What a thoroughly enjoyable event! Loved every minute of what I saw, and I'll be back for a second helping next weekend. Just going through a bunch of pictures, here's a few to begin with, once I'm done I'll post a link to the album.
NZFMR Saturday 21_050 by SnoozinRichy, on Flickr
NZFMR Saturday 21_075 by SnoozinRichy, on Flickr
NZFMR Saturday 21_026 by SnoozinRichy, on Flickr
NZFMR Saturday 21_045 by SnoozinRichy, on Flickr
Can't wait to start editing the F5000 ones!
Great photos.
The whole weekend was Fantastic.
First time to the track for me and it will not be the last.
The Zakspeed will be run by Roger Townsend this coming weekend. I hope he enjoys it as much as I did.
Cheers,
Gary.
Gary,Originally Posted by zakspeed65
Could not agree more, great line up and variety of cars and slick organisation. Apart from more rain nothing else I could ask for.
Your car looks (and sounds) great, good to see it up here. Do you have time to get the car back for Skope? It seems to me that is the only problem as many people (like me) would like to do both as they have become the two premier NZ historic meetings but the dates make that difficult.
Hi Howard,
All going well the car will be back home for the Scope, but you are right it makes things very tight.
We are off to the meeting at Teratonga 3rd weekend Feb as well, it is the 20th Anniversary meeting down there. Should be a good one and it is my very favorite circuit in NZ!!
The rain was a bonus for me, as I don't and won't own any wets. So I got the chance to watch the Rain Master in action!!
Great pics...love the reflections.
Excellent stuff. Love the photos. I wish I was home on holiday at times like this.
That drive of Jim Richards was magic to watch, so smooth but very quick. It was a great weekend (except for Sunday Morning drizzle). Dale, you guy's have done well, entertaining to watch (when I could) this class is good and the sound is great.
Here are the happy group on Saturday afternoon after the prize giving performed by Jim Richards, Paul Fahey and Dennis Marwood and all organised by Dale. A great turnout and some pretty encouraging words spoken by all those involved. Even Jim expressed a hope to be able to compete next year in his Falcon Sprint.
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Great to have you and the car there Gary, I wonder how many people really understood what they were seeing. Where else except Ruapuna could you see a Zakspeed and a Cologne together.
Hi Rod,
I was such a thrill to bring the car up and judging by the amount of folks looking at all the different machinery on display. I'm sure they know how lucky we are here in NZ.
Top effort from the owners of Hampton Downs too, Keep up the Good Work!!
Awesome shots as usual Nigel. I love that little Zakspeed Escort.
Thanks TonyG
Here's a couple more shots of the Zakspeed
As Gary indicated in another thread. he had a marvellous time in the Zakspeed at HD and speaking with Roger after some of his races over the second weekend he said that it was a fantastic little car and he revelled in each drive that he had in it. Speaking to people at the race meetings, all are blown away by the number and variety of cars that we have in this country. Some of these are just not around in other countries where you would expect them to be. For this we have to thank the enthusiasts around the country who purchase and then take on the extraordinary job of rebuilding these to race again.
Overseas they are put into museums and never see the light of a race track again - not so in NZ - thank God. Factory Escorts, Capri's, Sierra's, BMW's the list is impressive.
Talking to John McIntyre and Andy Booth (saw Greg Murphy but didn't get to talk to him) they both had drives of historic cars and revelled in the experince and would like to do it again. Even Jim Richards is real keen to come back next year with his Falcon Sprint and join in with the HMC racers. I am sure that after the great racing this year there will be others who will take the plunge and resurrect or convert their cars to the required specs. Now won't that be a sight to behold !!!!
Some great shots from 'Powder' & 'Snoozin'
Any more to come guys?
I'm going to try to keep posting to this thread as I process my images, with the idea that enthusiasts that live overseas, or couldn't make it, can experience what we were privileged to witness first hand.
Nigel, can you please flick me an email: enquiries@monsterracewear.co.nz I'm hoping to get a couple of pics off you for a couple of Australian Muscle Car magazine articles on the NZFMR. Thanks.
Please do. Your making me homesick.
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