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[ronmac]

hi..quiz number six is due to come on line about six p.m. sunday.aussie time..
first the results of quiz 5 is ...
1st..david mc kinney 8

2nd peter leversedge 1

nobody guessed all of ken smiths 1975 car collection.!!!

[David McKinney]

Glad to see your head's still above water, Ron

[ronmac]

Rons quiz number 6..

...1...name the female well known for rallying a hillman imp in the northern hemisphere in the 60.s ??

...2...name the driver of a f 5000 race car that was destroyed by fire while on a trailer...??

...3...who was placed 5 th in his 260 m race car in the 9 th dunedin road race..1962..??

...4...where was the 1963 n.z.b.o.p. race meeting held...??

...5...who was the usual race starter (with flag ) at pukekohe race track in the 1970 s..??

...6...who had fastest lap time at the 1950 ohakea main race in a v8 special..??

...7...name 5 drivers who raced a r.a. race car..or a race car built by hec green or jack brewer..??

...8...which engine powered the christchurch based race car known as rob shands railton..??..

...9...what was the nickname of neil stuart and john jacobsons aranui stock car..??

...10..name 10 drivers who raced chev coupes in the south island..before 2000..??

...11..who raced on south island race tracks known as jiggs..and what was his profession..??

...12..how was the christchurch race track...woodford glen...named...??

...13..where was jackie stewart s very first car race..and what name was he entered as ??

...14..at the bay park winter race meeting 1968 (august ??) who won the sports racing over 1500 cc class..driving the stanton corvette.?

...15..in the 1968 pukekohe benson and hedges race (1601 to 2500 ) class from 3 triumph 2000..a hillman hunter 1725..ands a puegot...

which car won..??

...16..in 1972 at the levin race circuit..how many laps of the track did a new toyota corona do on a half gallon of petrol..??

...17..at the vintage car club race day at timaru n.z. on april 1969..which car was the fastest on the day...the maserati 4clt...jaguar c......

m.g.sports..cooper bristol..jaguar ss..stanton special.....??

...18..who is first to name 8 of the top 10 grand prix drivers published in a major world motoring magazine 1971..??

...19..who in n.z. used to race a ford 100 e powered by a ford zepher engine ??car was known as a (zephect )

...20..what was the advertised price for a 1935 mercedes benz type 130..in london..(pounds )in 1935..??

[ronmac]

bit early in the morning is nt it david..or are you in old n.z. ??

[GD66]

1. Rosemary Smith

4. Totara Street, Mount Maunganui, alongside the wharves.

[GD66]

3. Ron Rutherford

[GD66]

14. Jim Boyd

[gavinevitt]

1. Rosemary Smith
2. Reg cook
3. Ron Rutherford
4. Mt Maunganui

7. Hec Green, Wally Darrell, Graham Hamilton, Des Wild, Ron Rutherford

11. Jiggs Alexander. Lawyer

12. Erroll In WOOD Ron RutherFORD
13. ? ANOther
14. Jim Boyd


18. Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Chris Amon, Dennis Hulme, Clag Reggazoni, Jo Siffert, Ronnie Peterson, Jacky Ickx, Francois Cevert.

[ronmac]

where is mr mc kinney....don.t let me down now david ...!!!!

[ronmac]

to gd 66
..1..rosemary smith..yes..
..4..mt maunganui..i understood it was bay park but mt maunganui ok.yes.
..3..ron rutherford yes..
..4..jim boyd..yes.......thank you

[wenoopy]

Quiz No 6.

Q 5, Should be the elegantly dressed Laurie Powell

Q 15. How about the Hillman Hunter of McPhail/Collins "which vanquished the 3 Triumph 2000's and finished 11th overall" according to "Motorman " report - which left out the 1600-2500 class results!!

[ronmac]

..hi gavin..good effort..10 minutes too late on a couple...

..1..rosemary smith.(bit late)
..2..reg cook...yes..
..3 ''rutherford (bit late )
..4..mt maunganui (late )
..7..green..darrell.wild..rutherford.. (yes ) dont know g hamilton.(tell me about him ?)
..11..alexander (yes ) but what is his christian name ??
..12..in wood and ruther ford..yes correct.
..14..boyd..(late )
..18..stewart.yes....amon.yes....hulme.yes....reggazoni.yes.....cevert.yes..(res
t no in his opinion.)editor david phipps..???.4 to come.

[Peter Leversedge]

No 8 Railtons usually had Hudson engines ?

No 11
Gerald

Edited by Peter Leversedge, 02 January 2011 - 10:16.

[ronmac]

hi wenoopy...

...5...laurie powell...(yes)

...15..yes..hillman hunter won..driven by a couple of amateurs..upset motor corporation..as they had full page adverts ready to go all over n.z. saying triumph 2000 first .second third in class..!!

thank you..

[ronmac]

hi peter .l.
...8..yes hudson engine..
...11..gerald alexander..yes.

[gavinevitt]

Gerald "Jiggs" Alexander.

Graham Hamilton drove ACE III way after Wally Darrell.



No idea of your stockcar question, have consulted Aranui programmes and 2 of AJ Batt's books, but nothing in them, except that the two drivers each had a car.

[wenoopy]

Q 7 : Too late but also Duncan Rutherford, Geoff Mardon, Les Moore; and Jack Brewer shared drives with Hec Green early on.

Q 10 : Chev Coupes : Ron Sylvester; a flick through the Nelson Beach Race meetings produces Giff and Ross Tait, R Blackburn, Kevin Newport, N Lynskey, A McNaughton, and maybe the inevitable Ron McPhail. I'll be back with a couple more.

[David McKinney]

where is mr mc kinney....don.t let me down now david ...!!!!

You complain when I log in too early, then you complain because I have a life and don't get back for another ywo and a half hours
1. scooped
2. scooped
3. scooped
4. scooped - the wharf circuit was used twice. Bay Park didn't open till late 1967
5. scooped
6. John McMillan (Jackson Special) 3m 11s (65.9mph, 106.1km/h)
7. You could also have Brewer, Owen, Hoare, Winterbourn, Ferguson, Rhodes, Duncan Rutherford
I think Hamilton races ACE III, not a Green/Brewer car
8. Hudson Terraplane
9. pass
10. Deep breath: W Macdonald, Gerald Hoare, Ron Silvester, Alan Milligan, Peter Gillum, Ron McPhail, Giff Tait, Ross Tait, Jiggs Alexander, Doug Algie
11. scooped
12. scooped
13. was it a Marcos? And yes, A N Other
14. scooped
15. would have to have looked it up (but probably could have guessed )
16. would have to look that one up too
17. ditto
18. Wouldn't have known

[ronmac]

hi david ..good to hear from you...but on the contrary..im very pleased that you take part..and i joke around from time to time..in fact i am amazed at all the knowledge that you have..as i am sure we all are..im trying to join in as much as i can..with the little knowledge that i have.. i put this quiz together this morning..and thought it was fair to wait till about 6 pm aussie time..which was about 8 pm nz time..and about 8 am london time....so that the usual partisipants ?? could join in.. sorry for the mis understanding.RON.

[David McKinney]

I wasn't complaining, Ron (hence the smiley)

I enjoy taking part, but don't expect you to gear them to me. Same with UK-based quizzes. Sometimes the timing's right for me, sometimes not. No-one's died

[CarlRabbidge]

17 would most likely be the Stanton Special

Add to #10 the names of Rod McElrea and the McGurk Chev with the GMC engine and Mike Stanley who powered his with a Ford V8 (Rod is walking with the aid of sticks awaiting hip / knee operations but attitude is unchanged)

[David McKinney]

17 would most likely be the Stanton Special

Depending on drivers, I'd have gone for the Cooper-Bristol or the C-type. Perhaps I should go and look it up...

Later: Ian McKellar's 4CLT Maserati - the AutoNews report doesn't say whether that means fastest lap or fastest in a straight line, but nor does the question

Edited by David McKinney, 02 January 2011 - 21:18.

[ronmac]

good morning carl rabbidge..nice to hear your cheery voice..
number 17...no..of course it was.nt the stanton.!! (god..you are all a hopeless lot !! ) (this is me when i.m shitty ) ..of course it was the little mg.. sports...supercharged.(did i forget to tell you that ) auto news .vol 2 number 20 may 1969. ..quote..this little car was driven in a businesslike manner and was fastest of them all ...end of quote..!! (trev.crowe i think .but did.nt say )
thanks for mention about rod mc elrea..yes i met him at the wigram..ruapuna.meeting (where were you ??) john osbourne heard that i was in a care home ! perhaps i should be..no i live in a retirement village (different ) and recently was competing in masters athletics....javelin..hammer..discus..shot put.. so there..regards ron..

[GD66]

You complain when I log in too early, then you complain because I have a life and don't get back for another ywo and a half hours

4. scooped - the wharf circuit was used twice. Bay Park didn't open till late 1967

Yes, Dec 3rd 1967 was first meeting, problems with seal breaking up (cold mix from memory).

Then Norm Beechey turned out at the Dec 30th meeting, woohoo !

[ronmac]

..
good effort..most answered now..still waiting for
no.6..fasest lap in race..at ohakea 1950..??
no.9..neil stuarts..stock car nickname ??
no.13.got name and car but where.(wot track ) ??
no.16.how many laps at levin in corona on half gallon ??
no.18.2 more top g.p. drivers ..(not siffert or peterson.) ??
no.19..who raced a 100e with a zephyr engine ?
no.20..what price mercedes benz..130..in..london 1935. ??

[wenoopy]

..
good effort..most answered now..still waiting for
no.6..fasest lap in race..at ohakea 1950..??
no.9..neil stuarts..stock car nickname ??
no.13.got name and car but where.(wot track ) ??
no.16.how many laps at levin in corona on half gallon ??
no.18.2 more top g.p. drivers ..(not siffert or peterson.) ??
no.19..who raced a 100e with a zephyr engine ?
no.20..what price mercedes benz..130..in..london 1935. ??

How About :
#6 Laurie Powell - Ford V8 Special - 3m10sec for 5.8 km lap
#13 Stewart tested Marcos for Barry Filer at Oulton Park, but first race may have been further away from disapproving mother, Brands Hatch maybe?

[CarlRabbidge]

#13 Charterhill
#19 Neville Boon

[David McKinney]

number 17...no..of course it was.nt the stanton.!! (god..you are all a hopeless lot !! ) (this is me when i.m shitty ) ..of course it was the little mg.. sports...supercharged.(did i forget to tell you that ) auto news .vol 2 number 20 may 1969. ..quote..this little car was driven in a businesslike manner and was fastest of them all ...end of quote..!! (trev.crowe i think .but did.nt say )

Look at the next page, Ron. That reference was to the MGs. Later on McKellar in the 4CLT is mentioned

[David McKinney]

#6 Laurie Powell - Ford V8 Special - 3m10sec for 5.8 km lap

That's what Vercoe's book says - contemporary sources cite McMillan

[ronmac]

...good evening all....

mr wenoopy...6..yes i found laurie powell....correct..

.....................13..driving a marcos...but not oulton.i found..

(ron )

[ronmac]

...hi..carl rabbidge...

.....13...yes i read charterhill.too..(we must have the same magazine ) ??

.....19...I may have misread it..but was.nt it the other guy with the 100e..(i.ll try to find my magazine again ) (ron )

[ronmac]

...hi david...

....17...yes i see what you mean...on next page...refers to mc kellar...4clt...(you are correct )
....did.nt do my home work..!! (ron )

[Peter Leversedge]

No 7
You could add my name as I raced the 260M Zephry at a Raupuna Meeting when it was owned by Mike Stephens

[wenoopy]

.13...yes i read charterhill.too..(we must have the same magazine ) ?? (ron )

#13 - just being picky, really, it should be Charterhall - airfield circuit in Berwickshire a few miles from Jim Clark's home at Duns.

[ronmac]

hi peter..o.k. you.r on the list.too..i bought my plane tickets today ....10..american sprint drivers at archerfield this weekend..!!
..are you coming over ?? (ron )

..hint..9..neil stuarts stock car..what would you call a car with a hudson engine , based in canterbury.??

..hint20..autonews 1971

..hint..16..motorman 1972

..hint..18..automobile year..1971..ed.phipps..

..check it out..what do you think..??.

[Peter Leversedge]

No 9 His stock car was a Terraplane ? [don't know if that is the correct spelling] Had a few beers with Neil last Sunday
Wish I could be at Archerfield this weekend - see you at Skope

[CarlRabbidge]

Hi Ron, I lost all my magazines etc during the Pleasant Point Flood so have to rely on memory. The other 100E I recall was Clogs, aka Barry Vuyk but I seem to remember that it at some time during it's life it may have had a Holden XU1 engine fitted to it

[ronmac]

..good morning..

..peter lev...neil.s stock car..terraplane.engine.yes...think canterbury..terra.plane..!!
..10..yanks at archerfield include shatz..etc..see the list on website...bis..archerfield speedway..
..feb 1955..stock cars..stuart 3.....jacobson..1...raite..9...harris..7...snell..4...
..air fare to chch return was ..294.dollars..from an agent..good price (but cheaper on web site i suppose )

wenoopy..yes thanks..charterhall..my mistake (close though )

..carl rabbidge...when i read ford 100e with zephyr..i understood dunedin driver..but now i cant find it..i.ll keep looking..but either way you.ve got it.thanks.. (i.ll send an email to mr cloggs ) .fugly dot com..(sounds like him ) !!

[CarlRabbidge]

Dunedin Driver..... Don Peddie? .. Alan Dicks mate

[Milan Fistonic]

Yes, Dec 3rd 1967 was first meeting, problems with seal breaking up (cold mix from memory).

Then Norm Beechey turned out at the Dec 30th meeting, woohoo !

The first Bay Park meeting was scheduled for November 18 1967 but the weather put paid to that.



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[David McKinney]

So both Bay Park and Timaru had their inaugural meetings on the same day

(I travelled from New Plymouth for the aborted one - pretty sure I was at the December attempt too)

[ronmac]

good morning david ..do you keep all of this stuff neatly organised in shelves....or all entered on your computer...or mostly in your brain...or all of the above..??? (just wanted to know ! ) as i.m sure many of us would like to know but not as outspoken as me..(or i ) l.o.l..

[CarlRabbidge]

So both Bay Park and Timaru had their inaugural meetings on the same day

(I travelled from New Plymouth for the aborted one - pretty sure I was at the December attempt too)

Timaru was put off from the previous week because heavy overnight rain flooded the infield loops and as no grass had grown the infield was pretty much a sea of mud. Gerald McKissock had appointed me as Chief Pit Marshal and late on the Saturday after testing informed me I that I had to form a "Security team"? to camp in the clubrooms that night and look after the place. Having completed my apprenticeship under Gerry I did learn he had a way of making your mouth say yes when your brain was screaming no

It was quite fitting that Peter Hanna and Gerald McKissock were the initial recipents of the Motorsport NZ Distingushed Service Award. Those two were something very special

[tweaks]

Belated answer to #19

Barry ( Clogs ) Voight

Cheers Lynds

[David McKinney]

good morning david ..do you keep all of this stuff neatly organised in shelves....or all entered on your computer...or mostly in your brain...or all of the above..??? (just wanted to know ! ) as i.m sure many of us would like to know but not as outspoken as me..(or i ) l.o.l..

All three. Have to admit the "brain" part is from constantly re-reading old material, which helps refresh the memory. Some questions I can therefore answer without looking up, others I need to go to computer records to remind myself. Bound volumes of the likes of Motorman and AutoNews are more of a hassle, unless you know the approximate date you're looking for

[GD66]

Come on, David. Fess up . You're a bloody MACHINE, son !

[ronmac]

hi tweaks...
...19...barry clogs voight...no..i believed that at first..but i think i must have read it wrong..and it was neville boon..to check it i have sent an email to cloggs but no reply yet...p.s.barrys surname is vuyk....voke as in poke..not vuck as in .......! barry says.. (thanks )

[ronmac]

thanks for your reply david..its amazing where it all comes from...i (and we ) think you should go on master mind..........motoring and motor racing history..back to the year dot....!!!!

did you hear about the guy who was standing in the middle of a paddock for 3 days and 3 nights till someone asked what he was doing

there.......he said i have entered mastermind and they said that i have to be outstanding in my field ....(well i thought it was funny )

[David McKinney]

Thanks Ron

I thought it was vike as in pike? Have I been wrong all these years?

I also had trouble with Peter F... Kocis - I believe that was as if it was kokis?

[GD66]

Wasn't it like Cochise, the Indian chief ?