to 1982, over five generations.
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Ford Essex V6 engine (UK)
The Ford Essex V6 engine is a 60° V6 engine built between 1966 and 1988 by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom and until 2000 in South Africa although mostly in the Ford engine plant of Dagenham, Essex, which gave the engine its name.
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Ford Falcon (North America)
The Ford Falcon is a model line of cars that was produced by Ford from the 1960 to 1970 model years.
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Ford GT40
The Ford GT40 is a 1960s high-performance endurance racing car designed and built for and by the Ford Motor Company "Ford GT" (for Grand Touring) project, an effort to compete in European long-distance sports car races, against Scuderia Ferrari, which had won the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race from 1960 to 1965.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Jeff Uren and Ford Motor Company are car brands.
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Ford Pinto engine
The Ford Pinto engine was the unofficial name for a four-cylinder internal combustion engine built by Ford Europe.
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Ford Prefect
The Ford Prefect is a line of British cars which was produced by Ford UK between 1938 and 1961 as an upmarket version of the Ford Popular and Ford Anglia small family cars.
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Ford Zephyr
The Ford Zephyr is an executive car manufactured by Ford of Britain from 1950 until 1972.
Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Formula Three
Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing.
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Formula Two
Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948.
Goodwood Circuit
Goodwood Circuit is a historic venue for both two- and four-wheeled motorsport in the United Kingdom.
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Group C
Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with Group A for touring cars and Group B for GTs.
Hanwell
Hanwell is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. It is about west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. It is the westernmost location of the London post town. Hanwell is mentioned in the Domesday Book. St Mary's Church was established in the tenth century and has been rebuilt three times since, the present church dating to 1842.
Holman-Moody
Holman-Moody is an American racecar manufacturer, marine engine manufacturer and former auto racing team.
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IOE engine
The intake/inlet over exhaust, or "IOE" engine, known in the US as F-head, is a four-stroke internal combustion engine whose valvetrain comprises OHV inlet valves within the cylinder head and exhaust side-valves within the engine block.
Jack Sears
Jack Sears (16 February 1930 – 6 August 2016) was a British race and rally driver, and was one of the principal organisers of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon. Jeff Uren and Jack Sears are British Touring Car Championship Champions, British Touring Car Championship drivers and English racing drivers.
John Wyer
John Wyer (11 December 1909 – 8 April 1989), was an English automobile racing engineer and team manager.
List of BTCC champions
The title of BTCC champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a British Touring Car Championship season.
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Lotus 23
The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car.
Lotus 30
The Lotus 30 was a racing automobile, Colin Chapman's first attempt at a large displacement sports car racing machine following the success of the more conventional tube frame Lotus 19,19b and Lotus 23., it was designed by Colin Chapman and Martin Wade, and built in 1964.
M1 motorway
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.
Mallory Park
Mallory Park is a motor racing circuit situated in the village of Kirkby Mallory, just off the A47, between Leicester and Hinckley, in central England.
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Monte Carlo Rally
The Monte Carlo Rally or Rallye Monte-Carlo (officially Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco.
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Motor Sport (magazine)
Motor Sport is a monthly motor racing magazine, founded in the United Kingdom in 1924 as the Brooklands Gazette.
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Oulton Park
Oulton Park is a hard surfaced track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England.
Rally Sweden
The Rally Sweden (Svenska rallyt), formerly the KAK-Rally, the International Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in February in Värmland, Sweden and relocated to Umeå in 2022.
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Royal Automobile Club
The Royal Automobile Club is a British private social and athletic club.
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Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston & Hornsby based in Lincoln, England, and Bucyrus-Erie based in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the latter of which had operational controlThe Amazing Story of Excavators:Volume 1.
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Shelby American
Shelby American, Inc. is an American high performance automobile company founded by driver Carroll Shelby. Jeff Uren and Shelby American are auto tuning companies.
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Shelby Daytona
The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) is an American sports-coupé.
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Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.
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Snetterton Circuit
Snetterton Circuit is a motor racing course in Norfolk, England, originally opened in 1953.
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Tommy Wisdom
Thomas Henry Wisdom (16 February 1906 – 12 November 1972) was a British motoring correspondent for the Daily Herald. Jeff Uren and Tommy Wisdom are English racing drivers.
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Total Performance
Total Performance was a global promotional advertising campaign conducted by the Ford Motor Company during the 1960s.
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Wales Rally GB
Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1958 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1958 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the inaugural season of the championship.
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1959 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1959 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the second season of the championship.
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1960 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1960 SupaTura British Saloon Car Championship was the third season of the championship.
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1961 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1961 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fourth season of the championship.
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1962 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1962 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship, was the fifth season of the championship.
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1963 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1963 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was a British motor racing series for Group 2 Touring Cars.
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1964 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 32nd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1964.
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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France.
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See also
Auto tuning companies
- AC Schnitzer
- Abarth
- Abt Sportsline
- Akira Nakai
- Alpina
- Arctic Trucks
- Audi Performance and Racing
- Brabus
- Broadspeed
- Callaway Cars
- Carrozzeria Francis Lombardi
- Dinan Cars
- Gemballa
- Giannini Automobili
- Greenwood Corvettes
- Hamann Motorsport
- Hartge
- Hennessey Performance Engineering
- Hofele-Design
- Irmscher
- Jeff Uren
- Koenig Specials
- Mansory
- Mercedes-AMG
- Mugen Motorsports
- Renault Sport
- Rieger Tuning
- Roush Performance
- Ruf Automobile
- SARD
- Saleen
- Shelby American
- Singer Vehicle Design
- Spoon Sports
- Steinmetz Opel Tuning
- Street and Racing Technology
- Styling Garage
- Sumo Power
- Turner Motorsport
British Touring Car Championship Champions
- Alain Menu
- Alec Poole
- Andrew Jordan (racing driver)
- Andy Rouse
- Ashley Sutton
- Bernard Unett
- Bill McGovern (racing driver)
- Chris Hodgetts
- Colin Turkington
- Doc Shepherd
- Fabrizio Giovanardi
- Frank Biela
- Frank Gardner (racing driver)
- Frank Sytner
- Gabriele Tarquini
- Gordon Shedden
- Jack Sears
- James Thompson (racing driver)
- Jason Plato
- Jeff Uren
- Jim Clark
- Joachim Winkelhock
- John Cleland (racing driver)
- John Fitzpatrick (racing driver)
- John Love (racing driver)
- John Whitmore (racing driver)
- Laurent Aïello
- Matt Neal
- Richard Longman
- Rickard Rydell
- Robb Gravett
- Roy Pierpoint
- Tim Harvey
- Tom Ingram
- Will Hoy
- Win Percy
- Yvan Muller
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Uren
, Total Performance, Wales Rally GB, World War II, 1958 British Saloon Car Championship, 1959 British Saloon Car Championship, 1960 British Saloon Car Championship, 1961 British Saloon Car Championship, 1962 British Saloon Car Championship, 1963 British Saloon Car Championship, 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans.