Roycroft Trophy this weekend
The VCC Waitemata Branch event of the year is at Hampton Downs this weekend.
There will be a huge variety, a few highlights, the "Rubber Duck" Austin 7 with a history many miles long, Brooklands, Muriwai, Roycroft family etc is in the country having been brought over from Oz for the event, the McNair Riley/Moth hybrid, the famous Darracq.
Others include many Austin 7s, Bucklers, MGs by the swarm, Formula Juniors, Northland Special, etc etc. There are in excess of 70 cars entered and classic motorbikes on top of that.
Also Jazz bands, classic and vintage car displays, some trade stands.
Motor sport at its' finest, and FUN.
Blatant advertising, not really. Both Saturday and Sunday
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
I attended the Roycroft meeting last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. What appealed was the big variety of cars of all ages. Seeing the Ralph Watson rotary aircraft engine running was another "stand out" memory. I vowed to compete this year. So why have the organisers this year limited entries to cars built before 1960?
Apart from the 'Rubber Duck' Austin (which I haven' seen racing since the Ardmore Reunion) there seems to be pretty much the same entry as last year except smaller numbers and less variety (no post 1960 cars).
Personally I can't see any good reason to make a 5 hour trip to see less of the same this year.