The Mildren name was used on a series of racing vehicles constructed for, or acquired by, Australian racing team owner Alec Mildren during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Mildren Maserati

The Mildren Maserati was a one-off sports car which was built in 1964, utilizing a clone of a

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chassis with components from a

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and a 2.9 litre Maserati Type 61 engine.Rennmax, www.oldracingcars.com
Retrieved on 15 December 2012 The chassis was constructed by Bob Britton, who also produced racing cars under the

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name.Alec Mildren Rennmax Maserati, www.motorsportarchive.com
Retrieved on 15 December 2012 The car was driven to victory in the 1965 Victorian Sports Car Championship by Kevin Bartlett. It was also favoured to win the 1965 Australian Tourist Trophy in the hands of Frank Gardner, but it failed to start the race after an engine failure in a preliminary heat. The Mildren Maserati was sold to

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n Ross Ambrose in 1966 and was subsequently fitted with a 2.2-litre

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engine and raced as the Rennmax-Climax. In 1969 Ambrose had the car re-engined with a 4.4 litre Traco-

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powerplant and then race it as the Traco-Rennmax.

Mildren Waggott (Rennmax BN3)

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, as one of a number of cars built to the Rennmax BN3 design, which itself was derived from the

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.Rennmax BN3, www.oldracingcars.com
Retrieved on 15 December 2012 Originally powered by a 1.6 litre

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engine, the car was driven by

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in the 1969 Tasman Series and was subsequently fitted with a 1.6 litre

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. Stewart drove the car to victory in the 1969 Australian Formula 2 Championship, the 1970 Australian Formula 2 Championship and the 1971 Australian Drivers' Championship,Mildren Waggott information board image, www.flickr.com
Retrieved on 15 December 2012 with a 2.0 litre Waggott engine being used to win the third title. Stewart also won the 1972 Singapore Grand Prix with the car which was

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powered for this race.

Mildren Mono

The Mildren Mono was a

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open wheeler racing car which was designed by

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and built by

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.Old Gold, Racing Car News, May 1989, pages 88 to 91 The car debuted in 1968 at

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in the hands of Frank Gardner, powered by a 2.5 litre

V8 engine. Kevin Bartlett drove the car to victory in the 1969 Australian Drivers' Championship utilizing the Alfa Romeo engine and 4 cylinder, four valve per cylinder

engines of 1850cc and 2 litre capacity. The Mono was later raced as a

powered

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car by Ray Winter, finishing third in the rain-affected 1975 Australian Grand Prix at Surfers Paradise against a field composed primarily of "

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" cars. The car was commonly referred to as the "Yellow Submarine", due to the Mildren team cars generally being painted yellow.

Mildren Chevrolet

The Mildren Chevrolet was a Chevrolet powered

racing car, designed by

with assistance from Frank Gardner.1971 Season, www.sergent.com.au
Retrieved on 15 December 2012 The car was driven by Kevin Bartlett in the 1970 Australian Grand Prix, but failed to finish.The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, pages 346 to 352 It was also driven by Bartlett in the 1971 Tasman Series, with Bartlett placing seventh in that series.

References

Australian racecar constructors