Posts by Lance
CMRC BOOKLANDS CHALLENGE
5th September 2020 STANDARD SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS PARTS ONE & TWO 1. JURISDICTION: This event is a National Race Meeting, promoted by Classic Motor Racing Club of NZ Inc at…
Read MoreBROOKLANDS CHALLENGE LEVELS RACEWAY
Always excited to see our race season get underway at Levels, Timaru. To expand our competitor numbers we now send invitations out to our other like- minded clubs, eg Mainland…
Read MoreOLD TIMERS REPORT WAIMATE SPRINT
Mid-winter most of us hunker down under cover. But not the Old Timer. Here is his report on the late July Waimate sprint. On a fine frosty morning 30 cars…
Read MoreWhich Car Was That – A Story of Two Loti
This story begins back in ‘67 when I first saw Peter Yock’s Lotus 33 in the Baypark paddock. Except it wasn’t a Lotus 33, it was a 25. The history…
Read MoreA Cohort of Racing Chevrolet Coupes
In the good old days saloon car racing was a filler to pack out a real race programme. There was no formal championship for saloons until 1959. (That they were…
Read MoreThose Elusive Coupes
The Chevy Coupe project is not forgotten, just delayed. In the meantime here is some more appetite whetting to fill the gap, being background notes on a few puzzles about…
Read MoreCHASSIS STIFFNESS AND TUNING – HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
Once upon a time, when race car chassis were rudimentary things and suspensions were rock hard drivers were given a very hard time. This is what Mike Hawthorn had to…
Read MoreBlue Flame Bonus
The Snoop suggested an article on the Silvester Chevy Coupe. A quick look uncovered many more racing Coupes, so the story will be a bit bigger. In the meantime, to…
Read MoreEdward’s Engines
In the late 1920’s a young engineer designed a most unusual motorcycle engine. It was a pair of OHC parallel twins geared together in a four cylinder block with a…
Read MoreWhen is a Sports Car a Saloon?
The snoop has ferreted out a dusty old photograph of a sports car attempting to disguise itself as a saloon. I remember it well, having been perplexed by it myself…
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