The Roaring Season

by **Ross** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:50 am

Ray, You are correct with the order of the cars on the grid.

Can you name the gents standing behind the BRM? Kerry Grant ?, Doug Lawrence?

Michael, Thanks for the correction re the STP car. Yes it is Chris's March in 1971.
A bit confusing that McRae drove an STP car in 1972, and won.

by **Michael Clark** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:40 pm

Ross, that STP car in the pits at Levin is the Chris Amon March 701 that he was soon to swap for the Lotus 70 that David Oxton had driven at Levin that day.

GM would have been in the black McLaren M10B that he went onto win the 71 Tasman title in.

by **Ray Bell** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:23 pm

The 1965 grid at Levin...

The order is not Hill, McLaren and Clark, rather it's McLaren, Hill and Clark. Behind them are Palmer, Gardner and (largely obscured) Lex Davison.

by **Ross** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:40 am

A few more from Levin

Chris Amon's Ferrari & trophy at Levin Jan 69

Graham McCrae Levin Jan. 72 ?

by **Ross** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:50 pm

few more old pics from Levin

Jackie Stewart Levin Jan 1966

Phil Hill, Bruce McLaren, Jim Clark, at Levin Jan. 1965

Repco Brabham at Levin Jan 67

Jim, Eion & Bruce at Levin Jan 1966?

by **SPman** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:09 pm

Roger Dowding wrote:You mean this one Clerk of the Course Car ..

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NZ GP meeting January 1967

That's the one. I've got a similar photo somewhere...

by **Roger Dowding** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:01 am

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I believe that this is Frank Hamlin's Mini Sprint

Swannie, certainly is ; built by Hamlin and Charles Motors and competed in the 1966 - 68 seasons great photo

by **Ross** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:06 am

The 3 pics in my post uf three days ago were all taken at Levin.
The Molyslip team was probably the first major multi car team in NZ motorsport. This pic probably March 1965.
Drivers' cars in this pic include Jack Nazer and John Ward, I think.
Car 21 I believe is Baron Robertson's Heron in 1968/69

Car 55 is Tony Gilbertson's Mini Cooper S 1964/65.

Graham McCrae in Austin Healey 100/6 Levin 1964

by **Swannie** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:22 am

I now believe that this a G Watson's Austin A40 Farina with a 998cc engine

by **Swannie** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:15 am

I believe that this is Frank Hamlin's Mini Sprint

by **Swannie** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:11 am

by **Milan Fistonic** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:17 am

Swannie wrote:Dick Butters Anglia at Levin. Dick is still competing today in a Subaru Impreza at local Wellington gravel sprints

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The E Type was entered in the Ken Wharton Memorial Sports Car Race at the 1966 NZGP driven by G. F. Bremer.

The red car behind the Jag looks like O. D. Cullen's Buckler Humber No. 27 and the No. 106 Mini was driven by R. N. Boler.

by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:10 am

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Agree with Oldfart, they are all good as a bit of NZ Motor Racing History, from another persons point of view - the camera !!
Please keep them coming.
Love the Anglia with the Probiscus Headlights a " minor " form of streamlining !!

by **Oldfart** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 2:12 pm

Nice Ross.

by **Ross** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:44 am

by **Roger Dowding** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:55 am

SPman wrote:Is that the Maserati 3500 that used to hang out around Puke, 65-66?

You mean this one Clerk of the Course Car ..

NZ GP meeting January 1967

by **SPman** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:26 am

Is that the Maserati 3500 that used to hang out around Puke, 65-66?

by **John McKechnie** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:44 am

Nice 3.8 FHC E-Type Jaguar - with beer bottles, instead of Champers on the ground next to it.
Ellerslie Motors, Marua Rd, Ellerslie on the side of the other 3.8 E- Type 26 ,who would that be ?

by **Swannie** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:59 pm

by **Swannie** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:53 pm

The next batch is just of cars in the car park at the same race meetings. Must have been fairly exotic vehicles in there day (some still are today).

The Roaring Season

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