Racing Škoda 1101 at the Brno exhibition grounds
The social sports enterprise Brno Revival Mezi pavilony will present the noble beauty of sports and racing vehicles in motion on July 15 and 16. Among several dozens of sports or racing cars and motorcycles, the audience will also be presented with a Škoda 1101 racing car built in the early 1950s by František Kameš.
Škoda 1101 Sport sports cars built on the lightweight and shortened Škoda Tudor chassis were presented to the public on September 25, 1949 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno. Jaroslav Netušil won the city of Brno prize in the class up to 1100 cc and Václav Bobek was second in the class up to 1500 cc. Throughout the 1950s, the Škoda factory team lived in the former Aero repair shop on Minská Street during the Brno Grand Prix. Before the war, the establishment belonged to the Kameš family, who were allowed to live here. At the time, František Kameš was the national champion in sports car races up to 750 cc. But his name appears on the results lists of many other races, during which he gained experience and expanded the circle of his friends, who eventually helped him build his own car.
The construction of his racing Škoda was similar to the factory car, and he consulted Václav Bobek senior on many details. His friends from Mladá Boleslav helped him significantly with the construction of the car, but for example, the well-known Brno plumber Heger tapped the entire bodywork. The frame is shortened from a Škoda Tudor, the springs have fewer leaves, a V-head engine with two Solex carburettors, a straight gear gearbox. Unlike the factory Škoda, this car has a different engine mount, different seat anchorage, and a one-piece floor.
The first known race where František Kameš showed up with a new car was the Czech Moravian Highlands Prize, which was held in Jihlava in July 1955. Kameš finished second behind Jaroslav Vlček. In the following years, Kameš took part in many races throughout the country with alternating success. It is worth mentioning, for example, the victory in Ostrava at the end of September 1957, which was the only first place for a Škoda car in the domestic championship that year. The last known race of František Kameš in the Škoda 1100 was in June 1959 at the Speedway Road Circuit in Mladá Boleslav, where he finished in third place. At that time, however, he was more involved in car competitions and often traveled abroad with the factory team from Mladá Boleslav. František Kameš died suddenly in December 1960.
The racing Škoda 1101 was bought by a novice racer, Vladimír Kutra from Přáslavice, who competed with it in the national sports car championships between 1961 and 1963. In 1972, Mr. Václav Kubíček became the owner of the car, who will also present it at the Brno Revival Between Pavilions.
