The Roaring Season

First of all a Lancia Rally car that seems to be the only shot I took from out the back of Bombay Hills one year.


This was quite often parked on what used to be the vacant land next to the club track at Pukekohe. (I believe the land is a shopping centre now)


Ray Petersons Drag Bike.


My brothers E49 at Puke one day when we called in to watch some cars testing.

Taken out the back of Drury approx 1982.








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A pity Pall Mall is no longer with us as he may have known who this shot was of. Taken at Waikaraka Park one xmas when I was about 10yrs old with my first camera.


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Noel Phipps Modified Sportsman.


Gary Parker (in car) and Anthony "Dutchy" Wijdeven (with red cap)


Billy "The Kid" Neill.


Lance Humphries (MGB V8)


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David Picot (Pukekohe)


Ray Chatfield.


Stan Ruka trying to stay out of the shot of his car.


Another shot of Gary Parkers car. Quick test run down the road. lol


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Rowan Geck in his Falcon.


Can't remember the name of the driver of this big ford. Thanks Steve - Richard Bennett.


Another Pukekohe based car.


Some from a trip to Palmy for the teams Champs one year.


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Christchurch car.


Another Christchurch car.


Yet another Christchurch car !


And a Rotorua car.


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The Phipps car was run by Dave Bray, and that body is the one from Trevor Crowes Corolla if I am not mistaken. I crewed for Dave for some years.

Wow small world. I used to crew for Gary Parker at Waikaraka when he started with the Stockcars and finished with it about 2 seasons after he bought Merv Julians T Bucket Modified. I got sick of constantly doing fabrication work on a sunday when there were other better looking distractions. lol

Wow, these are just fantastic! I LOVE old speedway photos. And some of the tow vehicles in those shots are as interesting as the race cars. Note the chopped down Transit van in the one shot, then the XA Falcon hardtop in the next. Very cool!

And I really miss those old speedway saloon from the 70s, when they had the big tall injector trumpets shooting up out of the hoods.

Yep , the good old days.

The saloons at least looked like saloons. Falcon Coupe really looks the part., a real car, not a profile.

TonyG wrote:Rowan Geck in his Falcon.


Can't remember the name of the driver of this big ford.

Richard something IIRC for that beautiful Falcon. Lance Jennings behind Rowan in the top photo.

Cheers
Lee

Falcon coupe No 25 is Richard Bennett from Hamilton. Rowan Geck still has his No 21 Falcon in one of his farm sheds.

TonyG wrote:My brothers E49 at Puke one day when we called in to watch some cars testing.
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Hiya, any idea what this E49's body number or rego was?

J42E48 wrote:Hiya, any idea what this E49's body number or rego was?

I would have to ask my brother that one. It is now owned by the president of the charger club in the South Island.

fullnoise68 wrote:Falcon coupe No 25 is Richard Bennett from Hamilton. Rowan Geck still has his No 21 Falcon in one of his farm sheds.

Ooh s..t ! Does he ? I might have to get my sister to chase that up and see what else he has in the sheds too. My brother in Law was his mechanic for many years right up to but not including this one. Interesting. Hmmmm!!!

TonyG wrote:I would have to ask my brother that one. It is now owned by the president of the charger club in the South Island.

Great to hear it still lives. Be interesting to find out which one it is. From my own register I have a missing space for a hemi orange with tan E49, body number 1153.

Found these stuck down the side of a packing box.

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A pity Pall Mall is no longer with us as he may have known who this shot was of. Taken at Waikaraka Park one xmas when I was about 10yrs old with my first camera.


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Last photo here looks like Peter Howarth #75. Metallic blue with white roof.