The Roaring Season

There's a tee shirt up here made popular by the movie Deliverance - "Paddle faster, I hear banjo music".

Hope to catch up with you at HD Sunday 25th, right now I'm at a bar at LAX getting prepped for the flight to Auckland.

So they knocked cheeky little buggers off the track back then Bob, thought this was a new thing.

Rod Grimwood wrote:So they knocked cheeky little buggers off the track back then Bob, thought this was a new thing.

You wern't racing that day by any chance were you Rod,

Rod Grimwood wrote:So they knocked cheeky little buggers off the track back then Bob, thought this was a new thing.

No mate its not a new thing it was there way back in the early 60's when I started ,usually round the back of the circuit where the officials didn't see ,I guess how ever I could give back as good as I got ,but never when driving some one else's car as I was this day ,over the years I got to drive a lot of "other peoples " cars and I don't think I ever put a mark on them ,my own ones were a different matter

bob homewood wrote:No mate its not a new thing it was there way back in the early 60's when I started ,usually round the back of the circuit where the officials didn't see ,I guess how ever I could give back as good as I got ,but never when driving some one else's car as I was this day ,over the years I got to drive a lot of "other peoples " cars and I don't think I ever put a mark on them ,my own ones were a different matter

.................................Uncle Bob, I could not imagine you giving a serve you seem to be a mister nice guy, hey we should start a link " SERVING" I could tell a story or 3 ....but to be honest I never did on purpose I put it down to people not reading flags or looking in mirrors , NEVER MY FAULT lol except on one occasion I was hunting a mustang down after I was run into the grass in first r/hander Puke ....he got such a fright seeing me back in his mirror at the hair pin he decided to drive off the road all by his stupid self , because he was going to cop a BIG ONE

I dont think Linda grey would quite agree with that one Grunter

George I remember that well , in my view I was on a hot practice lap & the gap narrowed , on that same corner they say the onus is on the passing driver [being me] perhaps I should have read her better , I wont make an excuse for any wrong done ..........but when two cars travelling at same speed the only other thing I can say we would have an inexperienced driver & one a bit better ...results proving the point ..................

Better to say nothing

Steve you are correct but sometimes words are spoken ....we leave it there ..Steve, I met up with your God father to day at Hampton Downs he was there for the H M Cars ...Paul is a lovely humble man ......was very hot there [29] Dale,s class was well put together, also the F5000 geeeee Ken is amazing for his age just gets on with it , also the other classes well put together ..........

Grant ,good to catch up with you
again on the weekend ,its been too long between drinks

Hi Folks

Here is a Mid Eighties photo many may have not seen.

It is from Ohakea, which used to run fairly regularly then for the classics.

Braking at the end of the intermediate straight after the main runway.

That is my(Kevin Gill) Daimler Dart powered Spitfire, John Fendall's TR6 and Bernie Huynen's Valiant powered Healey.

Those were the days!

If anyone else has photos of any of these cars from the time, or more importantly any videos I would be grateful if you could get in touch.

Many cheers
Kevin

Somehow I think this is a bit before then

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SATIATOR wrote:Hi Folks

Here is a Mid Eighties photo many may have not seen.

It is from Ohakea, which used to run fairly regularly then for the classics.

Braking at the end of the intermediate straight after the main runway.

That is my(Kevin Gill) Daimler Dart powered Spitfire, John Fendall's TR6 and Bernie Huynen's Valiant powered Healey.

Those were the days!

If anyone else has photos of any of these cars from the time, or more importantly any videos I would be grateful if you could get in touch.

Many cheers
Kevin

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Kevin, Bernie Huynen still has the Healey but now V8 powered drove it once in Valiant powered form at Masterton in the late 1980's at an Austin Healey Club meeting on a grass circuit, will see if I can find some photo's

Roger Dowding wrote:Kevin, Bernie Huynen still has the Healey but now V8 powered drove it once in Valiant powered form at Masterton in the late 1980's at an Austin Healey Club meeting on a grass circuit, will see if I can find some photo's

Also has another Healey owned by Philip Mules,which has a bit of Race History, and Bernie is racing it these days.

Bardahl Series Hillclimb, 1979/80, Bald Hill - run by MG Car Club, myself in the TR4A that did the whole series, almost without incident.
- photo, my own collection, photographer unknown was given to me at the next hillclimb.

Here's a photo of Bernie Huynen in the Valiant Healey at a Otaua Hillclimb
The car has since had a V8 installed, but due to compliance problems it will have a 'sloper' engine refitted.
The car is now up in Northland with its new owner.