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1965) Paritutu Race Meet: The first races for saloon and racing cars are held on the new Paritutu circuit at New Plymouth. Originally part of the newsreel Pictorial Parade No 172 courtesy of Archives New Zealand.
http://www.ecasttv.co.nz/program_det...=112&group_id=
Great footage..not sure about the commentators rendition of Robbies name tho ;)
Ah! The memories!
Anyone have any ideas on who is driving the Anglias?
Then after the US trip Robbie had the spelling of his name officially changed cos nobody could say it properly, or so we were told at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by bry3500
True, between the 1967 and 1968 NZ seasons, IIRC
Yo Bryan Did A few laps there I seem to rember 44 gal drum jumping out in front me least that sounds better ?? Jamie
Being on a dial-up connection I can't view the coverage but from the programme Anglias were driven by:Quote:
Originally Posted by bry3500
23 M Sexton, 31 T Nagle, 56 D Simpson, 61 T Eve, 57 B Faloon, 88 C Hogan, 75 J Richards.
This was one of gthe Anglias at the 1965 Paritutu meeting - it had a big argumentQuote:
Originally Posted by Milan Fistonic
- " Dave Juries Anglia -after he was forced to swerve when Hogans Allardette [ C M Morrie Hogan ] was pushed across the track in front of him. It was his first outing in this car after wrecking his last one at Pukekohe "
.. and as J L Lawton asks -
" Who remembers the TV Programme " Car 54 where are you ? "
Attachment 73761
Will find a place or these and other J L Lawton photos.