Thats a great story Tony, and I'm glad you told it because you reminded me of an old NZ Hot Rod mag clipping I've had for many years. These captions didn't give any times unfortunately, but they're still great to see. Thats my writing noting the date, June 1977, which would probably be the magazine date, rather than the date of the event. I assume this was published several months after the actual event, because Greg Lancasters V8 Victor was destroyed during the 1977 season, and these photos were shown in NZ Hot Rod mag after the 1977 season, when all the big bangers had been outlawed.
It was pretty common back then for road course racers to do a bit of drag racing, as many were hot rodders at heart anyway. I've got clippings of Brent Bullivants V8 Capri, Red Dawsons Camaro, Ron Sylvesters Monaro, Clyde Collins' V8 Cortina, John Osbornes V8 Capri, and Rod McElrea's V8 Cortina at various times doing a bit of drag racing in their roundy-roundy cars. Maybe I should start another thread for circuit racers on the drag strip!