The Roaring Season

Here are some photos that I took at this years Tasman Revival.

As ususal there was loads of great racing & beautiful cars, aswell as the great personalities of the Tasman era





#3 1976 Lola T430 F5000
#44 1972 Matich A50 F5000


1974 Lola T332 F5000


1970 Lola T190 F5000


1977 Elfin MR8 F5000


1962 Lotus 23B

1966 Lola T70





#29 - 1971 McLaren M8E Can-Am
#12 - 1979 RALT RT2


#31 - 1979 Lola T332 Can-Am Spider NF-11
#29 - 1971 McLaren M8E Can-Am





#28 1967 Brabham BT23
#1 1966 Elfin

1959 Gemini Mk2 Formula Junior



The Tasman Cup

1974 Birrana 274


1977 Ralt RT1


1966/9 Eagle Indy Car


1983 Lola Ford T700 Indy Car


1985 Ferrari 156/85 Turbo F1

Yellow car 11 sure looks like a Biranna

1947/64 MG TC Special


1958 Lister Jaguar Monza



1960 Triumph TR3A


1960 Stanguellini FJ

Michael Clark wrote:Yellow car 11 sure looks like a Biranna

Entered as a Birrana 274 in the natsoft results.

cheers guys. You both are right. It looks like it is a Birrana 274.

Looks like a typo in the race program. Its listed as a 1976 Elfin 700 - 1600cc - Red/Purple/Green - Driven by Phillip Lane.

Its not the only error I have found so far in the program.
In the Vintage & PVT race, the cars #129 1960 Triumph TR3A & #19 1960 Stanguellini FJ arent even listed in the race.

Lucky they have them listed on Natsoft.

Stunning images, thanks for posting.

Fantastic photos Neale - thanks for posting them. Hope we see a few of those cars out here for the Denny Hulme Festival

Cheers guys, theres a few more still to come that I'm still editing.

There was some drama during the 1960's Tasman Revival Feature event though.

The race was Red Flagged after the start when Eli Solomon's 1966 Brabham BT18 had some issues getting going.




All the cars had returned to pit lane again while the track was inspected & some issues fixed. At this point the divers must of been cooking in their cars with air temperature in the 40's.



At this point I had decided to retreat to the shaded grandstand as well which provided a good view of what was to happen next.

Well like I said some drivers must have been cooking in their cars due to the temperature. Another driver Eric Swinbourne in his 1969 McLaren M4a was nearly cooked in more spectacular way when the car caught fire.

Fortunatly the fire was put out fairly quickly & no one was hurt that I know of

Guy on the right with cap and fire extinguisher in third-to-last and second-to-last photos is Garry Simkin, a regular contributor to the RS.

The official in the orange overalls with the blue fire extinguisher on the right of the photos appears to have not been told how his extinguisher worked.

No teasing about being so fired up he went off prematurely then since he's one of us.

RogerH wrote:The official in the orange overalls with the blue fire extinguisher on the right of the photos appears to have not been told how his extinguisher worked.

A very valid point Roger, this does happen, and most are there on a voluntary base and we appreciate them giving their time, but some one needs to make sure they are trained with the gear. Have seen this enacted a couple of times over the years, and it is not their fault.
The guy in blue t-shirt looks like he had clues, looks like he is trying to activate onboard unit. (is that what the red container at rear right is)

PS That little Mclaren is one of my favorite cars, love it. Thanks for saving the baby.

Agreed Rod. Its not the first time I've seen this sort of thing before either. I'd guess that the guy in the blue shirt was trying to fire the onboard extinguisher but IMO it didnt look to be working, which may be the reason why the driver bailed out earlier.

Wow, these are fantastic! Do you have any more neale?

Cheers Steve, there are some more I will post shortly