Photos: The Graeme Bennett Collection - Part 2

[Carlo]

That's certainly my understanding

Agree with David it was his only chance of running near the front for a few laps

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks guys.

[Steve Holmes]

Bit hard to see here, but this is Brian Redman leading the F5000s at the end of the opening lap. Pretty good sized crowd!

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[Steve Holmes]

Here is Graeme Lawrence in his T332. This is the final guise for this car, and the one it retains today in historic racing.

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[Steve Holmes]

I think this is Kevin Bartlett, having switched back to a T332 from the T400 he'd previously campaigned.

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[Dale Harvey]

That is the T400. It just has a few things changed, like the airbox and the rear of the bodywork removed.
Dale.

[Steve Holmes]

Oh yeah, you are right! Well spotted Dale.

[Steve Holmes]

Bruce Allison, who qualified 5th and finish 2nd in the Lola T332.

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[Steve Holmes]

Max Stewart in the Lola T400, being attended to by his pit crew. Stewart retired from the 1976 NZGP, but I'm unsure if this was taken during the race or during practice. Either way, a fantastic photo.

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[Steve Holmes]

Maybe someone can help me out here. This is prize giving at the 1976 New Zealand Grand Prix event. Ken Smith won the race, from Bruce Allison and Kevin Bartlett. Pictured here is Smith collecting his prize. Standing next to him, is this Bruce Allison? The third driver pictured appears to be Jim Murdoch, who finished 5th. Where is Bartlett? Can anyone help with this?

Or was this prize giving from the POSB Gold Star race that preceded the GP?

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[Howard Wood]

Maybe someone can help me out here. This is prize giving at the 1976 New Zealand Grand Prix event. Ken Smith won the race, from Bruce Allison and Kevin Bartlett. Pictured here is Smith collecting his prize. Standing next to him, is this Bruce Allison? The third driver pictured appears to be Jim Murdoch, who finished 5th. Where is Bartlett? Can anyone help with this?

Or was this prize giving from the POSB Gold Star race that preceded the GP?

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Middle driver looks like Graeme Lawrence to me.

[Rod Grimwood]

That it is Howard.

Maybe as you say Steve, POSB Gold Star prize giving.

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks guys, yes at first I thought it looked like Lawrence, but he doesn't appear to have featured in any of the results. Although he took pole for both the Gold Star and NZGP races, he stopped on lap 1 of the Gold Star, returning towards the end. He dnf'd in the NZGP.

[Steve Holmes]

Nice photo here of Ken Smith, having won the NZGP, taking his victory lap alongside Len Southward (of the Southward Car Museum) in Len's beloved 1915 Stutz Indy 500 racer.

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[Steve Holmes]

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[graham donaldson]

thanks .what a great series that was.I was so lucky to be working for VDS and on Peters car.this web site is so great to bring back the memories

[graham donaldson]

the F5000 series in the tasman was great that everyone got along with other team members

[graham donaldson]

[quote="Steve Holmes"]Here is Graham McRae in the McRae GM2, at the 1974 Pukekohe International (not the New Zealand Grand Prix, as that was held at Wigram in 1974). McRae qualified on the front row at most NZ rounds that season, but failed to win a race in his homeland. I believe the rights to the GM2 design eventually came to be owned by Jack McCormack, who built a small number of cars under the Talon name.

yes you are right.I worked with jack when he was at AAR for a while