The first race meeting I attended was....

[Carlo]

You are thinking of Mike Moore who had a car sales yard (Mike Moore Autos) on Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North up until a couple of years ago. He used a mk.1 Escort twin Cam in Shellsport, think it was black

While I could be corrected I am pretty sure that during the years we were involved with Shellsport Mike was running the car as a RS2000 rather than as a Twin Cam.
At the time Twin Cams were the domain of Bryce Platt, Father Harrington, Kirk Stoneman & Don Halliday

First race meeting would have to be a toss up between the 1st Grasstrack meeting of the Malborough Car Club and the Nelson Car Club New Year Beach Race meeting back about 1955 or 56 when I was in Standard 3 or 4.
Add in the Hawkesbury Motor Cycle races about the same time too.
First 100% sealed circuit meeting would be the 1959 Dunedin Road Race Meeting and 1st year of high school.

[crunch]

While I could be corrected I am pretty sure that during the years we were involved with Shellsport Mike was running the car as a RS2000 rather than as a Twin Cam.
At the time Twin Cams were the domain of Bryce Platt, Father Harrington, Kirk Stoneman & Don Halliday

First race meeting would have to be a toss up between the 1st Grasstrack meeting of the Malborough Car Club and the Nelson Car Club New Year Beach Race meeting back about 1955 or 56 when I was in Standard 3 or 4.
Add in the Hawkesbury Motor Cycle races about the same time too.
First 100% sealed circuit meeting would be the 1959 Dunedin Road Race Meeting and 1st year of high school.

Mike's Mark2 Escort was a RS2000 and I think that car became the "donor car" for Bob Holmwoods Sports Sedan Escort?

[seaqnmac27]

Mike's Mark2 Escort was a RS2000 and I think that car became the "donor car" for Bob Holmwoods Sports Sedan Escort?

I thought it was Mark Rutherfords Mk 2 that was the donor.

[crunch]

I thought it was Mark Rutherfords Mk 2 that was the donor.

Could well have been. I may be confused in the sense that M. Moore's Mk2 might have passed into Rutherford's hands before going to Bob?

[seaqnmac27]

Mike's Mark2 Escort was a RS2000 and I think that car became the "donor car" for Bob Holmwoods Sports Sedan Escort?

Bobs donor car was definitely the Mark Rutherford Mark 2, here is the link to Bobs build thread which is on here. The Rutherford car was a LHD, I will scan a couple of shots of it over the next day or so.
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...light=homewood