The Roaring Season

Nigel, I hope your children appreciate your contribution to our sport and hobbie as we all do on here.
You sure will leave an amazing legacy. Well done

Third row Mike Westall MK2 with that unusual white roll cage.

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Great photo Nigel, lots of nostalgia there. Anyone know the grid line up. Is that a Viva on the front row?

I have been going back through some of your earlier postings Nigel, a very enjoyable pastime. I have recently bought the ex Mike Westall MK 2 Jaguar and I note that in post #204 the first image shows Mikes car transporter CMS Racing in the background and a group of guys around the MK1 Jag, one of ...

Malcolm,
Many thanks for that. Pure gold!!
Rhys,
Imagine getting even half that entry for Roycroft. Let it serve as an inspiration to anyone who has or
knows of any of those cars to get them ready for next year.
Just got to hang in there.

Rex

Thanks Ken, Apparently the car lost it's bonnet at a NSSC 1/4 mile sprint at Ardmore. In an attempt to gain more power they tried to supercharge the engine, a Bill Sheilds worked on the car. Bobby Wong sold it to Nado Dean July 1962. BTW Bobby still lives in Auckland and I believe still plays the ...

Wow, what a lineup of drivers. Little wonder they drew such huge crowds.
I am wondering if there is any mention of a car I own, being entered in the sportscar races. Maybe 1958 or later.
White Jaguar XK150 FHC driven by Fred Crowther. Owner Bobby Wong.

If its good enough for Muscle Cars to be classed as 'saloons' why not an old 2+2 Jag.

I've got a three day pass for this year, any tips on what to look out for?

Fantastic, I'm sure my computer screen vibrated when I clicked on the Napier-Bentley Image!!

Well done Milan, some great names and cars on that programme, thanks for having the foresight to keep a piece of paper most of us
threw in the bin the next day! My apologies for calling it Matamata Airfield (as it is now) back then it was always called Waharoa
Aerodrome.

I sure remember the dual wheel Dodge, imagine trying get past, it must have 8 feet wide! Also Rod Coppins Mark II battling with a Mini Cooper, maybe Brian Innes? How good was that when the Motor Racing came to our hometown, seem to remember there was so much anti feeling from the residents about ...

RIP C.J.N.Roskilly, Did some work on my XK150 a while back. He had so much knowledge and skill with early Jaguars, sadly that
is lost. He will be missed.

Well done Nigel & Co, great photos. Anyone brave enough to stand out in that weather with an expensive piece of electronics deserves a medal!! What the track photos don't show is the presentation of most of those cars, especially in the Muscle Car grid. Both inside and out they are immaculate, and a ...

[LEFT][/LEFT]This is the Bobby Wong car taken at a hillclimb? near Mt Wellington, soon after it was resprayed around 1960.

Rex

Hello All, I found this site by chance, great stuff, loved the photos of Roycroft Trophy. Well done BMCboy and Nigel Watts. Found the Dave Silcock Jags thread great reading and wonderful old photos. I own a 1958 Jaguar XK150 3.4,(824104) Nigel Watts photos of Roycroft #113, thats me one hand on the ...