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Back to the 1960's Waimate 1960
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.
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John(ny) Mansel in the Tec-Mec [ Maserati ].
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Entry List for the 1960 " Waimate 50 " the feature race.
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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.
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Timaru 1967- the only Street Race in the Town.
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
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The Entry List.
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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
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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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Waimate 1964 The Saloon Car Race Event 8.
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.
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Ernie Sprague has a big ...ooops.. in the Mark 3 Zephyr.
a sequence of photos.
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More South Island images to come
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 and further South ..
Dunedin 1960 .. Harold Heasley Humber 80 [ HHH ] ahead of Ernie Sprague in the Mark II Zephyr, predecessor of the more famous Mark III,
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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 !! ]
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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 Tracks - a couple more images
Dunedin - the track using the area around the wharf area including Fryatt St, where the 1/4 mile Sprints were also held.
1957.
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Stated to be 1958 - appears to be the same as the 1957 Map - using the same roads.
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Graeme Staples in his book has this as the 1958 Circuit, which includes Andersons Bay Road and is away from the wharf area
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The Circuit in 1965 ..aligned to have the street names horizontal
It uses roads around the main Railway Lines
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Dunedin Festival Street Races - 1950's - 1960's The Tracks.
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Originally Posted by
Milan Fistonic
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.
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Circuits ;
1954 - 1956
1960 - 1962,
1965.
Next up some Track maps and Entry Lists from Renwick Street Races - 1960 - 1966.
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Dunedin 1984 - the Video of the Event.
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Originally Posted by
Roger Dowding
Guys, this is a small thread because, I got sidetracked with my Pukekohe shots - there are another 30 photos to come Saloons, Specials Gee Cee S etc and Vintage - the ERA, and 50's single seaters, must get back to it soon.
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.
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Dunedin - the Street Races January 1984 - a bit more
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 ..
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The Pontiac Bonneville of Mark Dawber at Bethunes Gully - this photo is from near the top of the climb.
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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..
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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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