The Roaring Season

Allan wrote:Just remind us at what schedule S was please.

What ended upas the 2l touring cars, International Motorsport BMW's, Ford Telstar, Toyota Coronas etc.

Hi all I'm doing some research on the Schedule S (2 litre, BW's, Ford Telstar, Toyota Corona etc.) touring cars that ran in New Zealand in the 1990's up until 2002, with the aim of developing a website or writing a book covering for me what was a great era of racing in New Zealand. SpeedSport and ...

My fathers Autin Healey Sprite in 1965


This Sprite is a 1961 MkII with a 948cc engine. His notes say the cylinder head was removed by Hamlin & Charles, received a port and polish and had .090" taken off, lifting the compression to 9.5:1.

In the Pits at Levin in the late 1960's

I now believe that this a G Watson's Austin A40 Farina with a 998cc engine

I believe that this is Frank Hamlin's Mini Sprint

The next batch is just of cars in the car park at the same race meetings. Must have been fairly exotic vehicles in there day (some still are today).

Dick Butters Anglia at Levin. Dick is still competing today in a Subaru Impreza at local Wellington gravel sprints

In the very first picture (Coppins #141) there is a road lined with power poles, two of which are padded with hay bales. This suggests a road circuit, and the only one that comes to mind for the Coppins era is Renwick. The bales are placed to suggest that cars were running left to right across the ...

Honda S600

Pete Geoghegan Mustang 1966 NZIGP meeting




Neil Doyle Anglia Corvette


Mini Sprint, possibly with Dick Butters in the background

Great photo of the crashed Healey 3000 Graeme Could you possibly send a high res version of it to me at [email protected] please. I have owned that car since 1973 and completed a rebuild of it in 1978. The car was imported into NZ and raced by Bill Dunster in the mid 60's. The crash happened at ...

In the Wars

A40 Farina's






Peter Bennett Lotus Farina

Thanks for that Grant, will have to try and get hold of the book.

Milan Fistonic wrote:Peter Bennett's Lotus Farina was number 91 at the Levin meetings in November 1966 and January 1967.

Thanks for the Milan