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extrememly intersting, every bit of it.

Thank you for outlining that. your original post didn't mention that you had any credentials to back this up simply. My book was delivered to the printers yesterday for pre production copies, there's...

Do you have the programmes to back this up please? I'm writing a book on road racing motorcycle circuits and really need my info to be spot on.

yes i do thank you, have several programmes

Hi folks, i'm researching motorcycle racing in nz and believe they raced with the cars at queenstown.
I have programmes for 1990, 1993 and 1994 none show motorcycles, does anybody have other...

so after the early sixties was there any racing of any sort at Ardmore? be it standalone or a wings and wheels type of event? please

i raced NZ Superbike champs there in 1990 or maybe 1991 on the full circuit inc clubmans, turn one was being worked on hence this.

thanks roger, i had since found your thread, and rang Chris White for a chat too, he was the one who had a heart attack while racing, I thought if anyone would know he would..... part of it was used...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6a9gLn6WKY


mid 1990's they ran two meetings here, can anyone recall if the circuit had an official name please?

ok, so when was ardmore raced on after the early sixties when it ran national level meetings

Who can tell me when was the last time the Pukekohe club circuit was raced upon please?

I'm trying to find out the later years when they ran race meetings at ardmore, I know there was an Ardmore Reunion there in 1984, any others ran please folks?
my priority is ones with motorcycle...

Gracefield road races, Lower hutt

they ran from 1960-1965 I believe, certainly not in 1967 as street racing had been banned for cars by then.

Busy little place, they had three different circuits in renwick from 1960-65 and the Hawkesbury motorcycle races a mile out of town from the 1950's till the 1980's.....

Alan DeLatour

lyall bay races ran three times in the 1980's

i'll have a programme at home somewhere, away though so might pay to remind me with PM in a cuple of days please.

thank you, i'll head there right now

didnt we change to KM in 1974?

three more of them

and another three

another few

Once car racing on the streets was banned there were a few places that staged kart and motorcycle races, this is how the southbridge meeting came about, trying to relive the good old days..... Still...

so the meeting this thread is about would have been a one off 'revival' meeting, then it grew into a festival like the old days.
thanks for looking that up Milan, it's certainaly a mission trying to...