New Zealand motor racing wasn't always the slick production we enjoy today. There was a time when a bit of straight public road doubled as a drag strip, a closed off gravel stretch was a hillclimb and two cones on a beach made a beach race track.

Drivers took all manner of creations to Pukekawa, not far from Pukekohe, and thrashed them round a dirt track carved from the paddock of an understanding farmer. They were great meetings, friendly and relaxed, and the racing was hard and fast.

The following were taken some time in the late 60s and show the wonderful machinery that was pressed into service.