The Roaring Season

OK folks it is time for a change of scenery.
You have 10 weeks to arrange to join us for the best show in the West.

I look forward to seeing you here.

Check this site for all the info.
http://www.mazdaraceway.com/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion

When: August 18-21, 2016

Featured Marque: BMW – Celebrating its 100th Anniversary

Race Groups:

Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Pre-1940 Sports Racing and Touring and 1927 – 1951 Racing
1955 – 1962 GT Cars
1955 – 1961 Sports Racing over 2000cc
1973 – 1981 FIA, IMSA, GT, GTX, AAGT, GTU
1963 – 1968 USRRC & Can-Am
1970 – 1984 Sports Racing under 2100cc
1966 – 1972 Trans-Am
1968 – 1974 Can-Am (50th anniversary celebration)

Thursday, Friday & Sunday

1947 – 1955 Sports Racing and GT
1961 – 1966 GT under 2500cc
1955 – 1961 Sports Racing under 2000cc
1963 – 1973 FIA Manufacturers Championship
1963 – 1966 GT over 2500cc
1981 – 1991 FIA Manufacturers Championship; IMSA GTO/GTP
1967 – 1984 Formula One



( Ken Hyndman )

khyndart in CA wrote:I look forward to seeing you here.
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Check this site for all the info.
http://www.mazdaraceway.com/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion

When: August 18-21, 2016

Featured Marque: BMW – Celebrating its 100th Anniversary

Race Groups:

Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Pre-1940 Sports Racing and Touring and 1927 – 1951 Racing
1955 – 1962 GT Cars
1955 – 1961 Sports Racing over 2000cc
1973 – 1981 FIA, IMSA, GT, GTX, AAGT, GTU
1963 – 1968 USRRC & Can-Am
1970 – 1984 Sports Racing under 2100cc
1966 – 1972 Trans-Am
1968 – 1974 Can-Am (50th anniversary celebration)

Thursday, Friday & Sunday

1947 – 1955 Sports Racing and GT
1961 – 1966 GT under 2500cc
1955 – 1961 Sports Racing under 2000cc
1963 – 1973 FIA Manufacturers Championship
1963 – 1966 GT over 2500cc
1981 – 1991 FIA Manufacturers Championship; IMSA GTO/GTP
1967 – 1984 Formula One



( Ken Hyndman )

Ken, on my wish list, not this year though.. enjoy and post plenty of photos ..

Was there last in 1982 a long time ago..

This event is on sooner than that was there in 1982 too !!


Here is the poster for the 50th Anniversary of the All British Field Meet.

Los Olivos is almost exactly 1/2 way from LAX to Laguna Seca raceway time wise.



It is a good place to stop and water the horses !


( Ken Hyndman )

I first went to this area on our honeymoon and although I will not show those photos I will say that it was hard to imagine cars racing around the Pebble Beach circuit that is a few miles from Laguna Seca out by the Pacific Ocean.
From 1950 to 1956 the racing was around this dangerous circuit lined with trees and a few hay bales and was last used when driver Ernie McAfee crashed his Ferrari into a tree and died instantly in 1956.
This was the circuit where Phil Hill first displayed his skills also along with Carroll Shelby and Dan Gurney etc..

[video=youtube;eXMkn4EmlKQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMkn4EmlKQ[/video]



(Ken Hyndman )

Ken, that reminds me of westwood in BC

khyndart in CA wrote:Los Olivos is almost exactly 1/2 way from LAX to Laguna Seca raceway time wise.
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It is a good place to stop and water the horses !
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( Ken Hyndman )

Are you taking the Cooper S or the horse and buggy ?? cheers Kiwi ..

Roger,
I may have to use the horses. The Cooper is suddenly burning oil. (I have to drive it at night !) I am getting too old to tear into it at the moment and my CEO is directing my energy in other directions.
I may be standing out by the road to hitch a ride north in August !
(That is why I am throwing in the hints with a map etc. )

Cheers, Ken H

928 wrote:Ken, that reminds me of westwood in BC

928,
You are correct and you also reminded me that I had visited that track back in 1972 on the way to England, so last night I rummaged through some old travel slides and found some of Westwood that I will share in the next few days.
p.s. Did you go to the track ?

Here is one scrapbook photo from 1968 at Westwood.
June 23 1968. Players Pacific Sports Car race.
John Cordts, the driver of the McLaren Mk1, is standing under the tree explaining to the car owner the damage sustained while he was battling for the lead !
Don Jensen passes by in his interesting looking Burnett Special.



( Ken Hyndman..more Westwood photos soon)

Ken,
yes, I went to westwood when I lived just down the road. would have been around the same time as you were there

928,
Back to the small world department.
We arrived in Vancouver (I was with a Morrinsville schoolmate) in July 1972. A former Morrinsville friend picked us up and showed us around the big city and told us that Greg Tordoff's sister married a Canadian named Wray Nixon who raced a team of Mini Coopers at Westwood race circuit. We met Wray and he put us to work getting the cars ready for the weekend meet. He was a lot of fun and well known at Westwood.
Have you heard of him ?
Greg Tordoff was the excellent mechanic that had a garage in Morrinsville and was a great help to Spinner Black and did work on the Holden Monaro that John McKecknie is beautifully restoring back to life. He also has a brother Julian who had an excellent body shop in Hamilton. A talented family.
It is a small world indeed.


Ken H. (Been a delay in slide to prints process. Sorry )

khyndart in CA wrote:928,
Back to the small world department.
We arrived in Vancouver (I was with a Morrinsville schoolmate) in July 1972. A former Morrinsville friend picked us up and showed us around the big city and told us that Greg Tordoff's sister married a Canadian named Wray Nixon who raced a team of Mini Coopers at Westwood race circuit. We met Wray and he put us to work getting the cars ready for the weekend meet. He was a lot of fun and well known at Westwood.
Have you heard of him ?
Greg Tordoff was the excellent mechanic that had a garage in Morrinsville and was a great help to Spinner Black and did work on the Holden Monaro that John McKecknie is beautifully restoring back to life. He also has a brother Julian who had an excellent body shop in Hamilton. A talented family.
It is a small world indeed.


Ken H. (Been a delay in slide to prints process. Sorry )

The Tordoff family had the Ngarua store on Roger's walton racetrack, sadly no longer exists like many country store,s

Ken, you have a great time and will catch you

Sometimes I go to these races and not realize the history of some of the cars that compete in these historic events.
Such was the case of this blue 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302. Chassis # 9FG2R112073.Driven now by Don Dimitriadis.

( Ken Hyndman photo )
This was the first Trans Am Boss 302 Mustang prepared by the Ford factory racing division of Kar Kraft. Even though it was driven by Dan Gurney, Peter Revson and Horst Kwech during 1969, it did not get off to a great start as during it's 2nd race at St. Jovite in Canada,
Kwech and Revson both spun on oil left when George Follmer's Boss 302 engine blew and they all slammed into each other as Penske's Camaro driven by Mark Donohue went by to win ! It was an expensive day for the Ford Boss 302 team.

( Scrapbook )
Poor old 9FG2R112073 also suffered a damaged roof when it was lifted off the heap of Mustangs.
Gee, I wonder why the roof was so weak !

( KJH scrapbook )


(Ken Hyndman )

Sorry folks that you missed out on this E Bay bargain in 2010.

http://ls1tech.com/forums/automotive-news-media-press/1286280-ebay-dan-gurney-s-1969-ford-mustang-boss-302-trans-am-racecar.html


This is how it looked in August 2015.

Indeed, a very special car. These photos were sent to me by Randy Hernandez, the son of Fran Hernandez. Fran headed up Fords racing operations in the 1960s. The car you've posted above is the prototype for the 1969 factory racing Mustangs. Its a work of art.

This is the car freshly completed and still at Kar-Kraft. These photos were taken in December 1968. Note its fitted with the 1968 American Racing wheels, with the different Lincoln front hubs. At the start of the 1969 Trans-Am season, the factory Ford teams had switched to the latest American Racing 200-S magnesium wheels, but these suffered a couple of failures early on. AM then reproduced them as a 6-spoke wheel, but by the stage most had switched to the 8-spoke Minilites, which is what the car still wears today.

Another Mustang at Monterey will be Bill Ockerlund in his 1968 Shelby Mustang.
Again I did not know the story behind the Ford engine that preceded the Boss 302 which was the "tunnel port 302" engine, until I had read this.

http://www.hotrod.com/features/history/stories/hrdp-1305-the-story-behind-fords-iii-fated-1968-tunnel-port-302/






(Ken Hyndman )

khyndart in CA wrote:Another Mustang at Monterey will be Bill Ockerlund in his 1968 Shelby Mustang.
Again I did not know the story behind the Ford engine that preceded the Boss 302 which was the "tunnel port 302" engine, until I had read this.

http://www.hotrod.com/features/history/stories/hrdp-1305-the-story-behind-fords-iii-fated-1968-tunnel-port-302/




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(Ken Hyndman )

Ken, would this be the ex Bob Jane car? It had a tunnel port engine when it arrived in OZ but it was soon changed to a "normal" 302

Terry,
This is the listed drivers for this car;
1968 Ford Mustang #2 - Originally driven by Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, Horst Kweck, David Pearson, & Alan Moffat

khyndart in CA wrote:Another Mustang at Monterey will be Bill Ockerlund in his 1968 Shelby Mustang.
Again I did not know the story behind the Ford engine that preceded the Boss 302 which was the "tunnel port 302" engine, until I had read this.

http://www.hotrod.com/features/history/stories/hrdp-1305-the-story-behind-fords-iii-fated-1968-tunnel-port-302/


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(Ken Hyndman )

Bill Ockerlund has been buying up all the TA cars of late, he contacted me a year or so back wanting to know what was down here in NZ

Dale M