Andrew Bagnall was born on 14th February 1947 in New Zealand. He started racing in about 1986 when aged 39. He has since had 30 years of high level international motorsport competition at many world famous race tracks, including racing four times in the Le...
In September 1969, Ian Rorison and Feo Stanton, as owners of the Rorstan Racing Team, engaged Bryan Faloon to drive their Bob Britton (of Rennmax Engineering, Sydney) designed Rorstan-Climax single seater - that itself was based on a Brabham BT23. Paul Bolton (in 1968) and...
The Porsche 550 Spyder was a sports racing car that was manufactured from 1953 – 1956. The engine in the 550 Spyder was a 1498cc air cooled unit and together with the 4-speed plus reverse ZF gearbox, the very light and nimble car was capable...
NZ Festival of Motor Racing celebrating Porsche – January 2016Porsche Racing Cars in New Zealand By Jim BarclayBruce Webster’s Early Cooper Years - In 1955 Bruce Webster of Havelock North purchased the ex-Ron Frost/Arnold Stafford/Syd Jensen 1953 Cooper T26 Mk VII -JAP 500cc, a motor...
Rodger Anderson 1969 BMW 2002Ti Alpina The 1970sThe BMW marque gained instant notoriety in New Zealand motorsport with the arrival in late 1969 of the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina belonging to Rodger Anderson. Rodger race the 2002 in the 1969/70 racing season. Already a crowned New...
Rodger Anderson’s 1969 BMW 2002 Ti Alpina, at Baypark in 1970. My memory of the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina I owned and raced in the New Zealand 1969/70 and 1970/71 seasons are that it was a wonderful car. I had just finished two seasons racing a...
Winning with BMW in New Zealand By Richard Bosselman Neville Crichton is a guy who left school at 14, found his feet when he landed a job as an automotive salesman, and discovered he has a golden touch in business. By the late 1970s the biggest-volume used-car...
Having had 12 years single-seater racing, including six of those years in Europe, yielding six British/European Formula 3 victories, I concluded my Formula 1 dream was over. While still working in Europe, I was approached in 1986 by Toyota New Zealand, who were setting up...
1973 Ex-Works Amon/Stuck BMW 3.0CSL 'Batmobile' Owner: BMW Museum, Germany This BMW 3.0CSL was driven by Chris Amon and Hans Stuck as part of a two-car BMW ‘works’ team of BMW CSL cars entered in the eight-round 1973 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). This story covers a...
Group A DTM | Owner: BMW Museum, Germany Development of the BMW M3 Group A resulted in a competition car that was to carry off more victories in subsequent years than any other car in its class. In the course of its first season, Roberto Ravaglia...
1984 Ex-Jim Richards | JPS BMW 635CSI Group A | Owner: Peter Sturgeon, Christchurch Peter Sturgeon’s 1984 BMW 635CSi Group A car is one of those built by Frank Gardner’s JPS-backed team for the Australian Group A Touring Car Championships. The car was driven in 1984...