Thankyou very much Ken, I might be from the "wong" era but I sure as hell appreciate these story's and pictures !! - Long may it continue.
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Thankyou very much Ken, I might be from the "wong" era but I sure as hell appreciate these story's and pictures !! - Long may it continue.
Breathtaking "fly on the wall" record of a great piece of motor racing history, thankyou Ken. Much appreciated.
Thoroughly enjoyed your photos and descriptions. You were a part of history being made, thanks for taking the time to share it with us Ken.
Thank you Ken, to see the stuff that never comes out in every day life out here is great, compelling reading, MORE.Quote:
Originally Posted by bry3500
1973. Silverstone.
I came across this photo of Keith Holland approaching a hare during a practice run at Silverstone in his Trojan T 101.
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The next photo is of the poor little fella who did not make it.
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(Photos from Motor Racing 1974 Edition)
Animals and birds are of great concern to drivers especially at tracks that are in forested areas and during practice days when there are few people around to scare them off.
Scott Dixon's manager, Stefan Johansson had a very close call when a deer ran out onto the track at Austria's Osterreichring track in 1987 while he was driving a McLaren MP4/3. He stated that if it had come in 10 inches further it would have taken his head off ! His car was wrecked and he cracked a rib but it could have been a lot worse. Ayrton Senna was upset as some of the deer remains ended up in his car as he came by seconds later !
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(Photos from NBC Sports )
October 1973. Brands Hatch.
We thought the combination of Clay Regazzoni driving this Jerry Eisert prepared Lola T330 at the final 1973 European F 5000 race would be a formidable challenge to our Trojans. So Bob Redford (from Trojan) and I wandered over to check it out and to see if it had any tricks in the suspension etc. Again nobody was around to throw us out. As it turned out, Clay did not have a good weekend as he qualified 15th and finished in 12th position. Jerry Eisert had also built the Eisert Special that Al Unser sr drove in the 1965 Indy 500 and later came out to NZ and driven by Dennis Marwood for the Rorison Team. Regazzoni went on to Ferrari in 1974 and later to Williams and then had a bad accident at Long Beach in 1980 that left him partially paralyzed until his death in 2006.
This Lola T 330 looked pretty sharp compared to our Trojan T 101s.
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( My buddy Bob Redford checking out Regazzoni's Lola T 330. Note the duct tape that was used before the days of wind tunnel testing ! )
Ken Hyndman photo.
What a mess. noticing the fosters sign, it seems every racetrack in the world had them, any body know the history of this sponsor ship ? &what happened to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
And it wasn't even a big deer. Imagine the outcome if it had been , not worth thinking about!
Kevin,I found this bit of information on Fosters;Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Hirst
"The brand sponsored F1 events regularly from 1986 to 2006. During this period it was the title sponsor for the Australian GP (1986–1993 and 2002–2006), the British GP (1990–1993 and 2000–2006) and the San Marino GP (2003–2006). It also was the prime sponsor and trackside sponsor of many other Grand Prix during this time. The brand was also used in a sponsorship deal with the A1 Team Australia from 2005 to 2007. The brand is currently used in a major sponsorship deal with the ASP World Tour.
In Australia until the end of the 1970s, Foster's Lager was a reasonably popular bottled and canned beer with a somewhat premium image. Then in the early 1980s there were major changes in the Australian brewing industry, including the merger of Castlemaine (Brisbane), Swan (Perth) and Toohey's (Sydney) into a national brewing group, as a result of acquisitions by Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond.
Despite some initial success, bolstered by heavy advertising, the brand did not prove popular and was eventually withdrawn from sale. Arguably, at the end of this failed exercise Foster's Lager was no longer viewed by consumers as a "premium" brand, and has not been promoted in Australia recently."
(Quotes from Wikipedia )
It was widely viewed as horse piss in Australia and very rarely drunk, but it took off in the UK, piggybacking on the success of the Adventures of Barry McKenzie movie in which it got a fair hammering by the participants. In the middle 1980s, around the time they started shovelling money at F1, Fosters had another push at the Australian market and approached hundreds of pubs offering free installation of temprites, lines and taps, and cheap kegs, so they had a bit of a resurgence, and actually served ice-cold on a hot day it wasn't too bad, but when the noise died down that was pretty much all she wrote within Australia, although it continued to be marketed with some success in the UK.
Fosters is still available here on the US east coast, comes in giant size cans at my local supermarket. The Outback Steakhouse chain also has it on tap, served in ice-cold mugs it hits the spot for me. Apparently made in Canada for the North American market.
still isQuote:
Originally Posted by GD66
Fosters was part of Carlton United Breweries which was part of the Elders Resources Group out of OZ. They purchased NZFP back in the late 80's. John Elliott was the head honcho and his stated aim was to "Fosterise the World". It didn't work out that way as I believe he had a holiday courtesy of Her Majesty!Quote:
Originally Posted by GD66
I did not know before now that Foster's had built their own race car !
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(As seen on teamamericaf1.com)
Isnt that Bernie's "19th" car ??
Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
Ha ha good one guys, fosters is just one of many beers I can not stand.....natural hop rocker max beer is for me lol:p
Ok Grant, I want you to build one of these "natural hop rocker max beer " race cars on the hill at Pukekohe for me !
I look forward to the photo mate!
Grant, you will never find enough cans, change to speights or lion red, plenty of those around,Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
Grant, Ken, just to clarify my earlier post, I like the Fosters on tap here, doesn't taste anything like the canned stuff. Probably substituted by one of the boutique American lagers and sold as Fosters. I keep cans of Oz Fosters in the fridge here to give to my local friends so I can demonstrate how poor the Oz beer is compared to our superb Kiwi varieties.
Ha ha Guys ... wellllllllll there were times on the hill stand at Puke the lads [us] drank DB double brown [red ]cans , 4% but the new boutique beers max etc are beauty, as for the usa boutique beer I tried a few different ones in orange county la that was as good as any thing , but as for lion red geeeeeeeeee Kev come on , if I was in a desert dying of thirst I think perhaps i would ??, hey speights original very good, When i arrived at my new digs in Middlesex [London] I noticed the fosters on tap [cold beer lol] I never had one in 5.5 yrs I was there , as it gave me bad memories when I drank it in Bondi [very sick I got lol] it tasted like s.....t.. not that I have tasted that lol
Hay Grant E might need a couple pairs overalls.................any thing in the wind ?????? hope you all good over there & thanks for pics etc ...weather pretty stunning here mate at present
Grant,
Speaking of Pukekohe. Who is in this picture with your brother Gary ? About October 1969. I need all the details again please.
Thanks.
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(Ken Hyndman photo )
Bay Park. Oct. 1969.
Grant,
Is this Gary going out onto the track at Bay Park ? I think it has Mount Cook Airlines advertising. Not the best photo but it captured the moment.
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(Ken Hyndman photo )
Ken ... top photo is Leo with Gary not sure what circuit it is .. the 2n d one is Gary driving down front straight bay park..... odd though he normally had 63 as race number not 5 ...first time I have seen this strange as it is I used 5 on a few of my cars.....5 being an auspicious number ... now would use 333 if I get time etc to have some more fun ...not because of young Scott M....I learnt a little about numbers we leave that there lol :cool:
Circuit in the top pic is Bay Park as well, looking back towards the tunnel under the track entering turn 1, behind the Desoto. Tall light towers are at the Te Maunga shunting yard.
For the November 1969 Bay Park meeting the Escort had number 52. Jack Nazer was usually number 63 at that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant Sprague
Ive been wrong before yep you are correct was thinking of the Anglia number Thank you Milan Fistonic well done ..
The back of my photo says October 1969 but heck I could have had that film in for months. Sorry I am not any help on the date or event.
Just know it was Bay Park and it was great to have the track there, close to home and the beach at that time. Wonderful memories.
And those guys were great for testing ! Drop into the office in 11th Ave, fork over a massive $5, pick up the key and you were away ! A quick chat with the caretaker Colin Whiteman as you loaded up, home in 20 mins.
Not like now....
October 1965. Back to Pukekohe.
I found this old programme that brought memories of a long day on the hill at Pukekohe. My cousin drove me up especially to see the Fleetwood Motors Mustang being driven by Ivan Segedin and Dennis Simmons. Dennis was a friend of my sister and attended her wedding a year later in 1966 and I remember hanging around Dennis at the reception asking all sorts of questions about the Mustang and how to modify Anglias etc..He was a humble man but very gifted at his engineering skills.
Note some of the great names in this 3 hour Challenge Race. Even Frank Matich joined in.
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GD66 they were days before I arrived in Tga... Pete was up stairs in an office on right hand side between 11th & 10th ave heading north , when I arrived Pete gave me s,,,,t lol because I was the younger one to arrive after Gary he tried to get into my head but he could not ...but we soon became to understand each other I didn't give in to his pranks but loved his humour ..as for testing he would say just go over see rabbit [Nevil] at BP & u will be good to go.we never abused this .. Rabbit is still around he pops into work often .........I would buy Pete a beer at the CT club on a Thursday or Friday night I introduced him to max ale when he became ill as it was a natural beer [true story] we meet Terry McCashin the max man ..... at that club before he got the beer flowing at the Rose & Fern that is an other story......lol
Ken , do you have the 1967 entry list ???? who partnered Ernie in the red mk 3 Zodi ...... ten pm here mate got work tomorrow bye for now
Roger Smith [18] had only just finished restoring his daimler about a month before he died about fifteen years ago, real hard case ,nice guy, just retired to B.O.I.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
October 1965. Pukekohe. Wills Six-Hour race.
Grant, I do not have a 1967 entry list but here it is for 1965 where your dad drove a Jaguar with Ray Archibald.
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October 1965. Pukekohe.
In between the Challenge Race and the Six Hour race we were entertained by the amazing skills of Paddy Hopkirk and Timo Makinen in what they could do in Mini Coopers. Wow !
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Thanks to You Tube, here is a brief video of them in action at Pukekohe.( I did try a couple of these moves myself without any success which made me appreciate these two even more as they made it look so easy !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQCFoWSXEU
Was there that day,they wet the track down in front of the pits,very impressive bit of Mini Spinning.
As well as the back straight without any water on the track!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Hollings
Thank you Ken .. even Gary was not sure what about the red zodi mk 3 do you know who he shared that drive with .. I have no copies at all ..just old photos soon to be put up ... Thanks MateQuote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
The programme has Geoff Sprague partnering Ernie but a photo in Motorman of the winners after the race shows Ernie and Gary. It was a Mk 4 Zodiac number 10 that they droveQuote:
Originally Posted by Grant Sprague
thank you Milan Fistonic.... yep they got the name wrong that would have been the red mk 4 zodi for sure there was also a blue one a yellow one also trying to find out more re the red mk 3 zodi history I know for sure Ernie did a lot of production races in it & later sold that car to his friend Peter WilsonQuote:
Originally Posted by Milan Fistonic