Photos: The Graeme Bennett Collection - Part 2

[Steve Holmes]

Yeah I like this one too Roger. It currently wears the more curvaceous scoop it wore in the 1976 season, with enclosed engine.

[George Sheweiry]

This is the car or should I say the remains of that I bought from Kelvin Camerons widow to use for my Detomaso Pantera sports sedan build in 1983. The Tub was bent like a banana as I was told Garry had a big off coming over chinamans hill at Puke.

And Garry Pederson in the McLaren M18.



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This is the car or should I say the remains of that I bought from Kelvin Camerons widow to use for my Detomaso Pantera sports sedan build in 1983. The Tub was bent like a banana as I was told Garry had a big off coming over chinamans hill at Puke.

Did I see the rebuilt tub for sale just recently advertised here in NZ?

[Steve Holmes]

Here is Neil Doyle, former Corvette powered Anglia Allcomer racer, driving the converted Formula 1 Surtees TS9, into which he fitted a small block Chevy. I'm wary of quoting Graham Vercoe's book, but in it he said this car was the ex-Mike Hailwood car? Is this correct? I assume its now an F1 car again with Cosworth power?

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[GD66]

Oldracingcars.com seems to think the Doyle car is the ex-Tim Schenken chassis TS9/006. The Hailwood chassis used in NZ was TS9/002.

[Steve Holmes]

Oldracingcars.com seems to think the Doyle car is the ex-Tim Schenken chassis TS9/006. The Hailwood chassis used in NZ was TS9/002.

Thank you for this. I also posted the image on our Facebook page, and several people said it was the Hailwood car, as to be expected as that is what is written in the Vercoe book, but I also got the following reply from Derek Woods:

"I assisted tony haycock from classic driver magazine nz with some photos and a short history of the car written in book form by the late chris williamson only three months ago it was one of the feature articles about 2 issues ago in that mag, the car now resides in the uk and has more history than most surtees cars. It is chassis number 006 driven in 1972 by tim schenken scoring points only once. Lord hesketh rented the car from surtees for james hunts f1 debut in the 1973 race of champions where mr hunt placed it 3rd , hesketh decided the car was not for them and bought a new march 731 and enjoyed some good results in hunts first year including a second in the usgp. Back to 006 neil doyle bought the car for around 5000 dollars later in 1973 after it had been laying around the factory for a while. Its nz history is well documented so buy the mag on trade me or borrow it and read the article it fills a gap on a nz forgotten f5000 car".

[Steve Holmes]

Here is Frank Bray in the ex-David Oxton Begg FM5.

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[Steve Holmes]

Back to the 1974 NZIGP, and Peter Gethin is just shooting out of the frame in the Chevron B24.

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[Steve Holmes]

And here is pole-man Graham McRae in the GM2.

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[Steve Holmes]

Here is another shot of Max Stewart in the Lola.

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[Steve Holmes]

Another shot of the superb McCully FM5

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[Steve Holmes]

Is this Lola T400 that of Paul Bernasconi? Interesting paint scheme, very similar to the Boraxo colours Brian Redman ran in the US.

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[Steve Holmes]

The field rolls towards the starter for the 1976 New Zealand Grand Prix. Graeme Lawrence on pole, Ken Smith alongside.

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[Steve Holmes]

Here is the eventual winner of the 1976 NZ Grand Prix winner. Ken Smith in the Lola T332.

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[Steve Holmes]

And here is Brian Redman in the Chevron B29. Didn't he cut the chicanes in the early laps?

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[Michael Clark]

Lap 1 - straight through on the back straight. I can still hear the gasp that went through the crowd...

[khyndart in CA]

Yes, I talked to Brian Redman at the Monterey Historic Meet 2 years ago and he still laughs about doing that. It certainly
did put a gasp through the crowd as we remembered other incidents on the back straight involving Hulme one year
and Bryan Faloon in 1972.

[Steve Holmes]

So did he skip the chicane just because he didn't like the chicane, or because he thought it was a stupid place for a chicane, or because he didn't take the race too seriously, or because he knew he didn't stand a chance again the big capacity cars............? He has a good sense of humour does Brian.

[khyndart in CA]

I think at the time it was because he knew it was the only chance to "have a go" against the big capacity cars on the first lap.

[David McKinney]

That's certainly my understanding