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What I Know...
Ed Zink built an H-modified class car called
a "Petite" (as Mustang was to Ford; it was the
kind of Zink racecar). It used Jabro body work
and was powered by an 850cc DKW engine which was
specially purchased from the factory. At the
time it was one of five racing engines imported
into the US.
Going through the old SCCA magazines I have
found there were possibly 3 different Petites
raced in 1962 & 63, two different
cars by William (Bill) Greer and one by T. Van
Hoozier. According to the classified
ad in the SCCA mag. there was a Mk1
(probably the car for 1962) and a Mk2 (the 63
championship car, #87).
It is possible that the Mk2 (#87) did not
sell and was raced the 1964 season.Tom
Watts and Bill Greer both drove a Petite at
least once in 1964. Confusing year. Could Bill
have taken over Tom Watts car? Or did Bill have
the Mk2 and Tom the Mk1?
In 1964 J. Whaley made it to the regionals in
a Petite finishing 9th (know idea which car Mk1
or 2 car, was numbered #86) .
In mid 1964 car #87 was sold to Malcolm
Donaldson who raced it from late 1964 until
1967. The car during that period was prepared by
a man named Joe Virog who worked on it and
modified it for my Mr. Donaldson who won quite a
few races with it but it broke one to many times
and he sold it in 1967. The car went thru a
number of owners until it came up for sale in
1985 when Mr. Donaldson bought it back and gave
it to his son, Hamilton. Unfortunately the car
was in extremely poor condition when he got it.
It needs a totally new frame. The body work was
a Jabro which also had taken a real beating.
Hamilton hopes to restore the car soon.
Tom Watts went to regionals in 1965 in a
Petite (DNFed). I am guessing Whaley sold it to
Watts because they both used the same 86 car
number.
Here is an incomplete list of results I have
found by going through the SCCA magazines:
|
date
|
driver
|
car #
|
notes
|
points/placement
|
|
Nov. 13, 1960
|
Tommy Van Hoosier (listed in the official program as both Bill and Tommy with #68)
|
#68
|
1960 SCCA National Championships
Daytona Inter. Raceway Florida
|
DNF
|
|
Aug. 20, 1961
|
Bill Greer
|
#86
|
1961 National Races (Indy Raceway Park)
|
1, 6th in HMod, 14th oveall
|
|
Sept 9-10, 1961
|
Tommy Van Hoosier
|
#?
|
1962 Final National Championship point standings
|
8, (tied for 7th)
|
|
Sept 9-10, 1961
|
Bill Greer
|
#?
|
1962 Final National Championship point standings
|
1, (tied for 21st)
|
|
Apr. 29, 1962
|
Tommy Van Hoosier
|
#87
|
Nationals: President's Cup (VIR)
|
2nd in HMod, 14th overall
|
|
Apr. 29, 1962
|
Bill Greer
|
#86
|
Nationals: President's Cup (VIR)
|
DNF
|
| May 12, 1962 |
"Ed" |
? |
Ashville/Hendersonville |
DNF (blown engine while leading-too lean) |
| May 27, 1962 |
Tommy Van Hoosier |
? |
Stuttgart, AK |
DNF (head gasket) |
| May 27, 1962 |
? |
? |
Stuttgart, AK |
possible other driver that took 2nd, notes are not clear |
|
Aug. 4-5, 1962
|
Tommy Van Hoosier
|
#87
|
Wisconsin Grand Prix
|
DNF
|
| July 1, 1962 |
"Ed and Tommy" |
? |
Courtland, AL (long course) |
"took 1, 2nd & 3, 1st" (Ed's notes are not clear, possibly overtook 1 car to finish 2nd, etc.) |
|
Sept. 2, 1962
|
Tommy Van Hoosier
|
#?
|
Courtland, AL
|
rain
1st in HMod, 2nd overall
1962 regional point standings after race: 10 pts
|
|
Sept. 16, 1962
|
Tommy Van Hoosier
|
#87
|
point standings
|
1962 Final National Championship point standings - 8 pts (tied for 9th)
|
| March 3, 1963 |
Tommy (and possibly Ed) |
? |
Fernandina Beach |
"took 1-1st & 2-3rd" (Ed's notes are not clear, possibly overtook 1 car to finish 1st, etc.) |
|
Apr. 7, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
?
|
President's Cup (Marlboro Md.)
|
1st in HMod, 3rd overall
|
|
Apr. 27, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
VIR National Cup
|
1st in HMod, 7th overall
|
|
May, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
Cumberland National (Cumberland
Md.)
|
3rd in HMod, 8th overall
|
|
June 23, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
Road America
|
DNF (hit by Bates and blew a tire)
|
|
July 6-7, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
Lake Garnett Gran Prix
|
2nd in HMod, 2nd overall
|
|
Aug. 3-4, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
Meadowdale National (Carpentersville
Ill.)
|
qualifing: 2nd in HMod
race: 1st in HMod, 1st overall
|
|
Aug. 24, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
7th Annual Glen Classic (Watkins
Glen)
|
2nd in HMod, 6th overall
|
|
Sept. 2, 1963
|
Bill Greer
|
#87
|
N. England Region National Races
(Thompson Conn.)
|
DNF
|
|
June, 1964
|
Thomas Watts
|
?
|
SE. Divison standings
|
6 points
|
|
July 18-19, 1964
|
J. Whaley
|
#86
|
Regionals (VIR)
|
DNF
|
|
Aug. 1, 1964
|
Bill Greer
|
?
|
SE. Divison final
|
6 points
|
|
Oct. 17 & 31, 1964
|
Mal. Donaldson
|
#83
|
Nationals (Line Rock)
|
not specified
|
| July 1965 |
Thomas D. Watts |
#86 |
Regionals |
4th |
|
Oct. 16-17, 1965
|
Tom Watts
|
#86 (MkI?)
|
Goblin's Go Regionals (VIR)
|
DNF
|
| Apr. 1966 |
Tom Watts |
#86
(Zink Mk I) |
Nationals |
DNF |
| Apr. 1966 |
John Gordon
(Rockaway, NJ) |
#67
(Zink-Ford: FM) |
Nationals |
DNF |
| Oct. 1967 |
Hurshel Wiginton
(Hermitage, Tenn.) |
#87
(Zink-Alfa: FM) |
Regionals |
? |
Log Book Pages
 Number of HM starters in 1962 and 1963
Zink Petite MkII Team info "page 2"*
Road America 6/63 and year's over all record for the Zink team.
Zink Petite MkII Team info "page 3"*
Stuttgart AK 5/62, Ashville-Hendersonville, 5/62, VIR 4/62.
Zink Petite MkII Team info "page 4"*
Fernandia Beach 3/63, Courtland AL 9/62, Coutland AL 7/62.
Zink Petite MkII Team info "page 5"*
Cumberland 5/63, VIR 4/63, Marlboro MD 4/63.
* the pages were not named in any order, only the order in which they were scanned.
"Of this 28 car field, three were the
mysterious H Modifieds (are there any two alike,
Martin?) and slinking into first for the only
trophy was the Zink Petite of W.C. Greer
followed two places later at ninth overall by
Kaye Hier's Bobsy I. (Corky Willis' Fiat Abarth
never saw the finish.) A subversive survey of
the little old men in this class reveals that
many do not plan to graduate from last year's
750 cc's to the 850 cc department. Number one,
it's a little tough on the purse strings and
number two, some feel it not too equitable a
step, suspecting that Glenn Baldwin's 750 cc
national championship last year was a victory
over some 850 boys. Illegal cars in SCCA? Oh
tosh."
Today's Motor Sports, August 1963
VIR 1963 Spring Nationals
Article by Donna Mae Mims
Photos
A good, clean photo
of the car
from the family album, the date stamp on it says
Aug. 1963
Photo of Bill Greer
leading John Igleheart in a OSCA.
Thompson Raceway
from Sports Car Magazine, October 1963
(page 10)
Ready to go at
Thompson Raceway
photo "borrowed" from Cold
Plugs.com
1963 Championship
Article
from local newspaper: Knoxville (Tennessee)
News Sentinel, September 1963
Article about "local boys", Bill Greer and Ed
Zink winning the 1963 SCCA championship and
mention of "new" car coming in 1964. Good photo
of Bill and Ed.
Classified Ad
selling the car(s)
from Sports Car Magazine, October 1963
(page 41)
"DKWV-Journal"
3/64 and 18/64 issue of "Club" (DKW
newsletter)
This car ("Zink-Special") has a 850cc DKW-engine
and won last years american championship in his
class (until 850cc) with driver Bill Greer. The
engine was prepared by Mantzel/Ingolstadt. The
chassis is made of tube-frames. It has
independent wheel suspension and a fibreglas
bodywork is fitted. Weight of the whole car is
less than 320 kilograms! In this years
competition the car is driven by Malcolm
Donaldson. If he will win the 1964
SCCA-championship is not determined yet.
-sent by Jrg Lindner
Jabro Mk1-3 sales brochure (Yahoo won't allow
links to the photos so these photos are taken
from the H-mod
Yahoo groups. Thank you Yahoo.)
Letter from Ed to DKW thanking them for
award.
 MkIII closeup photos (at least I believe them to be...they were in the stack of other Zink photos, but do not say "Zink", only "MkIII")
 Another photo in the same batch... possibly the same car.
Other Info
Photo by Gerald
Eckstein, VIR - 1963 April SCCA Nationals
T. Van Hoozier (car #87) raced and finished 2
in class at Nationals in a Zink Petite in 1962.
See
link.
and Main
link
After Bill Owned the car...
According to this
link says a J. Whaley (car #86) raced
it at regionals July 18-19, 1964
This
link says that Tom Watts (East
Tennessee Region, car #86) raced it at regionals
October 16-17, 1965
A tip from this
link says Bill Fleming, a RMVR
member, may be a good contact.
Anyone having ANY information about this car,
please email .
March 2003
The car you have been looking for I
have. The car was purchased in 1964 by my father
Malcolm Donaldson. He raced it from late 1964
until 1967. The car during that period was
prepared by a man named Joe Virog who worked on
it and modifeied it for my father, Dadwon quite
a few races with it but it broke one to many
times and he sold it in 1967. The car went thru
a number of owners until it came up for sale in
1985 when my father bought it back and gave it
to me. Unfortunately the car was in extremely
poor condition when I got it. It needs a totally
new frame. The body work was a Jabro which also
had taken a real beating. I hope to retore the
car soon but time and money!
I have a library of the car when my after
raced it and the original plans . The car is
powered by a DKW engine which was specially
purchased from the factory. I have the letters
from Ed Zink to DKW. It was one of five racing
engines imported into this country.
Sincerely,
Hamilton Donaldson
Photo
of Malcolm Donaldson at Thompson
The
start at Thompson
  
Related Links:
Sports Racer Network's Photo pages
Sports-Racer-net's Petite Info (many photos by Donaldson of the car)
DKW
& Auto Union Factory Engine
Specifications
DKW
Club (US)
Photos
of Ed Zink's later DSR car on the Sports
Racer Network
Photo of Bill driving a Zink Formula V
Another (last car in the line)
And another
And another
Photos of many of the Formula V styles with Zink info
 A scan of the Zink Vee magazine ad
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