The Roaring Season

They used the 3.64km International Circuit - as it was then. The current International Circuit is a bit shorter and bypasses the Club Circuit hairpin. They had a few delays at that first meeting and finished with an unintended night race for the Pre-65s.

They used the 3.64km International Circuit - as it was then. The current International Circuit is a bit shorter and bypasses the Club Circuit hairpin. That first meeting had a few delays and finished with an unintended night race for the Pre-65s. 2006Taupo.jpg The V8 meeting was 18-19 March, but I ...

I've a copy of Driver magazine from Oct'72 that has the B&H race report including a couple of photos of GG7963 (it raced with the rego plate still fitted to the rear). If you send me your email address via PM I'm happy to forward scans to you. I might have some other photos/info as well - I haven't ...

I've had a look through my race programmes and come up with a few hits (the filename of each image is the programme date & race venue): 1982-03-28_Ruapuna.jpg 1982-04-18_Ohakea.jpg 1984-01-29_Dunedin.jpg 1986-02-16_Dunedin.jpg This photo was in the 1990 SFOS programme - but would have been taken ...

There's a shot here of a Lotus 7 at Levin with spectators heads in the foreground - but it's race #100. http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?656-The-Barrie-McBride-Collection-part-4&p=15103&viewfull=1#post15103 If you try Google images with the search phrase "The Roaring Season Lotus" or ...

Oldfart wrote:I really should let comments like this go where they belong, the round file.

Let me rephrase my post:
You don't need a Clerk of Course, you need a sense of humour.

Month long road event without closed stages ??? Sounds like a Cannonball Run.
You don't need a Clerk of Course, you need cars faster than anything the cops have, and a good lawyer

From memory, the winged car was a Lotus 69. The entry list in Post #42 shows Ray Wilkinson in a Lotus 69. There's also a good photo of the car in Post #13. I'm pretty sure the Lotus 69 Formula Ford that Martin Lucas now races came from Ray. http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?579-Bill ...

ERC wrote:60% of the current crop... pic taken 2013.

There can't be too many silver Marcos' with red wheels in NZ?

Well my garage is full of modern cars compared to what's been posted so far. The toy on the right is a '65 Mustang, 289 V8, C4 auto, all original spec. 2 barrel carb, drum brakes all round and still with a single exhaust underneath. Not a muscle car, just a cruiser. On the left is the Thai girl ...

Was the Wellington Street Race and following Pukekohe events the very last time a Jaguar XJS was raced in international Group A competition anywhere in the world? The FIA homolgation for the XJS expired at the end of '86 so you could also argue that it's last official 'Group A' race was Fuji, Nov ...

2015_MG_Classic_165a.jpg 2015_MG_Classic_218a.jpg 2015_MG_Classic_252a.jpg The info board next to this M3 implied it was the original Cecotto/Brancatelli car from the 1987 WTCC. I think Mark Petch might have bought it after the Wellington round, but does anyone know where it's been for the last 25 ...

Stunning images Ellis, thanks for posting. Whose is the beautiful silver Maserati? I don't think I've seen one in this colour scheme before. No.4 was driven by Ken Warton. Entered by 'Ecurie du Puy' which was a fancy name for a team owned by American John du Puy. (Chassis No. 2521, Cheers to David ...

Not sure on that one. Bruce Jenner from the South Island who ran a Camaro (ex- Everybody) went to the USA and raced there for years. I think he bought factory drive with Roush before going the Porsche way later. South Island contingent will know better (Jac Mac). PS Bruce was known to be for the ...

Laguna Seca 300 Kilometres GTO Race Results. May 2nd 1987 [ATTACH=CONFIG]30236[/ATTACH] Note the 12th placed car was a young teenager, Tom Kendall, who went on to have a fine career in US racing. He won the GTU division in this race in his Mazda RX-7. (Ken Hyndman..just got a bit of a rev for doing ...

Kiwiboss wrote:Is it out and available now? if so were?

Dale M

I've ordered my copy from the publishers here:
http://www.batemanpublishing.co.nz/ProductDetail?CategoryId=0&ProductId=1547

Free shipping within NZ.

Looking good Steve. Get out your wallets everyone.
http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.co.nz/2015/08/kiwi-mustangs-stunning-full-colour.html

Allan wrote:Who's is this Porsche from the B & H meeting of 1971?

The event programme doesn't list the Porsche as entered in the main race but in the preliminary race, the Golden 100, Porsche No.80 was entered by Rentokil Pest Control Ltd for Tim Bailey to drive.

Awesome models Tony. Am I allowed to show my efforts?

A few years ago after Anne Thomson ran her Darracq up Te Onepu Hill I was inspired to convert this:



Into this: