The Roaring Season

by **Michael Clark** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:22 am

PM'd you back...I hope!

by **Frosty5** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:10 am

Michael, have PM'd you

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:08 pm

Michael,
It certainly looks like they raced hard and were separated by just over a second after 49 laps of Brands Hatch.
It must have been fun to watch as a spectator.

by **Michael Clark** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:43 am

Chris rated that race as one of the hardest and most memorable scraps he ever had.

by **khyndart in CA** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:40 pm

It is sadly ironic that Chris Amon and Jack Sears passed away within a few days of each other this past week.
They had competed briefly against each other back in 1964 during the Guards Trophy race at Brands Hatch in their Shelby Cobras.

Jack Sears leading Chris Amon at Brands Hatch. 1964

(Ken Hyndman ) Note how well NZ was represented in these race results.

by **Shoreboy57** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:22 pm

Great article in Motor Sport covering the breadth of success Chris had - much of it too often overlooked in the "best driver not to win a F1 GP" story

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/chris-amon-history-wins

by **Kwaussie** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:04 pm

Very nice photo.

by **duncan fox** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:38 am

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Chris Amon on Wednesday 3rd August. Chris has been our Patron for nearly 20 years and we have always enjoyed his support, wise words and fun comments over all that time. Our deepest sympathy is with his lovely wife Tish and all the family. It was always a pleasure to work with Chris at the various functions and NZFMR Festivals and especially at the Chris Amon Festival back in 2011.

I attach a YouTube link of film footage taken by Murray Maunder of Vision Productions in our Bruce McLaren marquee at the Chris Amon Festival. Murray has filmed with and for the Trust for over 15 years - it is at times like this that the special historic value of all his wonderful filming is greatly appreciated and valued.

The Trustees and all at the Bruce McLaren Trust

Bruce McLaren Trust

cid:[email protected]

The Chris Amon link

https://youtu.be/vwOSGEQu9gw

by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:16 pm

Two images of Chris.
First one shows him waiting on the dummy grid at the first NZGP at Pukekohe, Jan 1963, just ahead of Angus Hyslop.
( Peter Greenslade photo )

The next is 5 years later at Sandown Park when Chris Amon and Jim Clark spoiled us with marvelous racing during the 1968 Tasman Series.
Little did we realize it was never going to be the same again. Great memories.
Notice how far back the rest of the field was. These two were in a class of their own.

(Ken Hyndman scrapbook )

by **seaqnmac27** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:45 pm

A sad loss, although perhaps a happy release given the insidious nature of the Big C, unfortunately his career was really over before I was even around so, all I had to go on was the legend, however Autosport has now gone and proven what we all knew, he was, by any measurement, the unluckiest driver of all time, Nick Heidfeld tops him in 2 areas, however, overall, a great Kiwi, and the unluckiest driver of all time.

http://www.autosport.com/premium/feature/7122/who-is-formula-1-unluckiest-driver

by **Kwaussie** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:50 pm

Few more. These from David Castelhano

by **Kwaussie** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:53 am

Another

by **Kwaussie** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:49 am

Ferrari factory photo of CAA - copyby ed-niles

by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:41 am

Vintage Motorsports online newsletter issued 4th August USA time, has a tribute to Chris ;
Go to " http://www.vintagemotorsport.com/ "

" http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102444951134&ca=2739f08b-5c47-45ca-b3cb-fe118f1f3f62 "

The online newsletter is worth getting and it is free..

by **kiwi285** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:10 am

Certainly one of the great Kiwi drivers of all time and as with all of them totally at ease talking to anyone who wanted to ask questions and absolutely no ego problems. A sad time for Kiwi motorsport.

by **John B** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:38 pm

No doubt most people would have already seen this Chris Amon interview with Peter Windsor back in January 2011 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWWNaJKfYk ... a great insight into Chris' thoughts about his racing career.

by **Ross** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:56 am

A very sad loss to the world of motorsport, especially downunder.
A great driver and ambassador for the sport.
My first memories of Chris were his appearance at the April 2, 1960 meeting in Levin.
He was entered in his Austin A40 Special, not the highest performing, or prettiest car on the program, but it was the start of a wonderful career.
A little bit of trivia: The program for that 1960 event listed Chris as C.Amos!

by **Shoreboy57** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 3:10 am

Ray Bell wrote:I neglected to mention in my earlier post...

Chris took the fight to Frank Matich at those '68 Tasman meetings in Australia, their close encounters with Chris driving the Ferrari and Frank in the Repco-engined SR3 will live long in my memory!

He was beaten each time, but nobody ever came so close to Frank and the sight of them one each side of Peter Caldwell's little Tojiero Climax as they approached the Causeway braking area, grass clippings flying from the wheels of both cars, is absolutely unforgettable.

One of just two drivers who ever pushed Matich to his limits.

Some good coverage of Amon v Matich here https://primotipo.com/tag/1967-spa-1000km/

by **Ray Bell** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:08 am

I neglected to mention in my earlier post...

Chris took the fight to Frank Matich at those '68 Tasman meetings in Australia, their close encounters with Chris driving the Ferrari and Frank in the Repco-engined SR3 will live long in my memory!

He was beaten each time, but nobody ever came so close to Frank and the sight of them one each side of Peter Caldwell's little Tojiero Climax as they approached the Causeway braking area, grass clippings flying from the wheels of both cars, is absolutely unforgettable.

One of just two drivers who ever pushed Matich to his limits.

by **John H** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:03 am

Very well said. I also watched him booming out of the hairpin at Ardmore that day. What a great ambassador for our little country.

The Roaring Season

RIP Chris Amon

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