The Roaring Season

In Aussie he raced a 911 in 1974 and a 911S in 1976, so that may narrow it down Steve.

That`s the ex John Hayman HQ Monaro originally from Waikaraka Park Steve - there`s another photo of it amongst those photos I sent you. I think that Monaro ended up with HJ/HZ Holden front panels and was raced by Bill Dorn at Palmerston North although this one was RHD whereas Dorns one was LHD.

He is also the promoter at Waikaraka Park as well Steve.

High performance bit of gear for sure Ken ..... not!

Ardmore was a bit before my time Ken, I arrived in this world the same year the Puke track was opened ( 1963 ).... I know it was a Singer 9 Sports and I`ll ask my younger brother if he has any photos of it.

[color="#0000CD"]So if we still have/had a 2015 NZIGP would or did the winner of that race this year receive ~$70,000.00?[/color] Obviously not Jac Mac, but the point I was making about `that era' was the calibre of the overseas guys competing in the NZIGP ..... most of todays F1 show ponies would ...

Its all relative to the that era Allan. If you look at how much a Maserati 250F cost then, to what one is worth today, it puts it in perspective $$$ wise .....

My father in Event 2, #92 Singer 9 ......

Yeah Tony, that's when Ray Chatfield had it prior to me buying it. I`ve known Dutchie for many years and since buying that business in the late `90s he has built it into a multi truck successful operation. The Waikaraka Park pits look a lot different now compared to when you took these photos .....

Is this car still in Melbourne Steve? I think Mick Webb knows the guy who owned it.

That`s me in #76 Tony, it was the ex Bruce Harris/ Ray Chatfield car. Both the top photos were from a `probables/possibles' Auckland teams race. Peter Botma was a flag racer, so I needed to `educate ' him. He hurt his wrist so they got him out of the car ....... Dutchie, who runs Brian Roberts ...

That`s your mate Peter Botma in No 44 stockcar on its side Rod.....

That`s Western Springs late `40s / early `50s. Gary Running - Dennis` brother - gave me a bunch of old midget photos a while back and I thought some people on here would enjoy seeing them ....

This race car is a hell-off a deal at $19500USD, infact I doubt its still available(but please check) I see this Mustang is on the east coast in Connecticut(probably under 6 foot of snow at the moment), I have good contacts with the owner of Cobra Automotive so if anyone is keen here in NZ I can ...

Rod would Lindsay or Brett Willis or maybe Ralph know whose Camaro that is in #209? I sure as hell can`t remember it ....

Mike Pero.

John McKechnie wrote:Never forget the Golden Rule- He who has the gold, makes the rules..................

And that John, is the very reason NZ Motorsport is in the state it is ..... instead of the same old faces living off a wishbone, some people need to get a backbone.

I suppose the downside of one guy having a race track in each island is it eventually creates another division amongst the core of NZ motorsport competitors and punters alike. While it is good to race at tracks with great facilities, if those tracks are run as a business - which obviously they are ...

Apparently there`s a bit of money in making pet food ......

Grant, contact mailto:?subject=&body= he will sort it out for you. He`s organised plenty of cars out of the US for me, including my HMC A Sedan Camaro out of Colorado. He does all my vehicle and machinery imports out of Japan as well ....

Steve Elliott.