2012 March - Classic Motor Racing Club NZ

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March 2012
From the Editor
Another year is gone a new one started and
with it a very crazy first two months. For the
Clearwater household we started with a
Formula Ford NZ Championship team
descending on us for what was going to be just
a few days for Teretonga but ended up being a
week as we were all having so much fun. They
departed on the Wednesday for Timaru taking
number two daughter with them as she had
been conned into doing spanner work for the
team. This was followed by our departure to
Timaru on the Thursday for more
championship racing. Then home for a
weekend to discover that “Him indoors” had
volunteered our vehicles for the “New Zealand
built specials” display at the Edendale Crank up
day. So much for a weekend free at
home….Then it was off to Christchurch for
Skope, the next weekend to Timaru for Enzed
and finally back home to Invercargill for
Evolution. Seven weeks of nonstop cars, cars
and more cars …oh and a whole heap of
tractors and steam engines thrown in the
middle. No wonder my boss says January and
February I only work part time…
However back to the newsletter. This month we
cover the three classic meetings in various
ways and from different perspectives. The
snoop has been out and about again trying to
find out who’s up to what and where! As we
have been involved in both championship and
classic racing I’ve done a small article
comparing my impressions of both styles along
with a brief report (mainly photos) of the
Edendale Crankup event.
So now it’s two weeks later and I’m back to
this. People we really need a better newsletter
editor than this. My life is crazy as and
between racing, conferences and work little
time is left to devote to this so if you are keen
to get involved and want to help out PLEASE
CONTACT ME!!!! Now is this a desperate call
or not!!!! Seriously though we could really do
with someone who has a little more time than
me and who is willing to try and put pen to
paper to fill in the gaps and find articles of
interest.
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President’s report
Since my last report Christmas has
come and gone. Summer actually
arrived this year and it was good to
get out a play a few rounds of golf
with my father in Wanaka.
First event for me was the
Skope meeting at Ruapuna which
once again was a great start to the 3
rounds of classic racing. Due to a
slight oversight my right rear wheel
tried to fall off on Friday at testing
but my faithful mechanic Kevin
“Alfonso” Telford was making his
way up from Dunedin and with an
early start on Saturday morning had
replaced a number of parts and had
me out for qualifying. There were
some other ‘issues’ over the
weekend and although I managed
to start 5 races I only actually
finished one! Finally the head
gasket said enough, take me back
to Dunedin and replace me!
I managed to watch some
racing though including once from
a flag point. You certainly get a
different view being so close. I
can’t understand why some of our
‘non competing’ members don’t
take the opportunity to get out a be
a ‘flaggie’ for a day. You really get
to see some real good racing.
Didn’t manage to get the car
finished for the next weekend but
ended up in Timaru on Saturday
night after a phone call from
‘Alfonso’ to tell me Kerrin McNeil
had had a bit of an accident.
Fortunately George Kear (Kato)
was not seriously injured although
Kerrin having got out of his car,
taken off his helmet and walked to
the ambulance latter found out in
hospital he had broken his neck
(second vertebrae) and was a very
lucky man to still be alive. He is
now at home with a ‘scaffold’
holding his head up! He is keen to
rebuild the car although Louise
says he is only allowed to do
demonstration laps!
Brian has written a separate
report on the racing.
Teretonga was a mixture as
only the south can provide. Dry
Friday, wet Saturday lovely
Sunday. There was some really
great racing and it’s always
interesting watching the mixed
fields of Clubmans and Classics.
The only incident on the Saturday
that I saw (or the result of) was
Morrie Bones car on the trailer with
a reworked right guard and
suspension.
Well that’s my brief report.
Got to go home, get some sleep and
pack my bags as I’m off to
Stuttgart in 8 hours! Visiting the
Mercedes factory so will report on
that next time.
Paul
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Serious or not so serious what’s the difference?
As mentioned earlier David and I are
frequently attending either Classic or
Championship events and I’ve often heard
comments from both sides suggesting they are
very different types of events. However having
just done three events each at both levels
recently I have come to the conclusion that
there are many similarities. For example:
The preparation for both events starts well
before the racing begins and sometimes the
amount of money and time spent is similar for
both groups-from the very expensive to the no.
8 wire fix it stories from both camps.
Both the championship series and our own
Enzed Classic event require many hours of
planning and negotiation by the organisers
before they go ahead. Sponsors need to be
sourced, regulations and entry forms approved
and volunteers to man the events found.
Catering for public needs in food, refreshments
and entertainment needs to be organised and
competitors enticed to enter. In both cases
International competitors are enticed to
participate and deals are made to make it easier
to get them there. At neither event is there a
free ride for the competitors although to some it
may seem that way.
The week of the events in both cases see the
erecting of tent city as the circus comes to
town. On the Thursday or Friday the teams
arrive to set up camp for the weekend and to
get in a little unofficial testing prior to the
official practice. Here hopefully the bugs are
sorted out and some idea of the setup for the
cars is obtained.
Another similarity is the differences
between the budget teams and the semiprofessional teams at both levels and yes before
I hear the “no way” protests that can’t be right
can I just point out the groups such as the
Formula 5000’s and the others who have the
money to afford the big transporters and
support crews who are being paid to keep the
cars in top condition in the classics versus those
guys running at the championships on a very
limited budget with volunteer crews and tents
for accommodation at the circuits just so they
can run their car in the production class for
example. Even Angus Fogg’s team were based
in the Timaru camping ground cabins for that
meeting. Both events have those that can
afford to be there and those that are giving up
other things just so they can be part of the
sport.
Then there are the personalities: People like
Kenny Smith who has been around for yonks’
and who loves racing so much he enters both
Classic and Championship events (F5000 and
Toyota Racing Series). Rob Boult, Merv
Rowe, Avon Hyde and John Osborne who
seem to have been around forever. People like
Kerry Anderson, in the Classics and Josh Hill
and the other young drivers in the Toyota series
all from overseas but who keep coming here to
race.
Damon and Josh Hill 2011
The families like the Leitch’s, Evans’,
Gibson’s and Lauder’s at championship level,
the Chapman’s, Stewart’s, Steer’s and
Clearwater’s at classic level.
At both levels of racing it is interesting to
hear the stories of past challenges and victories,
loses and wins, the trying to get something just
a little more out of the car and the personalities
around the circuits.
While there is a very serious side at
Championship events, with the pressure to do
well to be noticed or to keep the sponsors
happy, there was also the joy shared by the
teams when the car and driver performed well
or there had been a close but clean dicing duel
between two or more opponents, reminded me
why I enjoy classic racing so much. Stories of
the past including living rough in the USA or
Europe just to be able to take part in an event or
giving up careers and families for the
opportunity of maybe making a name for
yourself in motorsport resulted in much
laughter and brought back memories of Oxton,
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Lawerence and McRae in the Formula 5000’s,
along with visitors from overseas like Keke
Rosburg in the Formula Pacific etc. Now those
cars are being raced again in the hands of our
Classic members such as Lindsay O’Donnell
and Russell Greer.
Russell Greer’s 1973 Lola T332
Also common are the officials such as Alan
“Wattie” Watkins who is frequently seen at
both Classics and Championship events with
his wicked sense of humour.
Neither competitors or fellow officials are
safe from his reach and many a light hearted
moment has happened at both events due to the
efforts of this gentleman. At least when the
tables are turned he accepts it with grace.
Then there’s the social aspect, the
friendships made over a season which continue
on in spite of distance as there’s always the
prospect of getting together next season to race
against each other or to share a glass or two
over a meal over the weekend.
The
connections made and the opportunities created
for here or overseas. The invites made and
accepted which can end up changing your life.
All are common to both levels of the sport.
At the end of the day the thing that is most
similar is the pleasure we all get from
participating in the sport whether as a driver or
a supporter, mechanic or team member.
So which do I enjoy most??? Actually the
answer is both - they really do have a lot in
common and the pleasure I get out of being
involved in both is the same. It doesn’t seem to
matter which level you are involved in both end
up costing money and time plus pain when
things go wrong but hey I wouldn’t miss it at
the end of the day our sport is enormous fun!
Age catching up with you Wattie?
Crankup Day Edendale
So one week end off between Champs Series and the Classic and guess what “He who must be obeyed” has
decided? Yip that’s it we have volunteered to display the cars at the Edendale Crank up weekend as part of the
NZ specials display. So what will this entail I foolishly ask? Oh we just need to be out there early with our race
cars and we’ll get home sometime after five. Great there goes the plans for the weekend and I’ve still got a
house to try and get in order before we go away again…Yeah right.
For those of you who have no idea of what I’m talking about Edendale Crankup weekend is a crazy event
put on by the Edendale Vintage Machinery Club and focuses on tractors of every shape and size from year dot
till now. Steam engines galore, working Traction Engines from a couple of centuries ago and odd sorts of farm
machinery from the cycle to the latest combine harvester …..Diesel head heaven I believe.
The show attracts people from all over the world as it is the largest display of vintage and veteran farm
machinery in New Zealand (perhaps in the southern hemisphere) and also includes a tractor pulling contest and
other various displays including dancing tractors (a county square dance this year but has been ballets in the
past), motor mower racing, vintage shearing and a variety of car displays from hot-rod to classics and this year
the New Zealand built specials ranging from Neville McPherson’s radical carbon fibre sports car to the early
farm bike-trike which seemed to multiply every time you looked at them.
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Also down for the Saturday was John Rush and the 1970 De Joux Mini GT. Designed by Ferris De Joux of
Auckland but built and raced by John this car won him the South Island Hill Climb Championship in 1975.
Other cars included the Quertier owned Stuart Ford V8 Special, The Ford 8 Special of Barry Clearwater with its
papier-mâché rear, Bob Dunstan’s VW Sports in its original battered state, Alex McLennan’s Vauxhall Special,
Leitch seven’s, Beck Fiat specials, replica Jaguars and even a few miniatures (kid size) including a jeep. By
Sunday night we had shown heaps of people photos of the cars being built and answered heaps of questions as
well as participating in two demonstrations for the public. Did I get the housework done? Yeah Right!
Early farm bike-trike
Neville McPherson’s car
Stuart Ford V8 Special
1970 De Joux Mini GT
Ford 8 Special
Mini Traction Engine
Ford 8 Special papier-mâché rear
International Harvester Company Buggy and early Truck
Bob Dunstan’s VW Sports
Reduced Scale Cars built for kids
Mountain Goat Bikes
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A Few Ramblings from the ENZED Southern Classic -Timaru 2012
I love it when a plan comes together, but
as you can well appreciate for every plan there
seems to be a mountain of work to do to
achieve this. After 6 years of being involved
with this meeting we would have thought that it
would become a little easier but in reality it
doesn’t, even with most things in place. Each
year the main challenge is to make the meeting
exciting enough to attract a good entry list
which in turn should get the sponsors juices
running and entice them to continue to work
with us. Good fields makes for great racing
which, combined with happy sponsors, should
give us the clout to attract the ever fickle
spectators, which in turn should make the
meeting financially viable.
In the past we have been fortunate to
have had the F5000s, the mighty Can Am, the
Muscle cars, and the Historic Touring cars to
attract the public. Unfortunately, we probably
will not see the F5000s again, they seem to
play for bigger events now and despite many
promises the muscle cars do not appear. We
will see the Historic Touring cars back next
year hopefully with a few more numbers. For a
couple of years now I have been trying to
entice the Historic Formula Juniors down to
play with us. These are factory single-seaters
from the 1950s and 60s and didn’t race in
numbers in NZ but were very popular in the
UK and the USA. We managed to put a
package together with TOLL transport which
made it possible to get two containers, ie
twelve cars to venture down south for very
little cost to the owners and at no cost to our
club. If Toll are happy with what they saw they
have indicated that they will be involved next
year which would be great as we have already
10 cars confirmed from the UK for 2013.
Along with our Auckland contingent and a few
Aussies who are keen we could have a grid of
25 Juniors. (Apologies no photos as I had the
camera on video not photo – Editor)
But back to the present. For this year of
course our most important guests were you
guys and gals, and what a great show you put
on for us. Great racing in all classes from the
little I saw and from the reports that came back
to me from many people, fast and furious
racing (sometimes a bit too fast and furious but
more about that later), giving the spectators
something to grin about.
As per the norm the largest class were the
Small saloons, 42 entered but with a max grid
of 38 now we had to move a couple around.
With such a large class and the first corner
being pretty close to the start it was inevitable
that there may be some close shaves, but most
of you behaved yourselves although some
bumps and bruises were noticed by the
officials. There were some great duals between
the many groups of cars and there was always
somebody to play with Wayne Murdoch, Kirk
Ransly and Chris Chiles were never far apart
and at the sharp end of the race more times than
not
The large saloons had a field of 20
entered but were reduced to about 17 with a
few withdrawals, there was a noticeable lack of
Jags with William Noordanus Mk2 being the
sole representative. Jim Little’s Charger struck
trouble early on and could not be fixed for the
rest of the weekend. Rapid Jack Ondrack from
Canada had the mighty TVR at a cracking pace
all weekend followed by Steve Scoles Group
44 TR7, the BMW of Nick Young and Pete
Scobie in the Torana 5000. Michael Eden left
his crowd pleasing Falcon back at Christchurch
and played all day in his quick Viva GT. Rod
Hayman struck troubles in the mighty ChevCapri but was at full noise on Sunday again.
Formula Libra was represented well with
twenty cars comprising of a good group of
FF1600 from local, the far north and a couple
from the Aussie invasion.
These were
supplemented with a rare Lotus 41c and a
mixture of monoposto FF 2000’s and a couple
of standard FF 2000’s.
Carl and Munro ran at the front but there
was some great dices from the 1600s not too far
behind them It is a credit to Royce Bayer and
team to see what they have done with the ex
Keith Laney FF2000, it looks pretty sharp with
its rebuild and goes really well with Royce at
the wheel. Yours- truly was pleased with
himself as his times came down though out the
event and was psyched up to get a certain car in
the last race when he had to withdraw due to
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the car wanting to be at full noise on starting in
the dummy grid, not good but all fixed now.
Wayne Colville was off the pace on Friday and
Saturday but spent the midnight oil on the car
Saturday night and along with getting his meals
on wheels seem to find the problem and went
on to win the historic FF Grand Prix on
Sunday. Not sandbagging were you Wayne.
With only eight open top sports entered
we combined them with the Sports & GT’s
giving them another large field of 37 to play
with. A good variety of marque in this field.
Garry Cooper in his nicely presented Lotus 7
series 3 showed some amazing pace all
weekend and the sportsmanship of the MGBGT
brigade was amazing. The lead between this
group changed with almost every lap, not sure
if this was for show or just great driving but it
was certainly a great showing for the
spectators, good show guys and gals, and great
for the 50 years of MGBGT. The Abarths of
team Chapman were at it again giving us all
some good close racing while enjoying the
family competition, and Chris Chiles had the
Lotus Elan in full flight as usual, don’t where
this little car gets its oomph from as it punches
well above its weight.
The Vintage and Historics were down a
little on numbers due to a few withdrawals and
the committee had decided to move a couple
into the Juniors to even up the numbers, this
worked well. At this point I must thank Craig
Pidgeon for not only sponsoring this class, but
making the effort to race his late father’s very
desirable Bugatti type 37A. It’s always a
pleasure to see this special race car out on the
track. Craig Lang had his pretty buckler DD2
going well and of course Rob Boult arm
wrestling the mighty Eddelbrock around the
tight Timaru curves. Unfortunately on Saturday
we witnessed a very nasty crash on the back
straight. Two cars touched and turned sharply
at speed slamming head first into the tyre
barrier causing major damage to both cars.
George was badly shaken and bruised and
suffered mild concussion, but Kerrin was taken
to hospital for checks and was found to have
two cracked vertebrae at the top of his neck. He
is now at home but sporting (as his mate
describes it) some scaffold around his head. By
all accounts he is a very lucky lad and we wish
both Kerrin and George a speedy recovery.
I was looking forward to seeing the
Formula Juniors competing as I haven’t seen
them as a group before. The group was made
up of famous names like Lotus, Gemini,
Cooper, Elva, Lola, Elfin, FMZ and Autosud.
They were joined by the two historic formula
vee’s from Australia, the ACE3, the RTC,
Furore II and the Flangapelli. Paul had
mechanical problems at Skope in the Longmore
Jag and of course the 260M had a nasty
excursion into the tyre wall after hitting a patch
of oil at Ruapuna the week before. Racing was
excellent and I was surprised at their quick lap
times as these are quiet small capacity motors.
Noel Woodford had the beautiful Gemini Mk3a
going extremely well while the two formula
Vees were content to play at the rear.
Sorry I can’t give a more detailed report
but when you are competing it doesn’t give you
much time to view the racing, next year I will
make a concerted effort to con someone into a
reporting job. The offers as always are
appreciated
It was disappointing to hear at the official
debrief with SCCC after the racing had ended
that there was quite a few rubbing incidents, I
know sometimes accidents happen and I am
well aware that we are racing not just parading
our cars, I am also aware that we all have
different driving skills and experience and this
means that all of us should be mindful that
there are no sheep stations to win and repairs
are expensive no matter what your income is.
Although no fines were issued there were quite
a few jump starts too many flags being ignored
and a couple of cars in their wrong starting box.
Worst effort of the weekend was the verbal
abuse given to our CRO by a certain driver,
(not one of our club members) almost causing
Alan to resign his post. This is totally
unacceptable and will not be tolerated; he will
not be invited back. Apart from these
distractions the event went extremely well and I
hope you all enjoyed this relaxed picnic event
and I sincerely thank you for your attendance
and hope to see you all again in 2013. As I said
at the beginning of this report “I love it when a
plan comes together” and with your help it
did. Let’s make it better for 2013
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Photos from Skope, ENZED and Evolution Meetings
Bruce Ellwood’s Buckler DD1
The original Ivy Stephenson car
Jim Bennett and Avon Hyde discussing what Avon
used to make the guards on his new special
Peter Leversedge’s V8 Special
Donald Suckling’s Ford GCS from Auckland
BDV (Belt Driven Vauxhall) Tucked up for the night
Alan Don’s Formula V Nimbus from Australia
BSA three wheeler at Teretonga
Line up of Healey’s at Teretonga
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ENZED SOUTHERN CLASSIC AWARDS 2012
TROPHIES and SPECIAL AWARDS
GRAEME SARGENT METAL large Saloons
Nick Young
BMW group A 320r
ENZED Formula Junior
Paul Halford
1959 Autosud
ENZED Formula Libra
Dave McKenzie
Raynard FF 2000
PAUL SMITH EARTHMOVING LTD Small Saloons
Kirk Ransley
very fast Alfasud
BRUCE PIDGEON MEMORIAL Vintage & Historics
Craig Lang
1959 Buckler DD2
A.F.SOUTHGATE & SONS LTD. Sports & GTS
Garry Cooper
Lotus 7 Caterham
TOLL FORMULA JUNIOR GRAND PRIX
Noel Woodford
1961 Gemini Mk3A
CMRC HISTORIC FORMULA FORD GRAND PRIX
Wayne Colville
1981 Van Diemen FF
LES McGRAW MEMORIAL
Paul Whiting
1971 MGBGT
BNT - DAVID BROWN MEMORIAL Award
Jenny & Lawrie Steere Team MGBGT
THE GOLDEN AWARD Special award
Lynette Hinds
As well as being Bernies chief of support crew the week preceding
this event Lynette swam in the masters games and took out 5 (yes five) gold medals and will be
off to the worlds masters very shortly .
WELL DONE to those winners and well done to all competing, great racing.
Cheers Brian & the racing committee.
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From the SNOOP –
The latest skulldoggery from our furry friend…
Haven’t had to dodge many shakes
lately so the typing may be
reasonable, but everyone is keeping
mum on what’s been going on over
the last couple of months so I have
had to dig deep.
The MG Blues: At some time during
the ownership of our race cars we
experience a period of time when it
seems that anything that can go
wrong, does go wrong. I know that at
one stage of my Lotus 7 racing we
experienced about four weeks in a
row of breakages and desperation,
causing my sporting thoughts to drift
to bowls of something other than
racing perish the thought.(all gone
now thank goodness). The following
may bring back memories for many:
A gentleman in Britain sent his
MGBGT in for an engine rebuild and
some suspension tweaks. During this
work his car fell off the workshop
ramps damaging almost every body
panel (Dam). Extensive panel damage
repairs proceeded before the rebuilt
engine could be refitted. Once all
completed he took his pride and joy
for a test drive only to run a big end
bearing after about an hour’s
driving.(Bugger). On inspection from
another engine rebuilder they found
that the rest of the bearings were
damaged due to dirt and swarf carried
in the oil. They fully rebuilt the
engine again and when ready to fit
found the engine mount damaged, the
gearbox mount all mushy due to oil,
and the clutch bearing knackered
(more work to do). With the engine
finally installed again and some
remapping of the electrics done, the
boot (tailgate) fell on the mechanics
hand trapping his fingers. Almost
time to give it away this time? The
owner is now giving the car some
well-earned road time before it has
time on the dyno. We wish him luck
with this
It’s all in the way that you hold
your mouth. In the last newsletter I
mentioned that I came across Merv
Neil getting some track time on a
testing day at Ruapuna. Merv has
been having a few problems with the
Vauxhall sports racer recently and at
the ENZED Southern Classic last
week, he was still having trouble
getting a good race lap time and was
heard jokingly mentioning he would
sell the bloody thing .
However, Greg Scott of Mistral
fame heard him and after about thirty
minutes of bending Merv's arm he
was the proud owner of the car. Greg
organized with the officials to see if
he could run the car for the rest of the
day and was given the ok to do this.
After a bit of a clean-up of a few
things and using a few of his tricks,
and a lap or two to get used to
running on slicks, Greg lowered
Merv’s time by around five or six
seconds by the end of the day. As
you can imagine Greg had a smile on
his face a mile wide and Merv was
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nowhere to be seen. A little bird told
me that Merv might go back to a
tintop.
Smiles all around. Had the pleasure
of dinning with the Deputy Mayor
and his wife Robyn at the ENZED
Saturday night dinner and awards
evening , where Robyn mentioned
that she would not mind having a
look around the track ,so with that in
mind we organized a few hot laps on
Sunday lunch time in Andrew
Smart’s rapid GT2 Porsche. A smile
a mile wide was seen on the removal
of her race helmet after a number of
not so slow laps. Many thanks
Andrew for your time in doing this
for us and I understand that a new
official mayoral car might be ordered.
Dedication is
There have been
some big efforts made by some
people to get their cars that were
damaged at Skope to our ENZED
meeting. The boys from SloaneWall Racing worked some long hours
throughout the week to repair and
replace suspension damage, frame
damage and quite a bit of bodywork
and fabrication after hitting the wall
at Ruapuna in their FF2000. They
arrived as promised on the Saturday
morning looking pretty proud but dog
tired, with a very presentable race car.
Anton Stevens from Melbourne blew
his motor in his very rapid Torana
XU1 but found a standard
replacement engine to fit instead.
This the team did during the week
and he was able to enjoy our meeting
even with less power and down a
class he had fun. Craig Pidgeon and
mates replaced his gearbox amongst
other things, which he didn’t have to
do as he still had the Bugatti going,
but enthusiasm won so they did. Phil
Foulks from the north damaged his
front suspension in his FF1600 and
after advising us of his withdrawal
decided to replace and repair it
instead of returning home. There may
be some that I have missed but great
effort guys.
Unfortunately Mark
McFadden’s 260M was well beyond a
week long repair but will go down to
Invercargill and be repaired under
Noel Attley’s supervision. A good
choice I think, and we wish it a
speedy recovery.
New Owners and Projects: The late
Ross Clifford’s Mini Cooper has been
sold and its new owner was enjoying
it at Timaru. I hope you have as much
enjoyment as Ross had with this car.
My spies tell me that Bruce Airns is
working away on a Mallock sports
racer and when finished will spell the
Alfa for a while.
Final Thoughts: Sad to hear that
young Cameron Jones passed away
after a motor cycle accident while
racing at Timaru a couple of weeks
ago. Both he and his father were keen
competitors at our Brooklands
meetings
and
at
our
2007
PlaceMakers meeting. Our sympathy
goes to his family.
Well that’s it from me until next time,
Cheers from the SNOOP.
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UPCOMING RACE DATES - MARK YOUR CALENDAR - 2012
18th March 2012
(Sunday)
28th April 2012
CMRC Club Day
Ruapuna
CMRC Club Day
Levels International Raceway Timaru
8th September
2012
BROOKLANDS MEETING
Levels International Raceway Timaru
Free practice Friday 7th from 1pm – 4.30pm
THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSIC MOTOR RACING CLUB
This is the story of your club and its members and how
they have made it the success it is today. Over 200
pages with loads of photos from the last 25 years in a
nice hard back book.
In addition to the actual history of the club there is a
section on almost 200 specific vehicles describing the
more unusual classic and historic cars that have run
with the CMRC over the years, with detailed histories
and technical details.
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