The Roaring Season

by **Roger Dowding** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:31 am

Latest issue of AMC #90 is out and an article about the success of Chrysler Valiants and Chargers in NZ, ..

copied here, only 3 pages..
plus the top photo.. L Leonard .. the best !!.

the article.. hope it is cropped correctly .. bloody scanners !! .

If it does not look good, either buy the mag or let me know, and will try again.. Big day and had a couple of Moosehead Lagers tonight, from Canada, available in Brisbane, first time since about 1990 .. as they say " Hang Loose with the Moose " .. head Lager ..

cheers

Roger

by **Roger Dowding** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:15 am

AMC issue 89 is out now..

from the back page ;, Oran Park did it in 1986, Pukekohe did it in 1966..

by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:32 am

Roger Dowding wrote:Australian Muscle Car latest issue No 83, out this week in Australia, watch out for it.

And now the lost magazine has returned Auto Action is back see Post #67

by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:31 am

Auto Action which was sold and ceased publishing with issue # 1688 in May 2016, has returned, new publishers, new / old format, fortnightly and with Race Results, just got the latest issue. July 21 - August 3. #1689
The Cover - must get a larger capacity scanner this only does A4, didn't think of it when I shelled out the Dollars ..

Letters and the Editors comments about resuming publication, Hope they go well.

by **Roger Dowding** » Sun May 22, 2016 7:14 am

Australian " Auto Action " has just ceased publishing after 45 years, the publication name has been sold to a big group, but no indication that it will survive, started going backwards when the stopped putting the weekend results in and published on a Thursday, to being on the shelf on a Monday, with nothing of the recent racing.
Interesting at the time it started Motorman had been going for a number of years, Allan Dick's " Auto News " was around, the NZ Hot Rod magazine the longest running Automotive magazine, apart from the AA members only publication had been going since the 1960's [ correct me here !! could be a bit wrong there.

Here is the front page, I haven't read much of it yet !!. Couldn't scan as reduced so in two parts .. overlaps, sorry.

by **Grant Sprague** » Fri May 13, 2016 7:39 pm

khyndart in CA wrote:I was at Baypark in Dec. 1975.
If you look closely at the crowd past the F5000 field you might see a young Grant Sprague drinking beers with his mates, out of sight from his dad !

Grant,
You never replied to this photo. Was I right or wrong ?

Is that the same Keith who had a beautiful light blue Mini Cooper that drove past Summit Service Station after 5 pm each work day ?

(Ken H)

Yes , oddly enough I was at B / Park that year I was up from Timaru racing in GTX...... I had heard lots about Bay Park & Mr Peter Hanna..... was a warm weekend I think it was the finals for the season , little did I know about 6 yrs later I was to move to Tauranga not only because of the weather & B/Park but to be with my big brother , Gary had a car yard with a beaut work shop on the site , Gary taught me a few things but before I could get my own licence Gary moved to the Gold Coast , I had learnt enough by this time sold my little hunts home unit & cars & got my licence, Roly Levis bought Gary's car yard so I moved into one about 3 k,s down to wards town .... a bit long winded lol..... Tauranga was a great place to live but is becoming a little like Auckland , we live in the country & takes about 15 to 20 mins to get to the city so its not that bad ..PS re Keith , I would think is was for sure he had an Austin Healey 3000 as well.

by **Grant Sprague** » Fri May 13, 2016 9:06 am

Yes replied ..... but did not show up ... will try & repost Ken tomorrow ....thanks mate

by **Kevin Hirst** » Thu May 12, 2016 8:16 pm

khyndart in CA wrote:I was at Baypark in Dec. 1975.
If you look closely at the crowd past the F5000 field you might see a young Grant Sprague drinking beers with his mates, out of sight from his dad !

Grant,
You never replied to this photo. Was I right or wrong ?

Is that the same Keith who had a beautiful light blue Mini Cooper that drove past Summit Service Station after 5 pm each work day ?

(Ken H)

Keith was a very active member of the TVCC way back, always had nice cooper S gave it heaps too.

by **John McKechnie** » Thu May 12, 2016 3:20 am

Ken- I had an original light blue Mini Cooper in 1990, it had a white roof......could this be the same one?

by **khyndart in CA** » Thu May 12, 2016 3:15 am

I was at Baypark in Dec. 1975.
If you look closely at the crowd past the F5000 field you might see a young Grant Sprague drinking beers with his mates, out of sight from his dad !

Grant,
You never replied to this photo. Was I right or wrong ?

Is that the same Keith who had a beautiful light blue Mini Cooper that drove past Summit Service Station after 5 pm each work day ?

(Ken H)

by **Grant Sprague** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:28 am

khyndart in CA wrote:Roger,
Your job is to count how many are in the crowd in this photo ! ( I am recycling the "shoebox" )
Thanks for all your inputs.
Baypark Saloon Car event. Dec. 1975
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(Ken Hyndman photo )

This is a god pik of a Tauranga car club icon Keith Madgwick [spelling sir name] The little guy on the right, he helped Peter Hanna often in the time keepers box , also helped with the local club events , sadly Keith past away a few years ago , he had some very cool cars ..........

by **TonyG** » Wed May 11, 2016 12:00 pm

khyndart in CA wrote:Does this photo clarify anything ? Look closely at the wide side stripes compared to the Woolf Escort.
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The old MkI Cortina is that of Peter Wall, and running a 351 V8.

Check this Roaring Season thread.
http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?822-1975-Bay-Park-Big-Bangers&highlight=Baypark+1975

I was there that day taking my photos from the back of the white Bedford tow truck with the blue roof in this photo. (I can almost see me ! )

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(Ken Hyndman )

You are indeed correct about the stripes being the difference. The shot in post 44 shows the Woolf car with narrow stripes above wheel arch at extreme left next to the Hart Escort however the car in the 2nd shot in post 47 is not the Woolf Escort as can be seen by the wider stripes right down the guards. I wrongly assumed that the Escort had fallen behind the Hart car as it is no longer in the picture - I wonder where it went as the rest of the field appears to still be holding station as per the shot in post 44. Different heat as Nazer Victor is further back on grid. My bad!

by **GD66** » Wed May 11, 2016 7:47 am

Ost wrote:Baypark was always special to me, my Aunt and Uncle owned the adjacent campground for a few years.

A summer goldmine ! I've had a couple of big Christmas hols Saturday nights in there, Bay Park provided a great boost for all sorts of associated businesses, including some tacky evening sessions at Willow Park... :cool:

by **SPman** » Wed May 11, 2016 6:33 am

khyndart in CA wrote:[ATTACH=CONFIG]34601[/ATTACH]
The old MkI Cortina is that of Peter Wall, and running a 351 V8.

(Ken Hyndman )

Aah - not our old 2 door Cortina (CE6670)

by **Ost** » Tue May 10, 2016 5:12 am

Baypark was always special to me, my Aunt and Uncle owned the adjacent campground for a few years.

by **Grant Sprague** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:33 am

Very cool photos mate thank you

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:47 am

Does this photo clarify anything ? Look closely at the wide side stripes compared to the Woolf Escort.

The old MkI Cortina is that of Peter Wall, and running a 351 V8.

Check this Roaring Season thread.
http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?822-1975-Bay-Park-Big-Bangers&highlight=Baypark+1975

I was there that day taking my photos from the back of the white Bedford tow truck with the blue roof in this photo. (I can almost see me ! )

(Ken Hyndman )

by **TonyG** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:11 am

Rod Grimwood wrote:White with purple stripe (looks black in photo) would be Alan Woolf I think.

Agree with you Rod - Allan Woolf. Def Escort not Cortina Sponsored by Mac Mufflers. Won the class championship with it if I remember correctly.

by **Rod Grimwood** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:20 am

White with purple stripe (looks black in photo) would be Alan Woolf I think.

by **spinner32** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:23 am

Marty wrote:I agree , Collins, Coachman sponsored Cortina, also in this one is Brent Bullivant and Bill Leckie.

No idea on the white car with black stripe.

I think that you will find that it is Bruce Bellis in the ex Collins Cortina. As Bruce owned the Coachman Steakhouse it seems likely. Bruce converted the car from the 4 headlight GT grill that Clyde had fitted to the square headlight grill. He also changed the car from Ford to Chev power
The Mk 1 Cortina is a chap Wall from Taupo if I recall correctly. It had 351 power

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