1957 – Jaguar MKVII, XK120, XK140, D-Type, Bugatti T35A Jaguar, and the ‘Mk1’ 2.4 and 3.4 saloon Ardmore 12 Jan 57 – Event 1 on the programme at the 1957 NZIGP meeting, held on 12 Jan 57 at Ardmore, was a 25 lap Saloon Car race...
1956 – XK120s, MKVIIs, C-Type, and Jaguar-powered cars aplenty Ardmore 7 Jan 56 - At the NZIGP meeting held at Ardmore on 7 Jan 56, there were a number of cars with Jaguar engines: Englishman Leslie Marr entered a Connaught B-type (Chassis B3) fitted with a...
1954 – the Archibald XK120, a MkV saloon, an XK120C (C-Type), and Jaguar engines power other cars Scott Thomson in his book ‘Up to Speed’, at page 179, said under the title ‘Where to Next?’:- “Even the fastest sports cars, the Jaguars, were now hopelessly...
Part 1 – 1950–1953 This is ‘A Jaguar Racing History in NZ’, not ‘The Jaguar Racing History in NZ’, so it is not meant in any way to be an exhaustive story about every Jag that raced in every event in New Zealand! Instead, I...
Jaguar cars racing in New Zealand recorded a long period of much success in what is regarded as a golden period of motorsport. Using the very strong and reliable Jaguar XK 6-cylinder DOHC engine, there were many Jaguar sports and saloon car successes for over...
At the ‘Charter Corporation Classic’ held at Manfeild on 7th November 1987, there were 22 Porsche cars entered. In addition to some of the other races these cars were raced in that day, these 22 cars raced in the penultimate round of the inaugural ‘Bridgestone-Porsche...
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...
Ray Williams of Auckland, New Zealand, has raced Porsche cars since 1988. Three days after he purchased a 1983 Porsche 930 Turbo in September 1988, he raced and won with the car in a Bridgestone-Porsche Club NZ Championship race. Already with plenty of race experience...
Porsche has extended its commitment to race in the LMP1 division of the World Endurance Championship until the end of 2018. The move by the German manufacturer, which this year notched up its 17th outright victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, represents the addition of...
Jim Palmer 911STim Bailey 911TIan ‘Big Pete’ Geoghegan #12 911SIan ‘Big Pete’ Geoghegan #8 911SJim McKeown 911Tony Warren 911TLyn Neilson 911SPeter Fitzgerald 911Jim Short 911S RSR spec Wikipedia records : ‘The original Porsche 911 (pronounced nine eleven, German: Neunelfer) was a luxury sports car made by...
Owen Evans 1996 Owen Evans of Auckland, NZ, was born in Auckland, NZ in 1958. He started racing in 1973 in Ford Anglia and Escort cars. He raced with his Dad in the annual Benson & Hedges Endurance races from 1973. Owen also started Rally driving in...
Porsche GT3 racing in New Zealand began in 2001/02 within the Bridgestone- Porsche Club Championship series when 4 GT3 cars were raced within the series. By 2002/2003, this number had grown to 8 cars and by 2003/2004 there were consistently 12 GT3 cars competing. As...