The Roaring Season

It was great to meet you Richie and it was great to have you on board. Come to MG at Manfeild this year as it is a fantastic meeting.

Cheers
Bruce

Steve, should the opportunity arise again, I'd like to attend both rounds.
Yes I had great time, may need to buy some new tyres next time

Hi Richie, thanks for being a part of the tour. We really enjoyed having you run with us. Too bad you couldn't do Teretonga, but I hope you had a good time anyway.

Great weekend of racing at Levels with the HMC boys.
Lots of new friends made, great group of guys
Big thanks to Glenn ( sideways) Allingham for the tyres, and to Tony Mexted for the replacement front tyre after I flat spotted in Qualy.
Love to come play again ( if i'm invited back) next time your in the Mainland
Cheers Richie

Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed them.
Cheers,
Bob.

Wow Bob, your photos are awesome! Thanks so much for sharing.

I second that Ray.....

Some great pics there Bob!

To all the HMC teams that came south to Teretonga for last weekend's racing, THANK YOU.
What an awesome weekend! The weather was perfect and the HMC show was brilliant! The cars were all beautifully presented, and the drivers and crews, really friendly.
I couldn't believe how sparse the spectators were, but that was great for those of us that were watching, as you could go anywhere you wanted, and get a perfect view. Those that didn't go, missed a real treat.
Thanks again to everyone involved with the tour south, and I hope you can come back some time.

My photographic skills pale in comparison to the pictures above, but I took a few happy snaps of all the racing last weekend. If anyone is interested, they can be seen here https://www.flickr.com/photos/130757521@N07/albums/72157680457224066
Cheers,
Bob.

Alison has taken some truly amazing photos from Saturday of our first event of the South Island tour.
I had a great time and all the guys and their families also enjoyed themselves.
The hosts put on a fantastic meeting.
Thank you and good luck for next weekend at Teretonga.... I will miss you all.

Cheers
Bruce D

Thanks to Alison Hogg from Media 77 for the awesome pics from the HMC/HSC Saturday races at Timaru.

Photo by Tania Allingham as a few of the teams make their way south. The road is pretty rough apparently. Craig Horn emailed me to say he smashed two wheels/tyres on his trailer after going through a huge pothole on the St Arnard road.

I don't believe he could have got any financial help from Stalworthy the owner of Mancave, they don't come any tighter ar*(ed.

it is another half a day from Kerikeri to anywhere

Sean McCaughan is so excited he hit the road yesterday!

OK, so as we expected, several people who said they were going to go down South have since changed their minds. Meanwhile, others suffered damage and/or mechanical failures at the back-to-back Tasman Revival and NZFMR weekends and don't have the time to make the necessary repairs.

And so here is a final list of entrants for our tour:

1. Colin Dawson: Chevrolet Camaro
2. Colin Campbell: Ford Escort
3. Sean McCaughan: Ford Falcon
4. Nigel MacDonald: Ford Mustang
5. Howard Wood: BMW 2002
6. Pete Stevenson: Ford Mustang
7. Glenn Allingham: Chevrolet Camaro
8. Dennis McConnell: Ford Escort
9. Bob Hyslop: Mazda RX2
10. Tony Mexted: Ford Mustang
11. John Sampson: Ford Capri
12. Gareth Sampson: Ford Capri
13. Craig Horn: Holden Torana XU1
14. Gary Raiti: Ford Falcon
15. Neville Hills: Ford Escort

Plus:

16. Roy MacDonald: Ford Mustang

Roy MacDonald will be joining us as invitational in his 1967 Mustang, which is very close to HMC correct, but not 100%. We’ve also invited Richie Biddles with his 1970 Camaro, another car that is very close to HMC correct. I believe Richie will enter for Timaru. Roy MacDonald will only be racing with us at Timaru.

Ouch! That's a real shame. I'm in the same Mustang Club as Roger, but hadn't heard about his off. I hope he's not hurt too bad. Looks like he's still smiling in the pic, so that's a good sign.
Cheers,
Bob.