I first met Denny Hulme in Tokoroa around 1984 when I worked for NZFP. A colleague of mine worked for Komatsu so he brought him over to visit the site. Had lunch with him at the Kinleith Hilton (site cafeteria!). Asked a truckload of questions about some of the plant (given his penchant for things mechanical). Took him up to the 900hp chipper where it turned mature logs into pulp chips. His comment "thats got more grunt than my Yardley but not as good looking". Found him to be a man of few words and endeavoured to make knowledgable conversation with him. Next time I met him was at Bathurst when I was crewing for Petch Motorsport, 1987 I think. He remember the visit to my work and we had a great discussion about the circus that is the Bathurst 1000. As a kid back in the 50's & 60's he was one of my idols and just great to meet with him. Was absolutely shattered when watching his final metres in '92. Another great Kiwi no longer with us but the memories live on.