The Roaring Season

by **BMCBOY** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:27 am

khyndart in CA wrote:Ross,
I am always amazed at your wonderful photography. This photo is so clear that my wife looked at it and said it proves that she is not the only woman that gets bored at the races because your photo shows about 4 women and approx. 30 guys in the background crowd.

(Ken Hyndman )

Cheers Ken,
If I remember rightly these Baypark meetings were usually during the height of summer at "the Mount" so most of the girlfriends and wives were happy to laze around on the beach and watch the "surfies". The lads filled a chilly bin and took off to Baypark to watch the racing, eat hot dogs and chips and generally have a good day. There wasn't a lot of shade at the track so the first thing to do on the way home was to jump into the sea for a cool off!!
I can remember a lot of competitors ending up in swimming pools also after the racing - but that's another thread all on its own......

by **khyndart in CA** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:57 am

Ross,
I am always amazed at your wonderful photography. This photo is so clear that my wife looked at it and said it proves that she is not the only woman that gets bored at the races because your photo shows about 4 women and approx. 30 guys in the background crowd.
So there you have it, your great photos are used for all sorts of reasons. The camera never lies ! (You have fans all over the world )

(Ken Hyndman )

by **BMCBOY** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:26 am

[quote="khyndart in CA"]We were all spoilt back then. No comments are needed from me.

I am always amazed at where my old photos appear....

I remember after receiving a press pass for Baypark we had to supply about six 6" X 8" prints to Peter Hanna for future press releases. His final collection must have been worth seeing!

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:26 pm

April 1995. The final flag.
Thanks to Peter and Graham and all others involved in making Baypark and all the great memories that will never be forgotten. ( note what Graeme Lawrence said about the condition of the track )..a job jolly well done !

(Ken Hyndman ..with cuttings from the Bay of Plenty Times 1995 ))

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:18 pm

If only I had a crystal ball ! Here are some Honda prices in April 1995. I could have spent $ 30,000 to buy a decent car that would not be worth much today. Apple stock at that time was about $ 5.00 per share. If I had brought 6000 shares then instead of the Honda they would have been worth about $ 4.5 million US today @ approx. $ 800.00 each before splitting etc..! I did neither, I just dream ..what if !

( Ken (the dreamer ) Hyndman )

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:07 pm

I was at this meet in Dec. 1971 and watched Graeme drive this Lola T 300. It had so much potential but sadly the Pukekohe accident ended all that.

( Ken Hyndman )

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:31 pm

Some more cuttings from the Bay of Plenty Times of the last day at Baypark Raceway. April 1995.

(Ken Hyndman scrapbook )

by **Grant Sprague** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:47 am

Not to forget Mike Thackwell & Jos Verstappen .....coming here to sharpen their pencil .... during their winter [seat time ] here in NZ ...

by **GD66** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:38 am

You can add Beechey, both Geoghegans, Moffat, Davy Jones, Roberto Moreno, Keke Rosberg, Frank Gardner, Phillipe Streiff, Allen Berg etc, all were great names at international level.

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:58 am

We were all spoilt back then. No comments are needed from me.

by **Grant Sprague** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:16 am

Thank you Ken...... I love the coloured photo of Bay Park . I could melt into it .....I am just sitting at home with my girls .& the big one lol .... having a cup of T after a beautiful meal & a red ........ Reminiscing on that pik of Bay Park .......just so cool ......Hey isn't F1 interesting at present ....... very exciting .......Thank you Ken

by **khyndart in CA** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:42 pm

April 1995. The end of an era.

(Scrapbook cutting from Bay of Plenty Times)

(Ken Hyndman )

by **khyndart in CA** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:21 pm

Hey Grant,
Here is one just for you. Thank you for thanking Peter and all those who gave us Bay Park. ( You will never know all the "stuff" I have packed in my suitcase over the years and dragged back here to Los Olivos !... I hope you don't mind me doing this.)

( Ken Hyndman )

by **Grant Sprague** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:28 pm

khyndart in CA wrote:hey Grant,
That is your uncle Leo in the # 4 PDL Mustang. How are you related ? Did you ever get to drive this magnificent machine ?
Geez they were great days at the Mount and Bay Park, although my wife thought the racing was boring after the first 2 laps and took a nap in the stands !
Perhaps it was all the racing fumes !

( Ken H )

LOL , Hi Ken from a beautiful crisp Tauranga morning, The connection with Leo ..... he & Maureen use to baby sit us kids , Leo was Dads apprentice at Sprague motors.. & it all went from there Leo is a close friend indeed, as for the PDL mustang I would have been a young teen , or starting out doing club events...at that point & time Gary was to go to UK & work for F1 , Ernie had about enough of motor racing & needed a spell , Leo was in line to be asked to drive the PDL mustang along with Graeme Baker etc a few were lucky enough to get a drive , now good friend Roy McDonald owns that car , ex SI pre 65 champ.....from Dunein....hope you & wife all good over there my good friend ........... Grant
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by **khyndart in CA** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:38 pm

hey Grant,
That is your uncle Leo in the # 4 PDL Mustang. How are you related ? Did you ever get to drive this magnificent machine ?
Geez they were great days at the Mount and Bay Park, although my wife thought the racing was boring after the first 2 laps and took a nap in the stands !
Perhaps it was all the racing fumes !

( Ken H )

by **Grant Sprague** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:13 pm

Yea Weeeeeeelll you see motor racing & beer seems to go hand in hand , as for the d....k heads [TOO PC] some I feel spoil it for others , some times back then my crew were very in control & had a few & laughs and plenty. of innocent fun ... perhaps as a bit older now I look back we pushed the boundaries , but we were all business men & were responsible........ I am a person that does not like to be dictated to by a d....k head, but I nod my head .....[under my breath I say wake up son ...get back in the real world] BUT by saying this there must still be some rules in place to stop drink driving etc.even if it saves one life as you cant put a price on that can you ????...... we have all done it.......its the young [some older] blind drunk ones the need their wings clipped....... HEY I love the NOW photo of Bay Park.. the way the new housing has all different coloured roofs to show the old area

by **Noo Noo** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:54 am

GD66 wrote:Good point Grant, the revenue that flooded into the accommodation and hospitality establishments of Tauranga and the Mount over the Xmas/New Year period when their big meetings were on would have been massive, I actually worked at Willow Park for a couple of summers in the early '80s (so after their real boom years) and on race weekends the joint was hopping even then. Let alone the Oceanside, Bayfair pub etc, bottle shops all over town and all the motorcamps. And for all the summer fun in the sun of a race day and gallons of grog consumed, I never saw a punch thrown, it was just folk having fun.
Something I doubt the dickheads of today could manage...

Gallons of grog consumed? I went to the big New Year 1971 meeting with a mate Laurie and his girlfriend. We were in our early twenties, so docile looking we would have fitted in at a bible class camp. At one point Laurie asked if I wanted a beer and pulled a couple of cans out of his bag. Before we even opened them a teenaged prat in a white coat was standing in front of us and demanding we get rid of it or he would have us evicted. Laurie had to take his cans back to his car.

by **GD66** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:49 pm

Then...

And now

by **khyndart in CA** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:59 am

The last time I went to Bay Park was at the end of 1975, almost 40 years ago. After being in England, at tracks with limited visibility,I thoroughly enjoyed being close to the track and watching cars all the way around the circuit. It was great to see the big banger saloon cars come out but my old photos do not do justice to the occasion.
This was the first time Allan Moffat was not driving a Ford.
More information on his white # 7 DeKon Monza can be found at this site.

http://www.transamcars.com/content/200/200history.pdf

My photos from that day are a bit rough but they do show the crowd size etc..great memories.

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( Ken Hyndman photos )

by **Kevin Hirst** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:34 pm

GD66 wrote:Good point Grant, the revenue that flooded into the accommodation and hospitality establishments of Tauranga and the Mount over the Xmas/New Year period when their big meetings were on would have been massive, I actually worked at Willow Park for a couple of summers in the early '80s (so after their real boom years) and on race weekends the joint was hopping even then. Let alone the Oceanside, Bayfair pub etc, bottle shops all over town and all the motorcamps. And for all the summer fun in the sun of a race day and gallons of grog consumed, I never saw a punch thrown, it was just folk having fun.
Something I doubt the dickheads of today could manage...

You say you never saw a punch thrown, I thought I read somewhere that Grimme had to sort out a few attitude problems at the park, I don't know if he knows any other way to do that.

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