Lawrence Bruce

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I will ask her if she would mind putting up some photos. Was talking about LVB today with another mate Chris Shamy. We were discussing LVB had a brief taste of drag racing in Ron Colletts alcohol dragster, this was after the Arbuckles Camaro I think. Chris raced with Ron then another mate of ours Greg Taylor raced it and crashed it big time up at Meremere. He ended up with a broken neck and some other pretty good injuries from that, but Greg was no stranger to danger. He had done a couple of insane car jumps at Ruapuna before all this. Just caught up with him a couple of weeks ago too. He now lives in Oz. anyway where this story was going, was that LVB had hooked up with Ron Collett and was to drive the new dragster as the other one had been written off by GT. unfortunately, I think LVB only did a handful of runs, at best. One of his experiences was going all the way to Auckland in Rons Leyland Comet bus only to be rained out and as far as I know, didn't get in a run. That was painful as the bus only did about 80 ks, and , I stand to be corrected, but it didn't stop along the way for pit stops because of its terminal velocity being a bit naf. I you wanted to pee, the door was opened and you just had to unload. No wonder windshield washers are mandatory these days😉

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Thanks for your comments, and camaroman for starting a thread. LVB would not have expected that we would be talking and remembering him on an internet site. In fact I know he would have been humbled by this. I have tried to upload a photo but not sure that this has happened. It was one that was on display at his funeral which summed him up pretty well. They were pushing the Mustang along in the pits, Lawrence was having a passing chat to another racer, cig in hand and a couple of pretty women pushing the car. Legend!!!

Outstanding contribution photo , certainly At levels, That old familiar water tank on the skyline, Is that Bruce Bellis, driver of the x Clyde Collins Cortina chev approaching LVB ? "independent motors" , was that a Peter Kockis, Geraldine connection ?