Early Waikato motorsport
#1
Posted 07 June 2011 - 19:05
Wahaora Airfield 1956
Dennis Marwood in his MG TD on the start line with other MG's including Jim Ganley, father of Howden.
Dennis is in the TD #108 and Jim is in his TF (second from right, with black helmet).
The dark coloured TF on the right is fitted with a blower!!!
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#2
Posted 07 June 2011 - 19:22
#3
Posted 08 June 2011 - 11:14
#4
Posted 08 June 2011 - 11:20
I'm sure Dennis still had that shirt when he was racing Humber 80s six years later
And why not? It probably had plenty of miles left in it, just like Fangio's chewing gum!
#5
Posted 12 July 2011 - 20:14
Waharoa I think finished sooner than the late 60's and Raglan did carry on till at least 1967 or 68 as I was flag marshalling on the track which later became a part of the Maori Land claim "stuff". I know what car I drove there and did not own it for long, all I have to do is be sure of the year. It was not Jan 67 (too early) more likely Jan 68 and could even have been 69. Les Reisterer had the MER, Graham Meekings the Mermaid, Boyd in Lycoming (?).
Waharoa, I did not have a drivers licence so pre Sept 65.
Don't forget the Matamata street races! My Dad was the Town Clerk who signed off on them. I well remember him coming home to ask a couple of teenage boys (a friend and I) if they thought it would be good for the town, on getting agreement he then suggested they be approved by council. At the time there was a very dramatic photo in Motorman inside the back cover of a VERY frosty morning and a front engine Formula Junior with a couple of lads breathing out the foggy breath. That was the same 2 teenage boys!
#6
Posted 12 July 2011 - 21:31
At the time there was a very dramatic photo in Motorman inside the back cover of a VERY frosty morning and a front engine Formula Junior with a couple of lads breathing out the foggy breath. That was the same 2 teenage boys!
The front engine Formula Junior must have been the Lola Mk2 - ex Team Fitzwilliam Racing, Cambridge Racing Team, John Histed (via Phil Kerr) and probably by that time owned and driven by Ken Smith?
Edited by hatrat, 12 July 2011 - 21:31.