The Roaring Season

by **TonyG** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:05 am

Nice shots !

by **225sloper** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:37 pm

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by **Oldfart** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:36 pm

Yes, but a good percentage were Johns!

Steve Holmes wrote:This thread has only been running 2 weeks, and has had over 7,500 views..............and counting!

by **225sloper** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:34 pm

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by **225sloper** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:24 pm

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by **fullnoise68** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:38 am

Both weekends now loaded on Groundsky Photography, some excellent photos on there for those interested.

by **Shano** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:24 pm

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by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:21 pm

Brilliant Shano! There is no such thing as too many photos!

by **Shano** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:20 pm

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by **Shano** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:16 pm

Hope you guys don't mind a few more images - couldn't resist the mighty spin

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by **John B** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:09 am

Alan Hyndman wrote:Here's a link to Mark Holman's report of the Festival on the Classic and Sports Car magazine's website:

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/historic-motor-sport/michael-takes-the-lyons-share-at-hampton-downs-festival?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=CLAS%20email%20newsletter%20(28.01.2014)&utm_content=read_more_article_3

Nice to see some overseas exposure. Let's hope it attracts some international entries for 2015.

by **CUSTAXIE50** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:10 am

I was in Hawera on tuesday picking a motor up this time,and i stopped in at the work shop in Wanganui where the Custaxie is,they are getting the car ready for the Skope Classic and are taking the car down there today,and the driver is flying down later in the week.I think they are getting there with this car with all the work that they have done to it,they have looked at the motor and have it running better last time i talked to the driver at Manfeild ,they have fitted a fan to the car to get more air through the radiator to get it to run cooler last time i saw it at Manfeild it was pushing some water out.all the best to all who have worked on this car getting it up to speed for this weekend .as we all know heat kills any motor if you push it hard and this one is an old piece of iron today, and sometimes it takes a lot of work to get it to live as a race motor heres hoping they have a good run this weekend.

by **Alan Hyndman** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:21 am

Here's a link to Mark Holman's report of the Festival on the Classic and Sports Car magazine's website:

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/historic-motor-sport/michael-takes-the-lyons-share-at-hampton-downs-festival?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=CLAS%20email%20newsletter%20(28.01.2014)&utm_content=read_more_article_3

by **Rod Grimwood** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:42 pm

We are still going down to the Scope meeting at Ruapuna this weekend to have a good watch and keep an eye on a couple of the boy's and the teams. See you there ladies and gents.

by **Rod Grimwood** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:56 pm

Shoreboy57 wrote:Never good to see an accident at an historic meet. Does anyone have an update on Brent Willis and his Lola after the crash on Sunday?

Brett is ok, his shins took a hit but he is a tough bugger and said all is ok. On chatting with Brett on Monday morning he said he had no belt marks etc and that the Hanz device worked brilliantly in that his head was not jolted and the belts over shoulder were absorbed by it.

Brett was unfortunately just along for the ride after hitting the oil. Also it was a angled/glancing blow (still bloody hard hit). Brett had just set his quickest time and was going for it and after starting from back of grid (after missing qualifying and problem in 1st race) he was in 5th and closing in fast. The car will need a lot of work, but this has been discussed with the wizards and it will be time now.

On behalf of the Willis Team, thank you to all who came to check on Brett and for the support you offered to all of us at this time, this is appreciated .

by **Jizim** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:38 pm

Shoreboy57 wrote:Never good to see an accident at an historic meet. Does anyone have an update on Brent Willis and his Lola after the crash on Sunday?

Yes Brett came out ok and uninjured thank the Good Lord....after hitting a sheet of oil from another car he tagged the wall and the car sustained a minor amount of damage that will be attended to presently. We all wish this super star and his family operated crew well for the next round. Kind regards, Tony Rutherford.

by **timbo61** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:40 am

I hope my comments on catch fencing don't sound too negative. Its just a sign of the times that they exist and only requires one stray wheel ending up in the crowd to prove its worth.
In Australia we are blessed that at just about all tracks we can rest our elbows on top of the fencing and watch the racing and take plenty of photos of the action.

by **Shoreboy57** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:58 am

Never good to see an accident at an historic meet. Does anyone have an update on Brent Willis and his Lola after the crash on Sunday?

by **John McKechnie** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:53 am

Fullnoise68-Absolutely agree you were all of the above, and you also looked after my boy Scotty when he was on the hunt for some oil.

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