The Roaring Season

by **graham donaldson** » Thu May 01, 2014 8:18 pm

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I worked for doug sheirson racing & tom Gloy in the USA.what a series.at 3 rivers in canada always had F1 drivers.
like in NZ the drivers were the best out there.the racing was great ,a pity some of the good series went away just glad you have this web site

by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:57 pm

I'm not quite sure what is happening here? Perhaps this is prior to the start of one of the heats? Millen's Chevron has dirt on its tyres so maybe this is what it is?

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by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:54 pm

Larry Perkins.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:53 pm

Steve Millen.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:49 pm

Here is Teo Fabi in the March. Fabi went on to win both heats at this event.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:56 pm

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:15 pm

David Oxton in Chevron B34.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:13 pm

This appears to be Eje Elgh in the March 782. Finished 4th and 6th in the two Pukekohe races.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:05 pm

Thanks Sean, great info. I eventually managed to find a magazine photo of the car during that 1981 season. Its repainted white with Sleepyhead sponsorship.

by **seaqnmac27** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:41 pm

Steve Holmes wrote:More from 1979, and here is Ross Stone again in the Cuda. I assume this must be after its rebuild in which it incorporated ground-effects?

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This is the 1978/79 season. Adrian Reynard came over and drove the Cuda JR5, as this car became, in 1980/81. Still think it looks best as it did in the orange original version.

by **Steve Holmes** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:51 pm

Thanks David, no I'm not sure at all. I'm only working off the race results, the opening Puke image that has Fabi and Perkins on the grid, and the visible changes made to the Cuda. Fabi didn't race in NZ in 1980, and although Ross Stone drove the Cuda in 1979, it doesn't appear to have raced at the NZGP in 1980. Reynard then raced it in JR5 form in 1981. So perhaps the photo I posted above shows the car still in JR3 guise from 1979, and not the JR5? The black helmet with red and white stripes is similar to what Ross Stone is wearing in the earlier photo. Reynard raced the car as #5.

I only guessed it was the ground-effect version because of the deeper side skirts, relocated radiator etc.

by **David McKinney** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:52 am

Are you sure that's 1979? The JR3 was rebuilt as the Cuda 5, incorporating ground-effect technology, by Adrian Reynard in 1980

by **Steve Holmes** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:38 am

More from 1979, and here is Ross Stone again in the Cuda. I assume this must be after its rebuild in which it incorporated ground-effects?

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:48 pm

OK, the rest of the pics in this chapter are from Pukekohe, and the 1979 New Zealand Grand Prix. Keke Rosberg was off doing Formula 1, but in his place were a new batch of fast hopefuls, trying to climb the ladder, including Teo Fabi, in the March. Alongside him is Larry Perkins, still only 29 years old when this photo was taken, and trying to rejuvenate his single seater career.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:52 pm

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:49 pm

Richard Melville in the March. What a pretty car this is.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:28 am

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:57 pm

And Millen again

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:55 pm

Another shot of Rosberg

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