A couple of the " Grand Prix " Cars - well one thinks it is a Sports Car too !!
Len Gilbert in the Cooper Bristol, complete with headlights Mudguards and a wide body at the back.
John(ny) Mansel in the Tec-Mec [ Maserati ].
Entry List for the 1960 " Waimate 50 " the feature race.
The Race was open to Racing and Sports Cars, including some NZ Specials ..
- the Stanton Brothers Corvette,
- the Ralph Watson Lycoming
and one of
- Hec Green RA's with a 2250cc motor.
1967 The Timaru Street races, exact date not known but must have been early in the year as the Prize Money was in Pounds Shillings and Pence - so pre 10th July.
** Event was 4th February 1967 - see Milan's note and copy of Programme Cover in post #345.
Described as .
" Timaru Trophy Road Race,
" N Z Gold Star Championship Race
" Timaru 4th Feb, 1967
" - Organised by the S. C. [ South Canterbury ] Car Club and held under the International Sporting Code of the F. I. A. and the National Competition Rules of the A. N. Z. C. C. Inc "
The NZ Specials and Racing Cars Start line - with the Begg Chev Sports car of Barry Keen
Others are Alan Rhodes 260M Zephyr, John Armstrong Cooper Bristol and Arthur Smith 120EN with a 1500cc motor.
in the Second row... Allan Dick archives
The Entry List.
Peter Leversedge in #77 which he still has ..
The Begg Chev was in the Sports Car Race too !! Tony Stanton archives - presume a relation of The Stanton Brothers
Note that the Stanton Corvette Motor is now larger than back in 1960 at 5.3 litres.
Had also noted that the Lycoming also grew during these times to over 5 litres as well, as noted at other events.
It was at the George Begg Festival recently .. another story to tell.
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Dunedin 1961 the Grid for the Sports Car race.
Part of a series of photos taken from a Video of the event - archive Adrian Krzyzewski.
More to come of the sequence from Dunedin 1961 plus many other photos from Adrian Krzyzewski.
In - on the Starting lineup are - Josh Tims AH 100S Cliff and Ivan Bennett in Morgans Bob Blackburn in the Lotus 7
Dunedin 1964, The Otago Sports Car Club Prizegiving and a montage of cars racing - Hill Climb at Hoopers Inlet.
Do not know the people.. archive Graham Woods from the OSCC Magazine ..
The cars.
#6 Ralph Harrison - Zephyr Mk1
#7 Ken McVie Mini
#8 John Armstrong Chevrolet
#-- Brian Middlemass Jaguar XK120
#11 Cliff Bennett - Morgan
#12 Jim Bennett - Furi 1
#13 Allan Dick - MG Ford
#-- Paddy Williams MG Midget
Report on the Hoopers Inlet HillClimb - only 9 competitors. from the OSCC Magazine - G Woods archives.
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 08-08-2023 at 04:07 AM. Reason: Info corrected photo added ###47
The Entry List and a series of photos from Graham Woods archives.
The Big Race for Saloons at the Waimate "50 " event in 1964.
Entry List.
Ernie Sprague has a big ...ooops.. in the Mark 3 Zephyr.
a sequence of photos.
Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
More South Island images to come - Renwick, Waimate, Dunedin, an event at Mosgiel and others.
Plus on a new thread, the story of a Lotus Seven, that was owned by Bob Blackburn, of Mistral fame in 1961 and is still around in 2023. Will be part of a Lotus Seven New Zealand story
This from Mosgiel, one of the Bennett Boys in the Morgan [ Cliff ], Bob Scott from Kaitangata in his Special [centre ] and Rob Christie in another Special
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Dunedin 1960 .. Harold Heasley Humber 80 [ HHH ] ahead of Ernie Sprague in the Mark II Zephyr, predecessor of the more famous Mark III,
Entry List for the Festival Race for Saloons and Sports Cars not entered in the " Main " Race ..
[ Heasley's car must have had only one piston working 390cc or got confused with the Goggomobil of B Blackburn 392cc !! ]
Going further South, the Southernmost track in the World.. - Teretonga.
1962 - The Start of the Feature Race,
Tony Shelley get the jump, literally on Stirling Moss, front wheel of his Cooper over Moss' rear wheel. Both cars continued.
In the picture left to right
Bruce Mclaren [ partly obscured ] #47 Cooper,
Stirling Moss Cooper #7
Tony Shelley Cooper #18
Jack Brabham Cooper #4
Lorenzo Bandini Cooper Maserati.
- images G Woods archives - notes [ edited ] by Allan Dick - who stated he had not seen the photo before.
Must find the entry list !!
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Dunedin - the track using the area around the wharf area including Fryatt St, where the 1/4 mile Sprints were also held.
1957.
Stated to be 1958 - appears to be the same as the 1957 Map - using the same roads.
Graeme Staples in his book has this as the 1958 Circuit, which includes Andersons Bay Road and is away from the wharf area
The Circuit in 1965 ..aligned to have the street names horizontal
It uses roads around the main Railway Lines
Quote: Stated to be 1958 - appears to be the same as the 1957 Map - using the same roads.
The left-hand end of the circuit is quite different to the 1957 layout.
Milan, yes on having a better look, not helped with street names missing - a few roads not used.
I am now confused as the Graeme Staples Map for 1958 - which I have seen elsewhere actually uses a different part of the Dunedin City roads.
The Graeme Staples version was used in 1960, The Book [ below ] says used 1960 - 1962.
The " Racing Round the Houses " Book published in 1983 has 3 different Circuits on the back cover.
Circuits ;
1954 - 1956
1960 - 1962,
1965.
Next up some Track maps and Entry Lists from Renwick Street Races - 1960 - 1966.
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 05-22-2023 at 04:30 AM.
Roger, your PM box is saying "Full" LOL Pleas email me. Cheers Trevor.
Last edited by Trevor Sheffield; 05-02-2023 at 03:34 AM.
my book covers circuits where motorcycles raced, some like renwick for example had bikes in 1960 with cars then cars only in the other years, ditto with this dunners venue.
" Jw " thanks for clarifying that -would seem the Bikes used a track that was later used for the "Festival " Races which were for Cars and Bikes
- as my 1961 Programme shows that Event 1 was the Dunedin Festival Motorcycle Classic,Grid Start for Bikes up to 500cc.
That event again used the circuit in Graeme Staples " jw " map.
The 1961 Event was only Four events, Event 1 Bikes, Event II [two] for Sports Cars Event III the Festival Championship Road Race of 36 laps and the final Event IV for Saloons.
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 05-02-2023 at 05:27 AM. Reason: Programme images added ###47
I don't know if this 1992 programme cover and track map have been posted and I don't have time to search through 18 pages to find out.
Milan,
Re ; " I don't know if this 1992 programme cover and track map have been posted and I don't have time to search through 18 pages to find out. "
To my recollection - no, I have not seen that Cover or the Track map.
Yes 18 pages indeed.
Thank you - more for the archives on Dunedin.
Cheers
Roger
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 05-19-2023 at 03:38 AM.
got one of those programmes for sale if anyone wants one.I don't know if this 1992 programme cover and track map have been posted and I don't have time to search through 18 pages to find out.
" SNAPSHOTS " from the 1961 Dunedin Festival Road Race event..
Bikes and Cars.
Entry List for the Saloon Race Event IV.
1962 and Pat Hoare - Ferrari has its nose out of shape..
Post #10 - from 26th October 2015 at the early part of the Dunedin Story of the 1984, I made the above comment.
Recently posted on Facebook by Warner Collins is a video of the 1984 Event which includes the Bethunes Gully Hill Climb on the Saturday and the Races in Dunedin Central on the Sunday.
Can't get the link across, but do look for it.
Mark D who ran the HUGE Pontiac Bonneville 4 door Saloon /Sedan at both events features and sent me the details.
Mark is restoring the Bonneville at the moment and it has been to events recently - photos on this thread have been posted
Think the 1984 Video has been posted on South Island Motorsports page by Adrian Robertson too !!
Remember standing at some of the corners taking photos on the Race Day - Sunday as well as the Sprints in Fryatt Street on the Saturday.
A certain Zephyr and a Jaguar [ Mark 3 at 2553 cc versus a Mark 2 at 3781 cc ]. The CC's won..
The Entry List ..with notes - thanks to Milan Fistonic.
The Weekend consisted of 3 Events, the Hill Climb at Bethunes Gully and the Sprints of Fryatt Street in the City on the Saturday.
Historic Street Races were held on the Sunday.
- [ The Event was what started this thread ]
A couple more photos of what was the " Biggest " Car at the event - in size and a rather large Motor too !!
The Entry List [ again ] for the Saloon Class Race ..
The Pontiac Bonneville of Mark Dawber at Bethunes Gully - this photo is from near the top of the climb.
The Pontiac in the Street Races on Sunday - being chased by a group of Mini's.
All images from Mark D's archives... the notation A Swain was a nickname..
The Pontiac being raced at a Vintage Car Club Grass Sprint - in late May 2023.
The car has been restored /repaired by Mark and his son.
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