No and yes I presume.
Although I have attended many marshal's briefings and a fair few driver briefings, I would hope that every volunteer does his or her best and that MSNZ will back them.
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No and yes I presume.
Although I have attended many marshal's briefings and a fair few driver briefings, I would hope that every volunteer does his or her best and that MSNZ will back them.
As...
Just to expand. (as Roger has attempted to do).
Using the local computerised on line system (available to all race organisers) creates all the info needed for all the officials of the event -...
Would do Graeme!
But:
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Thank goodness someone who was there can confirm my opinion of the Roycroft. There were crucial manning positions totally overlooked - and it wasn't a shortage of manpower.
RogerH is well aware of...
Thinking out loud here. How many of the Roycroft entrants who only come out about once a year to race, would consider racing just the Sunday of the following weekend, as part of an MSNZ permitted...
A tribute to him in the local evening paper of the town of his birth last week.
How I loved my Les Leston ties and remember buying a scarf with race car badge logos on it for a close female...
Once again, I totally agree with Dave's post. There are replicas around that cost the owners far, far more than the 'genuine' historics and I have never bought into the argument that they should be...
Ironically Dave, it was only a few years ago that I proposed to run my car only at track days for the very reasons you state. The dated seat belt issue particularly, then the need for an MSNZ card...
My first race was at Pukekohe and the winner was in a Lotus Cortina and his fastest lap was 1:20.
My own current car is bog standard and my initial lap times once I'd got to know it were 1:23. The...
Generally, I totally agree with the previous post. It has to be speed groups. However, as there is usually a dearth of sports cars and an over abundance of saloons, I don't have a problem mixing the...
At the risk of repetition, the AES & Arrow Wheels series points races are all handicaps and they don't have the speed differential problems, as the groups are split, not by capacity, but by (proven)...
Last year's Roycroft might well have been a combined permit one, but I am not sure about this year's.
VCC Waitmata's committee appear to be fairly new to circuit race meeting organisation, and...
Wall thickness etc on roll cages on an existing car should never have been a major issue, as this is classic case of the law of diminishing returns.
I have been a spectator since the early 1950's, a...
I am surprised that those with smaller cars (ie non-muscle) haven't mentioned that the AES and Arrow Wheels series copes perfectly well with Jaguars and even "Peranas" with flares, as long as they...
To Conrod & Amco72. The 4 major North Island Series I have alluded to in previous posts do maintain a good control of driver behaviour and I agree conrod, that the standard of driving in all four,...
I think that maybe you were too kind to Jimmy Chrystal as he effectively wiped out the BMC Series, by taking the organiser and initiator, to a tribunal, when a leading contender was loaned a car for...
Sounds right! Probably rang his entry through late. A curse of the age was relying on a genuine "Answerphone", which in those days were on a 3 year lease at about 15 quid a month and were the size...
Dale, you deserve to succeed as you are putting a lot of effort into it and that usually pays dividends as long as the basic concept is viable.
I can think of two classic series that failed...
Spot on. What happened 50 years ago at a hillclimb is a reminiscence, (sorry Jim, but we could all recite examples of what it was like 50 years ago or name cars and drivers) but it is the...
Love that bit about a couple of mil in the bank! The guys I race against are very down to earth (includes pensioners and even AMCO72 now and again!) and I am not sure what the average age is these...
Understand all that Richard, but you cannot deny that if tier 1 is promoted as the pinnacle of motorsport, then surely it is far better to maintain two or three well supported classes only and fill...
Maybe there are too many grids trying to attract the attention of budding racers? By attention, that means highly sponsored and with TV coverage. With Toyota Race Series as the premier single seater...
Unfortunately, model numbers weren't always listed and I haven't been through the pile, but one nearest the top, there is a Lotus 22 in 1962, (Mallory again) driven by an "M. De-dy", running as car...
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The Junior entry from May 22nd 1961 Mallory Park. The problem is that is it is quite a messy process scanning and uploading to this web site, as the image size restrictions mean a lot of...
Yes, an Ansaldo