Entry Lists

[seaqnmac27]

Kind of a Geek request more than anything, would really appreciate, seeing entry lists from programmes, if anyone can oblige. This is as much to jog the memory as much as to actually see the lists.

Regards
Sean

[stubuchanan]

What events from which era did you have in mind, seaqnmac27? (Hope my spelling was ok). Have some 50's 60's and odd ones from later years.

stu

[seaqnmac27]

Thanks Stu, yes I should have clarified that personally more interested in ones from 70's and 80's but, having said that, as I initially said, any entry lists would be useful, especially to jog memories about people and cars that have faded into some level of obscurity.

Sean

[stubuchanan]

Having queried the ground rules, I guess I should put something up.

Almost too recent to be Nostalgic, but here goes :

1984 Benson & Hedges Pukekohe. An interesting collection of drivers, some from '60's and some who are still competing now. This was obviously a 'working' document judging by my graffiti on it; don't know what most of it means now! "see page ..." refers to the additional entries, but the pages weren't numbered!! This was part of a 3 race series with Manfield and Baypark.


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[GD66]

Brendan Dugan !!

[seaqnmac27]

Now I remember there was something about the legality of the Collingwood 300ZX, from memory, it appeared at some venues, but for one reason or another failed scutineering. Did it only race at Wigram? was that more or leess the end of Collingwoods racing career? Also what business does a Fiat Ritmo have being in the same class as Commodores!

[stubuchanan]

Now I remember there was something about the legality of the Collingwood 300ZX, from memory, it appeared at some venues, but for one reason or another failed scutineering. Did it only race at Wigram? was that more or leess the end of Collingwoods racing career? Also what business does a Fiat Ritmo have being in the same class as Commodores!

The Garry Pedersen/Dave McMillan Ritmo was fast enough to be 7th or 8th on the grid, if my reading of my hieroglyphics is OK. There is an article in the programme about the 2 Ritmos which I will scan and post. Not shopping cars for sure!

Didn't notice the scanner had trimmed top and bottom of page - reference to "see page ....." is a nonsense without them.
It actually referred to late entries as follows:

20 Mike & Tim Taylor VW Golf GTI
49 George Fury/Reg Cook Nissan Bluebird
75 Jack Drummond/Bryan Hartley Honda Civic Sport
76 Geoff Burrows/Don Halliday Ford Laser Sport (non starter)
82 Graeme De Pina/Murray Hart Daihatsu Charade
83 Warren & Phil Horn Honda Civic LX

Cars 14 (Collingwood/Leonard) and 15 Radisich/Williamson just noted as "withdrawn"

I don't recall who won but I will look the race up in the appropriate NZ Motoring News mag (published by David McKinney - though he may have sold it by then).

Stu

[bigbanger]

Also what business does a Fiat Ritmo have being in the same class as Commodores!

The begining of Group A in NZ, bought the first of those cars together with the B&H type NZ assembled cars and a few others together in the field. Most of the 'Open Group' are in fact Group A cars, perhaps the organisers coulds have had an 'Open 1601-2500cc" class to accomodate the two Fiats, the Mazda RX7 and the Isuzu Gemini?

[Jac Mac]

Now I remember there was something about the legality of the Collingwood 300ZX, from memory, it appeared at some venues, but for one reason or another failed scutineering. Did it only race at Wigram? was that more or leess the end of Collingwoods racing career? Also what business does a Fiat Ritmo have being in the same class as Commodores!
Yes, its somewhere else on this site or perhaps in a recent article on Collingwood in Classic Driver. Guts of the situation was Nissan was not having much luck in getting the 300zx classified for GP-A, but when entrys for Wigram were at an all time low an exception was made to allow it to run, IIRC the Commodore & Falcon models it raced against never actually complied with the regs either in terms of numbers produced.

[bigbanger]

Yes, its somewhere else on this site or perhaps in a recent article on Collingwood in Classic Driver. Guts of the situation was Nissan was not having much luck in getting the 300zx classified for GP-A, but when entrys for Wigram were at an all time low an exception was made to allow it to run, IIRC the Commodore & Falcon models it raced against never actually complied with the regs either in terms of numbers produced.

If I recall correctly, the issue with the 300ZX was that the FIA regarded it as a sports car rather than a saloon/touring car eligible for Group A.

[stubuchanan]

Brendan Dugan !!

Yes. In all his C&W glory! He and Hugh Munro in the Corolla won the 0-1350 cc class over the 3-race series. I think there were at least 3 entries in the class at each meeting.

[bob homewood]

Yep he was a local boy around here back then ,and I think he's heading back here again soon ,

[stubuchanan]

I don't recall who won but I will look the race up in the appropriate NZ Motoring News mag (published by David McKinney - though he may have sold it by then).

Stu

The "appropriate" NZ Motoring News was actually Dave's last as Managing Editor.

Baigent/Lowe BMW won the race by about 20 secs from the Crichton car, but Crichton/Wilkinson BMW won the 3-race series overall from the Fowler/Stoneman Commodore, with the Baigent car 3rd.

The Garry Pederson/Dave McMillan Fiat Ritmo was up to 3rd at one stage, but retired late in the race with a breakage when lying 4th.

Stu

[stubuchanan]

I don't recall who won but I will look the race up in the appropriate NZ Motoring News mag (published by David McKinney - though he may have sold it by then).

Stu

The "appropriate" NZ Motoring News was actually Dave's last as Managing Editor.

Baigent/Lowe BMW won the race by about 20 secs from the Crichton car, but Crichton/Wilkinson BMW won the 3-race series overall from the Fowler/Stoneman Commodore, with the Baigent car 3rd.

The Garry Pederson/Dave McMillan Fiat Ritmo was up to 3rd at one stage, but retired late in the race with a breakage when lying 4th.

Stu

[Steve Holmes]

1961 New Zealand Lady Wigram Trophy Race

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[Steve Holmes]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Motor Racing Club Championship Race

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[Steve Holmes]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Invitation Motor Bikes Race

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[Steve Holmes]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Saloon Car Race

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[Steve Holmes]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Sports Car Race

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[stubuchanan]

This was the celebrated meeting where Mansel(TecMec), Bob Smith(Ferrari) and Brian Blackburn(Maserati 4CLT) all aquaplaned off into the same part of the ditch in practice

It rained on the Friday practice day, getting heavier as the day progressed so practice was abandoned, to be resumed on race day morning before racing could start.

It was still raining Saturday but the show went on, the Lady Wigram Race was shortened to 47 laps, most people went off at some stage in the race apart from winner Jack Brabham. Frank Shuter virtually demolished his Ferrari and a marshal's car - described on another thread I think(?).

Angus Hyslop had a great day. Third in the main race in a 2.0 Cooper, on the same lap as the leaders,and second in both the Motor Racing Club Trophy and the Sports Car Race in his D-Type Jaguar; 87 laps in all and about two and a half hours' racing!

Stu

[bob homewood]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Sports Car Race

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Few interesting ones there, a lot of older remembered names,plus,Bill Thomasen ,Huntly that was just before he moved to Papakura ! The Berkeley that was a bit of a rare one for NZ .Howden Ganley in the Lotus !

[bob homewood]

1961 New Zealand Wigram Saloon Car Race

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Some interesting ones there as well outside of the well known names
Simca that was not a common one,Citroen ditto,and three competitors on that list from the West Coast ?

[Rod Grimwood]

Brendan Dugan !!

The same bloke who sings, he did a bit of racing in the days, he had a nice Escort Mk1 1300Gt that he used to run in some hillclimbs. Always good at Cosey's Farm as finish and down the road to Jolly Farmer, couple of pints and out came the guitar and a good old sing along.

[bob homewood]

Brendan has been a friend since he first came to Auckland early seventies,from memory I think he worked in a automotive workshop ,in Christchurch before coming to Auckland,hence his motor sport interest he was involved with Lou Clauson of Lou and Simon fame back in those years when he first came north , he still competes,was at Hampton Downs the other weekend

[GD66]

Good to hear. We used to drop in to the Red Fox (is that what the Jolly Farmer's called now ?) on the way home to Tauranga from Pukekohe bike racing in the late '60s/early '70s (Saturday meetings in those days !) and one night Brendan Dugan came on stage in shoelace cowhorn tie and purple threads, so with that and him launching into a bit of the dreaded C and Dubbya, we had no choice but to start barracking him and winding him up with plenty of free advice from the cheap seats. But before long we realised he was actually not too bad, and he tracked us down in the break to come over and say gidday and find out where all the noise was coming from, and we left pleasantly surprised that we'd actually had quite a good time, and that he was a pretty fair sort of singer.

Speaking of Lou and Simon, we were at the DB Paerata one Saturday evening after Puke bike racing, no doubt around the same time, and Lou and Simon came on stage. Once again, plenty of noise from the cheap seats. Simon figured out we'd been to Pukekohe that day, and told us a yarn that he'd been around Puke at high speed in a Mustang once, and after the driver got up to top speed on the back straight, left his braking till the last split second for the hairpin, then locked up the wheels, filling the cabin with smoke.
"Smell that !" yelled the driver. Simon said, "Smell it ? I'm sitting in it !"

Good fun...

[pallmall]

1960 Ardmore. NZ Grand Prix Meeting.

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[Steve Holmes]

Hey nice work Gavin, this is great!

[nigel watts]

Hey nice work Gavin, this is great!

Yep it's fantastic. Wouldn't it be great if the grid for the 7th International Grand Prix could be reformed here in NZ!!
One day I'll win Lotto and travel the world to historic racing events - yeah right!!

[Jizim]

Great to see my old boss from the late 60's in these pages. Johnny Windelburn in his Lotus. One real neat bloke. Had a lot of fun and very very fast times with Johnny. (From Model Ford Roadsters with 427 Chev power to letting me build a 63 Compact Fairlane with a 427 Side oiler FE Ford engine with four IDA Webers....the list goes on.....worlds best job.)

[woody]

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[seaqnmac27]

Ok i am posting a link to Lee Tracey's Album of images from the NZGP meet at Pukekohe 1982, some of my colleagues here competed in the reverse grid race that takes up most of the Sports Sedans race, can we identify most of the cars? does anyone have the entry lists for this meet?

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/leetra/Puke%2082/

[markec]

Re posting #6, I believe the car was always in Nissan NZ ownership,MANZ deemed that it did not conform.Rod was imformed this morning about this site along with some info of where he should start looking,so by the end of the day he may be making postings.

[Powder]

Ok i am posting a link to Lee Tracey's Album of images from the NZGP meet at Pukekohe 1982, some of my colleagues here competed in the reverse grid race that takes up most of the Sports Sedans race, can we identify most of the cars? does anyone have the entry lists for this meet?

Here you go.
For Race 11, 8 laps, reverse grid, the first six places are recorded as 1, 44, 32, 6, 8 &10.
For Race 15, 8 laps, handicap start, the first two places are recorded as 44 & 8.

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[Milan Fistonic]

Ok i am posting a link to Lee Tracey's Album of images from the NZGP meet at Pukekohe 1982, some of my colleagues here competed in the reverse grid race that takes up most of the Sports Sedans race, can we identify most of the cars? does anyone have the entry lists for this meet?

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/leetra/Puke%2082/

Further to Powder's post here are some more placings from the three races.

Scratch race

Tulloch, Crowe, McElrea, Osborne, Slade, Sheweiry, Findlay, Grindley, Wootten, Arkley, Moore

Reverse Grid race

Tulloch, Osborne, Slade, Algie, Bruce, Platt, Halliday, Rutherford, Findlay, Allport

Handicap race

Osborne & Bruce dead-heated for first, Tulloch, Algie, Crowe, Platt

[seaqnmac27]

Thank you Milan and Malcolm, fantastic

[kiwi285]

Fantastic looking back though those old programs brings back so many memories. Great to see so many of our members featured in those lists too.