The Roaring Season

Guy Lim in the mad little V8 propelled Prefect versus Colin Prast in the Fairlane. The Fairlane ran a 427.

Its buggy time! Rod Millen on the left.

'69 Shelby. Any clues on the owner? Can't have been too many of these around in the early 70s.

Nick Liefting.

Nice looking Chevelle, having the rear bags warmed.

Last photo from Ardmore. Last photo from Part 1 of the Allan Porter Collection.

Great shots from Allan. It staggers me the unpublished shots were way cooler than some of the shots NZHRM ran with. Interestingly alot of these cars are still around

Greg Stokes wrote:Great shots from Allan. It staggers me the unpublished shots were way cooler than some of the shots NZHRM ran with. Interestingly alot of these cars are still around

Hi Greg, yes I agree. Magazines typically focus on the high-end cars and the grassroots stuff can sometimes be overlooked. But perhaps the pics that we find most fascinating now weren't considered so then.

Dave Loose IIRC

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The Black Tudor was Lynsey "Stich" Richardson. were these taken at Riverside Rodders run at Lake Karapiro?

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Thanks for that great info Duncan. The last shot appears to be the back straight at Bay Park, run in the opposite direction.

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Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks for that great info Duncan. The last shot appears to be the back straight at Bay Park, run in the opposite direction.

Yes Steve I figured it out later on , I think it was the same week end as Riversides Run These are great photos bring back many memories.

Thats great to hear Duncan. What were driving back then?

Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks for that great info Duncan. The last shot appears to be the back straight at Bay Park, run in the opposite direction.

Bay Rodders ran a winter series of about 6 Drag Race meets a year on the back straight of old Baypark starting at the camp ground end. In the late 70's early 80's I attended just about every event. That's me in the yellow Mustang picking on a Jappa, LOL. NOTE: Great crowd control, talk about get up close. Dale M

Thats an awesome photo Dale!

Heres a good shot looking down the track, pretty good crowd sizes back then. that's me in my wheel standing dune buggy, I often race two vehicles at one meeting, taken in 1980. Dale M

And my 73 Corvette Stingray taken Jan 1985.

Steve Holmes wrote:Thats great to hear Duncan. What were driving back then?

This was my ride that weekend ,we didn't go to the drags I was worried id break something,so my then girlfriend and I went to a motel to get some food a shower and some rest, (at least that's what she thought) It was a wild weekend.

Steve Holmes wrote:I love this shot of the cars queuing for their runs at Bay Park.

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The Pop belonged to Ivan Jujnovich he A framed it to a Whakatane Hot Rod festival in im gunna say 74? and some camping gear inside the car fell onto the shifter and knocked it into gear. Sad state of affairs by the time he arrived at Whakatane.