Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

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Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Steve Holmes » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:55 pm

Yeah Steve, these cars were certainly hairy monsters!

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by fullnoise68 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:04 am

What about the tyre smoke from Rod in the Zephyr over Rothmans at 1.00 ...... priceless!

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by bry3500 » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:27 am

[video=youtube;SRunBdzzIpE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRunBdzzIpE[/video]

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Steve Holmes » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:27 pm

Wow, this is amazing! Even features the Morrari briefly in one of the Allcomer races.

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Grant Sprague » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:27 pm

You boys were here on those days [watching the north island racing] so you have left me in the dust....... during those days we use to be mainly at Ruapuna ....... & Levels was coming on ...........was once a year I would get up to Puke , but usually the long distance races........wasn't racing fun ...hey all I could do was read motor man to see what was happening in the far north ...great days guys .

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by David McKinney » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:51 am

Grant Sprague wrote:gee John not sure , most of the Jags that I remember came from the SI , McBeath, Ray, & Ian Dow ........... Narrow Vision I know coming from the main land ?? But there was Tony Shelly up here Mmmmm not sure who was it ????? [plus Ernie but that was in wills 6 hr]]

I think the footage starts with the 6hr meeting so it's probably Archibald/Shelly in the silver Jag and Ward/Coppins in the white one. Then the December meeting which was the Morrari's debut (and Fahey ran without the breadvan rear), then a later meeting from the same season
And much as Alistair McBeath might have liked to have been a SIer, he wasn't...

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by John McKechnie » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:37 am

fullnoise68 wrote:That`s right John, Rod and John Ward won the 1966 Wills Six Hour Race in a Jag, but I`m unsure if it was that particular car at that meeting.


Steve-Its the same colour - not the white one 35-as Rods one that I worked on 4 years ago, we both know who owns it now. Could it be all the same car as here, I must ask next time.
The hard chasing yellow 105E Jack Nazer possibly? Saw Faheys blue Angia Fastback there also.Was that also Dennis Marwood in the Humber?

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by bry3500 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:31 am

Good to see the Morrari in action

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by fullnoise68 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:29 am

That`s right John, Rod and John Ward won the 1966 Wills Six Hour Race in a Jag, but I`m unsure if it was that particular car at that meeting.

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by John McKechnie » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:29 am

I remember that Rod Coppins did a major race in one- could this be it?

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Grant Sprague » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:08 am

gee John not sure , most of the Jags that I remember came from the SI , McBeath, Ray, & Ian Dow ........... Narrow Vision I know coming from the main land ?? But there was Tony Shelly up here Mmmmm not sure who was it ????? [plus Ernie but that was in wills 6 hr]]

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by John McKechnie » Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:23 am

Any takers as to who was driving the Jaguar MK2?

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by escorthvn » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:39 am

Grant Sprague wrote:escothvn....... I think the mini might have been 1963 I was 9 lol & Ernie had the dark 3 entered [mk3]


Grant,I went with Dad and Iwould have been 12,Rod has owned the car since his uni days early 70s. Peter

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Grant Sprague » Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:21 am

escothvn....... I think the mini might have been 1963 I was 9 lol & Ernie had the dark 3 entered [mk3]

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by fullnoise68 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:44 am

I was probably at this meeting too ...... revving up my pushchair!

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by escorthvn » Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:46 pm

Grant Sprague wrote:Yep ike the McLaren Mini Cooper........ fighting with the NZ big boys of the day , I think that was the opening round of Puke ... cheers Bry


I was looking at one of the McLaren minis down the road from work the other day .looks great. This is the green/white one that was his first one that he raced in NZ???? 1962/3.?.

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by John McKechnie » Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:22 pm

Ray- nothing wrong with your eyes, there -crusaders, goddess and a landcrab.

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by ERC » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:18 pm

Did I see a Citroen DS and an Austin 1800 there????

Great footage - well before my arrival in NZ.

I need to download it and watch it later.

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by Grant Sprague » Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:55 pm

Yep ike the McLaren Mini Cooper........ fighting with the NZ big boys of the day , I think that was the opening round of Puke ... cheers Bry

Re: Pukekohe Motor Racing in 1966

by GeebeeNZ » Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:30 am

Bry that is amazing footage that seems to cover more than one day. eg in one race the Mike Walker fiat was 103 later it was 101 As a follower of small racing Fiats I had heard about that car but never got to see it. Also of interest was a race with two Fiats in it. Over the years a number of them have raced at Pukekohe but I have never heard of two in one race. To see the variety of cars racing in the sixties made it a real classic. Is there any more out there like that.
Graeme

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