Levin and Cabbage Tree Corner

[khyndart in CA]

Bruce McLaren took the family 1954 Austin Healey 100-4 # 19 to the 1956 Levin Meet.
He got in driving experience driving up Auckland's One Tree Hill as shown in this Bruce McLaren Trust photo.


On the second row of the dummy grid at Levin.



With the race underway, Bruce is coming around with the Len Gilbert Cooper Mk 7 # 12 tucked in behind, ahead of Gavin Quirk in his Cooper Bristol # 4 followed by Jim Boyd in his Buckler Ford # 23.


Later, McLaren moves over to let Gilbert and Boyd go by.


A young, 19-year-old Bruce McLaren at work, on the road to greatness.

(Harold Plimmer photos)



(Ken H)