STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Saturday was just an ordinary day, except that my neighbour had said " lets go to the races", or to be specific to the NZ Historic grand prix, which was being held in Taupo only 40 minutes drive away The program included saloons, formula junior, trans am and the old but impressive and noisy formula 5000 open wheelers. Have a look. the camera is poor and did not pick up the noise, but I am sure you can imagine the sound of a straight-piped 7 litre Ford , or a Dodge Viper. ^^^^ A company car !! After their races all the Anglia drivers got together. Crap video to come soon ! FakeConcern, NorfolkNWeigh, LostnotFound and 28 others 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 All video has failed to load, so will play around to see what can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looks great , not many people there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 38 minutes ago, Wack said: Looks great , not many people there There was a good crowd, mostly around the start - finish section, We were on the main straight. It was nice to get in and out in a few minutes. Taupo is one of the 2nd tier of tracks but does have a lot of events. chaseracer, mk2_craig, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I do love the selection of cars you lot had. That white Holden is porn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Bassa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I'm on the next flight! (I wish...). What gorgeous photos, thank you. STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 bassa what was number 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looks to me like a Ford Fairlane, about 1955... STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, hairnet said: bassa what was number 50? No. 50 is a recreation of the almost legendary Custaxie, a '55 ford Customline with a Galaxie ? engine mounted pretty well amidship so the driver sits where the rear seat would be. The original is now a museum piece, I believe it is in Nelson. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Was about to say the custaxie replica. We're any of the osca cortinas there? I believe one MK2 & MK3 survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Was about to say the custaxie replica. We're any of the osca cortinas there? I believe one MK2 & MK3 survive. There was a huge Ford presence there, but my knowledge of them is not great and only spent a few minutes looking. I did not see any Cortinas on the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 A couple more Custaxie. No luck with video, they load very slowly and then just show a black picture and won't play. sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looked a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Jealous, car park area was enough to have me drooling! Going to Meremere drags at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 found a you chew vid 23/01/2021 RACE 1 - YouTube There seems to be some interesting vids search bruce Mclaren Motorsport Park Taupo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Funny that, I went there on Sunday! Got one or two action shots of Escorts and Aglias 3-wheeling round corners - the Anglia owners seemed to be having the most fun and did line-ups at the end of their races, albeit with only 4 cars, not 5. Looks like one or two interesting cars in the paddock weren't there when I went. I'll update my spotted thread in good time but I'm about a year behind, as it is! STUNO, Mally and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Excuse the shocking wind noise (it was very windy), short video and next to no actual footage of the car in question but here's what a 3.1 Capri sounds like being opened up on some demo laps. 20210124_135329.mp4 STUNO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks Jon, we were in the same area closer to the chicane. Lovely raised area and car right there, convenient for drinks and lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Aye, great minds think alike! Must admit I didn't have a drink all day, as I hung around watching the racing instead. Cue a splitting headache when I got home! Here's some hot Ford action, to make up for the piss-poor video: Genuine ex-Alan Mann Escort, still with the HOOxxxF number plate on the back. Not being driven lightly. That back Mustang ended with the side you can see all caved in during a later race, when it spun and hit the bales. Still drove back to the pits, though. Almost all the historic Fords looked period correct (no massive rims/lairy modern paint jobs), which cannot be said for a lot of their road-going brethren. This Anglia's suspension was super wobbly and thus it slowed the driver down but he seemed to be revelling in its waywardness and was using ALL the track as compensation. Emerging from the same corner! He was also the most tootiest on the horn and vigorous of waving arms, during the Anglia group drive-bys. Fair to say that rally suspension is not ideal for tracks. All in all, good value at £15 for a ticket, despite the godawful wind. STUNO went on the cheaper day, that was £12.50! puddlethumper, sheffcortinacentre and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That orange Anglia is just like 1977! Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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