Beautiful move on Craig Bennett , whos no slug at the best of times. Ross was a bit suss though real wide GM1, I hope you post the afternoon race it was even better.
Well done Alan Dunkley!! Some one please give him a good car.
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Thanks Bry3500 for posting these movies.
I still have some photos and I hope it is not too late to post them.
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Grant Martin in the Talon MR1A F5000 car that Chris Amon drove at the first Long Beach Grand Prix in September 1975.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
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Chris Amon waits in his Talon at Long Beach as Dave Ramsay bleeds the brakes. Sept. 1975
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This Gentleman, eats, breaths, digests, and loves his motorsport. It was a real pleasure to meet and spend time with Ken. I was sorry that I could not spend a bit more but things were happening. Ken is a true enthusiast who digs deep into the sport and is a wealth of knowledge.
The photo is similar to one posted earlier, and thank you for the kind words about the team Ken, but you are also the true motorsport enthusiast. It was real pleasure, and we will have that beer.
Sorry Mike for not getting photos and reports to you but there was a IT problem.
We meet and spent time with both Bob and Nick Slade and it was real great to spend time with them, good Kiwi guys at heart and very good race car/engine gurus. It was a real coincidence that the border of the property we stayed at was an engineer who worked on race cars and had a shop next to Bob. So on first night we were sitting around the court yard haveing a cuppa tea when he walked in and we meet, offered him a cuppa and began chatting and found out he was an engineer and on asking he knew Bob. Between them they have worked on some pretty amazing machinery and are still.
Bob was good enough to allow me to photograph some of his photos of days back in NZ. He had a lot more but as happens when you move things get lost sadly.
Also had the good fortune of Rob Kennard dropping in for a look and he came back the 2nd weekend with some of his old scrap book as well, but as above he had lost heaps in move.
I will post photos as I resize.
A few pics of the GT350 Shelby race at Monterey
That was awesome to see so many GT350 Shelbys, and more in the pits.
This is Camaro Z28 number 1, a very special vehicle belonging to Jon Mello and after many years of restoration was on display at Monterey.
Wow, great photos Dale. That is one very rare car. I have forgotten the numbering system for 67 Z/28's but they did not make many and most early cars went to racers. Luv the car. Cheers, Bruce
Rod,
I certainly appreciate your words in post # 43. I was also impressed on what you wrote about Skip Scott. Such a tragic end to a life that had so much.
This photo shows Brett Willis waiting while his F5000 Lola is being used for a modeling session..Brett is probably thinking "I just want to get some track time and now I have to wait around for this !"
Laguna Seca August 15 th 2015
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Brett Willis in his Lola T 330 at speed around Laguna Seca. August 2015.
Photos from my friend John Adams.
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(Ken Hyndman )
A bit more of Trans Am. (Excuse the glitter)
Smokey Yunick's 1968 Camaro driven by Christi Edelbrock.
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1971 Javelin driven by Mark Donohue for Roger Penske back then.
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More Trans Am at Laguna Seca.
Richard Goldsmith in 1970 Dodge Challenger that was originally driven by Sam Posey.
(Neat photo taken by John Adams )
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George Follmer kept a reminder on his Javelin dash of how tough the Ford competition was
because he knew from first hand experience having previously driven the Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustang.
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Rolex Monterey Reunion. Group 8A. 1967-1984 Formula One Cars.
Thanks to John Adams and his camera for allowing us to see some of the superb F1 cars from that era.
Thanks to Mike for creating this thread although I feel I have crammed a lot of my "stuff" into it but this is the last of what I have of a most enjoyable weekend at Laguna Seca,
(Ken Hyndman )
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Race winner, Charles Nearburg, driving his 1980 Williams FW07 # 27,(ex-Alan Jones) the car that brought my friend, Patrick Head to fame. This car still performs and looks great to this day. I am glad Patrick did not go to boat building when he left Trojan Works in 1974 !
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Chris Locke in his 1976 Lotus 77 # 5 ( ex-Mario Andretti) and Andrew Beaumont in his 1974 Lotus 76 # 11 ( ex Ronnie Peterson )
It certainly looked liked Andretti and Peterson out on the track as you can see in this photo.
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ex motor cycle racer Eddie Lawson did a fine job driving this 1977 Wolf WR 4 # 20. (Another car that Patrick was involved with developing along with Harvey Postlethwaite ). Followed by Danny Baker in a McLaren M 23 # 30.
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Third place went to Nicholas Colyvas in his 1974 Tyrrell 007 # 3 (ex-Jody Scheckter) followed here by James Hagan in his 1983 Tyrrell 011 # 6 that finished 14th.
( Thanks to John Adams for these photos..until next time, Ken Hyndman )
The Moffat Monza at Monterey
Owner Steve Sorenson and restorer Norm Mitchell(stripe shirt)
Dale,
Is that the same car that Moffat raced at Bay Park in December 1975 ? ( That is 40 years ago and it still looks great.)
Thanks for sharing, I must have walked past it and not realized what it was. There was so much to take in and enjoy here at Laguna Seca.
Dec. 1975. Coming up to the start at Bay Park. Leo Leonard # 4 and Allan Moffat # 7.
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In the latest Classic Car Driver mag, Lyall Williamson says that the reason why Leo beat Allan in the Monza at this meeting was because they had a tried and true car running strongly where Moffats was coming to grips with a new car
We were lucky enough to spend time with ex-kiwi Bob Slade. It was great to catch up and see what Bob is keeping busy with. Bob builds F1 engines for a lot of the classic teams.
Over the years Bob has prepared many Indy Cars and others. Collecting awards on the way.
Bob was good enough to let me photograph some of his scrap book from days back in NZ. and I will share these with you and no doubt they will open a couple of the minds of the South Island chapter who shared this time.
Nick Slade was also very generous with his time also and we spent time looking over the Shadows in his workshop, 3 F1s and the Can Am beast all under rebuild. (photos later)
Also caught up with Rob Kennard and he let me photo whats left of his scrapbook as well. As both said, they had heaps of photos but when you move things get "lost"
Maybe these photos can go another thread, but I will place here to start.
Earlier days,
Then the Capri.
More of the Capri and sparring partners Munty Capri and the Dickie Victor
A little electrical problem with the Capri, and shot of Mustang at Bay Park on Northern trip with the Boy's.
Other classic shots of OSCA. Mr Vuyk and Mr Crowe at play
We had great chat with them also, was paying bit of attention to car and they asked if we knew it. Chatted about Bay Park etc and how along with Red's car it was first time 2 had raced together outside States. It is bloody nice and sounded the bit on track also.
The Epson Monza was there also and that sure gets it on.
Rob Kennard On left chatting with the present owner of the Cortina Steve Ross. They had just meet and chatted for along time about the car. Was handy as Rob discussed the car at length and new where there were parts etc to help finish rebuild. Will be great to see the car out running in classic events along with the PDL 1 which Steve also has in his toy shed.
Couple early shots of car
And later as remembered by many.
Couple of Mustang before Cortina. This is the car that Bob Slade ran later.
Caught up with a long time friend and his toy. This was the 1995 car and what a piece of beautiful work. Technology, grunt, handling, looks it had it all. It was very quick and it was great to see these top class drivers strutting their stuff. Steve is still quick and tidy.
Was great to catch up with Steve and his Beautiful wife.
Steve, you may like to move these to another appropriate thread As Old Photos or something if you like, and will concentrate on 2015 Rolex.
Sorry about delays in photos/reports etc of Rolex Monterey, but I am not running on all 8 at the moment, but as soon as tune up is finished we will be into it. Bit of time too size photos also.
cheers
Thank you Rod great photos........ hope yr tune up done soon ....cheers bro
This one of the model cars that nick had on display.
The following is as best as I can piece it together, but in Nicks shop is this car in real life and in rebuild mode.
Will post some photos of it as it first appeared in 1969 and then in 1970 on. This is one mean beast of a car, George Follmer must have found it uncomfortable to accommodate the balls needed to drive this.
These are 1969
Hopefully Nick can get onboard and straighten out the history, as I am sure to get some of it wrong.
The Shadow Mk I AVS (Advanced Vehicle System), as raced in the 1970 CanAm season, was the first Shadow CanAm car. Designer Don Nichols designed this odd looking car with only one thing in mind; the smallest frontal area as possible. He did this with the cooperation of tire manufacturer Firestone, they designed tires that were 30-35% smaller than the normal tires. With 10 inch rims up front the Mk I AVS had a 13sq-ft frontal area compared to the 19sq-ft frontal area of the 1969 M8B. It was capable of top speeds of 250mph and according to Firestone the tiny tires were capable of speeds of over 300mph.
In 1970 mode and photos of run at Rolex 2007
As we observed it in Nicks shop undergoing a very serious rebuild. Check out the peddle set up and also the seating position, not much in front of you.
This was some of the suspension set up. (inboard) Yes they are valve springs (big buggers) and you adjust the spring pressure/ride the same as adjusting tappets (pedastool with adjuster) amazing setup. it was not all together but you can get an idea of how it worked. They reckon there was not much movement and it really was a big go-kart with tyres doing a lot of suspension work.
Small front brakes because of room with small 10inch front wheels.
The engine was a neat bit also, you could pick it up as it was a dummy/pattern made out of plastic for set-up.
One of the F1 Shadows nearing completion. This was the JP Jarier car.
There are 3 in the shop at the moment.
This one should be extra good as it had Nick in charge with young Alan Dunkley helping (sleeping on floor) along with consultants Russell Greer, Steve Ross and David Arrowsmith keeping an eye on proceedings., a full Kiwi team.
I found some more photos on my tablet camera from my time at the Rolex.
First one is of New Zealander Tony Nicholson showing my friend the internals of a McLaren M29 transmission.
Tony and his son Colin were very friendly as usual even though they had much to do.
Tony has more knowledge on McLaren race cars than anyone I know, especially Can Am.
This is the site for Tony's fine business at Infineon Raceway. Take a look sometime.
http://robinautomotive.com/contact/index.htm
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As I was about to leave the track a marshal told me that with my ticket he would allow me into where the cars accelerated away from the pits and out onto the main circuit, I wish I had known that earlier as it gives a good view of what it was like at Laguna Seca on a clear day. I have been here before when the fog rolls in and viewing is almost impossible. So this is my last shots at the 2015 Rolex before heading home.
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John Dimmer heading out in car # 21. A 1971 Tyrrell 004 followed by a McLaren and in the distance the blue 1974 Amon F101
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This shows Charles Warner in car # 17 accelerating away in his pretty radically painted 1979 Shadow DN 9
(Ken Hyndman photos )