The Roaring Season

Greg Stokes wrote:Hi Rob,
Your post brings back memories of the stories I heard from Dad from the times he would go to various motor racing events with Mike - much history there.
I will pass your message on to Dad.
Thanks,
Greg

Thanks for that, Greg, if only we had had access to HD cameras back then!

Thanks Michael. Somebody "borrowed" the last family copy of the Rothmans book years ago. I tried to find a copy in second hand shops in NZ with no success. It's good to know that people are still enjoying his books. I'll try to find it again, on the internet. Writing the first post brought back a ...

Thanks Guys, yes Ray, Peter is quietly running his garage in Oakleigh and preparing a Ralt RT4, which he is going to test at Winton as soon as he can, to see if he thinks he can still race. If he decides not to compete, he says he'll sell it and build another one! Unfortunately he is having a bit of ...

Hi Greg, are you still going to recreate the Morrari? You mentioned in one of your earlier posts that your Dad used to go to meetings at Pukekohe with Mike Stock. Mike worked with my Dad, Des Mahoney at the Auckland Star and Mike often went to the track in the 60's as part of the reporting team ...

Thanks Steve, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Hi Everybody, I'm writing to you from Melbourne, where I have lived for the last 30 years, sporadically dreaming of and sometimes driving high performance road cars. I've enjoyed reading the Roaring Season articles and posts for a while now and thought it would be fun to join in. I grew up spending ...

Hi Everybody, I'm writing to you from Melbourne, where I have lived for the last 30 years, sporadically dreaming of and sometimes driving high performance road cars. I've enjoyed reading the Roaring Season articles and posts for a while now and thought it would be fun to join in. I grew up spending ...