Minis and Imps

[Roger Dowding]

From probably 1976 I used to trip down to Meremere to watch these things. Last saw Baloo run at Thunder Park with the old man of drag racing Mike Gearing doing the spanner work. Garth Hogan had just run 5.3 seconds that day in the rail. Pete lodge said Baloo had never run so straight....

I am sure these things had Mini or Imp parts...

Thunder Park, Napier, ahh !! memories, ran there in '84 in a Healey,
We, AHCCNZ inc. the " Healey Club " had use for an afternoon, with a couple of the organising club timing, have my time sheets, a bit slow as borrowed a mates 3000 Healey, I had a very sad 100/4.
Frank Karl was there too!!, with this, and a " WolsHealey " Wolseley 16/60 " as a support vehicle and looking after a bunch of American healeyites from the West Coast USA.