f5000-what can i say 1971 around that time thinking back i was down in levin at my father inlaws place Laurie jenson ,he will be 92 this year we got wind that Graham Mcrae was testing at the track with his Mcrae f5000 ,we were out that door so fast that you would think the place was on fire .we got to the track to see Graham was stopping halfway before the hairpin to have his crew work on his car ,they worked on the front bar and looked the car over before having a good run at it ,around he went four or so laps and stopped to talk to his crew about the real bars that go from the rear hub to the rear of the tub ,he said when he gets into the hairpin that he could see the top bar moving up and down he had replaced them with new ones that were lighter ,he had one of his crew go and lie down at the hairpin to see what he could see ,off Graham went he had the wood right into it this time around he went ,he came very fast out of cabbage and down to the hairpin and braked very hard into the hairpin with one of his crew down in front of him to see what he could see what was going on with the back of the car ,you could say that was the kiwi way of doing things all these years ago i would like to say all the very best to Graham for 2012 ,and maybe we will see you doing what you do best drive a f5000-all the best