The Roaring Season

Thought I'd start of this thread as a resource for anyone wanting to sell, buy or give away race programmes, but also as a resource for posting scanned entry lists. As those who have dipped into my pictures thread will know, other contributors such as Milan have been invaluable in filling in some gaps, but I have felt that maybe there is a need for a specific thread.

Although the interweb is continually expanding, as people load historic race information, resources in some areas are often very difficult to find, especially in NZ. This could also include minor events, so up to anyone to ask for info, or post it.

I do have several duplicate race programmes, I'd be more than happy to swap or sell, but I am short of several race programmes particularly from Pukekohe in the 1980's.

Sell/swap: I can offer a couple of May 28th 1977 Donington reopening race programmes. Quite thick and very much collector's items I would have thought.

http://www.progcovers.com/motor/donington77.jpg


Wanted: Donington July 19/20th 1980. Pukekohe March 5th 1983 - for starters.

Ray, Russ Cunningham has an extensive collection as well.

I have some old programmes 1969 puke grand prix, dunlop Levin dec 72 ,1979 los angeles grand prix of endurance weekend imsa cars , heatway rally, oran park 1971,peter stuyesant series 1978 and 1977 , ohakea GP 82, baypark 197 2and 73 ,manfeild 74 and 76 if these are of any interest to anyone,I do have more this is the first box I have gone through

I though I should revisit this whilst I have a break from the slides.

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June 18th 1972 - Mallory Park - NSCC


July 8th 1973 - Mallory Park - NSCC. Notation by the Secretariat.


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July 14th 1974 - Mallory Park - NSCC. Notation by the Secretariat.


By 1976, the NSCC had been dumped by Mallory Park after 20 years of excellent promotion and well organised, profitable meetings

June 26th/27th Mallory Park - BARC


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Remember well going to the Lola factory in 1974 to assemble a new 332 for Brian McGuire.Pete Bryan.

Have a few mainly 50's 60's that were given to me by Spgeti and one from John Hatton, will repost them here when I get good internet access again, using a stick at the moment .. no Wifi .. bugger.

a start. Auckland Car Club April 1964 meeting Pukekohe.. [ John Hatton was racing his Mark one Zephyr, have a picture somewhere too !!

TRS members are entered in these races John H [ Hatton ] in a Zephyr and Trevor Sheffield in his Daimler SP250 in the second race featured..
see the famous / infamous Colin Lumsden De Soto V8, which has featured on my Pukekohe thread, other peoples photos ;




something earlier Dunedin 1961 ..






more to come, when I get sorted, as currently staying with friends in Auckland, while we get " sorted "

from Bruce Dyer " Spgeti " just as a teaser, more to come, I promise

The Hillclimb features in the latest NZ Classic Driver .. being the back page article ;
The Classic event has been run every two years since resurrected in 1993. previously run in the 1950's and 1960's.

here is a programme from while ago.

Does anyone have the programme entry list from the 1973 NZ GP at Pukekohe? In particular I'm after the saloon car grids.

Am also after the same info from the 1974 event.

Thanks in advance.

Steve Holmes wrote:Does anyone have the programme entry list from the 1973 NZ GP at Pukekohe? In particular I'm after the saloon car grids.

Am also after the same info from the 1974 event.

Thanks in advance.

I do Steve, but right now, it packed away after my move From Queensland to Sydney.

Does anyone have the saloon entry list from Ohakea, 1954?

Rhys - Yes I do - here is the cover -



Scanner not working at present - what details do you want ?? - Specific Car or the whole list ??
Have just photograph the pages and will download - There were 2 Saloon Races a Handicap - main race #6 and a Consolation race #8
P S This came from SPgeti - Bruce

" Oldfart " - here you are : Fortunately the programme was not buried too deeply in my " Archives " - Two boxes actually.


Race 6




Race 8

Thanks Roger, you have probably picked up that the pic was wrongly dated in Sandy's book. Thanks a bunch anyway for your efforts.

Lovely stuff!

Anyone who kept that old stuff is to be commended...

Oldfart wrote:Thanks Roger, you have probably picked up that the pic was wrongly dated in Sandy's book. Thanks a bunch anyway for your efforts.

Rhys, Sandy's book was quite inaccurate about a few things including when Baypark Closed, when Peter Hanna passed away .. and this ..

Though I would steal your stuff - here is the picture from the book - your posting and Milan Fistonic had the entry list.





So now we know !! R D Youngman from Palmerston North - and the Husky is next to a Full size [ length - 4 door ] Hillman Station Wagon [ sorry Estate ] from Te Awamutu.

And of course, the full grid.., that picture is to be found on the "Old NZ Motor racing" site on facebook, thanks to Graham Woods for posting.
Isn't it sad that when folks produce books where a little more research might give a whole lot more accurate information? Some time in the future they become the "truth" because it's written.

As a result of our digging up stuff for our proposed book on Warwick Farm we've been handed a lovely bundle of stuff...

The large bundle of practice time sheets, grid sheets and results sheets will make wonderful reading.