Dunedin Street Races - revival meeting January 1984

[Roger Dowding]

A couple of images from Dunedin.

Copy of a track map with some notes and the programme - can't read the date on the programme. notes by Graeme Staples.
Can confirm that the track was as used in 1959 and 1960.
There are even notes about the gradients on part of the circuit.

Have found several version of the tracks used over the period 1954 to the 1980's.
posted before but will group them in a new post.



Cars having fun at a corner - two going ahead, and two spinning around. Year not sure !! Late 1950's *** ??.
Just checked my notes ;
*** " Dunedin 1962 - Stan Prestige in the Ford V8, VW and Minor spin - Allan Dick archives. "
Hard to read the plates - which if 1962 will be the last of 5 yearly issue 1961 - 66 - actually finished in the 1965 -66 licencing year. Black Numbers on a Yellow Plate..
The corner is, I presume " Service Station Corner " where Wilkie Street meets King Edward Street.



Entry List for the Saloon Car Race - from Graham Woods archives.

Stan Prestige ran the two tone Ford V8 in 1961 as well.

1962 Entry List.
S Prestridge



1961 Saloon Car Entry List;
S Prestidge .. - different spelling -





Should put all the track maps - various versions of the circuit in one post.

[Roger Dowding]

In year order ;

The Track 1954.



The 1959 track same as the the one posted in previous post.
This from the Otago Sports Car Club magazine.



The track in 1961 - from the programme. with notes about the 1960 event.
The same as the 1959 track but the comments mention the Oval Circuit.
As seen in the details from the OSCC Magazine about the Track in 1959 - it ran around " the Oval " which was the cricket ground in Central Dunedin.




The 1964 track. Proposal for an event in October.
The Festival Road Races were usually in January or February.



The 1984 Track for " Revival " meeting.

[Roger Dowding]

Ryal Bush 1956 - Southland Centennial Races.

The event entry list the Main Race ;



Cars at the start of the Centennial Race

The unusual bodied Connaught on the front row;



Had this photo from Graham Woods archives.

Some interesting photos from this event;
Not even at the track, but were they going to ? or coming from ?

Car - Race #1 Aston Martin finished 2nd



Car - Race #3 The Peter Whitehead Ferrari finished 4th



Note that it has the roundels on both side of the nose - presume for left hand or right hand tracks depending on where the timekeepers were ??

[GregT]

There are other pics in that sequence which I've seen somewhere else - maybe TNF ? Pretty sure they're loading post race.

[Oldfart]

I had forgotten the days when if you wanted to road freight on a route served by the Railways you had to get , and pay for a permit!
A relative living in Wanganui (note carefully the spelling) had to get a permit, in person, to take his stockcar to race at Palmerston North, and apply every week. No season ticket available.

[Roger Dowding]

Programme Covers for the two Ryal Bush events - these were recently acquired by a TRS member [ not me though ].



Would like to see the inside pages where no doubt there was some non - PC advertising ..!!!
Also note the price went up " sixpence " - whereas the Magazines mentioned on the NZTT thread only went up " half a sixpence "- just thinking !!

[Roger Dowding]

Added a couple of Entry Lists to post #321 above -Dunedin Festival Road Race -Saloon Car Race -for 1961 and 1962 - where Stan Prestidge ran his postwar Ford V8 Sedan. in two tone Orange and Grey. Car looks like around a 1948 model and has a 3600 cc Ford V8 - side valve motor.

Cover of the 1961 Programme Saturday January 28, 1961.

[Roger Dowding]

A couple more John Larry Lawton images from Paritutu 1965.

A certain Holden features in both photos.
Notes " .. " by J L Lawton
Dave Simpson in his fast front but not yet Fastback " Anglia ahead of McPherson in the FJ Holden and Innes " in a Mini - presume Brian Innes.
Dave Simpson won all his races that day.



" McPherson Holden swerves to avoid R C Grace Mini."

[jellywrestler]

looks like Waka Kotahi prepared the corner in the last piccie