So, Elfin leading? on main straight
Escorts of Halliday and Riichards leading an Imp
falcons of Richards and Francevic? leading 2 Toranas
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Thanks Sean,
I have some more scratchy photos of hanging around Bay Park.
Along the back straight in October 1969 which was a fun day until the terrible incident when Barry Thomason's Brabham spun and rolled entering the straight and the roll bar caused injuries to his back and neck from which he never fully recovered.
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Dawson leading Fahey ? in their Mustangs.
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Grahame Harvey in his Elfin Chevrolet alongside Jim Boyd in his 1966 Lola T70
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Jim Boyd in the beautiful Cambridge Team Lola T 70
As Ray Green's wonderful photos show this car still looks great today. 2016 at Goodwood.
As in # 971 and # 975.
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...lection/page49
(Ken Hyndman photos )
with the 2 Mustangs , it should be john Riley in the white Mustang,. Fahey was in his Escort .
Dec. 28. 1969.
My last photo at Bay Park. Shows the start of the F 5000 race in front of a crowd of over 27,000.
Pole setter Graham McRae (McLaren M10A )leads Graeme Lawrence (Ferrari 2500 )and eventual winner Ron Grable ( Don Williams McLaren M10A-Chev-Traco ) away at the start.
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(Ken Hyndman )
Today I had to do something you do not have to do in NZ.
Stop and let the Tarantula cross the road !
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( A scared Ken Hyndman photo )
Not the Goliath Birdeater variety whose leg span is 12 inches across- fully grown ?
So , why did the Tarantula cross the road................?
Great plate
So , why did the Tarantula cross the road................?
To slow the Kiwi down so he would not fly.....by.
Ken- thats a pretty good return.
Michael Clark;55298]Great plate
Thanks Michael.
I have had that plate since 1976. I still have to put the New Zealand sticker on to help explain what it means over here !
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(Ken H )
Shocking, I was marshalling that day at the flag point on the inside entering the back straight and Thomasen's Brabham crashed right beside us, he had spun exiting the Rothmans sweeper and when he hit the earth bank on the inside it flipped and because in those days belts weren't compulsory, he started to emerge from the car as it flipped and rolled, so he was half-way out when the car landed with a thump upside down. Naturally we feared the worst so it was some relief to find he was able to be saved, but sadly he had suffered significant spinal damage. A tragedy for the young bloke but he could easily have paid the ultimate price....fortunately belts became a prerequisite shortly thereafter. I think that's me behind the Brabham's rollbar in the pic.
There is an interesting photo you posted in the Ian "Red" Dawson thread of this car in posts #121 and 122.
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...ghlight=dawson
Must have been after they removed Thomason. As you note car does not look that badly damaged. His injuries came from not being strapped in, rather than car damage
Here are two photos from that fateful race.
The first shows Graeme Lawrence in his Ferrari and Roly Levis in his Brabham leading the field toward a rolling start.
Barry Thomasen in his Brabham is at the back of the field.
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This shows the scene shortly after the Thomasen crash as Graham McRae comes by in his FM 2 Begg-Chevrolet.
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GD66, are you in this photo ?
(Ken Hyndman photos )
This is a photo I took at Bay Park but I need to know of who (apart from Red Dawson ) and when was this event please.
Thanks in advance.
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Guessing, but Coppins in the Firebird and John Riley in the Mustang behind.
GD66
I do not know why I took this photo of the flag marshals at Bay Park.October 1969.
It looks like everyone has left except you dedicated guys. Are you in this photo ?
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Steve,
When I saw this article about the 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Thunderbolt, I thought of your 64 Galaxie 500.
This issue will be a free read soon. Hope you get to enjoy.
http://rpm-mag.com/2016/09/5609/
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( Ken Hyndman )
Hi Ken. Have you seen this?
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Milan,
Thanks for this article. I do not know Alan. We are possibly distant relatives. I know one had a book store in Dunedin so that would be the side of the family that achieved something in life. Perhaps, thanks to you, we will make contact and sort out the family tree.
Cheers,
Ken Hyndman.
(The dreamer who thought he would be back to drive here one day. 47 years later and he still is a dreamer ! )
Bay Park October 1969.
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No mate. That's actually the next marshal's post in advance, halfway down the back straight, you can see the quarter-mile straight, the back of the pits and the right-hander in the background. I did flag at this spot for that year's F5000 Christmas meeting, and stood trackside with Lawrence, Goth, Grable and co whistling beneath my fluttering blue flag. OK I might have had jandals on my feet, but I had the mandatory White Coat...
This is what it looks like today. Is that progress ? I am glad I came along when I did.
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(Ken Hyndman )
I sometimes find an old photo that seems pretty blurred at the bottom of the shoe box# 2 and it will bring back a memory.
This was at Oran Park, NSW on August 9, 1970 and it shows the field on the opening lap of this touring car race.
I think I have the correct names in order.
Bill Brown in his Porsche 911 S, Ian (Pete) Geoghegan in his Mustang, Jim McKeown in his Porsche 911S, Brian Foley in his Porsche 911 S
followed by Allan Moffat in his Mustang plus others unidentified.
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That was a very good field which made for a very good race as described at this site.
http://www.classicmotorsport.com.au/...previous-photo
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(Ken Hyndman )
During my posting on the Damon Hill thread I kept thinking I had taken a photo of Graham Hill at Long Beach talking to my friend Graham Donaldson and getting Graham to come on board the Hill Embassy Team and be a mechanic for Tony Brise in the 1976 Formula One Season. After the US 1975 F5000 season Graham D. went back to England and looked for a place to live while the Hill team went testing in France. That is why he was not on that fateful flight.
Anyway this weekend I was cleaning out and came across some old photos of a house we had in San Diego and stuck at the bottom of the envelope were some negatives that I have attempted to develop. So here we go from the Hyndman archives.
First the photo I took of Graham Hill talking to Graham Donaldson during practice for the Inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix in Sept. 1975.
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Teddy Yip, Julian Randles and Graham Donaldson prepare good old # 64 to go out for practice.
Tony Brise enjoyed driving this Lola T 332 chassis # HU37. As I have mentioned it was not a pretty car but it was fast with Tony driving.
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Tony put on a great drive in # 64 but a half shaft broke at this corner on the next lap.
Then it was onto Laguna Seca and a month later I would meet up with the Theodore Racing team
again at Riverside. October 26. 1975.
Riverside International Raceway. October 25/26th 1975.
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Practice session for Tony and he qualified 4 th.
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Mario Andretti standing on the right watching as team mate Al Unser prepares to qualify in Viceroy Lola t332 # 51.
This is the way they finished the main F5000 race with Mario easily winning from Al Unser.
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Here is the Theodore Team with Tony Brise talking to Julian Randles and Graham Donaldson and Hyndman on the right.
Just before Tony's last drive and Hyndman's last job as a race mechanic. (Hey, at least I gave it a try and got it off my "bucket list" )
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Tony Brise about to start the race at Riverside as owner Teddy Yip looks at his watch.
(This is the last of my lost negatives but I am glad I could share them as they were almost thrown away !)
This was the qualifying field for the Riverside F 5000 race in October 1975.
Formula 5000 did not get much better than this in the US.;
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(Ken Hyndman )
Plus that weekend, there were two exciting IROC races (International Race Of Champions ) where all the drivers had the same Roger Penske team prepared Camaros and they would all go out and just hammer them ! The US drivers had an advantage when it came to drafting but the others were much braver through the corners. It was all good stuff to watch.
This was the field for that year.
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(Ken Hyndman )
Some memories of Tony Brise.
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/hi...-lost-champion
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/re...e-40-years-on/
(Ken Hyndman,)
We have not moved since 1979 and when I climbed into the garage rafters I found a box of memorabilia clothing and amongst it all was the Theodore Team racing shirt that I had last worn that day at Riverside over 41 years ago. (Please do not laugh.)
My wife was surprised to see how much the shirt had SHRUNK !
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Riverside. October 1975.
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Los Olivos. CA. Jan. 2017
I went to Australia in 1967 for my cousin's wedding. I think the return flight was 27 pounds (Before NZ went decimal ). I was making 5 pound a week so that seemed like a good amount of money back then for an apprentice "grease monkey."
I remember coming across this GM dealership I think near Kings Cross and there on display was this beautiful Camaro.
I thought it was a great looking car and always wanted one.
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I have a question; were these sold at GM outlets separate from Holden dealerships or did they mingle ?
The Torana poster in the window reminds me of those commercials back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJ3Nj60sBE
(Ken Hyndman )
Good thing you saw this first and took the pic, after Kings Cross, things may have looked different.
The things you could get there for 5 bob.
Adrian Dobbe should love the HB segment- I see Gilda is also starring here...........
Sign writing shows- Pontiac, Chevrolet and Viva....should be GM
Ken , this a beaut bit of history , and a beaut story , good to see you can suck the tummy in next to the cooper lol....all great fun yr a true champion for sharing these & sum hi to wifeeeee... Grant & Kylie
Yes, thank you Steve.
These photos certainly bring back a lot of memories of what might have been.
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Ken
So John,
If the GM dealer has a Torana advertisement in the window did the Holden dealer have a Camaro / GM advertisement at their showroom ?
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(Ken H)
Ken- at that time HB Torana would be a new model, and so a large poster to announce this. Viva was well established, HA for 3 years.
HOWEVER....I am not an Aussie expert, so lets wait for those who really know.
Nice parquet flooring.
Ken- Half the US soldiers I ran into in Vietnam in 1967 were going home to buy a Camaro. Can't recall one that was going to buy a Mustang.
Allan
Just an interesting note, some of them were still too young to own a car in the state in which they lived.