The Roaring Season

Went out there yesterday and really enjoyed it, at least half a dozen times I saw something which made me think the price of admission was well worth it but one of the best was hearing the 3 Formula One Ferraris circulating the track - you really didn't need to see them - just hearing rise and fall ...

Just saw 3 Ferrari's travelling in tandem down the Auckland Sothern motorway - at least one looked like an F40, then a Morgan and an early 911.

I got a tingly feeling....

ok - allegory got to tortured...

Pretty sure the air being sucked through those carbs caused the loss of air pressure\tornado in Devonport the other day.

Really enjoyed it - Niki seems happy with it and the Hunt website seem happy as well, given how poorly the movie could have turned out (I recently watched Steve McQueen's Le Mans) it's a pass and my wife who isn't into motorsport at all loved it.

Completely agree re tossers - if you look at the photos on Groundsky it had to be obvious to the drivers of these leaking cars what was happening.

Thanks for posting these - always good to see your own car - mines the Citroen heading for possibly it's only ever victory. The munted Renault got loose in the oil\saw dust on the sweeper understeered to the left and got a wheel onto the grass and then spun to the inside of the track hitting the ...

Thanks for the link, been very interesting.

That's crazy, nothing the driver could have done (well at least if I was driving) and two other cars already parked there.

Stewart

I really like the changed lay out - certainly helps even out the power differential but it has been poorly executed as others have said standing water on the track even when not raining heavily. And the single seaters were bottoming out on the new ramp leading to the practice grid. And six million ...

Just in case it helps - my 1965 E Type has a COD and 4 pot Wilwood calipers.

There weren't any issue with them.

Stewart

Hi John McKechnie - I was there on the second Sunday and I can tell you that the sight of the Anglia and your car three wheeling around that corner had the crowd gasping and then applauding!

Cheers

Stewart

Chris Watson said at Taupo last weekend that ticket sales are 200% ahead of last year - sounds like it will be a great couple of weekends.

I own three motorsport photos's and this is one of them described as Fangio 1956, looks like a D50?

Stewart

Denny4.jpg I purchased this photo off a collector eight years ago, what makes it special is on the back Denny has written "The reason I look spaced out here is because Clermont was very bad circuit for making the drivers feel sick. Most drivers used open faced helmet as they were quite often sick ...

My two seconds of fame was the lovely overhead shot of my Golden Sand E Type Roadster, it was a magnificant event and I thought the documentary captured the spirit really well.

Stewart

I think your probably right Roger - the E has toured the south three times now so knows the way including Dunedin Street race and Coronet Peak hill climb.

Cheers

This looks like a great event, seriously thinking about entering next year - bit of a treak from Auckland though.

Just have to decide if it is Citroen BX16v or E Type Roadster - Citroen much quicker but not quite as classy.

Stewart

I think I got an email from one of the local motorsport services companies saying they were putting a team in....

Here's a drivers view:

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Stewart