Thanks to Mark Joblin who provided the results via Facebook page " Old New Zealand Motor Racing ".
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The Mercedes retired
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Thanks to Mark Joblin who provided the results via Facebook page " Old New Zealand Motor Racing ".
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The Mercedes retired
The Boys in Blue, will be watching you
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when the track looked like this ..
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...and they may even catch you.
Rothmans Book of New Zealand Motor Racing - the cover
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Story of the track from the Rothmans Book - above
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From the 1963 NZIGP programme
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Auckland Car Club article
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posted before, the track in 1963 - from the Rothmans Book
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One question asked is who actually designed it, an individual or was it the the NZIGP people
Ron Frost, Eric Mallard, Ross Jensen ? as a group,with the constraints of the Horse Track,size of the total property and the fact that it was needed by early 1963, after being advised that Ardmore would not be available.
Further details indicate that the McLaren's, Les and Bruce had some input, Eric Mallard was involved in the project in a huge way but not in the design according to his son Mark Mallard
This is from Graham Woods, stuff from Motorman magazine and Graham's photo's
Motorman 1966 opening of the Club Circuit, do we still wish it was there ; Yes is my Vote
Article mentions the Dennis Smith Special - powered by an Outboard Motor. V4 of 1500cc .. amazing !!
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Photo's of the car too quick and too fragile, I seem to remember !!
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sorry about the size of the picture
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Steve Holmes I need help !!
I have a newspaper pick showing Jim Palmer in his Lotus 20 with Mr Parton -President Grand Prix organization- and Bill Stevenson-contractor-standing on the track after a test run
He also built a gorgeous sports car.
Which is now being rebuilt by Louis McNair, son of Rob who built the gorgeous Riley Moth and Grandson of Wallace. Louis has already built penny farthing, often seen at Leadfoot, boardtrack twin engine Villiers, a plane... Bantam racer... Very talented young man, with more than a bit of parental guidance and skill to draw on.
The single seater certainly had some aero issues, it wasn't nice looking at it from the bottom as it reared up around the kink on the back straight at Puke from a flag point!
I was dead keen to see it, as it had been featured in the Harold, so went out to Puke, but he had already binned it. Did it sound OK?
This one with Allan Woolf at the wheel - Manfeild 1992
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Yes that is Dennis.
Here's a more up-to-date version of your photo taken at Manfeild in 1992
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