Quote Originally Posted by crunch View Post
You are thinking of Mike Moore who had a car sales yard (Mike Moore Autos) on Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North up until a couple of years ago. He used a mk.1 Escort twin Cam in Shellsport, think it was black
While I could be corrected I am pretty sure that during the years we were involved with Shellsport Mike was running the car as a RS2000 rather than as a Twin Cam.
At the time Twin Cams were the domain of Bryce Platt, Father Harrington, Kirk Stoneman & Don Halliday

First race meeting would have to be a toss up between the 1st Grasstrack meeting of the Malborough Car Club and the Nelson Car Club New Year Beach Race meeting back about 1955 or 56 when I was in Standard 3 or 4.
Add in the Hawkesbury Motor Cycle races about the same time too.
First 100% sealed circuit meeting would be the 1959 Dunedin Road Race Meeting and 1st year of high school.