Photos: The Ross Cammick Collection - Part 1

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You'll all know who Ross Cammick is. He is the brilliant Kiwi motorsport photographer whose photos have graced this website throughout various threads.

I felt it was time Ross' images were brought together into the one thread, to celebrate for what they are. These are stunning, high-impact shots, capturing a golden era in New Zealand motorsport.

Ross started motorsport photography in 1973, and continued until the mid-1980s, as he was spending a lot of time overseas.

Ross kindly gathered up many of the photos already on this site, and added a few more, and put them on a memory stick for me. They're not in any particular order, rather broken loosely into folders, such as Rally, Formula Pacific, Circuit Racing, B&H, Bikes etc. So they won't be displayed in any particular order, other than how they sit in their folders.

I should add, there are a lot of them! I'll be breaking this stunning collection into multiple parts. This is Part 1. I hope you enjoy it.

Kicking things off here, and we have the amazing Holden Monaro Sports Sedan of Barry Algie, in its early guise before the box flares were added to the rear.

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Graeme Addis Charger Sports Sedan.

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ShellSport action, with Grant Aitken leading Reg Cook.

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Ian Algie's wild Alfetta Sports Sedan in its early guise, leading George Shewiery in the ex-Jim Richards Mustang.

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Now leading John Osborne's Camaro.

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Radical rearward seating position of the Algie Monaro.

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The Alfetta again in its later, more familiar guise now with front spoiler and rear wing, and painted red.

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The Anderson brothers Pinepac Falcon passing an unidentified road going Commodore.

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Tim Bailey in the Dino Ferrari.

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This is Graham Baker in the ex-Brent Bullivant V8 Capri leading Wayne Huxford's similar machine at Bay Park.

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Robert Bartley's V8 MkIII Cortina.

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I'm not completely sure what I'm looking at here. Is it a ShellSport field?

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Reg Cook's Datsun Cherry.

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Bryce Platt's ShellSport Escort.

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Originally Posted by Steve Holmes

I'm not completely sure what I'm looking at here. Is it a ShellSport field?

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?Imp, Schick Datsun, mark petch or Reg cook, nz freighters mini, Rex hart,?
mini, coppertone mini, Jeff Hancock but where !??!

I suspect that the Imp is Bill Leckie. I remember that it was very quick

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Originally Posted by spinner32

I suspect that the Imp is Bill Leckie. I remember that it was very quick

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Yes Bill Leckie Imp/ford, went on a boat cruise a few years back and Bill Leckie was the captain, had a bit of a chat about car racing, also nz freighters mini might be barry phillips

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Originally Posted by dekon

?Imp, Schick Datsun, mark petch or Reg cook, nz freighters mini, Rex hart,?
mini, coppertone mini, Jeff Hancock but where !??!

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That's halfway through Rothmans, turn 1 at Bay Park. The shot of Bartley's Cortina above is at the exit of Rothmans.

The Cherry and the Escort are turning into Beach Hairpin at the end of Bay Park's back straight.

And the two Capris are exiting onto Bay Park's front straight.