The Roaring Season

Found a old (very old) scrapbook at mummy's. It has alot of cuttings etc from way back. Amazing when you are young and keen you save all types, even get a felt pen and make your own cover.
These are from all types of clippings and I do not want too or intend to offend anyone with copy etc. This is just a collection of clippings made by some one fairly young (well compared to now) and very keen on motorsport and not a Kim Dot Com effort.
Some are alright others bit faded.
Please feel free to fill the empty space's

Lets start with a well remembered battle, it went on all year.

a couple of classics

A South Island Classic, car and driver

When things get a little too close. The famous coming together of Fahey Cologne, and Leonard PDL 1 Puke, Dawson Monza taking action inside

Geoff Sutherlands famous 2 flips with a piroquet and land in pits at Bay Park. Alan Woolf could have scored it but was too busy getting out of way. This could have been a real major, but thankfully everyone was alright. Has been debate about roll cages on other threads, well ?

Bit of damage in xmas series down south.

A week later.

Now question time. Who is this well known gentleman from down south ?. Better known for having a roof over his head. But has been known to do a little bit of agriculture work.

Rod Grimwood wrote:Now question time. Who is this well known gentleman from down south ?. Better known for having a roof over his head. But has been known to do a little bit of agriculture work.

Rod McElrae. Now would it be at a grasss track meeting somewhere around the Leeston / Dunsandal area ?

Not sure exactly were Carl but you got it in one.

Now have you worked out the one in the rally thread.

If I remember correctly Rod's car was the Elmac Sprinter, Murray Ellwood should be able to throw some light on it.

If I have the event right then it was at the aftermatch that Roddy came up with one of his best lines when he said that he was going as fast as he could but could not catch the set of brake lights that kept appearing in the dust ahead of him then he realised that he was so quick that he had actually caught up on himself.

A real good character and old boy from way back who still lurks around the scene today.

Classic start by Rod Millen in rally car in long distance race at Manfield, started about 4th row and lead out of first corner. This was just after Bathurst and Coppins had finished 3rd and Millen had just returned from Southern Cross rally and there was some Southern Comfort (Coppins) and Kentucky Bourbon (Millen) left after Aussie, so a weekend away to sort it out.

Bay Park at it's best.

Looking at signwriting did this person graduate to a well known Escort. Anyone know who these two mean looking minis are.

A couple of well known South Island Capris

The Capri of Bill Leckie was a very good car, pity it was not around long. Think Kenny Smith is having a play in the Camaro, before it headed south.

Rod Grimwood wrote:Looking at signwriting did this person graduate to a well known Escort. Anyone know who these two mean looking minis are.

Is it Lin Neilson in the #21 Mini ? Just that I think I can recall the caption from the day....

Thats what i think because of "Fairmonte Motor Court" sign

PDL 1 parked in wrong place again, Mr Baker Manfield