gokiwi
09-24-2014, 02:27 PM
Some funny moments , musings and happenings in no particular order.
Standing next to a Eurosport camera tower observe my Formula ford minus all 4 corners torpedo the tower and thinking that's going to hurt , come round in hospital wondering why to find out the camera landed on me and our driver walked away.
Confusing Bruno Lawrence with Denny Hulme at an annual awards dinner
On flags at the hairpin (Ruapuna) drop the blue flag on the car being passed
Running after Leo Lennard to hand him his jacket or gloves only to get his attention and mutter incoherently
Whistling tunelessly while working with Steve Vigurs, ex merchant navy seamen don't like whistling apparently sounds too much like escaping steam
Being overtaken by our own trailer & race car on the M4 and being the cause of its closure for several hours
Flags at Lady Wigram running across the track to pick up a stray muffler only to hear the commentator say something like that's brave he wont hold onto that for long.........I still have the scars
Being 1.5 seconds quicker going the "wrong" way round at Ruapuna during private testing
On doing indemnity forms on the dummy grid , dropping the pen into John Osbourne's car and receiving the ultimate accolade "Fcuking Idiot"
Being banned from Cobb & Co for filling the window spaces with beer bottles
Parking my Dads MkII Cortina on the Norwest flight path at ChCh airport with Grant Milligan and Andy McElrea as passengers
Again on doing indemnity forms came across Warwick MacLachlan (Formula Ford) waiting to go out with the wheel nuts loose on all for corners, we've remained firm friends ever since
On borrowing Geoff (Steve Vigurs crew - sorry Geoff do not remember your last name) ute promptly lunching the diff and using Warwick's next race entry to repair it.
Driving down to Teretonga for the wrong race weekend
Being given the huge responsibility to lock/unlock the main gates at Ruapuna on my own
Having been domiciled in the UK for the past 25 years my motorsports involvement has been limited to 3 years with a works Mondiale FF a season polishing an M8F and many track days in between but nothing will come close to the late 70's and 80's spent around N.Z race tracks and its people.
Standing next to a Eurosport camera tower observe my Formula ford minus all 4 corners torpedo the tower and thinking that's going to hurt , come round in hospital wondering why to find out the camera landed on me and our driver walked away.
Confusing Bruno Lawrence with Denny Hulme at an annual awards dinner
On flags at the hairpin (Ruapuna) drop the blue flag on the car being passed
Running after Leo Lennard to hand him his jacket or gloves only to get his attention and mutter incoherently
Whistling tunelessly while working with Steve Vigurs, ex merchant navy seamen don't like whistling apparently sounds too much like escaping steam
Being overtaken by our own trailer & race car on the M4 and being the cause of its closure for several hours
Flags at Lady Wigram running across the track to pick up a stray muffler only to hear the commentator say something like that's brave he wont hold onto that for long.........I still have the scars
Being 1.5 seconds quicker going the "wrong" way round at Ruapuna during private testing
On doing indemnity forms on the dummy grid , dropping the pen into John Osbourne's car and receiving the ultimate accolade "Fcuking Idiot"
Being banned from Cobb & Co for filling the window spaces with beer bottles
Parking my Dads MkII Cortina on the Norwest flight path at ChCh airport with Grant Milligan and Andy McElrea as passengers
Again on doing indemnity forms came across Warwick MacLachlan (Formula Ford) waiting to go out with the wheel nuts loose on all for corners, we've remained firm friends ever since
On borrowing Geoff (Steve Vigurs crew - sorry Geoff do not remember your last name) ute promptly lunching the diff and using Warwick's next race entry to repair it.
Driving down to Teretonga for the wrong race weekend
Being given the huge responsibility to lock/unlock the main gates at Ruapuna on my own
Having been domiciled in the UK for the past 25 years my motorsports involvement has been limited to 3 years with a works Mondiale FF a season polishing an M8F and many track days in between but nothing will come close to the late 70's and 80's spent around N.Z race tracks and its people.