Ferrari ‘Works’ Driver 1967-1969 by Michael Clark Istarted so well — Chris Amon’s Ferrari debut came at the Daytona 24-hour race in February 1967. He was paired with Lorenzo Bandini in one of Ferrari’s achingly gorgeous P4s. In another were the other two 1966 Ferrari works drivers,...
I don’t own a Ferrari — but read on. As a schoolboy in the 1950s I had read about Ferrari drivers, including my hero and five-time world champion, Juan Manuel Fangio, as well as 1958 Ferrari driving world champion Mike Hawthorn and others. At that time...
For seven years from 2010, I was the Chairman of the New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing (NZFMR). The first NZFMR event was held in January 2010 at the then brand new Hampton Downs motor racing track, located just off State Highway 1, between Auckland...
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...
There are two versions of this brief history of BMW Motorsport in New Zealand – a brief one and a longer one ! If you want the brief one, see the one-paragraph version below. If you want more information, seek out the longer version below. In...