Motor Racing pics - my early years, 1964-71 ; Pukekohe Racetrack ;by - Roger Dowdingl

[John McKechnie]

I remember in the Porsche LeMans 1991 or 92 we used it-I was in a Mini Cooper.
2 years later we used the loop in reverse for a Rally Sprint-finished going through the gate to the stands.

[Roger Dowding]

continuing the 1966 NZ Grand Prix meeting photos.
Maserati 3500 GT

the huge crowd and a single seater ?, there is still grass where to course now curves right where the elbow - stables used to be taking the track left and around the loop to Railway corner

Honda S600 and a Mistral or Buckler !!

Mustang - the Fleetwood Motors Segedin car

The small car class, Minis mainly through the Elbow [ similar place from where Ken Hyndman took his photo of the big guys, Mustangs etc.

[Roger Dowding]

I took this photo at Pukekohe and I need help in finding out when it was taken. I think it was 1972.
Also name the cars / drivers as best possible.
Thank you.

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( Ken Hyndman )

Just noticed that the Elbow has the tarseal for the run to Railway in place, so sometime after 1967 the must have built that section.

[GD66]

The long circuit was used for the NZGP in 1966, but the short one was used for the next year's GP on Jan 7th, 1967.

[Milan Fistonic]

The long circuit was used for the NZGP in 1966, but the short one was used for the next year's GP on Jan 7th, 1967.

The first race meeting on the short 1.75 mile circuit was held on November 5 1966.

The Club Circuit, formed when the new piece of track was laid, was first used on Labour Day weekend of 1966.

[Roger Dowding]

The first race meeting on the short 1.75 mile circuit was held on November 5 1966.

The Club Circuit, formed when the new piece of track was laid, was first used on Labour Day weekend of 1966.

Milan , I am now confused as thought the photos in the latter part of this thread were from Grand Prix 1967, but it appears they are GP 1966.
Thanks as always for your information.
Have two shots taken from by the Stables from the same film of the Grand Prix cars using the " long " circuit.

[Roger Dowding]

Here are the photos from the Stables [ Elbow corner ] as can be seen was quite close to the track standing where the short circuit now goes, but before the piece was built, so must have been January 1966.

the photos first as taken and then close up

Can someone identify the white [ with stripes ] single seater.

[Allan]

Red Dawson

[GD66]

I think it may be Leo Geoghegan in the Lotus 32.

[Roger Dowding]

I think it may be Leo Geoghegan in the Lotus 32.

Looking back through the " Motorsport 1966 " yearbook Looks like the Ex-Matich Brabham 2.5 of Red Dawson as has the double side stripe.
Leo Geoghegan's Lotus 32 Ford 1.5 has a single side stripe.
Leo placed 5th and Red 7th, Red won at Waimate and ran the Brabham again in 1967

see post #154 below, I got it wrong

[GD66]

This pic of Leo is on the Sergent site's report of the 1966 NZGP.

[GD66]

Agree about Red's stripes though

[khyndart in CA]

My vote goes with Leo Geoghegan as the intakes are on the right side and it looks like a number 7




(Ken Hyndman ) Good memories Roger

[Roger Dowding]

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This pic of Leo is on the Sergent site's report of the 1966 NZGP.

GD66 I go with you now, thanks to you and Ken H, I had confused my 1966 GP photos with the 1967 GP and titled photos the wrong year.
Have edited some of the posts to correct this - and there is a photo in the Motorsport '66 book by Allan Dick of the '66 GP with Les Rankin using the Maserati as the Clerk of Course car, sort of seals it.

Note to self, you have all these books and magazines, research before you post !!
cheers

Roger

[Roger Dowding]

My vote goes with Leo Geoghegan as the intakes are on the right side and it looks like a number 7




(Ken Hyndman ) Good memories Roger

Ken thanks, and even better when I get the dates right

[Roger Dowding]

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Agree about Red's stripes though

GD66, great photo, both of Red's cars ..

[Ross Hollings]

Hey Roger,no ones perfect,pictures are fantastic and enjoying them,used to work on the grids during that time and saw most of these cars and drivers close up.Good memories,keep them coming. RH

[GD66]

Second that, evocative snaps of a wonderful time in NZ's motorsport history. I'm no rivet-counter by any means Roger, but it got my eye as I have always been a Geoghegan fan. Would love to have gone to the GPs in those years but didn't make it to Puke until 1970, so your pics are a treat, buddy.

[Roger Dowding]

Second that, evocative snaps of a wonderful time in NZ's motorsport history. I'm no rivet-counter by any means Roger, but it got my eye as I have always been a Geoghegan fan. Would love to have gone to the GPs in those years but didn't make it to Puke until 1970, so your pics are a treat, buddy.

GD66, a few more to come of single seaters at the '66 GP , then other photos from 1966-68 or so which I am unsure of the dates, but all at Pukekohe, Anglias, the Humber Jag, a Pontiac and others - a slow process as Ray [ ERC ] Green notes. takes me about an hour to scan resize and post 6 photos - very slow !!.

[Shoreboy57]

takes me about an hour to scan resize and post 6 photos - very slow !!.

Roger, we appreciate the time you, Ray and others take to bring these evocative memories to TRS. Many thanks