We head to Wigram in 1983 for this week’s BLAST, where we see Trevor Crowe’s V8 Oldsmobile powered Toyota Starlet!
Tag: Blast from the Past
We head to Pukekohe in 1980 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, where New Zealand’s lesser-known F1 star, Mike Thackwell, rounds the hairpin in the Marlboro-supported March 792B. As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the awesome pic!
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ fantastic art, a tribute to the great Possum Bourne. Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: The now lamented Race to the sky held in the Cardrona valley of central Otago was a hillclimb based on Pikes peak. Starting […]
June 8, 1948: the first ‘proper’ Porsche, the hand-built 356/1, hit the road.
For this week’s BLAST we are off to Bay Park in 1978 where Steve Millen driving his Chevron B42 leads KeKe Rosberg driving the Fred Opert-entered Chevron B39. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the great pic!
For this week’s BLAST we head back to Pukekohe for the 72/73 season where Bank of New South Wales New Zealand Saloon Car Championship 0-1000 winner Reg Cook leads Rex Hart through the hill top chicane. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic!
We head to Bay Park in 1974 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST where we see Graham Baker in the PDL Mustang 1 leading Australian driver Jim McKeown in his Porsche 911. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the brilliant image!
Today we head to Pukekohe in September 1973 for a Ford-powered BLAST FROM THE PAST from the Mayfair Filter 100, the prelude to the Benson and Hedges 500. Jim Richards drives the ex-John Goss GTHO Falcon he shared with Norris Miles out of the old circuit hairpin in spectacular fashion. As always, many thanks to […]
For this week’s BLAST we head to the 8th of January 1972 at Pukekohe where Graeme Lawrence in his Lola T300 drives into the hairpin a few laps before his accident with Bryan Faloon. As usual, many thanks to Terry marshall for the fantastic pic!
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art, a tribute to a legendary Ford GT40 Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: After years of abstaining from motorsport, Ford decided to go into competition, and hit the ground running by buying Ferrari in 1963. When the […]
