The Peter Hanna Collection - Part 2

[Steve Holmes]

It'd be fair to say Bay Park promoter Peter Hanna and his team were not hugely popular with those from Motorsport New Zealand. The Bay Park crew preferred to steer their own ship, rocky as the waters may have been at times. They went in their own direction, and as a result, were often left off the schedule when the International Series arrived in New Zealand each season.

In an era where single seater racing was given preferential treatment, Bay Park promoted saloon car racing, and were responsible for importing several interesting tin-top teams each season, which proved a good draw card for the punters. But lets not forget, Bay Park was the first track in New Zealand to hold a race for Formula 5000 cars, even if there were only four of them at that 1968 event. And even these were a mixture of genuine early F5000s and converted USAC cars. But that mattered little. Their popularity, raw booming sound track, and apparent affordability saw to it that F5000 became the premier single seater category in New Zealand.

So here it is, Part 2 (the final) of The Peter Hanna Collection.