The Roaring Season

Bry 3500, did anyone tell the cyclists and scooter riders there was racing going on as they wandered through the pits !!

And the cyclist is riding the wrong way, thats a real nono............, I am sure Dale can tell us the penalty for that

Does it change anything if the cars on the left are just coming out of the pit/garage area, the yellow and green cars in the middle are waiting on the dummy grid and on the other side of that concrete barrier is the circuit with no race in progress ?



( Ken Hyndman )

Jeez that meeting would have to be on any historic fans bucket list.

I hope you don't mind if I enter some photos and if you have any questions I will try to answer. I even have some with me in also !
Like I mentioned Rod Grimwood was in good hands.
The Brett Willis team were a very professional and friendly bunch and a credit to NZ.

I also had a chance to talk to Brian Redman as we told stories of the 1975 Long Beach Grand Prix where he won in this Lola T 332.
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More from Laguna Seca.

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Mustangs won the Trans Am race. The winning car was # 16 T, a 1970 302 Boss Mustang, driven in 1970 by Peter Gregg, shown here in the garage area with the wheels off.
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Ken, great photo's. Hope you don't mind have saved some of them to my " Pictures " collection, with notation as yours.

Roger, you are most welcome to do whatever you want with my photos and thanks for asking. The quality was spoilt by the heat and no clouds so there is a lot of reflection but still better than the "Box Brownie" type ! There are still more to come. Is that ok ?


(Ken Hyndman )

khyndart in CA wrote:Roger, you are most welcome to do whatever you want with my photos and thanks for asking. The quality was spoilt by the heat and no clouds so there is a lot of reflection but still better than the "Box Brownie" type ! There are still more to come. Is that ok ?


(Ken Hyndman )

" Is that ok ? " - of course, waiting for more. As mentioned was at Laguna Seca in 1982 and thought it was awesome, it was a simpler place back then.
during that trip to the USA also went to Portland International Raceway, for one of the North West Classic and Vintage [ as the Americans call them ] meetings, with members of the Austin Healey Club of Oregon.

Could be the start of another thread - Vintage Racing on the West Coast, 1982 style, as have many photo's mainly static but some of the racing.

Just a few shots of the Formula One cars. (The camera was not working properly )

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khyndart in CA wrote:August 14 2015.
I just wanted to report that Rod Grimwood has been seen at Laguna Seca, California and he is happy and is in good hands !

[ATTACH=CONFIG]29797[/ATTACH] good photo Roddy u trying to piss yr mates off ....its working lol


(Ken Hyndman )

Thanks Ken great photos ....good to see u mat the lad [Rod]

Yes Grant, they were a good bunch on the Kiwi teams. It was just a long break between qualifying on Friday and not racing until Sunday.
Here are some more photos. That is Dario Franchitti's brother, Marino, waiting to drive the blue 1975 Gulf Mirage GR8.
( you will note the photo quality changing as my camera was taking a dump which was really annoying..sorry about that but I thought I may as well put the photos in here as it gives an idea of the variety of the racing here at Laguna Seca. )
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Excellent photos Ken and thanks for posting. I haven't received any from Rod yet - obviously entertaining the local females.

Would you mind if I posted the Trans-Am photos on the HMC Facebook page ??

Cheers Mike

Mike, I am glad you like these photos which disappoint me due to the camera. Yes you can do whatever you wish with these. I will keep adding as I go. Do not fear "Grimmy" will come through. I was impressed on how hard he kept record of all that was needed with his team. He was a real asset to Brett.

(Ken Hyndman )

It was great to have so many make the trip from New Zealand for the F5000 race, I was there with the Mclaren M10 B . We had many of the kiwis through our shop and attending an event I had at my shop which was an evening with Shadow cars which was great to have them there for that event also.
Alan Dunkley spent some time at my shop helping out with the Shadow DN 5 but on Sunday afternoon he made the main race for the F5000 group a spectacular race to watch, he is a super talent and you guys will be very proud of his achievements I'm sure.

Even driving to the track at Laguna Seca from Monterey can be interesting. I thought all these fine Italian cars were pulling over to let my 2001 BMW 325i Touring go through but it turned out that they were entering into the Concorso Italiano event that day. Anyway it was an impressive array of cars.

http://concorso.com/

(Ken Hyndman )

2015 Rolex Monterey Reunion.
Various photos showing there were all types of racing vehicles at this event.
First shows the start of a 1973-1981 IMSA GT,FIA, GTX race as they head over the rise. (The area below me is where a tragic motor bike race accident occurred a few weeks prior and 2 Spanish riders died of their injuries. ) This photo shows Bruce Canepa in the lead in his 1979 Porsche 935 ahead of the 1977 Greenwood Corvette and this is the way they finished. ( I Love the Greenwood Corvette !)
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More from Laguna Seca,
First , two fine gentlemen, Phil Mauger (L) and Lindsay O'Donnell (R)

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