Yeah Tony, thats right, especially with a 302 Ford, not with a 302 Chev!!!
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Yeah Tony, thats right, especially with a 302 Ford, not with a 302 Chev!!!
Next Friday the eight cars going to race in Queensland get loaded into the shipping containers for the trip across the Tasman. People talk about a `bucket list' in life. There are plenty of `gunnas' in this world, and for a class which is basically a little over a year old, to get 8 guys to commit to a trip like is great. The `grey hairs and four gears' racing group are all looking forward to it.
Had this great E-mail come though from Australia, shows the interest we are going to get over there. Dale M
I just wanted to send a quick note to say I've followed the HMC thread on the roaring season and would like to say congrads to yourself and Steve Holmes (I'm sure there are others also) for getting this class up and running in such a short time frame.
I'm following with interest here on the Gold Coast (Yes another Kiwi across the ditch)and are looking forward QR and Lakeside to see the cars.
I'll come introduce myself at QR as I will be there on the Friday with my car (attached - Turn 1 at Eastern Creek-) and have got a bunch of old NZ race car pics you might like to take a look at. Mostly as Levels. I remember thumbing through the album as a kid just loving the look of the PDL 1 in its early days and Coppins Pontiac etc Cars that look fast and tough just sitting still!
Are you bringing any of the T shirts and Posters across?
I'm sure you are all over it but QR is real hard on brakes and Lakeside is fun but very unforgiving. Way too many cars get damaged there...
Regards
Kyle Hallet
Cars all loaded up today and Brisbane bound. The 4 loaded up in Auckland are Murray Brown 70 Camaro, Steve Elliott 68 Camaro, Craig Stacy 71 Javelin and Nigel MacDonald 67 Mustang
And the 4 cars loaded in Tauranga are Dean Cameron 65 Mustang, Pete Stevenson 65 Mustang, Dale Mathers 69 Mustang and Kevin Gimblett 67 Camaro. The boat sails Sunday. Let the FUN begin
Our little kiwi mascot `Small Block' is going to be raffled off over the two meetings by the Australian Trans Am Association, with the proceeds going to `Canteen' which is for young people with cancer. We will all sign it along with Jim Richards and he will draw the winner and present it to them.
Off to Aus tomorrow avo, im sure the weekend will be fun!! hopefully next week we'll have some pics to add to this post!!
Dale M
Make sure Dean looks after our old Mustang mate. Give my regards to all over there drivers expats and especially.Steve Emson.
Here you go guys, footage from a great weekends racing at Queensland Raceway. Still tryin to get home, more info and pics to come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=a-2lJnvM45w
Dale M
3 mins in - good skill by all - those that were close and avoided any incident and the man behind the wheel - well done.
Great stuff guys fantastic to watch.
But only 800hp Dale, you'll have to work on that.
We are just waiting for Dales race weekend report!
No report but a few pics at the moment. Dale
While Dale gets his thinking cap on, on a personal note I`d like to thank Anthony Tenkate for putting a deal together for a minibus for four of us HMC guys and our wifes/crew, Tony Haskins for a hell of a lot of work behind the scenes for everyone involved, and to Jim Richards for his minibus track tour showing us kiwis how to get around Queensland Raceway - which in itself was a bit of humour on and off the ripple strips! I`d also like to thank all the different Aussies that tried to help me find another right rear axle to get the Camaro going again, it wasn`t for the lack of trying. I`ve just ordered some from the USA so we`ll be underway for Lakeside in July.
So there was a comment in the video from the Aussies about the different specs in the cars - so what is the differences? Or has this been posted already and I have just skipped it/not found it yet.
Basically they are 200/300KG's lighter than our HMC cars due to alloy heads, no door glass, winders, lights, etc and some fibreglass panels, but they're also restricted to 350CI engines on 11:1 with 98 pump gas so about 570HP stops them. Were on the other hand we can have bigger engines on Av-Gas with 12:1 but have to use cast iron heads and full steel panels and full trim. So its swings and round about's for both groups but most importantly we are all on the same tyre and the cars have the appearance of been identical.
I though the racing was very even with the exception of the two front running Aussie cars of English and Palmer, both ex Bathurst drivers in leased cars with a home track advantage!! Myself and English were the only two in the 1:21's which im told is quick?
Long may it continue.
Dale M
Great stuff, Dale. :cool:
Results on the natsoft site, http://racing.natsoft.com.au/results/#2
Just click on the "Circuit Racing" silhouette, then the meeting is called Two Days of Thunder.
Some in-Car from Steve Elliotts 68 A-Sedan Camaro at QR last weekend. Dale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MR-whZ_ZR9I
Well it sounds like the Kiwis helped put on a great show with the Aussie TransAms at QR at the weekend. Those of us lucky enough to be going for the second leg at Lakeside have something to look forward to at this iconic old sixties track.
To pay tribute to this great TransTasman challenge I've put together a video of the class taken mainly from the second Friday of the Denny Hulme meeting at Hampton Downs.
http://youtu.be/R-qApGNLFFE
Well done guys , great to see it all come together , just fantastic that you are doing this [ a little green .. envy] ??? lol
Very sorry to hear this. Craig Stacey will most probably not remember me. I lived 2 doors away in Mt Roskill and I went to school with his big brother Allan. Paul was always around to. Craig was very young then. Allan and I spent a lot of time together as mates. I would assume he would remember, as Dad always had his 'race' cars at home. I lost track of the family when we moved to Manurewa to be closer to Dads work, P & R Motors (well known to racing people at the time)
Might try and make the big effort to go out to Lakeside for a look see.
PS My wife Yvonne, went to school with Paul. (The same School, however I had moved by then)
regards to all, Steve
From a "Rag tag" mob too:
A "lean mean racing" team.
Historic Muscle Car shirts supplied thanks to Steve Elliott. Jim Richards and Nigel been the best of mates!!LOL and many thanks to Phil Ross from Shannon's(RH side) for the support he gave HMC to make this trip happen.
ATA organiser Ian(Woody)Woodward behind with that "shit eating" grin
Hello Steve ,
I sure do remember you guys, used to have a huge crush on your sister Marie back at primery school. I was never the same once you guys moved,lol.
Mum and I used to visit your mum in manurewa , you would have been at school or working I spose.
I would love to meet up at lakeside when we are back , no pressure, be there!
Please give my regards to your Mum and Dad.
Bob Homewood sent me a pik of your Dad a while ago so I could show it to my father.
See you at Lakeside
kind regards
Craig Stacey
This popped up online here today;
Would have loved to see the Fahey Mustang there as well.
GEOGHEGAN MUSTANGS TO FEATURE AT LAKESIDE CLASSIC!!! Sent Monday, July 8, 2013 View as plaintext
Company Name: Queensland Raceways
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GEOGHEGAN MUSTANGS TO FEATURE AT LAKESIDE CLASSIC
When: Lakeside Classic, Saturday 20-Sunday 21 July 2013
Event Location: Lakeside Park, Kurwongbah
Admission: $20pp Saturday, $30pp Sunday or $40 for a weekend pass, kids 12 and under FREE!
Lakeside Raceway will play host to Australian motoring history at the Lakeside Classic, Saturday 20-Sunday 21 July.
Two iconic Geoghegan Mustangs will be at the event, with touring car legend Pete Geoghegan's 67 Mustang entered in the Group N races, driven by David Wall, and his 65 Mustang on display courtesy of Bowden's Own.
Pete's older brother and racing legend in his own right, Leo Geoghegan, will be attending the event on Sunday to sign autographs and meet fans.
Few cars in Australian Touring Car history can rival that of Ian 'Pete' Geoghegan's 65 Mustang. It came to Australia in late 1965 after being assembled by Ford high performance race legends, Shelby American.
Meticulously prepared by John Sheppard, the Mustangs first outing was at Calder Raceway, where Pete was unsure of how competitive the car would be against the Mustangs of Norm Beechey and Bob Jane. His fears were unfounded and to use Pete's own words he "blew them into the weeds".
Pete and his Mustang were an unstoppable duo winning him practically everything that could be won with a touring car, as his record shows: 1966 Australian Touring Car Champion, NSW Touring Car Champion, Victorian Touring Car Champion, QLD Touring Car Champion, holder of the touring car lap records at every circuit he raced on, the 1966 AJC trophy at Warwick
Farm, the 1966 Gold Star Touring Car series at Lakeside, and best of all- from its 74 starts the car managed 68 outright wins.
In early 1967 Pete sold the Mustang to New Zealander Rod Coppins. In New Zealand, it went through multiple owners before finally being tracked down and brought back to Australia by David Bowden in 1998. The original exterior and mechanicals of the car have been faithfully restored back to how it raced in the blue, white and red Total Team colours of 1966. The car interior is unrestored, the same as when big Pete sat in her back in her glory days. The famous Mustang is now preserved to be remembered as an amazing part of Australia's motor sport history.
The 67 Mustang won three Australian Touring Car Championships with Pete Geoghegan at the wheel and guarantees to be a crowd pleaser in the Group N racing category.
Categories for the Lakeside Classic include Group N Historic Touring Cars, Groups C and A, Queensland Touring Cars, Trans Am, and Improved Production. Spectator entry is $20 Saturday, $30 Sunday or $40 for a weekend pass. Kids 12 and under FREE! For more information go to http://www.qldraceways.com.au/lakesi...ng-car-classic or CALL US on 1800 RACERS!
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Tony, there are a few reasons that both the Geoghegan Mustangs will be at Lakeside. One of them is because Leo Geoghegan will be at the meeting as a guest, as it celebrates 46 years since both the Mustangs raced together at Lakeside at the 1967 ATCC round where Rod Coppins raced the earlier model Mustang he had just bought of Big Pete. It`s a shame the Bowdens aren`t taking the Paul Fahey Mustang - Dan or Chris, are you reading this?! - as that car also ran at that meeting. The Saturday night function that we are having at Lakeside is going to commemorate that meeting, and some of the guests will include Jim Richards, Dennis Marwood, Leo Geoghegan, John French and Bob Skelton. A pretty special night for a pretty historic meeting, and all of us 8 HMC guys are stoked to be a part of it.
Thanks Dave, the track was still greasy, no wets, no power steering, it was ok. Jim Richards taking us all around QR in the mini bus late Friday helped get used to the lines, and he`s going to do the same at Lakeside. A bit disappointing snapping the rear axle in the first race - and being in sixth place - but no drama really. Allan Simonsen lost his life at Le Mans that same Saturday night, I only broke an axle..... I guess you have to keep things in perspective.
Hi, Looks like heaps of fun. How do you find no power steering ?
Dale reckons it`s costing me 1 - 2 seconds a lap, being a telly tubby is probably another 2 seconds, but I`m happy with how it goes!.
Dale, have you posted up a photo of the new '65 Mustang fastback recently bought in the US for HMC or is the owner wanting to get it back to NZ before any pics are shown?
Probably get shot but here it is. Currently been shipped. Dale
And this one is coming for HMC as well, will be stickered up as a PDL replica. Dale
Yummy - real tasty cars. You have anything to do with finding these fine pony cars Dale? Concerned about the number of the General's cars showing up at HMC?