The Roaring Season

Race 1 0-1150cc & 1151-2000cc

Grid for Race 1


Front row - Michael Draper & Philip Henley - Fiat 124


Small class grid


Into the Elbow on first lap


59 Steve Emson and 77 Christine Neil - Phil Henley behind


Looks like Christine beat you into the loop Steve

Race 1 0-1150cc & 1151- 2000cc

Race 1 Grid


Front row - Michael Draper & Philip Henley - Fiat 124


Small class grid


Into Elbow on lap 1 - Neville Langley's Avenger TC at the back - red Escort of Steve McHugh


Michael Draper - Fiat 124


Christine Neil - Fiat 128

Steve Emson and Christine Neil side-by-side leaving the Elbow with Phil Henley in behind



Looks like she beat you into the loop Steve

Peter Hughes' Mazda RX2 Coupe, winner of the GTX 2001-4500cc class at the 1974 B&H meeting.

John McKechnie wrote:Ahhh, Fords family saloons having a Sunday thrash around the rural tarmac....once again, such neat pics Milan.
You certainly captured our history.

Absolutely! The Tony Warren Ford family saloon even has a tow bar...

16bbls wrote:Absolutely! The Tony Warren Ford family saloon even has a tow bar...

and the ad for " Reidrubber " - 'Put some 404's on the floor', remember those tyres..

Glenn MacIntyre, Fiat 124-Bank NSW
Paul Fahey- looks low and neat- See , they dont have to have exagerated wheel arches, Cant say Dales one excites me like this one though...........LOL

Now, has the PDL replica got that little white kiwi decal in the inside drivers headlight extension upper vent ?

Pete Geoghegan- Super Falcon, raced here with Moffat in Coke Mustang and Puke. program shows Jim Carlyle in my Monaro in same race.
Frank Gardner- Camaro with repair to rear wheel arch.

'Looks like she beat you into the loop Steve'

Ah yes- however I have an excuse! Christine drove this car at this track very well indeed. The two of us were along way ahead of the rest. I was racing this car after this scratch GTX race in the B & H with John Woolf. We had to have the full std exhaust on. Christines car had the exhaust off and was a rocket ship. After, for the remainder of the GTX championship my girlfriend and I would climb under the 128 and take the exhaust off for races. The difference was huge. Hats off to Christine however, on that day I just could not stay with her in a straight line.

Milan Fistonic wrote:Steve Emson and Christine Neil side-by-side leaving the Elbow with Phil Henley in behind
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Looks like she beat you into the loop Steve
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Has anyone got an entry list for this race as I would like to put a name to many of these photos - thanks.

Magnificent photos Ross. Do you need an entry lst for that race?

Magnificent photos Ross.

Here is the entry list.

Just noticed some changes in another programme.

Number 3 was scratched

Number 15 was a Mini 1275 GT driven by Frank and Robin Radisich

Number 40 was a Mazda 323 driven by 17-year-old Paul and 15 year-old Chris Radisich.

Would have to be one of the very few times, if not the only time, four members of one family competed in the same race.

Brilliant thanks Milan - I have have sent you a PM re these both here and on FB to get your new email address.
Ross Cammick

While the number three Commodore was scratched by Paul Adams, the body and the engine of that car did compete in the race.

The Coppins Clayton Car had engine trouble during testing on Thursday before the race so they bought the Adams car from Giltrap Racing and put the engine from that into their Top Pet car.

Then after practice the Hulme Richards car was written off in a road accident in Pukekohe while being driven by a mechanic.
They then put the running gear from the wrecked car into the engineless Adams car.

So the Adams car provided the engine for the Commodore that won the race and the body for the Commodore that finished third.