The Roaring Season

Just received stock of this 1:5th scale, hand-crafted resin model of Earl Bamber's race helmet worn during his victorious drive at the Le Mans 24 Hour in 2015. The model helmet is mounted on a plastic plinth, and is protected by a clear acrylic display case. Available from www.spr-models.co.nz 1a ...

Bumped to see who else is going! Alan Horner is one I know of and hopefully, John Hudson will be there. I look forward to the see if any kiwis are competing this year, as it was a real bonus to see 4 Formula Junior racers when I last went in 2016. Now our local season has effectively wound down ...

As at Tuesday 7 November we only have three of the 1:18th Denny Hulme 1967 Brabham BT24 left in stock. If you want to purchase one, don't delay, as we cannot get any more stock. Click here to purchase.

Customers have been patiently awaiting Spark's 1:18th model of Denny Hulme's 1967 Championship winning Brabham BT24 ever since it was first announced in 2016. Well it's almost here. We will receive our stock of this model within the next couple of weeks. The official model description is... Spark ...

Yes you are right John. Strangely enough, when I watched this video yesterday, it showed the first half of the race. When I watched it today, it showed the second half. Strange but true. I too enjoyed seeing the TVR Grifith. Looks like a Griffith 400 with the kamm tail and MkI Cortina tail lights ...

The Graham Hill Trophy full race: Thanks for posting the full race Steve. As mentioned above, the live streaming of MM75 was fantastic, however the service failed at just the wrong time ... half way through this race! And this was the race that I really wanted to see. I had heard that a recently ...

Once again the hi-quality live streaming of both days was fantastic - almost, but not quite, as good as being there. Big thanks to the Goodwood organisation for streaming all three events each year, totally free of charge, so that enthusiasts around the world can view them. But I have to say, I was ...

TSM430108 : Ford GT #68 Le Mans 2016 ... available from http://www.spr-models.co.nz

Last year, TSM (TrueScale) announced that they had secured the exclusive rights to produce models of the Ford GT from Le Mans 2016. Initially they confirmed the release of just two of the cars... TSM430107 : Ford GT #67 'Chip Ganassi Team UK' LMGTE Pro Le Mans 2016 (Marino Franchitti, Andy Priaulx ...

Sample pages from the 2017 Spark Models Catalogue...

Hardcopies of the 48 page 2017 Spark Models Catalogue will be available next month, but in the interim you can view all of Spark’s new releases in the online version of their catalogue. You can find a PDF version on our webste (a fairly large 13MB file). Just visit SPR Models - http://www.spr-models. ...

Here are a couple of (poor quality) images of the Historic Muscle Cars racing at the Tasman Revival on Sunday 15 January...



These guys always put on a good show. Thanks to you all.



PS : Thanks for hand-delivering my TRS T-Shirt Steve - it looks great.

And here is Beechey's #40 Holden HT GTS 350 Monaro from the 1972 ATCC season...

Hi All, We have just received stock of two high-quality, 1:43rd resin models of Norm Beechey's Holden HT GTS 350 Monaro as raced in the 1971 & 1972 Australian Touring Car Championships. They are produced by AMR (Australian Model Replicas) and are mounted on plastic bases, and protected by a clear ...

Fantastic 1:43rd model of the 1956 Ford F600 "Neil Scott's Transport" Car Carrier. This model is available from www.spr-models.co.nz

Hi Steve. Did you get my e-mail regarding an apartment at Hampton Downs?
Cheers,
John

I'd say the first weekend will be better, while the cars are all fresh and still going!! Dale M I agree Dale. That's always been my rational for picking the first weekend in previous years. However sometimes the two weekends have very different race programmes, so wanted to make sure I saw the best ...

This from the HRC July newsletter- 14th 15th January 2017 Tasman Revival - Hampton Downs Classic and Historic Formula First, Historic Formula Ford, Formula Junior x1, Historic Muscle/ Saloon Cars, Sports cars/Libre, BMW x3 , Historic Sports sedans, Pre65 21st 22nd January 2017 Kenny Smith Festival ...

We know that the 2017 'NZ Festival of Motor Racing' will celebrate the racing career of Kenny Smith, and the dates are 13-15 and 20-22 January 2017, but does anyone know the programme for each weekend. I'm trying to decide which dates to attend, and know that some of the races are usually different ...

Race number 555...



...because it was similar to my old '550' race number (see above).