The Roaring Season

Considering the size of the roll bar and the lack of circuit safety at Pukekohe in 1968, Denny Hulme was a lucky man ! I think that is Brownlie being attended to in the background. I can remember seeing a big cloud of brown dirt and Hulme's car somersaulting sideways from our view over on the Hill ...

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Steve, I notice that each print has the same words about Beechey at the bottom

Is this some form of security for you?

Terry S wrote:It is incredible how much ATCC winning cars have changed.

This car had only 130 horsepower and 5 and 1/2 inch tyres..........

This car was the lowest powered ever to win the ATCC

It had been preceded by four Jaguars and was followed by five Mustang V8’s

Found this article in the November 1964 edition of Sports Car World. [ATTACH=CONFIG]58861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]58862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]58863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]58864[/ATTACH] It is incredible how much ATCC winning cars have changed. This car had only 130 horsepower and 5 and 1/2 inch ...

Ray Bell wrote:Was it?

I can't say I ever heard it called that...

See this:

https://www.pitstop.net.au/browse/search?ipType=&searchKeywords=aintree

This is an entry list from the Warwick Farm meeting on 5 December 1965. The numbers don't match but it does show the three Neptune Racing Team cars. [ATTACH=CONFIG]58734[/ATTACH] The Neptune Team normally ran with #2 for Manton, #3 for McKeown and #4 for Beechey at all circuits except Warwick Farm ...

Growing up in the 1960s , as a kid I went to the movies. Before the main feature there was black / white Aussie news staring off with Kukaburras then showing , I think, a Mk1 Cortina coming round the corner of a race track and rolling. What track and whose Cortina please ? John, if it was a white ...

If I may, a little story about Ross Bond and his Healey... Ken Webb did the preparation and they bought an alloy head for the car. The engine was built up with this head and all the other goodies they'd been using, nice and fresh, and put on the dyno. To Ross' horror it was down on horsepower ...

I think we once established that the Geoghegans had two Cortina GTs in modified form... One a 2-door and one a 4-door. Isn't that right? Dale would know, I'd expect. Yes the Geoghegans had two black Cortina GT’s, one four door and one two door. The four door was released in Australia some time b ...

For those outside Australia who may not be completely familiar with Bob Jane here is a wonderful tribute:

https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/bob-jane-an-australian-original/

Ray Bell wrote:Unfortunately for Australian motor racing, Bob's legacy ended about twenty years ago...

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Ray, won't anyone who dies in their eighties have had their motor racing legacy end at least twenty years earlier?

Steve Holmes wrote:A true entertainer has left us. Bob Jane has passed away at age 88. RIP.

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This lightweight E type was sold in Arizona in January 2017 for AUD 11 M (including buyers premium).

Unfortunately Bob only got AUD 80 k for it when he sold it back in the day.

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I found an old programme from 1962 showing some good drivers that were battling the Corkscrew Corner at that time. [ATTACH=CONFIG]57559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]57560[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]57561[/ATTACH] One would have to agree that this is a pretty good field. (Ken H.. ) What an absolutely ...

Thanks Terry, I learn a lot also as I enter what I can. It is taking a lot longer for me at the moment as I often can't get into TRS and I have to wait and then after awhile it comes back on. Are you having issues like that "Down Under " ? Ken No issues at the moment. Thanks again for the ...

Some of the 1981-1991 IMSA GTO/GTP Class. [ATTACH=CONFIG]57478[/ATTACH] 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass. # 6. driven by Gordon Johnson [ATTACH=CONFIG]57479[/ATTACH] 1991 Chevrolet Camaro # 33, driven by Bill Ockerland [ATTACH=CONFIG]57480[/ATTACH] 1986 Porsche 962 # 10 A driven by Joe Robillard [ATTACH ...

here is a fantastic and very detailed article on Amon and McRae and their times in F5000 when it was at its peak in Australia , NZ and USA

Includes some really great photos which bring back such wonderful memories.

https://primotipo.com/2018/09/06/amons-talon-mcraes-gm2/

I can confirm that the MGB V8 on TradeMe is indeed the ex-Murray Baber car. It used to run with us as #107, but never with a front number plate. The transporter trailer that I bought from Geoff Bonham (and his MGB which is now back with me again) was I think, built by By'Gone, for Murray's car ...

Here's the pic I mentioned. Not my photo and happy to add an attribution if anyone knows who took it....[ATTACH=CONFIG]56332[/ATTACH] Fantastic to see this restoration. I was worried it wouldn’t happens as well . I have the Models 56 version of this car and it is probably my favourite. Not sure a ...

Terry, do you know of those rules applied to the (freakish) Australian variation of FJr? That is to say, the cars which ran 1101 to 1500cc engines. This was allowed in the CAMS version of FJr for about two years. Ray, as I understand the international regulations were adopted in full in Australia ...