1964 Puke April Auckland car club program. Free to be collected in St Heliers Auckland. hatz@xtra.co.nz My first race in a mk 1 Zephyr but ready to bin it.
Rodger- I was also at this meeting in my Coopers S, I was working for Paine Motors, Mangere Branch at the time.
Does anyone remember this Mini,Lotus-Cortina Motor grafted onto BMC Mini Transmission, I belive by Ted Thompson an engineer in Kumeu, this is at A Club Circuit meeting at Pukekohe around 1968-69, was a quickfire race meeting that was televised.
another Gymkhana Sprint - grass track near Waiuku. organised by Austin-Healey Car Club mid 1970's, photo by Ross Cammick. the car was originally a four wheel BSA saloon from around 1930, has the front and rear suspension /chassis parts cut off and a twin tube central section welded in, running a Ford 10 motor, back to front, with three brakes front wheels and hand brake. Owned at the time and for many years after by Lyle Chambers - Waitemata Vintage Car Club and AHCCNZ member
Seeing Rogers photo of his Sprite in a Gymkhana led me to print a few fro a couple of events one of which was held at the St Lukes shopping mall carpark.
I wonder if anyone from Motorsport NZ will look at these and see how healthy club sport events USED to be, before the powers took over and stuffed it.
Also people do track days instead of this.
Too much emphasis now on power instead of control.
Health and Safety plus onerous Council restrictions have stopped these public events.
I remember that they were difficult but fun., if you couldnt do the exercise properly then just light up the tyres.
MMMmmmmmmmm ..