Beautiful move on Craig Bennett , whos no slug at the best of times. Ross was a bit suss though real wide GM1, I hope you post the afternoon race it was even better.Originally Posted by bry3500
Well done Alan Dunkley!! Some one please give him a good car.
Thanks Bry3500 for posting these movies.
I still have some photos and I hope it is not too late to post them.
Grant Martin in the Talon MR1A F5000 car that Chris Amon drove at the first Long Beach Grand Prix in September 1975.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
Chris Amon waits in his Talon at Long Beach as Dave Ramsay bleeds the brakes. Sept. 1975
(D.Ramsay photo )
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This Gentleman, eats, breaths, digests, and loves his motorsport. It was a real pleasure to meet and spend time with Ken. I was sorry that I could not spend a bit more but things were happening. Ken is a true enthusiast who digs deep into the sport and is a wealth of knowledge.
The photo is similar to one posted earlier, and thank you for the kind words about the team Ken, but you are also the true motorsport enthusiast. It was real pleasure, and we will have that beer.
Sorry Mike for not getting photos and reports to you but there was a IT problem.
We meet and spent time with both Bob and Nick Slade and it was real great to spend time with them, good Kiwi guys at heart and very good race car/engine gurus. It was a real coincidence that the border of the property we stayed at was an engineer who worked on race cars and had a shop next to Bob. So on first night we were sitting around the court yard haveing a cuppa tea when he walked in and we meet, offered him a cuppa and began chatting and found out he was an engineer and on asking he knew Bob. Between them they have worked on some pretty amazing machinery and are still.
Bob was good enough to allow me to photograph some of his photos of days back in NZ. He had a lot more but as happens when you move things get lost sadly.
Also had the good fortune of Rob Kennard dropping in for a look and he came back the 2nd weekend with some of his old scrap book as well, but as above he had lost heaps in move.
I will post photos as I resize.
A few pics of the GT350 Shelby race at Monterey
That was awesome to see so many GT350 Shelbys, and more in the pits.
This is Camaro Z28 number 1, a very special vehicle belonging to Jon Mello and after many years of restoration was on display at Monterey.
Wow, great photos Dale. That is one very rare car. I have forgotten the numbering system for 67 Z/28's but they did not make many and most early cars went to racers. Luv the car. Cheers, Bruce
Rod,
I certainly appreciate your words in post # 43. I was also impressed on what you wrote about Skip Scott. Such a tragic end to a life that had so much.
This photo shows Brett Willis waiting while his F5000 Lola is being used for a modeling session..Brett is probably thinking "I just want to get some track time and now I have to wait around for this !"
Laguna Seca August 15 th 2015
(Ken Hyndman photo )
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Brett Willis in his Lola T 330 at speed around Laguna Seca. August 2015.
Photos from my friend John Adams.
(Ken Hyndman )
Are you sure you mean that..............
A bit more of Trans Am. (Excuse the glitter)
Smokey Yunick's 1968 Camaro driven by Christi Edelbrock.
1971 Javelin driven by Mark Donohue for Roger Penske back then.
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More Trans Am at Laguna Seca.
Richard Goldsmith in 1970 Dodge Challenger that was originally driven by Sam Posey.
(Neat photo taken by John Adams )
George Follmer kept a reminder on his Javelin dash of how tough the Ford competition was
because he knew from first hand experience having previously driven the Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustang.
( Ken Hyndman photos )
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Rolex Monterey Reunion. Group 8A. 1967-1984 Formula One Cars.
Thanks to John Adams and his camera for allowing us to see some of the superb F1 cars from that era.
Thanks to Mike for creating this thread although I feel I have crammed a lot of my "stuff" into it but this is the last of what I have of a most enjoyable weekend at Laguna Seca,
(Ken Hyndman )
Race winner, Charles Nearburg, driving his 1980 Williams FW07 # 27,(ex-Alan Jones) the car that brought my friend, Patrick Head to fame. This car still performs and looks great to this day. I am glad Patrick did not go to boat building when he left Trojan Works in 1974 !
Chris Locke in his 1976 Lotus 77 # 5 ( ex-Mario Andretti) and Andrew Beaumont in his 1974 Lotus 76 # 11 ( ex Ronnie Peterson )
It certainly looked liked Andretti and Peterson out on the track as you can see in this photo.
ex motor cycle racer Eddie Lawson did a fine job driving this 1977 Wolf WR 4 # 20. (Another car that Patrick was involved with developing along with Harvey Postlethwaite ). Followed by Danny Baker in a McLaren M 23 # 30.
Third place went to Nicholas Colyvas in his 1974 Tyrrell 007 # 3 (ex-Jody Scheckter) followed here by James Hagan in his 1983 Tyrrell 011 # 6 that finished 14th.
( Thanks to John Adams for these photos..until next time, Ken Hyndman )
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The Moffat Monza at Monterey
Owner Steve Sorenson and restorer Norm Mitchell(stripe shirt)
Dale,
Is that the same car that Moffat raced at Bay Park in December 1975 ? ( That is 40 years ago and it still looks great.)
Thanks for sharing, I must have walked past it and not realized what it was. There was so much to take in and enjoy here at Laguna Seca.
Dec. 1975. Coming up to the start at Bay Park. Leo Leonard # 4 and Allan Moffat # 7.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
In the latest Classic Car Driver mag, Lyall Williamson says that the reason why Leo beat Allan in the Monza at this meeting was because they had a tried and true car running strongly where Moffats was coming to grips with a new car
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