The Roaring Season

Here are some coloured photos taken at an NZ race track (Levin !) and given to me some year ago. Can any of our resident experts identify the cars, track and approximate year. A couple are obvious but some of the others I am struggling with

Is this 69 or 70 with McRae in the Mclaren M10B #22 in post #2 also I think 31 is Frank Gardner Lola T190

Sorry T192 and its probably 71

#32 in post 2 would be Malcolm Guthrie in a T190

Behind him i think is Amon in the March

David Silcock in the No 40 Metropolitan Cranes Jaguar.
N0 48 is Grahame Harvey's Elfin (a 400 I think).

Jac Mac wrote:Levin or maybe Wigram, Christchurch? Wigram with all that nice red curbing at track edge I think, Its Brian Crosbie in the Melhops/MaCaulay Ford Escort, John Dymond in the Falcon, Marwood in the greeting card Camaro

It would have to Wigram, not Levin. The houses look like Air Force housing(i.e. State Housing) and there wer no corrugated iron buildings near the track at Levin. Probably 1971 when I was overseas - explains why some cars are unfamiliar.

Yes, 1971

I think the so-far-unidentified single-seater after the Gardner pic will be Leo Geoghegan's Lotus 59

The car behind Guthrie is the wrong colour for Amon's March. The one two behind, on the other hand, could well be (judging by the helmet...)

[quote="kiwi285"]Here are some coloured photos taken at an NZ race track (Levin !) and given to me some year ago. Can any of our resident experts identify the cars, track and approximate year. A couple are obvious but some of the others I am struggling with




...David Silcock around 1958/59 worked as a 'mechanic' at 'A R Mckay ltd/Christchurch where my Father worked as 'Used Car salesman'...Routes Group Agents....if I remember correctly?....this one particular Saturday my Father arrives home in a 'Black' XK120 Jaguar,louverd bonnet (Hood!) the leather straps and all....Wow!! I nearly flipped out!!!....this I had to have a ride in....so After Lunch..(people used to go home for lunch in those days,every thing was only 10min's from the city!!) its a ride back to work in the Jag...I got to meet David ,whom I remember as a pretty tall guy,....I had hoped somebody from school would spring me in the Jag!!....well,you guessed it ..I SAW NOBODY!!!!.....told the guys at school, come Monday.....Got the usual...."BULLS.h.i.t" !!!!...Oh well I get to tell my story here,so it can't all be bad!!!!!!!...............regards thunder427/MJ

David McKinney wrote:Yes, 1971

I think the so-far-unidentified single-seater after the Gardner pic will be Leo Geoghegan's Lotus 59

The car behind Guthrie is the wrong colour for Amon's March. The one two behind, on the other hand, could well be (judging by the helmet...)

The car behind is the Bob Brown Lola T190, pictured in post #68 of the F5000 thread.

I could be wrong but that may be the first race Marwood had in that Camaro.

Brian Crosbie only ran a limited season in 1971 with his twin-cam Escort. Does anyone know what happened to this car?

Steve Holmes wrote:Brian Crosbie only ran a limited season in 1971 with his twin-cam Escort. Does anyone know what happened to this car?

It was bought as a roller & rallied by Dave Sharp & Mike Tutty with a pushrod from my neck o the woods, dont know where it went from there.... I had the idea that it was originally the ex Dave Simpson Escort, could be wrong on that though.

Yes Jac ,the ex Dave Simpson Lexington car ,from memory that car was for John Ward before his intimely passing at Katoomba in Australia I think Bill Norrish was involved in there along the way with getting Dave into that car

Jac Mac wrote:It was bought as a roller & rallied by Dave Sharp & Mike Tutty with a pushrod from my neck o the woods, dont know where it went from there.... I had the idea that it was originally the ex Dave Simpson Escort, could be wrong on that though.

Jack, didn't Henry Hammond, Frank Kidd's mate have this car after Brian and before Dave. Henry went not too bad in it before repeated mechanical failures found it becoming a very successful 1600cc rally car.

Carlo wrote:Jack, didn't Henry Hammond, Frank Kidd's mate have this car after Brian and before Dave. Henry went not too bad in it before repeated mechanical failures found it becoming a very successful 1600cc rally car.

I think thats correct Carl, after he sold the Anglia to Evan Dickie, in that photo above it looks more like Brian @ the wheel, Henry was a bit larger in stature, was reading an old magazine where Crosbie prepared it for one of the very first 'Silver Fern?' rallys, ran it on the Dunlop Intermediates IIRC.

Blackwells Monaro Number 44 was driven by Steve Dymand brother of John.

So did the Crosby Escort die as a rally car, like so many rally cars do?