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!
Tag: Blast from the Past
It’s back to the days of the Big Bangers – Pukekohe 1973 – for this week’s BLAST where Pete Geoghegan’s battered Ford Falcon leads fellow Australian Allan Moffat’s Ford Mustang out of the top chicane. As always, many thanks to the talented Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic.
For our BLAST FROM THE PAST this week Kieran Roberts takes us back to 1977 with John Watson at the wheel of the Alfa Romeo-powered Brabham BT45, in the iconic Martini Racing – Alfa colours. Thanks again to Kieran for letting us use his brilliant work and don’t forget to head to his websitewww.kieranrobertsart.com to see more, or buy some […]
We are off to Timaru in 1975 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, and the infamous clash into turn 1 between Leo Leonard and the PDL Ford Mustang and Paul Fahey in his Cologne Capri, that in Leo’s opinion decided the 1975 Championship. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the brilliant pic!
We head back to Pukekohe in 1973 for this week’s BLAST, where Jim Richards – in the winning Charger he drove with Rod Coppins – exits the hairpin during the Benson and Hedges 500. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
For our BLAST FROM THE PAST this week Kieran Roberts takes us to Levin in 1967 with the legendary Robbie Francevic behind the wheel of the equally legendary Custaxie. From Kieran’s website: “The Custaxie name came from an amalgamation of a 1955 Ford Customline fitted with a 7-litre Ford Galaxie engine, Francevic’s team making full use of New […]
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – Jackie’s Green Hell. Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: Jackie Stewart on his way to victory in the Tyrrell 006 in 1973 at one of his least favourite tracks, the Nurburgring, which he nicknamed ‘the green […]
This week’s BLAST comes to us from Wigram in 1976, when Allan Moffat bought over his Chev Monza to take on the kiwi big guns of Richards. Leonard, Dawson and Nazer. Many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic!
This week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST comes from 1970 and is another of local artist Kieran Robert’s brilliant works – the mighty Gulf-liveried Porsche 917K. We will be featuring more of Kieran’s work over the coming weeks, but you can head to his website www.kieranrobertsart.com to see more, or buy some of his brilliant work.
A bit of a different BLAST FROM THE PAST this week – Kieran Roberts is a talented young bloke from Invercargill who specialises in classic motorsport art and we LOVE his work, so will be featuring it our regular BLAST FROM THE PAST, alongside Terry Marshall’s fantastic photography. This week’s BLAST comes from Baypark in […]
