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...
Owen Evans, Goudie’s Road, Reporoa 2 June 96 photo by Power Pictures in PCNZ Spiel magazine May/Jun 96 Owen Evans of Auckland, NZ, had been racing Porsche cars since 1991. In 1995 he decided he would like to capture the NZ Land Speed Record (LSR) which, at...
A two-race international Endurance series for Touring cars began in New Zealand in 1985 with a harbour-side street race in Wellington, followed by a race at Pukekohe, near Auckland. Known to most as the Nissan-Mobil 500, the series continued until the final race was held...
Le Mans 1996 – The ‘Le Kiwi Comeback’ Teams of Bill Farmer and Andrew Bagnall and their Porsche 911 GT2 LM cars - photo Andrew Ryan Bill Farmer was asked to comment and give some insight into the ‘Le Kiwi Comeback’ campaign – a return by...
Jim Richards was born on 2nd September 1947 in New Zealand. He began racing Go Karts in New Zealand when aged 12 in a Kart built for him by his Dad. He won a Junior Championship at the Nationals held at New Plymouth and by...
In 1970, Jim Palmer of Hamilton, New Zealand’s single-seater Gold Star Champion in 1964, ‘65, ’66 and ’68, purchased a Porsche 911S 2.2 litre car from Australian, Brian Foley. Foley had driven this car to 5th place in the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship. Jim...
Jim McKeown, Aus – Jim McKeown competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) from 1964 to 1972. He was part of the Shell Racing Team when he finished 2nd in the 1970 ATCC and 4th in 1971 when driving a Porsche 911S. He drove...
Howden Ganley, originally from Hamilton, New Zealand, first raced at Le Mans in 1972. Together with Francois Cevert, Howden finished 2nd in 1972 in a Matra-Simca MS670 V12 3.0 Litre. In 1973 he raced again at Le Mans, this time with Derek Bell in one...
Greg Murphy was born on 23 August 1972 in Hastings, New Zealand. At the young age of 8, he started racing go-karts. When aged 18 he participated in, and won, the 1990 Formula Ford Shell Scholarship that in turn provided him with a full season...
2015 - Earl Bamber – Porsche ‘works’ driver Earl Bamber was born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 9th July 1990. He won his first title in Karting in 2002, when aged 12, and in 2004 he took his first National title. Having dominated the Rotax Junior...
The inaugural International Race of Champions (IROC 1) was held at two tracks in USA in 1973/74. The first three races were held on 27th and 28th October 1973 at Riverside International Raceway in California and the final race was held on 14th February 1974...