Photos: The Bill Pottinger Collection - Part 1

[bry3500]

Maybe the first car is the Wasp? driven by Ron Walton who was a boffin type TV presenter!
The car was built with the help of the Christchurch Boys High Car Club in about 1965 - any old boys here ?

I downloaded the photo.. enlarged and changed contrast, The Badge on the nose is "W". Wasp? Walton?

[Rod Grimwood]

Bry, you are a right old Sherlock fellow. Well done, not much sneaks past you. Hope all is good with you over there and will contact you soon.

[bry3500]

Bry, you are a right old Sherlock fellow. Well done, not much sneaks past you. Hope all is good with you over there and will contact you soon.

Cheers Rod , I enjoy sleuthing the history you lot make and look forward to catching up again sometime soon..

[Grant Sprague]

Bry , Thanks for the 1969 piks, I forgot Paul brought that mustang down to see how the SI cars compared, 1969 Jan & Feb I would still be collecting fizzy bottles between races lol

[Steve Holmes]

I downloaded the photo.. enlarged and changed contrast, The Badge on the nose is "W". Wasp? Walton?

Wow! Great work Bry!

[Steve Holmes]

I love this one, Paul Fahey, giving it heaps in the Escort at Wigram.

[SPman]

That's an attitude Paul often attained in the Escort (among others). Mind you - Gary Sprague was equally adept....

[SPman]

Great BP shot at #136 of a man who turns 70 this Saturday.

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Don't mention the relentless march of years - it reminds me I'm no spring chicken these days, although, like most of us .....more mature folk.....I'm sure we still feel as young as we once looked..........

Where's Scott Wiseman chasing Andy B - Wigram?

[John McKechnie]

That was a very universal E-type-one week it was a Saloon, next week it was a Sports Car

[GD66]

That's an attitude Paul often attained in the Escort (among others). Mind you - Gary Sprague was equally adept....

Would love to have been trackside at Wigram the day the howling little Escort beat the V8s.....Legend....

[Oldfart]

I was at a very awesome day at Ruapuna when Paul went "rather well"! I was lucky to be arranging the dummy grid that day, and we did get time to watch too!

[Grant Sprague]

SPman , Gary & I use to have dinky toys on our kitchen table doing just this in & out little markers going side ways b 4 corners etc , I need to show you some shots similar , I will down load soon lol ... cool piks of Paul, he always tried hard results proved this time & time an area of great drivers

[grelley]

It was at Wigram, and I can still remember to this day the little Escort howling down the straight prior to the start finish line. I think it must have been the best it ever went.Was it Moffat in a fairly standard looking Falcon that he was racing against

[John McKechnie]

If it was 1970 and red then it could have been Clyde Collins

[grelley]

No it wasnt the Clyde Collins PDL Falcon (which ended up as a road car in Dunedin). As far as I remember it was orange, looked more like a production touring car (but wasnt) and was from Australia. The way the Escort went that day is my most vivid memory of motor racing.

[bp photos]

Thanks for the reminder that Chris Amon is turning 70 Michael, that seems amazing.!!! The guy is a living legend!!

[Steve Holmes]

Sports car action at Wigram, as Grahame Harvey in the Elfin leads Scott Wiseman in the high-wing E Type.

[Steve Holmes]

Absolutely beautiful shot here of Graham McRae and Teddy Pilette on the grid at Teretonga for the 1971 Tasman Series race. Looks like they're having a conversation. What could they be discussing?


I am guessing this is not the main Tasman race, but one of the shorter preliminary races, where the field were split into two. For the main Tasman race, Pilette was starting from the second row, on grid position four, while McRae was on row three, grid position six.

[ElCoyote]

Gotta love those Escorts

[GD66]

Love how it's sitting nice and flat in the slide, not leaning and wheel-waving like most Escorts.
Proper suspension tuning !