Quote Originally Posted by stubuchanan View Post
Another point re RA Vanguard : story, or just urban legend, that Les Moore altered the rear suspension in some way which could have been a factor in his fatal crash at Saltwater Creek, Timaru. Was this a grass, sand, or loose surfaced track? I also believe there used to be an airfield at Saltwater Creek in the '50's.

Stu Buchanan
As an aside to the RA story, Saltwater Creek at the southern end of Timaru was the origonal airport and was used for racing once the new airport at levels was constructed. The origonal airport building upon whos steps Sir kingsford Smith was welcolmed when he first flew into the district then became the South Canterbury Car Clubs clubrooms and subsequently was transported out to Timaru Motor Raceway in 1967 when the race circuit was becoming established where it served for many years as the clubrooms and race control building only recently being demolished to make way for the current control tower block. During the process of transportation I was just one of the many who walked most of the route armed with very long Manuka stakes that were used to lift power and telephone lines above the roof height of the building along the way.