With Travelodge and using number 11, is this not Smithy ?
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From 84 Programme, this page easier to download than GP page but same grid.
Yep you are right, it'd be January 87, the Jones car is the one that lost the wheel at the hairpin in Wellington.
Intersting to note is that Riley Hopkins still owns the same ralt. Has not run in a few years !
Hi gang. No seaqnmac27 the car that lost the wheel in Wellington was A SWIFT with BDA Jamie A
I think the Chevron that Haskett is shown as driving was the ex Lawrence B49
The B49 is being rebuilt by us at the moment for next season, has anyone got any photos of car in Rothmans colours from when Graeme Lawrence ran it in Malaysia. Barry Leitch.
Barry - do you have an email address for GHL? If not, let me know.
Hi Michael, no I don't.
Beautiful photos BMCBOY, please keep them coming :)
I agree Habu - just stunning.
Is #17 Brett Riley in AB's DART? If so, they were a good looking thing. It was hard to make a better looking car than an RT4, but the DART sure went close.
Totally agree, they are great photos BMCBOY,
It was a great era of racing to be involved in......... interesting season working with Ross Cheever, from Davy Jones pancing him in the main street of Auckland, cobbling an engine together out of bits at Randell Edgell's for the GP meeting at Puke (which he won), to fitting a new tub before the last round as he tore up the floor running off the track at Manfield, and winning the series. :cool:
Here's a picture of Randell explaining how he did the job..... but Davy doesn't look too interested
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Davy looks more interested in someone else................
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Happy Days!!
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Wow, these colour photos are superbe. Many thanks for posting them BMCBOY. Please continue to do so :D
"Racing for New Zealand" that brings back some memories. It reminds me that while we think back to the late 60s as the pinnacle of New Zealand's representation in the sport internationally with "trio at the top" but what a wonderful spread of Kiwis we now have competing globally at the moment - Indy, Le Mans, WRC, GP2, GP3, Porsche, V8s etc etc. Despite much of the doom and gloom about motorsport domestically these are good times on the world stage!
that was such a great series.I worked with Doug sheirson racing & tom Gloy in the USA.3 rivers at canada always had F1 drivers do it.at Macau worked for ther flying tigers team,it is a shame it went away
A few shots from the 78-79 International series
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Great photos Ross, thanks again for the time and sharing this history.
A couple of photos my brother took at Manfeild. 1982ish maybe??? The Just Juice Series?? I think this meeting may have been my introduction to circuit racing. If not then it was one of the very early ones. For some reason I remember #14 Pye - Riley, #? Pan Am/Citizen - McMillan, #7 Tullen - Millen, #8 AFX Aurora - Moreno & #18 NEC - Oxton. Was young at the time so may be confused about dates.
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Manfeild 1988
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Nissan Mobil 500 1988
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A couple of randoms from Manfeild, a few years apart.
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Really loving all these pics guys, keep them coming!
I always thought Barry Thomlinson's cars looked fantastic, especially the one pictured above.
Does anyone have any photos or info on the 2 cars brought out from the USA around 1984, ran in New Zealand Line shipping colours?
Was the first memory I have as a kid going to a Motorsport meeting at Manfeild
I have no excuses for the length of the mens shorts in the following photos!
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Wow - thank you so much for posting BMCBOY - fantastic shots