Hi Guys, I was timed at a flying sprint meeting at Taupo at 158 mph. Pretty hairy as pine trees were only a few feet from the track and the car wasn't exactly aerodynamic. I think i was sort of relieved when the clutch packed up. When they changed the rules we had to fit the exhausts down into large collector boxes so as not to change the tuned lengths. Ken Bailey was a real good mechanic but we had a prick of a job. The extra strengthening on the front wheels was done as the drivers side rim collapsed at the very end of the back straight at Pukekohe. Ken was driving, thats him with the dark shirt having a fag to calm his nerves. This meeting was a reverse course, the powers thought it might be a good idea to have a race meeting reverse direction. The photo with the hockey stick was at a Mount Maunganui sprint and the guy wasn't keen to stand too close to the car as it did a fair bit of snaking up the course.
Colin