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Motor Racing pics - my early years, 1964-71 Pukekohe- other Auckland events 1950's on
" Motor Racing pics - my early years, 1964-71 ; Pukekohe - other Auckland events 1950's on.. "
The thread has changed it's purpose, now includes other peoples pics and news items ..
It real Title should be :
" The Pukekohe Story "
- 1963 to 2023.
. Other Auckland Events .. Ardmore, and Beach Racing at Muriwai.
With the imminent demise of Pukekohe as a car racing venue in April 2023 - it will join the category of lost tracks.
With that in mind will use the thread for events at other Auckland tracks.
" Have put a lot of other North Island Tracks, Levin, Matamata, Napier, Ohakea the Mount Maunganui Street Circuit that preceded Baypark, and Paritutu, New Plymouth on the " Dunedin 1984 " thread and will continue to do that.
-revised September 6th 2022.
The " Dunedin 1984 " Thread is already used for other South Island Events."
- Matamata, Mount Maunganui, Napier and Paritutu were all Street Circuits, from the 1960's.
- Levin and Baypark as we know were designated Racing Tracks.
The Title of the thread needs to be changed, but for the moment the Title of Post One is changed
" Motor Racing pics - my early years, 1964-71 ; Pukekohe and other Auckland events; "
As mentioned in the thread ;
I first saw racing at Pukekohe in 1964 - The Wills Six Hour Race - from outside the track.
The First meeting I actually attended as a Spectator [ paying ] with a Camera was the Wills Six Hour meeting on 9th October 1965
The Programme for that meeting posted by Ken H in Post #82
The pictures are my own taken with a basic Kodak Camera with no adjustments possible, just point and shoot;.
April 1966 meeting ; the Reverse Direction one ; never tried again as too dangerous and quite a few accidents including
Ron Browns Mini; as mentioned Ron was Assistant Clerk of the course that day ; he was the Team Mate of Allan Boyle who also ran a Cooper " S ".
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Other photos which I tried to remove have stayed
Dennis Marwood Cooper
Ivan Segedin - Fleetwood Mustang
Sports car field from a 1966 meeting .
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April 1966 The Reverse direction meeting
Ivy Stephensen's Lola-Climax
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Morris Cooper - no details of driver
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Feo Stanton - Honda S600
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Probably the best looking of the " Breadvan Anglia " brigade, Paul Fahey - Lotus - Anglia. Did this car pass on to Rod Coppins and John Ward - I am unsure, without going through a few books.
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Have a picture of Neil Doyle's Anglia - Corvette. will post here and on its own thread.
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Gold Leaf 3 hour and Wills 6 Hour races Pukekohe November 1965
Mentioned that my collection was Black and White [ all 3 inch square photos ], on this occasion had the loan of a Leica and colour film, a few shots from the event and includes the " Fleetwood Mustang ", not good quality.
Look at the crowds and the car parking..
The Gold Leaf 3 Hour was for improved Cars or Cars other than Saloons ;
The Fleetwood Mustang
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Honda S600. probably Feo Stanton as he raced one at the April 1966 meeting.
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In the interval between the Gold Leaf 3 Hour and the Wills 6 Hour, there was entertainment on the front ' start ' straight, by way of a Minispinning demonstration .
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Gold Leaf 3 hour and Wills 6 Hour races Pukekohe November 1965 the Wills..
Between races the Pits ..
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Renault and Simca
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Mini-Cooper and Honda s 600 from the Gold Leaf 3 hour.
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Zephyr 6 and Alfa Romeo
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Would have gone there with my Father, Mac Dowding, and we actually went into the track for this year, 1964, stood in the paddock beside the track so we didn't pay.
Was still at school, but had just got my licence in the August of 1965. Think I may have been allowed to drive there, but not back, in case I had learn't something about Speed..
The car we went in was a 1963 Ford Zephyr 6, like the last photo, had one diagonal seatbelt for the driver.
How things have changed, with the track and were you could go, and our cars.
Have just a few from the 1967, Races Gold Leaf 3 hour and Wills 6 Hour to follow, then back to the Black and Whites for Pukekohe in 1966-67..
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Gold Leaf 3 Hour Wills 6 Hour 1967
Another set of colour prints and rectangular so must have borrowed a camera again, probably the Leica ;
Gold Leaf 3 Hour
Mustangs and Minis;
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Anglia's and Minis - Mustang still of to the side - No Safety Car or Race slowed to remove the vehicle;
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Wills 6 Hour at the start Vauxhalls and Zephyrs - Straight Six versus Vee Six
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At the Loop - that became the Club Circuit - Zephyr Austin 1800 and an unknown.
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The loop and Dunlop bridge another Zephyr.
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That is all - unless there are more Hidden Gems. back to the Black and Whites and 1966.
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Pukekohe 14th May 1966 Allcomers the field and some Radical cars.
The Allcomers field heading for the grid
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Johnny Riley heading for the grid
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Humber Jaguar T Boyle - ex Frank Radisich
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Zephyr Corvette K [ Ken ] Bailey - ex Rod Coppins
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The Morrari, - Garth Souness
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on its trailer - almost wider than the trailer with those huge welded widened wheels.
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Thanks to Milan for the race list from the programme - helped with some driver details.
