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[khyndart in CA]

1961 NZGP. Ardmore. January 7 th.
Some photos from my scrapbook. Thanks to the NZ Herald and Weekly News.
Start of the race.



Front row; Stirling Moss # 7, Bruce McLaren # 47, Jack Brabham # 4, Graham Hill, # 8,
Second row : Ron Flockhart # 3, Innes Ireland # 1, Roy Salvadori # 5, John Surtees # 2
Row 3 ; Dan Gurney (Not in picture) # 9, Denis Hulme # 20, Jim Clark # 6, Bib Stillwell
Row 4 ; visible is Arnold Glass # 10 and Angus Hyslop # 38
(Some great names in this lineup )



First corner photo. (College Corner ) 1961.
I liked this picture as it shows a talented driver,# 25 Joe Bonnier, he only lasted 1/2 a lap before his gearbox blew apart ! A week later Jo learned his father died back in Sweden and he went out and drove well and dedicated his win at Levin in honour of his father. (Ironically when I first travelled to Europe in June 1972, we landed in San Francisco and the newspaper headline was that Jo Bonnier had died while driving in the 1972 LeMans 24 hour race.)
It also shows how narrow the tires are and also the complete lack of roll bars.
Brave men indeed !



Compare that to a modern day Grand Prix first corner photo ! ( 2014)

(Ken Hyndman )