The Roaring Season

I like all of these suggestions but wonder what you/the publishers would think about 'expanding' the concept of racing cars. For example - what about Garth Hogan's Capri bodied Funny Car or the Pete Lodge Fiat Topolino bodied drag car?

I chanced upon this site after googling 'Bandag Bandit' yesterday. For a start Howard wondered if the car coming over the hill in post 35 was a Ralt. I am 98% certain it is the Tullen sponsored Ralt RT4 which if correct would mean 1982. The reason for my interest in the Bandag Bandit was because I ...

Re the photos of Amon, McLaren, Miles and Hulme -

Any indication as to if they were taken before, or after, the race?

He handed that steering wheel to me once and said 'there you go boy, see if you can straighten that?' It hung on the wall of his study that was clearly a 'working office.' Never meeting your heroes is something you hear - he was an exception to that saying. He genuinely was as good a bloke as he was ...

Nigel - unbelievable! Street number 136 I think

Ken - absolutely.

Regarding the Racing Car Show - in 1983 I lived in Sinclair Rd, right behind London Olympia. In fact I walked past the place almost daily and imagined days gone by of racing car shows that I'd been reading about since the 60s. Ken, 1973 would have been a great year to be there too - plenty of ...

Eric was a one-off. Motor sport cannot exist without administrators and Eric was in a class of his own in that regard. He took a fair amount of flack but he handled it all because he knew the rules far far better than those who bagged him. His knowledge was immense and his passion for the sport ...

Coincidentally, I've just been writing about the V16 BRM, and the noise it made, this afternoon.

I saw/heard Tom Wheatcroft demonstrating his museum car at Donington in June 1983

Not sure about car but my first ever race meeting was the Wills Six Hour in late 1965 when I would have been seven. I can certainly recall the Mk2 Jags - in which case Shelley strikes again!

Chapman conquered F1, F2, F3, Junior, FF for a bit, Indianapolis, small engine sports cars (i.e. up to circa 2.5 litres), the Tasman series and of course contributed to the iconic Lotus-Cortina. There will be other things I haven't mentioned as well. But 'big' engined sports cars eluded him. The ...

If it was the 11th of April '66 then it was Sidney Taylor.

Denny was at Goodwood. Both finished second

Thank you Ray. Having guessed wrong with the Elva, what about the #34. No badge there so my stab is either a BT5 or BT8 Brabham, if it's not a Lotus 19!. You are quite right about the Lotus 23 defining the shape of the majority of small bore sports racers from that time - the Crossle 7S was an Irish ...

Felday was a very interesting 4WD device wasn't it. Maybe even driven by Jim Clark.

Please don't apologise for repeats! #19 - is that a Merlyn?

Very fine shots Ken

Damn shame we never bumped into one another!

David Piper might have had quite a different life - I think he was about 7 or 8 when he and his family arrived here from England.

He owns, and has owned, some fantastic sports cars.

Steve I also heard your interview on RNZ National on Sunday morning and wanted to commend you on how you came across. I am not sure if anyone at NZ Classic Car is reviewing the book but I will be happy to - I will enquire. Well done - I have a little knowledge of what is required to put a book ...

I am very sorry to report the passing of 'LRAB' - I believe Laurence was born in October 1943 and if that is correct, he would be 75.

He was as talented as an artist as he was a racer.

I recall Leonard/Hawes won in '68 - who won in '69?

If we ignore the chassis that was 'set-aside' on account of being too tight, then there were two complete McRae twin-cams. The 'red car' was built in the garage of GM's parents - I believe that was in or around Miramar - during 1968. He had been very impressed by the Ferrari that Chris Amon had ...

Ken, best wishes for your daughter. You are about to discover exactly how the word besotted actually feels!