The Roaring Season

Steve, yes I was, however Petch sold his interest in the LHD car I think after the 2nd round of the '86 ATCC and John Sheppard assumed control of the team known as Volvo Dealer Team. He obviously brought in some of his own troops but the majority of the guys left. With the withdrawal of Volvo ...

Why, thank you Mark. Apologies accepted. Age is a funny thing really, I guess we all have lapses from time to time. I recall Robbie had a blistered right palm as car was LHD. But you did get one thing correct, my name!!! Great days then. And the guy who got hit with the delaminated tire at Puke ...

Check out this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXb1znBECGI I caaan hardllly speeak, myy moouthh is sooo fuull offf huuummble pppie!! Seriously i have not watched the race video for more years than I care to remember, so no wonder Robbie was so keen to have Michele double stint in the middle so ...

Must have been a different race that you were watching!! Robbie certainly took the chequered flag at Wellington Not sure who you really are Frosty, maybe Dave Graham? but I would like to make a bet with you, but I wont because it would be equivalent to "taking candy from a kid" as you are 100 ...

All I know is that the Volvo was an ex works ETCC car. After Wellington the car was shipped to Oz for the 85 ATCC where Francevic finished 5th. For 86 the car was run by the Volvo Dealer Team and this was the year Robbie won the ATCC. Anthony Touringcarfan, I think you unintentionally do me a ...

Steve, as I have said before it was Delcourt that double stinted and took the checkered flag.

Steve, 100% bolted together Aluminum tube roll-cage.

Steve,

I made that decision on the Friday before the race as it was impossible to be in two places at once, as I had to be in Auckland to clear the car and supervise getting into the Bristol freighter, etc.

Cario,

If I knew your real name Cario, I might well need to thank you, and happy to do so.

Cheers,

Mark.

ERC,

That is exactly what the Stewards did, and as you say it was virtually impossible to fake the teams own hand written lap scoring, so all these years later people are still debating this issue, which given the fact's is somewhat disappointing.

Cheer's,

Mark.

[ATTACH]23506[/ATTACH] I was sifting through a couple of folders on my computer recently when I stumbled upon a pile of images sent to me by Martin Smith and Steve Twist for a magazine article I’d written a couple of years ago on the 1985 Wellington Street Race. The images are so fantastic, I w ...