[Continued from Part 5] The Teretonga Circuit – source ‘The Rothmans Book of NZ Motor Racing’, page 78 Seven cars took the starter’s flag for Race 1 at Teretonga, including Rex in his Gemini. This race was also Heat 1 of two to determine qualifiers for the ‘big...
[Continued from Part 4] Levin Practice Day in fine weather on Friday 12th January 1962 – Rex Flowers Gemini Mk3A-09 photo Rex Flowers Collection The next race at Levin for Rex was Event 15 for ‘Formula Libre Racing and Sports Cars’ which was the main race of the...
[Continued from Part 3] Entrants for the Bardahl Ardmore Championship Ardmore 6th January 1962 - Part of the Grid for Race 3, the Bardahl Ardmore Championship Photo Bruce Wilson Collection Rear of grid, (left side of photo) – the tip of the nose of the dark green Bill Gardiner...
[Continued from Part 1 ] Bill Moss followed up the first race win in Rex’s Gemini Mk3A with a second win that day at Silverstone. This time, the race was for ‘Formule Libre’ cars and held over 10 laps; entrants included FJ cars as well as...
Rex Flowers Circa 1965 - photo via Rex Flowers Rex John Flowers, then of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was born on 15th February 1941. Rex said his father had a small transport business named ‘Flowers & Perry Ltd’ and the company, with four trucks, were advertised...
Ray Williams - photo NZ Autocar 2012 via Ray Williams Ray Williams was born in Auckland on 10th March 1946. In his first full season of motor racing he won the 1973/74 Castrol GTX NZ Production Car Championship when driving a Datsun 1600. Thereafter, with little...
1967 - Dennis Marwood – photo Euan Sarginson Dennis Marwood was well known in New Zealand motor racing in the early 1960s for his driving skills in his highly developed Humber 80 saloon car. 1963 Levin 12 January – Dennis Marwood Humber 80 1964 Wigram 18 January –...
James Howden Ganley was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 24 December 1941. As a boy, his great interest was in yachting, a sport in which he competed with some success; this changed when he went to the 1955 NZIGP at Ardmore and where he...
Ken Smith was born in Orakei, New Zealand, on 11 August 1942 and raised in the Point England area of Auckland. At aged 16 he began his motor racing career and has not missed a year since then – that’s 56 years straight as at...