Where Are All The '70s And '80s Photos?

[GD66]

Would that be Merv Neil in the #62 FF ?

[Jeff]

Superb photo's Milan. Many thanks.
My highlights of the day included not only Mike Marshall going off but also Harvard Daniels rolling the rotary engined Purvis Eureka kit car on the same corner and being unable to get out of the upside-down car because the roof lifts up.... hmmm
Also John Cowan rolled his mk1 escort "The Pheonix" on the same corner.
To really cap it off some spectators fell through the wooden roof of an old concrete water tank on that same corner and gave me a good chuckle.
The event was a massive success and as Milan's photo's and the you tube video shows - the crowd was large for our second ever televised rallysprint.
I do recall mention of some stuff being stolen from Mike Marshall's stranded Escort down in the trees but I'm not sure if this was true or just rumour.
The course still exists, even the side-road start line area still exists and that is a rarity in a forest.
The last corner where all the carnage happened has been altered by logging operations but for the most part the course is just the same.
Even the roadside open fire-water tank on the 100mph straight is still there.
I remember the Fredco Toyota Starlet ending up submerged in there in later years.
In 1985 I did a rallysprint in there and it used most of that course and it was bloody fast and scary.

[Jeff]

Yes , I thought the same thing. Thanks

Would that be Merv Neil in the #62 FF ?

[Ross Hollings]

Anyone got a copy of Herald photo of Mike Marshall rolling the Pointen Motors Anglia at Pukekohe, car completely upside down hovering above track,sorry Mike but it was a brilliant shot and was on the front page as i remember.

[fullnoise68]

Anyone got a copy of Herald photo of Mike Marshall rolling the Pointen Motors Anglia at Pukekohe, car completely upside down hovering above track,sorry Mike but it was a brilliant shot and was on the front page as i remember.

Ross, Bob Homewood has got a photo of it. I`ll see if he can post it on here. Barry Pointon is my father in law and he let Mike Marshall drive the Anglia at Pukekohe due to Barry breaking his leg in a workshop accident, he reckons he should have left it in the shed!

[Jeff]

A friend of mine at Hibiscus Coast Motorsport club was so excited and enthused by the event that it was several hours after he got home that day he realised he had left the dog in the forest tied to a tree

[Jeff]

A friend of mine at Hibiscus Coast Motorsport club was so excited and enthused by the event that it was several hours after he got home that day he realised he had left the dog in the forest tied to a tree

In the Cossey's Farm thread Jeff wrote:

Jim Richards really excelled on gravel and watching him and Leo Leonard fight out the Riverhead Rallysprint in the late 70's in matching BDA Mk2 Escorts was superb stuff. There is rough but superb footage of the event on You Tube with all of our superb drivers of the day including Mike Marshall chucking the CRC Escort off the road at speed.
I was there that day and loved every moment of it as a kid.
Dad worked for TVNZ (NZBC then ) and mounted in-car and on-car camera's with limpet ( suction cup ) mounts
and sometimes clockwork 16mm film camera's were used as they didn't have a heavy battery and could film for 3 mins at a time.
NZBC were relieved that they had taken the camera off Mike Marshall's Escort before he went off.


Mike Marshall's Escort with the roof-mounted camera.

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Leo Leonard who won the event.

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Part of the very large crowd that was there that day.

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[Ross Hollings]

The Pointon car was beautifully turned out as i remember.Lived near Mike and he was a member of the ACC so new him quite well,his race cars were immaculate especially his mini.

[Milan Fistonic]

Anyone got a copy of Herald photo of Mike Marshall rolling the Pointen Motors Anglia at Pukekohe, car completely upside down hovering above track,sorry Mike but it was a brilliant shot and was on the front page as i remember.

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[Jeff]

Great photo thanks Milan.
That back wheel full of dirt must have played a part in getting him upside down ?
Was the Anglia repaired ?

[fullnoise68]

Great photo thanks Milan.
That back wheel full of dirt must have played a part in getting him upside down ?
Was the Anglia repaired ?

Yes Jeff, the Anglia was repaired and sold. A bit later on Barry then bought two brand new Escorts, and with a young Jim Richards working for Barry at the time, between them they built one into the `Lemon and Paeroa' Escort which Jim raced prior to getting the drive in Jim Carneys Escort.

As an interesting sideline, and one I bought up at Lakeside last year at the Shannons lunch that the HMC guys were invited to, was Barry would get Jim to `do a parts round' in the workshop ute, going to Motorspecs, etc, and sometimes what would normally take half an hour turned into 3-4 hours as Jim would have met another motor racing nut and he`d then go and have a look at who was building what, have some lunch, etc. After a while Barry just accepted it as the norm, as he was very supportive of Jim, and even to this day Jim is openly thankful for the help and support Barry gave him back then.

[Milan Fistonic]

Would that be Merv Neil in the #62 FF ?

No, not Merv Neil.

It's Peter Neil in what looks like the ex-Dauntsey Teagle Merlyn. It was entered by Ross Neil Racing.

[Jeff]

Thanks Milan.
I remember Dauntsey Teagle in his pink Morris Marina rally car circa 1972 Heatway

No, not Merv Neil.

It's Peter Neil in what looks like the ex-Dauntsey Teagle Merlyn. It was entered by Ross Neil Racing.

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this is ex bruce anderson I believe

[BMCBOY]

I have been going through a few more old negatives lately and came across this event.

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[Allan]

These are great photos of what in my opinion were the halcyon days of New Zealand motorsport. Just look at the variety of makes and models. In those days if you could get your bum into any seat you raced it.