Owner: Peter Burson, New Zealand The Talon MR1A Chev F5000 was a production version of the McRae GM2 designed by New Zealand’s Graham McRae. American-based Jack McCormack purchased the GM2 project from McRae and built five Talon MR1A cars, but these were some 50kg heavier than the...
Chassis#02 – owner: Peter Burson, New Zealand Chris Amon had had a wretched season in 1974 with his advanced but untested new 1974 Amon AF101 F1 car, and the car was finally shelved after only four races. Thereafter Chris accepted a drive as a British Racing...
Story by Ron Maydon I was in Germany a while ago, and whilst talking to the owner of a workshop he showed me a pile of bits he said was a 1974 Amon F1 car – the only one ever built. He said that Chris Amon...
Chris Amon started his single-seater circuit-racing aged only 16 years in April 1960, driving his 1947 A40 Special. By early 1961 Chris owned a 1956 Cooper T41 Climax, and when racing at the small Levin track on 15 April 1961 he was impressed by the...
Chassis 1 Ford Cosworth 3.0-litre V8 – Owner: Roger Wills, UK This March F1 works car was driven when brand-new by Chris Amon in 15 F1 races from March 1970 until October 1970. It was put into the Donington Collection in the UK at the end...
Chassis 004 – Owner: Graham Adelman, USA Perhaps the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ for many attending the New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing celebrating Chris Amon will be the 1968 Ferrari 246T-004 Dino V6 formerly driven in the 1968 Tasman Series by Chris Amon and now...
Chris Amon’s first race car was the Herrick A40 Special. Chris purchased it, as a 16-year-old, from Keith Smith in 1960 after it had been totally rebuilt following a bad accident when Herb Gilroy lost control at the Houghton Bay hillclimb. Around 1956 Herb sold...
A driver with extraordinary ability. By Bill Gavin Photo Above: Chris Amon in his 1969 Ferrari 612 Can-Am. (Photo from Chris Amon collection in book Champions of Speed p167) In April of 1969 at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona, Chris Amon told me...
A Brief History of a Great Driver By Michael Clark The talent was evident when he was barely out of school. Driving a Maserati 250F at the age of 18 in his first New Zealand Grand Prix in pouring rain gave him a taste for oversteer that...
Read the articles contained within the Official New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing celebrating Chris Amon, published in 2011. I'll be added more content in the upcoming weeks, so check back often or signup to receive notifications of new content. To see all articles relating...
CHASSIS NUMBER 154 A group of Ferrari enthusiasts headed by Steve Weeber of Christchurch has brought to New Zealand a 1994 Ferrari 412T1B 043 V12, chassis number 154. This car was driven to success by Ferrari works drivers Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger in the 1994...
The 1000-plus horsepower flame-spitting machines — 1985 model Ferrari 156/85s — were driven in their day by the late Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson in the 1985 Formula One grands prix, with Alboreto heading the points table for most of the year in his best...