If you mean the Courage car it was a BT24. The Bell car I think was a BT26.
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If you mean the Courage car it was a BT24. The Bell car I think was a BT26.
The BT31 was a one-off Tasman special - I should have checked but someone will know if it had a 2.5 Repco or a DFV
mate of mine owns it...Repco V8.
I suspect that it like the 49s in the period might have run 3.0ls
JB didn't race the 31 in NZ Tasman rounds, only Oz
Did they not do engine capacity checks in the Tasman Series? Or maybe thats a naive question?
And in fact only one Oz round.
As regards engine sizes, I am reliably informed that 2.75 Climax sounded different to a 2.5 - and that the sound of the 2.75 was still to be heard after 1964.
When I did the book with Chris for the Amon Festival, we went through all the cars he raced and that meant him having to remind himself about the first of 1971 Tasman mounts - the March 701 Cosworth.
Given he had raced a F1 March 701 through 1970, I think it is reasonable to conclude he would have known if he had something less than 3 litres behind him - and he was in no doubt he did.
John Nicholson would be a reliable source for info about the capacity of the Cosworth engines (hopefully he is still alive and kicking).
No doubt the sound of different engine sizes are different.
I can remember going to NZ in the mid 90s for the 1st of the Tasman revival series ,my friends 5 litre chev in his Lola 430 had a different note to few of the other Chevs.
I can even remember a certain Le grand owner admitted to us ,his Chev was stroked.
In local group NB ,one could always pick a Ford 289 that had been stroked by the exhaust pitch.
Johnny Nick is very much alive and kicking - he spends summers in NZ before heading to the UK for our winter.
Hi JohnQuote:
Originally Posted by John McKechnie
I ran in Sth Is races and rallys during mid to late 70s, in an Aussie mini clubman GT, Datsun 1200 and Escort Mk1 1600, fairly low-key.
Cheers, Bill P.
Hi Bill, I was sure it was a Mini, I now know that it was not a senior moment- whew.
With these dates , I can dive into the mags and post here.
Any memories of my Monaro from 1970?
Found one- Teretonga in Motorman Nov 1973, Group 3 and 3 GTX cars-
*Graham Richardt had to use all his skills to keep in front of the forceful driving of Bill Pottinger in a Clubman GT from Chch.*
Bill finished 3rd.
Stunning shot here of Pedro Rodriguez lined up on the grid at Teretonga, 1968. That years grid formation was a busy 4-3-4-3, and Rodriguez started the race in 5th, but failed to finish. Note the spelling of his name on the nose of his car.
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A BRM mechanic does some final preparation, and adorning his tartan cap. Jackie Stewart wasn't at this event at Teretonga, so my guess would be this is the car driven by Piers Courage in this race?
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Another of Bill's wonderfully dramatic high-speed images, with description:
"Brent Benzie circulating Teretonga in the ex Bruce McLaren Mini Cooper which he upgraded to ‘1293 S’ specs. McLaren had brought this car to New Zealand some years earlier to run along with his Cooper single seater racers".
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Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Or Attwood.
Yep, could well be. The only reason I guessed Courage was I assumed with the tartan cap this mechanic crewed on Stewart's car, which Courage was driving at Teretonga.
Aye, Janet. Ye may well be right the noo.....:)
Good pic of the V8 in the BRM. For all their perceived shortcomings, they were a good looker, and their distinctive note could be clearly heard in the live radio broadcasts from Bill Bryce and co that we were treated to in those '60s summers.
Beautiful shot here taken at Teretonga, in 1970. This is Kevin Bartlett, belting through the Teretonga 'loop', with the inside front tyre sat right on the inside white line. Look how close he runs it to the track perimeter tyres! Now thats precision driving! Despite Bartlett's pretty little Mildren-Waggott being just 2.0 litres capacity against the 5.0 litre V8 cars he was up against, he was a top contender throughout the 1970 Tasman Series, and even took the overall win at Warwick Farm.
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Tin-top action from Wigram, 1970, and Rod Coppins gets the Cambridge Camaro crossed up as he works hard to hold back Paul Fahey in the Alan Mann Escort. Alas, it was all to no avail; Fahey slayed the V8's that weekend, in all three encounters.
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Here is Merv Waggott, working on one of the 2 litre twin-cam motors in the back of either the Kevin Bartlett or Max Stewart Mildren-Waggott. Looks like it could be #5, Kevin Bartlett's car.
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Great description by Bill here of this next photo:
"Like a hawk swooping on its prey Jochen Rindt comes up behind Peter Moloney's ageing Cooper Climax. Rindt's right front wheel is pointing directly at the camera so I wonder if he is about to Scandinavian-flick it to the inside of the Cooper as he brakes for the corner and takes the inside line. Peter is glancing hard in his mirror!"
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Beautifully dramatic shot here of Brian Crosbie, getting his immaculate Escort twin-cam all crossed-up at Teretonga.
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Some sports car action, this is Tyrrell Turtle in the 7.7 litre Lycoming aero-engined Continental at Wigram in 1970.
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Steve,
i think you will find that it was a continental engine not lycoming, hence the name
Thanks for this, yes, makes sense!
Another fantastic action shot of Jim Richards in his Anglia.
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Beautiful image here of Ulf Norinder, relaxing on the hood of his rental car (or someone elses!) and catching up with the latest news back home in Sweden.
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Piers Courage again in the bi-winged Brabham.
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How high-tech can you get! The Dunlop tyres trailer, as part of the companies at-track tyre changing service.
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Murray Cockburns Mini on the back of the recovery rig after inverting itself at Wigram in 1970. How cool is that old tow truck!
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#68 Piers Courage, look at the sidewall deflection and the attitude of the car, little dabble of opposite and eyes angled through wing. We were so lucky to see this guy and others demonstrate there talent here in Tasman days. Courage was quick.
Sad to loose these drivers at young ages back then.
Another great action shot Bill.
Beautiful shot here as Bill captures Gary Sprague popping an inside wheel off the deck in the ex-Dave Simpson Anglia. Chasing Gary is the Fordina built and raced by Clyde Collins in the last season of the Allcomers, 1967. But I think this could actually be Clyde's brother Warner pictured here, as he bought the car off Clyde. Who is in the Morris Minor with the severe nose remodelling?
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And here is another great shot of Gary Sprague, saving on tyre wear. This is from the Lady Wigram Trophy event in 1970, with Gary now aboard the twin-cam Escort. Chasing is John Riley in the ex-Paul Fahey Shelby Mustang.
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I think the Timaru photo's from the 1968/69 season, and shows Gary Sprague leading Ron McPhail in the Fordina and Alec Dickie in his Watford II (née Fowog)
I agree, seem to think that it could be Bruce Baylis in the Anglia #108 tooQuote:
Originally Posted by David McKinney
Thanks David, good call. That all adds up as I think Warner only owned the Fordina for one year.Quote:
Originally Posted by David McKinney
Carlo , yep would be Bruce I think the roof was purple ??..... Thanks Steve & Bill , I have never seen these piks of my big Bro before always nice to see , I loved watching him & dad race as a kid ...........
This young bloke still loves his motor racing and still tries just as hard today as he did over 40 years ago. Ken Smith.
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This one is an absolute classic! This is our man, Bill Pottinger, getting in a bit of dirt track practice, in his Grandmothers Austin 10. Nice skills there Bill, but unfortunately it didn't end too well for the old Austin, as Bill explains:
"This is one of me (aged 17 yrs) in my grandmother's Austin 10 having fun! The Austin 10 was great fun until I rolled it while trying too hard!"
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GOOO BILL ....... love it ......nothing has changed ....... you are trying very hard just like all of us such a cool pik big brother