Mark
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Post by Mark on Jul 7, 2006 8:34:27 GMT 12
Could someone please post a few photo's and provide a bit of info about Magic Mike Johnson ?
I saw him race in Nelson at the Easter Champs approx 1996. He was listed as being a legend of speedway, but I've never really heard much about him since ?
Cheers.
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Post by busterbell on Jul 8, 2006 13:52:45 GMT 12
craig boote took him out in qualifying for the nzs in welly and as a result booty missed qualifying himself by one place. did he not get 2nz at his home track when they had the nzs there? i think so.
anyway he was a top name around the place there for a while as was kerry o'conner.
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Post by john44s on Jul 8, 2006 16:43:07 GMT 12
Year mike did get 2nz at the nz's in wanganui and might of been 1nz but for jeff mohi blooking him in the final heat too let lyall take out the 1nz. after the final race big bad charlie hoped in the car and did some laps before pize giving and he was reving the nuts out it but showed he could still pedal a car alright.
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Post by Wangas on Jul 8, 2006 20:28:10 GMT 12
Year mike did get 2nz at the nz's in wanganui and might of been 1nz but for jeff mohi blooking him in the final heat too let lyall take out the 1nz. after the final race big bad charlie hoped in the car and did some laps before pize giving and he was reving the nuts out it but showed he could still pedal a car alright. Yeah Charlie was such a tight fit that he had to leave it in second he also drove it all with one hand.  |
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Post by wangatoa on Jul 9, 2006 0:55:56 GMT 12
Yeah i remember when he did a few laps in mikes car. he came into contact with the wall too!
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Post by warriorfan on Jul 10, 2006 19:17:48 GMT 12
Mike Johnson had been building his own flat chassis cars since day dot. 1992 nelson easter champs won that, teams raced for warriors up to 1996, before hurting back and retiring. 1995 2NZ and captain of N.Z test team against the poms, then giving the car to Daryl Taylor finishing 2nd N.Z Grand Prix at palmy. Daryl last raced 1998 N.Z Champs at Woodford Glen, then raced by Dion Mooney as standard stock. Same car holden powered chassis from 1993 to 1998, put motor in hq holden road car raced that in a few car club events. Boys are now racing ministocks no surprize Daryl Taylor done so well last season, having had a taste of victory with Mikes support behind him 10 years ago.
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Post by antzgofast on Jul 10, 2006 19:56:59 GMT 12
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Post by pallmall on Jul 10, 2006 21:20:37 GMT 12
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Post by wal86 on Jul 10, 2006 21:44:59 GMT 12
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Post by wangatoa on Jul 11, 2006 22:10:28 GMT 12
there was an article in the paper a while back just after taylor won the 248 in palmy and someone had put an AA type sign on under the street sign for Taylors street. It read on it "Worlds Fastest Holden - Darryl Taylor" Apaprantely Mike Johnson put it there as a joke coz Taylor is a true blue ford man and hates admitting his car is powered by a holden! he refers to it as a vauxhall and will never admit that its a holden. he even has a pride of london sticker on it. The paper then quoted him saying "imagine how good i'll do with a good motor in it"
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Post by Autopete55 on Jul 12, 2006 6:49:51 GMT 12
;D
Yeah thats Mike allright.!!
Holden thru and thru!!
Has he still got his workshop that does the automotive cables and brakes and other stuff??
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Post by Wangas on Jul 12, 2006 18:47:52 GMT 12
Yeah Holdaways now located in Ridgeway Street just down the road from Ford
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Post by john44s on Jul 12, 2006 20:25:15 GMT 12
year here it is i took a couple of photo's of it when we went back to the teams this year.   |
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Post by Autopete55 on Jul 13, 2006 7:01:36 GMT 12
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Post by Wangas on Jul 13, 2006 19:32:53 GMT 12
Kerry O'Connor brought Peter Slomans Central City Motors Sit and is now operating from there in Wilson St
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Post by Autopete55 on Jul 14, 2006 6:48:04 GMT 12
Cheers for that Wangas. Got quite a few to catch up when Im up there. Looking forward to spending time at the old 'Donganui" as one of my apprentices used to call it!!!  Mike and Kerry O are at the top of my list. |
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Post by antzgofast on Oct 14, 2006 14:19:12 GMT 12
here it is with 2nz on it  |
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Post by Sharns With Sparky on Oct 15, 2006 9:12:20 GMT 12
is this the same guy that got taken out at teams champs one year and was racing for chch
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Post by ~HUGGIES34P~ on Oct 15, 2006 9:30:03 GMT 12
i thought that was brian johnson a??? maybe wrong though  |
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Post by busterbell on Oct 15, 2006 10:19:18 GMT 12
yes i think rotaholic is getting his wires crossed. i think the incident he is refering to is the brian johnson vs stan hickey wipeout at palmy teams.
brian johnson is a glen eagle and mike johnson is a wanganui warrior.
two differant people.
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