Great stuff - as always. Could I ask a small favour? The exact date might be a great help, as from 1983 to 1991, when I was a flaggie, we never got a programme, so if I was able to take pics, I often have no idea of the date and I file all photographs, scanned or digital.
Your pics from 1983 onwards are great for assisting me to date some of mine! That 'To Be Dated' folder on my PC is way too big.
28th October 84 Ray,
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Outstanding photos Ross! Thanks for posting.
These are awesome photos Ross! The Commodore's pictured are the extremely rare GM-NZ built SS cars, which were specifically constructed on the local assembly line to contest the B&H series. The rules required only 25 locally produced homologation specials.
Robin Curtis had been in charge of running the GM Dealer Team's Chevette rally cars, and when GM-NZ withdrew from rallying, they set their sights on touring car racing. Curtis brought in Peter Brock to help oversee the project, and to supply parts. In the end, 30 cars were produced. 29 were painted white with red and blue stripes, and 1 was black with gold stripes.
My friend Mike Price owns the yellow Midgley car pictured above. This is one of the two GM Dealer team cars from the previous season, and was driven by Denny Hulme and Peter Janson. The other GM-DT car was driven by Brock and David Oxton, and is now owned by Mike's father Garry.
This is the Hulme/Janson car as it looks now.
The start of the 1974 Benson & Hedges 500.
30 seconds to go with Leo Leonard (4) and Jim Richards (3) on the front row.
Leonard stalls as the flag drops but manages to get his car off the track.
The field streams past Leonard stranded on the grass.
Leonard gets the Charger going and joins in at the back of the field in position 40.
After one lap Leonard was up to 25th, after two he was 20th, after three he was 14th. By lap 60 he was leading the race. Leonard and co-driver Gary Sprague went on to finish first only to be excluded from the results because of a technical infringement.
Outstanding!
By the lack of a crowd this must have been taken at the practice day for the 1974 NZIGP. There were three Toranas entered in the BNSW race driven by Gary Lang, Graham Anderson and Rex Findlay.
Thank you to everybody who is contributing to this thread, a fantastic time in New Zealand.
Ross Cammick you're a bloody legend.
I agree.Originally Posted by Go Slideways
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