Historic Sport Sedans

[CUSTAXIE50]

Sports Sedans were notorious for never lasting the distance-.
With the handicap race, Safety car picked up wrong car.
Always disappointing when the momentum goes.
Roger Davis -red Torana- has been correctly given first place
Casualties-
Alfetta :gearchange dog broke in first race,and as Gordon is a true supporter he went home and got his V8 Escort which has long racing history.
Richard Quinn- gearchange issues with his gearbox.
John Dennehy- Escort, consistantly didnt appear at the start.
Roger Davis- 1st race- rocker cover gasket broke leaking oil onto manifold. 2nd race incorrectly thought he was black flagged. 4th race- handicap- won !!!
Graeme Barnes- flat tyre race 3.
Barry Algie- finally finished a race .Got rid of the miss, sorted out gearlinkage problem.
Rodney Holland- went to change tyre, wheel damaged during process and had no spare wheels.
Dennis Running- recovering from knee surgery no chance either weekend.
Ralf Mossman- threw a power steering belt in race 3 , race 4 engine seized.
Adrian Dobbe- broke camshaft at beginning.
Peter Gunther- flyweel problems before weekend.
Garry Haynes- RX8, had overheating problems, damaging the engine.
I would like to give a huge thanks to John Telford, Graeme Barnes, Robert Bartley and Mark Allen for coming up to run with us last weekend and put on a show for the crowd.

Will they be running not weekend.

[John McKechnie]

The Sports Sedans will be running with no Dennis Running.

[Kevin Hirst]

Will they be running not weekend.

Didn't know Barry had a miss or a mrs. but good to get rid of if helps the racing.

[John McKechnie]

Kevin- to cover all bases and the PC crowd, he also got rid of the Ms

[CUSTAXIE50]

The Sports Sedans will be running with no Dennis Running.

So the boys from Feilding along with the Custaxie will be back this coming weekend.

[John McKechnie]

They had their weekend, for them it was not possible to do both weekends.
John Rush is coming up with his Escort V8 to keep the Feilding flag flying

[kiwi285]

Here are a few photos from the first weekend

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[Rod Grimwood]

Great supporting words Habu, give it a break. Get the story right before shooting in. If it is not positive, then please keep it out.

I have just got back from HD, and think the Sports Sedans guy's did a good job. My main grip is with the hold up on starts, these cars have to be moving to circulate air, this is why we adopted rolling starts way back in 80s, this is why there was engine problems in later race. I am sure this can be sorted as most things are eventually.

In quick chat with the crews from down south, they were happy and it was great to have them on board, a great group with great attitudes.

In regard to comments about the smaller cars ie Toyota, the original Sports Sedan Ass. had 3 class's all running together, and I believe eventually this will happen with these guys, and as back then separate battles through out the field, and livens up the reverse/handicap runs as well. I think similar as in old days, if it rains then it is interesting watching the smaller cars giving the BIG BOY'S a hurry up.

[Spgeti]

What a fantastic display of cars.....well done John and all of your guy's that put their cars out there. I know the Manawatu guy's were rapt with the meeting and in there words to me would be back. Great to see some different cars. Congratulations to all. Cheers, Bruce D

[rf84]

Is the Vauxhall the ex Russell Due car?

[Spgeti]

Yes it was Russell's car.

[Oldfart]

In my opinion, whether you have a love affair with any of the particular cars or not, the outstanding performance of the weekend was the Starlet, all 1500 pushrod, naturally aspirated cc's of it. When that was announced I simply did not believe it until I looked under the bonnet for myself. So it humbled a number of cars. That is not any kind of reason to exclude it. I saw no "out of period" bits.

[John McKechnie]

Rhys -My sentiments exactly, I worked for the Toyota agents and know its period.
They are quick and light. Its a Shellsport replica and I love having it here.
Its a car that brings out the best I would say.
Lets start getting more Shellsports out

[PhotoSmith]

Sports Sedans & touring cars from Saturday.......

[CUSTAXIE50]

The difference is that this (HSS) class is primarily aimed at bringing out warriors of old, so it still leaves a class gap for race saloons without an historical provenance, but I fear we have too many classes already.

Ray- thank you for putting this so clearly.
Also those watching my posts will know that I 100% put out there that if anyone has a car that wants to run with HSS to contact me.
Some have and their cars are discussed and have entered.
I am so against race cars being garaged I want to incorporate Shellsport cars, so we dont have to create a separate class.
Period saloon car creation.... Custaxie 2, and its running this weekend.

Having looked at all this talk about what is right and what is not right on here,where does Cus 2 fit in.

[CUSTAXIE50]

The difference is that this (HSS) class is primarily aimed at bringing out warriors of old, so it still leaves a class gap for race saloons without an historical provenance, but I fear we have too many classes already.

Ray- thank you for putting this so clearly.
Also those watching my posts will know that I 100% put out there that if anyone has a car that wants to run with HSS to contact me.
Some have and their cars are discussed and have entered.
I am so against race cars being garaged I want to incorporate Shellsport cars, so we dont have to create a separate class.
Period saloon car creation.... Custaxie 2, and its running this weekend.

Having looked at all this talk about what is right and what is not right,where does Cus 2 fit in John.

[John McKechnie]

This class is about the old cars and period running gear.
Cus 2 and the Rod Coppins MK2 of John Marslins are 2 examples of tribute cars that show kiwi ingenuity in modifying saloons at that time.
I consider they fit well with the Sports Sedans for that reason.
The Fahey Anglia Fastback has run here for the same reason.
As I always have said- if you have a car that you think will fit this group, please contact me.