Harry Firth
Harry L. Firth (18 April 1918 - 27 April 2014) was an Australian racing driver and team manager. Firth was a leading race and rally driver during the 1950s and 1960s and continued as an influential team manager with first the Ford works team and then the famed Holden Dealer Team (HDT) well into the 1970s.[1] He was born in Orbost, Victoria.
Firth died from natural causes, aged 96.
Harry Firth Media
A Ford Falcon XL built up as a tribute to the car which was driven by Firth and Bob Jane to "First across the line" in the 1962 Armstrong 500
A "race replica" of the Ford XR Falcon GT driven to victory in the 1967 Gallaher 500 by Harry Firth and Fred Gibson
References
- ↑ Geoffrey Harris (2009-05-25). "MOTORSPORT: Harry 'The Fox' Firth dies at 96". Motoring.com.au. Retrieved 2014-04-28.