The Roaring Season

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:05 pm

Am going to wind up this chapter with a shot of the beautiful Scuderia Veloce Ferrari, as raced by Andy Buchanan.

I'll be starting Part 3 of the Bill Pottinger Collection soon.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:12 pm

Aynsley Murray gets the tail way out in the Sabre at Timaru.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:10 pm

Here is Peter Stewart playing in the Teretonga sand in the Robat Mantis

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:34 am

Nice rearward shot of Graham McRae in his McLaren at Wigram in 1970.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:34 am

And a couple more of the Monaro. Love the 'Beware Dog' decal on the door!

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:32 am

Team Cambridge big bangers at Wigram in 1970.

Rod Coppins' Camaro in typical nose-up fashion.

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Grady Thomson cranking on some opposite lock in the Monaro.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:55 pm

More Begg stuff. Couple of great shots here of Barry Keene and the Begg Sports. First shot shows a cheerful looking Keene, all suited up and ready to go. Second shot has George Begg leaning into the cockpit for some final tweaking.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:27 pm

Yes, absolutely right, and well said.

by **GD66** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:48 am

It's worth mentioning that before Moore, Briggs and Mauger, Geoff Mardon was third in the world speedway championship in 1953.

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:38 am

I love this one. George Begg gets his driver Geoff Mardon and the Begg FM2 ready for action.

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:49 pm

Great stuff Woody! Many thanks. Thats a massive field of cars!

by **woody** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:31 am

Field for the 68 Tasman race.

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:55 am

A mechanic tweaks Bruce McLaren's BRM while Bruce keeps a watching eye. This is prior to the start of the Teretonga round of the 1968 Tasman Series. Jim Clark is pictured in the lower right corner.

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by **bp photos** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:15 am

Re #93 Thanks John, pleased to hear the pix are of use. I enjoyed taking the photos and can still see the moments captured in the photos quite clearly. Bill P.

by **John McKechnie** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:33 am

Bill- Your pix of Grady diving the Team Cambridge Monaro -#131 and #132 on my thread-from Wigram are absolutely superb. Those 2 pix we have next to the car and have been the biggest help in recreating the correct flare on the 4 wheel arches. Also your shots are so clear I can see exactly where the stripes start and finish and get the correct width. I am having a rear wing made using these pix, the fabricator is also impressed that he can use these.
All in all at your age of 17 (?) you and your brilliant camera have made life so much easier for me now. You were born for this task.

by **bp photos** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:15 am

[quote="Steve Holmes"]Nice shot here of Piers Courage, in the BRM in 1967 at Teretonga, which Courage also signed for Bill. Here is Bill's description of this one:

"Piers Courage tests the third (spare) BRM during practice for the 1967 Teretonga International. Courage started the race from 5th place behind Clark,Hulme,Gardner and Attwood. Courage ran as high as 3
rd in his first Tasman drive for BRM before retiring with a broken engine on lap 52. Jackie Stewart missed this race due to tyre-testing in South Africa".

Yes Steve, this was my first year of motorsport photography at the tender age of 14. Courage is accelerating in this photo and so the nose is raised. Being the spare car it did not have a number.
ESY arranged the autograph for me.The noise of the BRM V8 was amazing.

by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:21 pm

Nice shot here of Piers Courage, in the BRM in 1967 at Teretonga, which Courage also signed for Bill. Here is Bill's description of this one:

"Piers Courage tests the third (spare) BRM during practice for the 1967 Teretonga International. Courage started the race from 5[SUP]th[/SUP] place behind Clark,Hulme,Gardner and Attwood. Courage ran as high as 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] in his first Tasman drive for BRM before retiring with a broken engine on lap 52. Jackie Stewart missed this race due to tyre-testing in South Africa".

Bill, was this your first season photographing?

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by **Michael Clark** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:32 am

I first became aware of Pete de Lore in the 1970 (March or April) driver ratings. Allan Dick always had a good eye for both talent and throwing a curve ball - Avon Hyde is still proving what ARD was telling us 43 years ago.

By the way Steve - you weren't being lazy. The 10A was the 1969 F5000 McLaren - Niel Allen got a very early B - the 1970 model. The Old Racing Cars could tell anyone interested just how early.

by **Oldfart** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:50 am

Think the last photo might be more "the puckering of the ..." than whites of the eyes

by **Imp Wagon** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:31 am

What a great thread. I absolutely love all these amazing old shots. The "whites of their eyes" ones are incredible!!

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