For this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST we head to 1977 at Levels in Timaru for a INTELEX Australian and New Zealand Sports Car test. Tom Donovan’s Turbo engined Odlins leads from John McDonald and Bob Homewoods Rhubarb. Thanks, as always, to Terry Marshall for the pic!
Category: Motorsport
For this week’s BLAST we head to Pukekohe in 1983 for the NZIGP meeting and the start of a Sports Sedan heat. John Osbourne’s V8 powered Ford Capri leads out Trevor Crow’s V8 powered Toyota Starlet.
If you’re sick of driving hundreds of kms to find a decent spot to go drifting then maybe it’s time to build your own. Welcome to Driftland.
For this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST we head to Pukekohe in 1973 for the Benson & Hedges 500 meeting. Pictured is the grid for the Mayfield Filter 100 – Geoff Sutherland’s E49 Charger with Norris Miles’ ex-John Goss Ford Falcon GTHO alongside. The glamour entry of Tim Bailey in the EUROCARS Ferrari Dino nestles in […]
It’s an XCAR double feature today! Okay, mainly because we forgot to post the Defender one last week, but, hey – more XCAR is always good! And this is a good one – more than 50 years after the Ford GT40 exploded onto the motorsport scene, Ford is returning to Le Mans with the all-new […]
Terry Marshall brings us yet another collection of his fantastic photography, this time from last weekend’s 3 Hour enduro at Hampton Downs, part of the Mahindra North Island Endurance Series. You can check out a report on the race by clicking here, and you can enjoy Terry’s great photos in the gallery below!
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – Mountain Muscle. Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: The Ford Falcon XC Cobra of Allan Moffat / Jacky Ickx leads the eventual winners Peter Brock / Jim Richards and Bob Morris / John Fitzpatrick in Holden […]
Jack Shanahan is a pro drifter at 15 and if you think he’s good you should see his dad and his 11 year old brother.
It’s back to Wigram in 1972 for this week’s BLAST. Photographed from atop the air-force control tower; the late Frank Matich driving his Matich A50 Repco during the Lady Wigram Trophy race. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic!
For the middle of the week – enjoy a special photo gallery of all the action from the Lone Star Rally of Canterbury, courtesy of the extremely talented Terry Marshall!
