The Roaring Season

Footage I took of the Ian Algie Alfetta last year at Manfeild

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Love this facebook quote from Stu who sums up the excitement for our group-
"God those cars from that era looked so good
I loved the flared guards and fat rims and the ability to be able to fit a big V8 into some impossibly small areas from that era of Motorsport"

Well everyone, first day of the New Year and on the 18th we will be at Taupo for the F5000 Historic Grand Prix.
Friday is free practice day for those lucky enough to be entered -

Cambridge Monaro -John McKechnie.

1939 Chev- Coupe V8 Cam Neill

Chavenger -Neil Deighton

Firenza V8- Mark Allan

MK3 Zephyr -V8 Bruce Goodwin

Starlet V8 -Richard Quinn

Custaxie 2 -Robert Bartley

Capri V8- Graham Barnes

HB Torana -Adrian Dobbe

Escort V8 -Robert Jack

Mazda RX8- Dennis Running

Mazda RX8- Jon Telford

Chev Monza -Roger Williams

Toyota Starlet- Peter Hooper

Holden Torana SLR5000 -Roger Davis

Falcon XA Coupe- Bruce Thompson

Falcon XBGT Coupe-Ivan Bevins.

Marina V8 -Murray Park

Escort V8 -Gordon Burr

Capri V8 -Ron Findlay.

Consul 315 V8.........Darcy May

So we have 20 cars entered and its still 3 weeks to go ,that is how much the guys are looking forward to this event- Thank you Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park for hosting this event.The crowd will love this

Saturdays format is Qualifying, then 2 races, Sunday 2 races.
Last time we had 3 X 8 laps, bit tiring for some of the fellas , so we are having 4 X 6 lap races
There will be some gaps between the races where there will be some of our original owners reunited with their cars , non racing Historic cars and guest drivers having demos
For the Monza fans who fondly remember Red Dawson in his IMSA Monza, and have missed seeing one of these exquisite cars,Roger Williams will be running his at the only speed he drives at...it will be exciting
Remember this is New Zealands ONLY purely Historic meeting

John McKechnie wrote:Well everyone, first day of the New Year and on the 18th we will be at Taupo for the F5000 Historic Grand Prix.
Friday is free practice day for those lucky enough to be entered -

- John McKechnie.

- Cam Neill

- Neil Deighton

- Mark Allan

- Bruce Goodwin

- Richard Quinn

- Robert Bartley

- Graham Barnes

- Adrian Dobbe

- Robert Jack

- Dennis Running

- Jon Telford

- Roger Williams

- Peter Hooper

- Roger Davis

- Bruce Thompson

Saturdays format is Qualifying, then 2 races, Sunday 2 races.
Last time we had 3 X 8 laps, bit tiring for some of the fellas , so we are having 4 X 6 lap races
There will be some gaps between the races where there will be some of our original owners reunited with their cars , non racing Historic cars and guest drivers having demos

Hi John, would you mind including the cars alongside the drivers? Many I know, but some I don't.

Well everyone, first day of the New Year and on the 18th we will be at Taupo for the F5000 Historic Grand Prix.
Friday is free practice day for those lucky enough to be entered -

Cambridge Monaro John McKechnie.

1939 Chev Coupe V8 Cam Neill

Chavenger Neil Deighton

Firenza V8 Mark Allan

MK3 Zephyr V8 Bruce Goodwin

Starlet V8 Richard Quinn

Custaxie 2 Robert Bartley

Capri V8 Graham Barnes

HB Torana Adrian Dobbe

Escort V8 Robert Jack

Mazda RX8 Dennis Running

Mazda RX8 Jon Telford

Chev Monza Roger Williams

Toyota Starlet- Peter Hooper

Holden Torana SLR5000 Roger Davis

Falcon XA Coupe Bruce Thompson

Saturdays format is Qualifying, then 2 races, Sunday 2 races.
Last time we had 3 X 8 laps, bit tiring for some of the fellas , so we are having 4 X 6 lap races
There will be some gaps between the races where there will be some of our original owners reunited with their cars , non racing Historic cars and guest drivers having demos
For the Monza fans who fondly remember Red Dawson in his IMSA Monza, and have missed seeing one of these exquisite cars,Roger Williams will be running his at the only speed he drives at...it will be exciting

Grant,
I really look forward to seeing / meeting you when you come west to Sonoma and Laguna Seca.
I am very qualified at removing the tar / tire marks off the side of cars / "Goffer" (But not much else !)
All the best with your plans,
cheers,
Ken.

The Peter Bennett A40 is included in a book I recently finished writing about historic NZ racing cars. It has a cool history. I spent half a day at Peter's house earlier this year and he chatted about the car and unearthed a bunch of cool old photos.

Hi John - in my teens I saw Peter racing the A40 at Levin, spectacular! We hope to run a few iconic events in USA - Watkins Glen, Laguna Seca and Sonoma if the hurricanes take a break for a year or two. Eventually the AA40 will return to NZ I hope with an interesting log book.

Grant..Peter Bennetts came up to me and gave me his business car. it had a red A40 Farina with a droop snoot, recognised it immediately and said that he had sold it to Grant Ellwood in USA.
He smiled and said that he misses it.
Talking about great memories of Levin- Peter told me he raced against Grady in the Monaro and other cars in his A40 many times.

Hi Ken, thanks for posting the Monaro pics, brought back some great memories of Bay Park and Levin. Hope you are well out of harms way where you are located in California! Can't believe all these disasters, I'm still repairing damage from Hurricane Florence here in North Carolina but got off lightly compared to most of the neighbors. I had to withdraw from the recent annual Gold Cup meeting at Virginia International Raceway, Florence struck a week prior to the event. The A40 wasn't caught in the flood waters thankfully but I had to concentrate on fixing the house instead of racing.

More of John at work in his Monaro # 59 entering and leaving the corner at Manfield.
11/11/2018. (One of the few days I can't get the date wrong !)

Photos thanks to Jarod Carruthers Photography.









(Ken H )

With all the sad and bad news over here with fires, shootings and earthquake predictions etc. It was so uplifting to hear of the successful launch of the NZ rocket from Mahia and topped off by hearing that Manfield was such a very good event at the weekend.
So on my behalf thank you to all involved.
Plus here are some shots of a car that brings back many memories. (Thank you John McKechnie )

John's Monaro and Alex Dickie's Victor # 74


( Mates at Manfield. )


Great shot of John in the Monaro # 59 at speed at Manfield.




( Just a reminder of what this Monaro # 59 looked like just a few years ago !)


(Ken H )

Speaking of beyond 2018, I have booked for the Easter Air Show at Omaka. http://www.classicfighters.co.nz/ and am wondering if these cars are running anywhere before or after Easter?

Extremely pleased to add Roger Williams Monza to our grid.
This car has genuine documented history going back to 1976 as the Red Roof Inns Monza
Red Dawsons, Art McKees Monzas,Allan Moffats have all left NZ.,so we are so lucky to have this join us so we can remember how glorious they were.
OK..... all I will probably see of him is a brief view in my mirrors and slightly longer seeing him accelerate away.

This car is representative of Schedule E..the period after the BNSW series.This allowed engine set backs, boxed guards etc. Other well known cars of this era -Nazer Victor, Sidchrome Mustang.Our rules allow these cars to race .

Rowan and Chad- would you like to join us now we have a Monza here?

The Monaro will still look super cool out there John!
Looking forward to 9-10-11 November at Manfield, Bring it on!

Cheers

Thanks Paul, and Blue, who has no fault here, has to stay behind for the first time...no driver combo.,and no sons or daughters who want to drive.

Look great John!
Nice broad field of interesting machines.
Looking forward to it!
Cheers

Hi Everyone, here are the entries for Historic Sports Sedans and Invited Allcomers for Manfeild November 10, 11

Richard Quin........Starlet.V8- ex Trevor Crowe, Jackson French
Peter Hooper... ....Starlet.- no ex here, still the same builder
Dave Reynolds.....Starlet.- ex Jon Telford.
Tony Mann...........Capri V8.- ex Jim Kennedy-Cardinal ,Don Elvy...Grimmies favourite !!!!!
Ron Findlay..........Capri V8.- ex Graham Clarke,ran OSCAs in late 70s
Graham Barnes....Capri V8.- ex Brent Bullivant
Tony Vujnovich.....Capri v8- ex US,long race history with NASA
Rod Hayman.........Victor 327- ex Alex Dickie. Garry Jenkins,Lawrence Bruce, currently Tony Mann
John McKechnie....Monaro 327- ex Spinner Black,Rod Coppins,Grady Thomson,George Bunce
Michael Johnston...Scarab 327.- ex USA,race history from early 70s
Mark Allan............Firenza 327- ex Russell Dew
Jon Telford...........Mazda RX8.- ex Jen Mossman, Brent Willis
Robert Bartley.....Custaxie 2- Robs been racing since 60s- Triang, MK3 Cortina V8
Robert Jack.........Escort V8.- ex Grant Brennan
Grant Constable...Avenger Shellsport- ex Noddy Murdoch and super original
Neil Deighton.......Chavenger- no ex here- still the original builder
Roger Davis.........Torana SLR 5000.- no ex here, still the same builder.
Darcy May............Consul V8.- ex Jen Mossman,Graham Clarke
Adrian Dobbe........Viva.- ex Warwick Grey
Murray Park ..........Marina V8.- no ex here, still the same builder. Pterodactyl keeps flying.
Bruce Goodwin.......Camaro - wifes race car, MK3 Zephyr V8 having repairs.
Ivan Bevins...........XBGT Coupe. ex Craig Pullman.
Roger Williams.......Monza..........ex Red Roof Inns car.Genuine documented history since 1976

Rapt to say that there are 4 Historic cars from the South Island coming in to run with us.
4- Capri V8s running,
4-327 engined cars...best SBC.

Very classy field and hope the Sports Sedan fans enjoy the event.
Its not everyday you get to see a field like this

Hi John

These are the earliest Bay Park photos I have. I’m pretty sure it’s 1987

1. Phil me Vern and Veen making news headlines.
2. Pic wth Phils car on the trailer has my white Cobra beside. Phil Rudd Commodore (the one I later brought) just in view on the right.
Incidentally Phils XC tow-car was a beast with big block engine and I recall he said he had a siren and hidden flashing lights behind the grille so he could clear any slow traffic out of his way.
3. Ross Moir working on my car between races.
4. I think was a reverse grid race chasing down Chudleigh. Cris Maxwell 240Z and Keith Rennie or is it Simon Halliday white XU1 side by side

Quite good that my car evolved as it makes it easer to keep the photos in order just a bugger I didn’t write down a few more dates.
Pretty sure the first two years I didn’t have a log book or sometimes it wasn’t filled in.
Have lots of XC 89-92 photos of my Falcon at a few different tracks and will send some when I get around to it.
The accident in my Cobra at Whenuapai was in 1992 so had done a couple of seasons with XC front on by then.

Regards
John Pope

Baypark. 1987.





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