The Roaring Season

At Lakeside Classic 2014

And 2 from Lakeside Classic 2015

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Do you think there will be a good turn out of HMC cars at HD this weekend Dale

nigel watts wrote:Do you think there will be a good turn out of HMC cars at HD this weekend Dale

We got 14 with the HSC cars Nigel, should have been more.

I'm going to start a website to list all the excuses, LOL

Kiwiboss wrote:We got 14 with the HSC cars Nigel, should have been more.

I'm going to start a website to list all the excuses, LOL

Could write a book Dale... If you can get any better than 30% of your registered drivers at any event, you are doing well.

A few pics from yesterday, got lucky with the weather!! small field but the racing was FUN

Couple more

Thanks for posting up photos, always appreciated especially by those of us thousands of miles away and not able to be there.

Whose nice MKII Lotus Cortina?

JAFA, Poul Christie owns the Cortina, he's hot keen to build a Fahey FVA Escort replica for the group. Even tho I was disappointed in the turn out at least the quality was high, new to HMC is David Woods newly finished NASCAR themed 76 Dodge Aspen running for the first time, he had a big following yesterday.

Here is the latest photo from John McKechnie. Paint wise at least it looks to be complete. A real credit to you John and it looks fantastic.

Almost finished, just picked up from signwriters, filing for MSNZ COD now, will be at the Manfeild MG Classic Nov 12/13th with Tony Roberts behind the wheel in the Historic Muscle/Saloon car class. Dale M

Wow that looks awesome Dale! What a great looking car. What width wheels are those? They're a perfect fit.

By the way, congratulations on your new business venture with Carroll Shelby!

Really very nice Dale and with a star driver in it for MG !!!!

The combined Historic Muscle Cars/Historic Saloon Cars entry to date for the MG Classic next month. I'm told both Poul Christie (Cortina Lotus) and Natalie Campbell Parlane (Ford Capri V6), have also entered since.

Unfortunately it appeara Poul Christie won't be racing due to a mechanical issue with the Cortina. However, the following have since entered, bringing the field up to 30 cars:

Natalie Campbell, Capri V6
Bill Ritchie, Alfa Guilia
Colin Campbell, Escort RS2000
Clyde Walters, Mk3 Cortina 2000

Hi Team, just a note to thank all those for putting on a great show. I would also like to thank those that we audited for their co-operation in the task that was at hand.For those that have COD updates to do and submit to MSNZ please ensure you send a copy of your COD once approved, to myself ([email protected]) in colour. (make sure it has the red MSNZ stamp on each page otherwise it wont be valid). We put through 18/19 cars and everyone was kosha (apart from some minor admin things but easily fixed).
There also needs to be acknowledgement of, and thanks to, the the people who funded the Manfield Suite so that we could enjoy some comfort and peace and quiet away from the racing, in particular Mike Coory (Health House), Dale Mathers (Coastline Automotive) and Bruce Dyer (all things Italian!!), Roger Williams for his generous contribution to Friday nights outing to Essence eatery. Just as well it was liquid and not food, (refer comments below re TR) Without people like these where would we be? And then of course there is Pete "Mr Meat" Stevenson who supplied the sausages for the BBQ and of course the Allingham girls who supplied the popcorn, but last but not least to Lyn Dyer who supplied the muffins and quiche for some of us to enjoy. If you were ahead of Tony Roberts you were OK, those behind just got the crumbs!!!
It was a great weekend which I thoroughly enjoyed watching the racing, the auditing but most importantly the friendship that has emanated from this group of enthusiasts. You people are a credit to this group.
In closing, Dale, Tony, Steve & Bruce, you have a wonderful setup here and I sincerely hope it continues to grow so that we all can see the history of our sport.

See you all next time.

Best personal regards

Dave Graham
HMC/HSC COD Auditor #23013
MSNZ Scrutineer #150253Y

A few Manfeild MG Classic pics courtesy Phil Noble.