MY COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON MOTOR RACING, AIRFORCE AND PEOPLE

MY COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON MOTOR RACING, AIRFORCE AND PEOPLE

Owen Evans, Goudie’s Road, Reporoa 2 June 96 photo by Power Pictures in PCNZ Spiel magazine May/Jun 96

22 Mar

Owen Evans – NZ Land Speed Record, Reporoa, 2nd June 1996

Owen Evans, Goudie’s Road, Reporoa 2 June 96 photo by Power...

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NZ ‘Enduro’ Porsche Racers – Wellington & Pukekohe

A two-race international Endurance series for Touring cars began in...

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24 Heures Du Mans

08 Mar

Le Mans 1996 – Le Kiwi Comeback

Le Mans 1996 – The ‘Le Kiwi Comeback’ Teams of...

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Jim Richards Porsche racing driver

01 Mar

Jim Richards – A Race History 1964-2015

Jim Richards was born on 2nd September 1947 in New...

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Jim Palmer Porsche 911S 2.2 litre - 1st place BNSW Saloon Car Race - Ruapuna 31 May 1971 –

22 Feb

Jim Palmer – Porsche 911S

In 1970, Jim Palmer of Hamilton, New Zealand’s single-seater Gold...

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1974 Ruapuna #3 Jim McKeown Porsche Carrera leads #67 Graham Baker PDL1 Mustang

15 Feb

Jim McKeown – A Race History

Jim McKeown, Aus – Jim McKeown competed in the Australian...

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Howden Ganley Porsche racing car driver

08 Feb

Howden Ganley – Porsche 911 RSR – Le Mans 1975 & 1976

Howden Ganley, originally from Hamilton, New Zealand, first raced at...

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1996 Le Mans Bill Farmer Greg Murphy Robert Nearn Porsche 911 Gt2 Lm

01 Feb

Greg Murphy – A Race History 1991-2014

Greg Murphy was born on 23 August 1972 in Hastings,...

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2015 Earl Bamber

25 Jan

Earl Bamber – A Race History 2002-2015

2015 - Earl Bamber – Porsche ‘works’ driver Earl Bamber was...

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Ex Denny Hulme Porsche Carrera Rsr Iroc

18 Jan

Denny Hulme – 1974 Porsche Carrera RSR IROC

The inaugural International Race of Champions (IROC 1) was held...

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Rnzaf Greeting Concorde 1986

11 Jan

Greeting British Airways Concorde to New Zealand on 6th April 1986

A British Airways Concorde was flown to New Zealand on...

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Jim Barclay podcast

04 Jan

PODCAST: WONZ 266 Vampire Month Jim Barclay

November 2022 marks 50 years since the RNZAF’s de Havilland...

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About Jim

Jim Barclay is a former RNZAF pilot who flew a number of jet fighter aircraft including the Vampire, Strikemaster and Skyhawk, as well as the F4 Phantom with the USAF. In his service career, he held responsibility in a variety of positions including Commanding Officer of Number 14 and 75 Squadrons at Ohakea, Base Commander at RNZAF Base Auckland and Defence Attaché in the NZ Embassy, Washington DC. He also served as Project Manager for the purchase of the Aer Macchi 339 jet trainer aircraft, and attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. After 36 years of service Jim retired in 2001 in the rank of Air Commodore. He was awarded the Air Force Cross for outstanding leadership in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 1986.

Jim spent a little over five years from 2002 until 2008 as CEO of the Child Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. Under his vision and leadership the profile and brand of the Foundation was raised to be the number one children’s charity in New Zealand (Colmar Brunton 2007).

An avid motor sport enthusiast, Jim attended his first race meetings at Levin in 1956 and he has followed the sport nationally and internationally since then. He now owns and races a 1961 Historic single-seat racing car.