Jack Myers, ARDC Member #3
A true legend in the history of Australian motor racing and motor trade, and often referred to as Australia’s first Holden Hero, Jack was a very influential figure in our own history at The Australian Racing Drivers’ Club (ARDC), custodians of Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek.
“Jumping Jack” was Member #3, and served as ARDC our Vice President for four years. He was also the President of the Vintage Sports Car Club of Australia.
Many in our Club would know Jack for his cars; he started out racing in 1953, not long after the inception of the ARDC, with a cream coloured ’48 Series Holden Sedan, quickly becoming known as Australia’s fastest Holden.
He then took a Cooper Bristol to new mechanical heights along with Sydney-based engineer Merv Waggott, developing a twin-cam cylinder head for a Holden six, and shoe-horning it into the now-renamed ‘WM Cooper’, for Waggott Myers.
Not content with that feat, he then developed a Mark 4 Cooper with two Triumph Thunderbird engines and supercharged them for a hillclimb car. The man was extraordinary.
While we lost Jack to a motor racing accident at Catalina Park in Katoomba in 1962, he made an indelible mark on our Club and on motor racing in Australia in his 44 years.
The ARDC is proud to name our premier Hub function space the Jack Myers Room.
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