Old School Who was ur favorite (Read 3,157 times)

[mainlander]

  Which one was your favorite for me it was Peter Woods 3x 1nz 5X 1GP 5XSI 1XNI

[BarryB]

The 77s versus 8c take-no-prisoners rivalry was great fun to watch.

Barry B

[mainlander]

BarryB the first two heats at Dunedin 85 were insane chuck Doug Smith in and it was a brillant Champs

[midway]

One of many that stick out Was the Pall Mall team of stockcars the figure of eight racing at Waikaraka Park ..With Sam the man .,Laurie Hines and Dayne Plummer in the mix of action ...

[Go Slideways]

Ian Easton, Benny Boerboom, Dave Evans, Bill Dorn.

[Driftwood]

92c Gerald Griffiths and any Nelson car that got in his way

[mod46c]

Dec 25, 2019 12:49:36 GMT 12 mainlander said:

BarryB the first two heats at Dunedin 85 were insane chuck Doug Smith in and it was a brillant Champs

This the meeting that p woods was piped into the pits?

Remember following blondie back up the island, remember him clipping one of the many narrow bridges with the trailer.

[meeaneemic]

If we are talking old School and no one class in particular it has to be Murray Worboys in his iconic TZ Yamaha TQ.....Seen here chasing down 21 Len Gardner.
That era of racing was the pinnacle of the golden age for Open Wheel racing.

[mainlander]

Dec 26, 2019 12:11:26 GMT 12 mod46c said:

Dec 25, 2019 12:49:36 GMT 12 mainlander said:

BarryB the first two heats at Dunedin 85 were insane chuck Doug Smith in and it was a brillant Champs

This the meeting that p woods was piped into the pits?

Remember following blondie back up the island, remember him clipping one of the many narrow bridges with the trailer.

No Dunedin was the one Blondies fuel tap wouldn't work heat three and TC won it Woods had DNF heat two

[9c]

Mod 46c was correct as we did pipe Peter into the pits in Dunedin that day. We walked in front with a banner that read "Woodsy walks on water". I believe that video of it does exist. Regrettably the piper on that day, Stewart Sinclair (brother of Cathy Black) is no longer with us. Think thats about right as the memory dims.

[mod46c]

Dec 31, 2019 7:18:06 GMT 12 mainlander said:

Dec 26, 2019 12:11:26 GMT 12 mod46c said:

This the meeting that p woods was piped into the pits?

Remember following blondie back up the island, remember him clipping one of the many narrow bridges with the trailer.

No Dunedin was the one Blondies fuel tap wouldn't work heat three and TC won it Woods had DNF heat two

Didn't woods clean up at wfg a couple of days later, remember chatting to him prior to wfg meeting and him commenting he was ready to go unlike Dunedin a couple of days earlier.

[conrod]

Blondie , Muzza Gorgde could he peddle those creations fearless. The stratford classes back in the day had class drivers in all grades

[nakifans]

Dec 31, 2019 12:29:03 GMT 12 conrod said:

Blondie , Muzza Gorgde could he peddle those creations fearless. The stratford classes back in the day had class drivers in all grades

Agree with Conrod, the early years of Stratford most certainly had class drivers in all classes , the legends from Palmerston N , Big Bad Charlie, Ray New etc who came up and always gave the locals a hiding were always a crowd pleaser and drew large no's of loyal local fans who were very vocal in their disapproval of the treatment being dished out to their locals.
Prior to the opening of Stratford the Waiwakaiho track[ now the Valley shopping centre ] was full of legends in the open class and bikes. Americans competed there regularly .
Forest Lake in Hamilton in the 70's had it fair share of legends in saloons, Campbell, Baker, Redfern and Duayne Plummer in stockcars to name a few.
These tracks got the disease into my veins which 50 yrs on is still there.
One of the true legends of the sport would have to be Lance Jennings.
An unsung legend would have to be John Rae of NP, he imported and leased out sprintcars and turned the scene around from dressed up modifieds to what we have today.
While we think of legends of the sport as the drivers the many chassis builders over the years who have moved the sport forward need a mention.
Grant Reid super saloons and Simbo[ Keith Simpson] in stockcars/ sprintcars are worthy listings of old school favourites.

[broardside]

Back in the day for me in Welly it was the likes of Ian Taylor and his flash Stockcars and Saloons No21, Max Price 52 and Alan Eager 19 in his Stockcar called Goldilocks, i got the disease also at 13 and have been watching ever since for near on 50 years.

[Deleted]

Barry Hunter , Bryce Penn , Ian Glenny , Dave Evans in no particular order .

[cobbya]

Ross Decke in the Capri at the original Baypark was one of my earliest favourites ,some of the saloon racing was epic ,also the last car standing Stockcar races at Paradise Valley ,and the Easter Champs ,when they were the last meetings of the season ,cars used to get totalled.

[hienekenno1]

I remember the Neville Stanaway a grade stockcar wrecked by the std stockcars at easters last car going race at Rotorua many years ago,I miss those race's.

[midway]

Solo,s at Western springs the years of international bike riders versus our own was some of the best solo bike racing that was ever seen in this country .

[spuddy]

Olly Davies in the 66c Modified was probably my early favourite, because he was the hot dogs car and I loved Hot Dogs lol

[helterskelter]

Ian Carlyle in the 1m Morries Lunch Bar/Bayfair/Farmer Jones sponsored car circa 1992/1993 season was my old favourite. Remember the Dash for Cash (50 lap??) stockcar races too at the old baypark. Dutchy rolling out in that wickard low slung kuriger, All the old dream team busters guys.
Clark ''the canman'' Proctor was always a great watch and some epic hits. Plus the Matamata vs Mount boys streetstock battles.