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NZ Festival of Motor Racing

Hampton Downs, 29 Jan 2012

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Michael Lyons Lola T400 [HU7] - Chevrolet V8
#64 (see note 1)
12 12m 15.732s
2 Steve Ross McRae GM1 [009] - Chevrolet V8
#5 (see note 2)
12 12m 22.286s
3 Ken Smith Lola T430 [HU1] - Chevrolet V8
#4 (see note 3)
12 12m 29.007s
4 Mark Dwyer Lola T400 [HU12] - Chevrolet V8
#54 (see note 4)
12 12m 42.622s
5 Frank Lyons Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8
#74
12 12m 55.932s
6 Gregory Thornton Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8
#32 (see note 5)
12 12m 56.728s
7 John Mackinlay (F5000) 4.4-litre March "72A" - Oldsmobile V8
#35 (see note 6)
12 13m 14.136s
8 Shayne Windelburn Lola T400 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8
#33 (see note 7)
12 13m 15.744s
9 Russell Greer Lola T332 [HU28] - Chevrolet V8
#14 (see note 8)
12 13m 17.400s
10 David Abbott Lola T430 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8
#3 (see note 9)
12 13m 18.798s
11 Aaron Burson McRae GM1 [008] - Chevrolet V8
#29 (see note 10)
11 12m 17.398s
12 David Arrowsmith Lotus 70B [02] - Ford V8
#70 (see note 11)
11 12m 21.465s
13 Chris Lambden McRae GM1 [004] - Chevrolet V8
#27 (see note 12)
11 12m 22.367s
14 Peter Burson McRae GM1 [003] - Chevrolet V8
#51 (see note 13)
11 12m 42.772s
15 Timothy Rush McLaren M22 [M22-3-72] - Chevrolet V8
#20 (see note 14)
11 12m 47.464s
16 Seb Coppola Lola T192 [HU29] - Chevrolet V8
#12
11 13m 09.167s
17 John Bryant Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8
#31 (see note 15)
11 13m 20.160s
18 Warwick Mortimer Surtees TS5 [002] - Chevrolet V8
#77
10 12m 34.752s
R Jay Esterer McRae GM1 [010] - Chevrolet V8
#59 (see note 16)
11
R Alan Dunkley Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8
#42
10
R Roger Williams Lola T332 ['K3'] - Chevrolet V8
#63 (see note 17)
10
R David Banks Talon MR-1 ["007"] - Chevrolet V8
#78
10
R Eric Haga Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8
#81 (see note 18)
10
R Stuart Lush McRae GM1 [015] - Chevrolet V8
#22 (see note 19)
3
R Judy Lyons Lola T332 [T330 HU12-3] - Chevrolet V8
#55 (see note 20)
2
R Harindra de Silva Surtees TS8 [007] - Chevrolet V8
#17 (see note 21)
0
R Scott Drnek Lola T400 [HU5] - Chevrolet V8
#41 (see note 22)
0
DSQ Brett Willis Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8
#16 (see note 23)

DNSF Clark Proctor March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8
#57 (see note 24)
Did not start final
DNS Alastair Russell McRae GM1 [002] - Chevrolet V8
#2 (see note 25)
Did not start

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Michael Lyons811m 46.662s
2Steve Ross8+ 2.260s
3Jay Esterer8+ 4.273s
4Mark Dwyer8+ 6.200s
5Frank Lyons8+ 8.414s
6Roger Williams8+ 9.365s
7Brett Willis8+ 10.639s
8Stuart Lush8+ 11.775s
9Gregory Thornton8+ 14.018s
10Shayne Windelburn8+ 14.780s
11Ken Smith8+ 15.421s
12Russell Greer8+ 15.845s
13John Mackinlay8+ 16.128s
14Chris Lambden8+ 16.680s
15David Abbott8+ 18.776s
16David Arrowsmith8+ 19.766s
17Alan Dunkley8+ 20.424s
18Scott Drnek8+ 20.731s
19Aaron Burson8+ 22.205s
20David Banks8+ 25.265s
21John Bryant8+ 27.424s
22Warwick Mortimer8+ 28.451s
23Timothy Rush8+ 29.673s
24Eric Haga8+ 32.324s
25Judy Lyons8+ 56.390s
Peter Bursonretired
Seb Coppolaretired
Clark Proctorretired
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Michael Lyons811m 19.882s
2Ken Smith8+ 2.164s
3Steve Ross8+ 4.831s
4Mark Dwyer8+ 4.970s
5Roger Williams8+ 7.742s
6Frank Lyons8+ 10.232s
7Brett Willis8+ 10.540s
8Gregory Thornton8+ 11.918s
9John Mackinlay8+ 13.088s
10Russell Greer8+ 15.607s
11Chris Lambden8+ 16.071s
12Shayne Windelburn8+ 16.437s
13David Abbott8+ 18.517s
14Alan Dunkley8+ 18.675s
15David Arrowsmith8+ 19.757s
16Harindra de Silva8+ 23.191s
17John Bryant8+ 26.656s
18David Banks8+ 27.749s
19Timothy Rush8+ 28.216s
20Seb Coppola8+ 29.749s
21Aaron Burson8+ 39.925s
22Judy Lyons8+ 56.319s
Eric Hagaretired
Jay Estererretired
Warwick Mortimerretired
Stuart Lushretired
Qualifying
1 Michael Lyons (F5000) 5-litre Lola T400 [HU7] - Chevrolet V8 59.869s
2 Steve Ross (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [009] - Chevrolet V8 1m 00.500s
3 Ken Smith (F5000) 5-litre Lola T430 [HU1] - Chevrolet V8 1m 00.698s
4 Clark Proctor (F5000) 5-litre March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8 1m 00.822s
5 Jay Esterer (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [010] - Chevrolet V8 1m 01.887s
6 Mark Dwyer (F5000) 5-litre Lola T400 [HU12] - Chevrolet V8 1m 01.991s
7 Roger Williams (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 ['K3'] - Chevrolet V8 1m 02.132s
8 Brett Willis (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8 1m 02.571s
9 Frank Lyons (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8 1m 03.011s
10 Gregory Thornton (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8 1m 03.494s
11 John Mackinlay (F5000) 4.4-litre March "72A" - Oldsmobile V8 1m 04.035s
12 Stuart Lush (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [015] - Chevrolet V8 1m 04.210s
13 Russell Greer (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU28] - Chevrolet V8 1m 04.435s
14 Shayne Windelburn (F5000) 5-litre Lola T400 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 1m 04.594s
15 Alan Dunkley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8 1m 04.893s
16 David Abbott (F5000) 5-litre Lola T430 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8 1m 04.968s
17 Chris Lambden (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [004] - Chevrolet V8 1m 05.318s
18 Alastair Russell * (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [002] - Chevrolet V8 1m 05.457s
19 Harindra de Silva (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [007] - Chevrolet V8 1m 05.502s
20 Aaron Burson (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [008] - Chevrolet V8 1m 05.703s
21 David Arrowsmith (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70B [02] - Ford V8 1m 05.990s
22 Scott Drnek (F5000) 5-litre Lola T400 [HU5] - Chevrolet V8 1m 06.403s
23 Peter Burson (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [003] - Chevrolet V8 1m 06.556s
24 David Banks (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ["007"] - Chevrolet V8 1m 06.950s
25 Timothy Rush (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M22 [M22-3-72] - Chevrolet V8 1m 08.577s
26 John Bryant (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8 1m 09.686s
27 Seb Coppola (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU29] - Chevrolet V8 1m 10.230s
28 Eric Haga (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8 1m 11.633s
29 Warwick Mortimer (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5 [002] - Chevrolet V8 1m 12.948s
30 Judy Lyons (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [T330 HU12-3] - Chevrolet V8 1m 31.248s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lola T400 [HU7] (Michael Lyons): See full history: Lola T400 HU7.
  2. McRae GM1 [009] (Steve Ross): Built for 1973 season. Quicksilver Racing (Rockville, MD) for Jim and Chuck Sarich: raced in US 1973 (debut Watkins Glen R5 17 Jun 1973), US 1974 (1 race: Laguna Seca); advertised Autoweek 26 Apr 1975 - Ted Wenz and Peter Marcovicci (of Marcovicci-Wenz Engineering) 1986: raced by Wenz in US vintage racing 1986-1998 - Stan Redmond (Christchurch, New Zealand) 2003. Retained 2004 and used in the F5000 Tasman Revival series in 2004 and 2006. To Alistair Hey (Christchurch) 2007, and used by Chris Hyde to win the 2007/08 F5000 Tasman Revival Series. To Steve Ross (Dunedin) 2009, who continued to run it in the F5000 Tasman Revival series (#5 orange).
  3. Lola T430 [HU1] (Ken Smith): VDS for Teddy Pilette US 1976 (6 races; best result 3rd at R3 Mosport Park 20 Jun); used as spare car to Brown's HU2 in Australian Internationals 1977 - Alan Hamilton (Australia): used as spare car; maybe Jon Davison's car Australian Gold Star 1977 (R1 Surfers Paradise 28 Aug 1977 only). Built up after Hamilton's crash at the 1978 Australian GP and raced by Alfredo Costanzo: Australian Gold Star 1978; Australian Internationals 1979 (won at Sandown Park and Adelaide); Australian Gold Star 1979 (won at Sandown 9 Sep); Australian Gold Star 1980 (won at Sandown 14 Sep and Winton 26 Oct); Australian GP 1980 (4th) - Bob Minogue: Australian Gold Star 1981, Arco Graphic 1981/82. Minogue still holds several lap records in Australia, including the Sandown International circuit record for F5000, set on 2 Mar 1986 and the Historic F5000 record at Winton on 30 May 1993. Subsequently sold to Gavin Bain, then to Graham Cameron, who raced it at Historic Sandown in 2000. To David Abbott (Christchurch, NZ) by 2002, and raced in the F5000 Tasman Revival regularly from 2003 to 2008, when Abbott moved over to his newly rebuilt HU2. Then raced by Ken Smith in the series from 2008 to 2010.
  4. Lola T400 [HU12] (Mark Dwyer): See full history: Lola T400 HU12.
  5. Chevron B24 [24-73-02] (Gregory Thornton): New for 1973 season. Doug Shierson for Peter Gethin: raced in UK 1973 (won Race of Champions) and US 1973. To Roger Bighouse (Eastlake, OH): raced in US 1974 (7 races); US 1975 (4 races + 1 DNS) - Pat McGonegle (Cincinnati, OH): raced in US 1976 (1 race) and Can-Am 1977 (4 races + 1 DNS); probably the car entered by McGonegle as 'Mannix MX-2' in Can-Am 1978; advertised April 1979 - Danny Johnson (Kewanee, IL) 1979: raced in Can-Am 1979 (1 race), Can-Am 1981 (5 races), Can-Am 1982 (6 races) - Brian R Taylor (now Clive, Iowa) for Mike Engstrand (Des Moines, Iowa): raced in Can-Am 1985 (3 races) - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) - Anthony Taylor (Blackburn, UK) 2001: due to be rebuilt and raced in FORCE Historic F5000 series (UK) 2001. Then unknown until owned by Greg Thornton in 2011 and raced in UK and New Zealand 2011/12. Badly damaged in a fire at Thornton's garage in June 2012 but completely reconstructed.
  6. March "72A" (John Mackinlay): Bought as "a basic unrestored tub and some running gear" from Kenny Smith (NZ) by John Mackinlay (Auckland, New Zealand) in 2001. Restored by Bob Needham into the spec of Cannon's 1972 March 72A-Oldsmobile. It was fitted with a 4.4-litre Aluminium Oldsmobile V8 and 721 bodywork. The car was entered by Mackinlay in the 2005/06 New Zealand F5000 Revival Series, starting at Fielding 12-13 Nov 2005, but first raced in the series at Sandown Park Nov 2006. Raced in selected rounds of the Tasman Cup Revival series in 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10 series, then missed 2010/11 and returned for the 2011/12 series. Taken to Shayne Windelburn in 2014, to fit a 1973-style March body with front-mounted radiator. When investigated in 2021, this car was found to be marked 'Marlo 801-1', indicating that it was the March-based Marlo Formula Pacific car raced by Kookie Ramirez in Malaysia in 1981. Its tub is numbered 'AM72/23', which is consistent with it being built from the ex-Chris Cramer March 723-12, which was reported to have been the basis of the Marlo. More information about March 723/72A 'AM72/23'
  7. Lola T400 [HU8] (Shayne Windelburn): New to McKechnie Racing Org and raced by Richard Scott and Bob Evans in UK series 1975. To Len Gibbs for Keith Holland UK 1976 and early 1977. To Gerry Amato, then Allan Kayes for Group 8 in 1977. Then unknown until 'found in a garage in Cambridge' by Mike Connor and raced in a libre race at Castle Combe in April 1980. This must be the car Peter Allnutt drove in a libre race at the same circuit in August 1980. Next seen with Mick Hill 1982, who converted it into a "BMW M1" with 7.4-litre Chevrolet V8 for "GT" racing: raced in Donington GT series 1983 (shared between Hill and Kevin Riley). Also raced in Thundersports, co-driven by Riley 1983 and 1984 … advertised by Straight Six (Tony Hildebrand) 1986 … David Sheppard: raced in Thundersports, co-driven by Gary Dobbin, 1989 … Ian Higgins (Boston, Lincolnshire) about 1990, and taken apart to recreate the Lola T400. To Shayne Windelburn (Auckland, New Zealand) around 1991. Raced by Windelburn in Australian and New Zealand historics from 2000 (or earlier), and raced regularly in the F5000 Tasman Revival from its start in November 2003, when he won the feature race at the opening round, to the 2017/18 season. More information about Lola T400 HU8
  8. Lola T332 [HU28] (Russell Greer): Graeme Lawrence (NZ) for Tasman 1974, New Zealand Gold Star 1974; Tasman 1975; Tasman 1976; Gold Star Oct/Nov 1976; Australian Internationals 1977 - Terry Hook (Aus) Australian Internationals 1978, Australian Internationals 1979; heavily crashed at a club event at Lakeside 21 Jun 1981. Rebuilt by March 1982 by Chas Talbot on a new tub. Sold to Bob Minogue and Pete Brennan in the mid-1980s who sold the rear end to Peter Bick to complete his ex-Davison HU34. The ex-Hook car was then built up with other parts and sold to Manuel Jimenez who in turn passed it to Murray Richards (Murrumbeena, Australia). To David Sharp (New Zealand) 1993. To Murray Sinclair (Hong Kong, and Christchurch, New Zealand) 2001, and raced in the F5000 Tasman Revival from 2003 to 2007. To Russell Greer (Blenheim, New Zealand) 2007, who continued to race it in the Revival series. More information about Lola T332 HU28
  9. Lola T430 [HU2] (David Abbott): VDS spare car US 1976 (raced by Peter Gethin: 3 races; Warwick Brown: 2 races); VDS for Warwick Brown Australian Internationals 1977 (won at Oran Park and Surfers Paradise, crashed in practice at Sandown Park, second at Adelaide) - Alan Hamilton (Australia): Australian Gold Star 1977 (debut R1 Surfers Paradise 28 Aug 1977); Australian Internationals 1978 (driven by Derek Bell at Oran Park); crashed at Australian GP 1978 and broken in half. All the surviving running gear from the wreck stayed with HU1 through various owners until reaching David Abbott in New Zealand in 2005. Over the next two years David, with Alan Hamilton's agreement, recreated this car and it first ran, with Hamilton driving, at Christchurch in October 2007. Raced by Abbott in the Formula 5000 Tasman Cup Revival at the Australian GP meeting 28 Mar 2009.
  10. McRae GM1 [008] (Aaron Burson): New to Cuddy Racing for Jon Woodner to race in the 1973 US series. Advertised in Autoweek 22 Dec 1973 by Carroll Smith, Bill Cuddy and Woodner. Subsequent history unknown but a tub with chassis plate 008 plus bodywork and wings acquired from Graham McRae by Dan Furey (Columbus, OH), built up and and raced by Furey in historics from 1994 to 1997. Sold in 2004 to Paul Hoey (Olympia, WA) who believed it may have been the Josef Scott car, not the Woodner car. Sold to Jay Esterer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) July 2008, and raced in F5000 Tasman Revival series in New Zealand in January 2009. Sold February 2009 to Peter Burson (Auckland, New Zealand), also the owner of 003, and raced regularly by Aaron Burson (Auckland, New Zealand) in the F5000 Tasman Revival series almost every season from 2009/10 to 2017/18. More information about McRae GM1-008
  11. Lotus 70B [02] (David Arrowsmith): Jefferson Racing Enterprises (from Lotus in kit form) for Bob West, one of a small number of African American drivers in road racing at that time: US 1972 (Boss Ford): R6 Road Atlanta 20 Aug 1972 (Q24) and R8 Riverside 24 Sep 1972 (Q19). Crashed on the second lap at Riverside, hitting Lunger's Lola and damaging the front left suspension and tub. Advertised by Roland Jefferson (Los Angeles, CA) Autoweek 28 Oct 1972: "damaged at Riverside". To Bruce Russell (Estacada, OR): racing history unknown except for an SCCA Regional at Riverside 26 May 1974. Advertised by Russell "70B - Boss 302" on 16 Oct 1976. Sold to Dave Edgar (Eugene, OR) late 1970s. To Dave Swigler (Panama City, FL) 1988: raced at the Walter Mitty event in April 1988 and then regularly to the end of the 1993 season after which it was unused for five seasons. Raced again by Swigler from 1999 up to Mitty 02 in July 2002. Retained by Swigler until sold, together with Swigler's Shadow and Surtees F1 cars, to Harin De Silva and sold on by him to David Arrowsmith (Christchurch, New Zealand) in July 2011. Raced in the 2011-12 Tasman Revival series in NZ and David is planning to compete again in the 2013-14 season.
  12. McRae GM1 [004] (Chris Lambden): Built for Evan Noyes as spare tub for 002, and stayed with 002 through its later US owners, until sold to Roger Williams (NZ) in 2005. Sold to Alistair Hey (NZ) in 2008 and eventually built up into a complete car for Hey by Motorsport Solutions (Christchurch, NZ). Sold to Chris Lambden (Melbourne, Australia) in 2011, and raced in the F5000 Tasman Revival from 2011 to 2013. Sold back to Hey in mid-2014 and raced by Michael Collins in New Zealand rounds of the Tasman Revival in 2017/18. More information about Leda LT27-004/McRae GM1-004
  13. McRae GM1 [003] (Peter Burson): Built for 1972 season as a Leda LT27 and entered by Leda Cars for Trevor Taylor in the UK series until Graham McRae bought the Leda Cars operation. Rebranded as a McRae GM1 (plated "LT27 GM3") and sold to Jock Russell (Midlothian, Scotland) July 1972. Raced by Russell in the 1972 UK series (also raced by Brett Lunger at two races). Raced again by Russell in the UK series in 1973. From Russell to Noel Butler (Birmingham), then to Roy Lane 2000, and restored in Lane's orange colours. To Peter and Aaron Burson (New Zealand) Oct 2006, and raced regularly by Peter in the F5000 Tasman Revival series from 2007/08 onwards. More information about Leda LT27-003/McRae GM1-003
  14. McLaren M22 [M22-3-72] (Timothy Rush): Bought by Tom Jones in the autumn of 1972 from Fred Opert as a kit, and built up by Jones and his father. Raced in the US series in 1973 and 1974. Sold to the father of Vic Todia (Parma Heights, OH) who raced in SCCA and 'Pro' events in 1976 and then SCCA events in 1977 and 1978. Acquired by Len Arnold (Greeley, Colorado) 1989, who restored the car and sold it to McLaren collector Harry Mathews in November 1990. Sold to Kiwi Tony Roberts (Auckland, New Zealand) to race in the 2007/08 F5000 Tasman Revival series. Sold to Tim Rush (Feilding, NZ), and raced in the 2009/10 Revival series. Later damaged at Hampton Downs in January 2015. More information about McLaren M22 M22-3-72
  15. Lola T140 [SL140/8] (John Bryant): New to Jerry Hansen for the 1968 US series, then to John Mahler (Bettendorf, IA) for the 1969 series. Subsequent history unknown but believed to be the car acquired by Wayne "Bing" Sherer (Buffalo, NY) in 1972 and raced in SCCA Nationals. To Phil "Butch" Hollenbeck for 1973, then to Art Cross (Auburn, NY) who ran it in to Florida for several years. Via Owen Starr, Lou Pavesi and Rick McLean to Mark Rincon (Redding, CA) and Hal Williams by 1994, for historic racing. Later sold to Richard Cross, then via Rincon to John Bryant (Adelaide, Australia) at the Monterey Historics in August 2007 and imported into Australia. Crashed at Philip Island March 2008, but rebuilt and raced in the 2011/12 Tasman Revival series. More information about Lola T140 SL140/8
  16. McRae GM1 [010] (Jay Esterer): See full history: McRae GM1/010.
  17. Lola T332 ['K3'] (Roger Williams): Originally a car built up by Ed O'Brien's team on a new tub prior to the Long Beach Grand Prix in September 1975, for Danny Ongais to race, replacing the kitted T400 he'd used earlier in the season. This Long Beach monocoque was acquired from Ed O'Brien by Shayne Windelburn (Auckland, New Zealand) in 2005, and was reskinned by Windelburn and built up as a complete car. Sold to Roger Williams (Auckland, NZ) in October 2007, and raced by Williams in the 2007/08 Tasman Revival series, the 2008 USA F5000 40th Anniversary Championship, the 2008/09 Tasman Revival and in the F5000 Tasman Revival support race at the Australian GP in March 2009. Raced by Williams in the series from 2009/10 to 2012/13. Sold to Stuart Lush (Auckland, NZ) in 2015. More information about Lola T332 'K3 - the Ongais car'
  18. Lola T190 [190/F1/8] (Eric Haga): New to Eric Haga (Seattle, WA) and raced in the US Pro series in 1970. To Don Baker (Long Beach, CA) for 1971 and used in local SCCA events. To Jim Gustafson (Costa Mesa, CA) for 1974 and again raced in West Coast SCCA events. To Richard Votava (Southern California) in 1975. The log book then identifies a Troy R. Milken (or Millen or Milleau) driving the car in a school on 21 Feb 1976. Then Votava in SCCA Regionals (mainly at RIR) in 1976 and 1977; then SCCA Nationals in 1978 and 1979. To Marshall R. Tarnow March 1980 - Alan Sevadjain (owned with Don Johnstone) and raced at Texas in 1981 - Larry C. Clain (Tulsa, OK) and raced at RIR and elsewhere 1982 - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) 1984 - Chip Boatright (Illinois) 2006. Sold back to original driver Eric Haga (Renton, WA) for historic racing. Appeared in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 Tasman Revival series, but wrecked at Teretonga Park in February 2013. Tony Garmey built a new monocoque for the car, but it was still incomplete when Haga died in November 2021. Ted Wenz bought the project from the estate in early 2022 as a retirement project and completed it. After testing, it was sold via Art Hebert at Motorsports Market to Paul Kuhl (San Diego, CA) in 2023.
  19. McRae GM1 [015] (Stuart Lush): Longer wheelbase car built for Graham McRae and raced in the 1973 British season. To Ian Ward Racing early 1974 and modified as "Ward KS1" but not raced in this form. It was then sold to Chris Featherstone and raced by him once at the end of 1974, then through the 1975 and 1976 seasons. After a single race at the start of 1977, the car was raced by Keith Holland in four races later in the year, and then by Featherstone in the Australian Rothmans series in February 1978. To Gary Dumbrell (Australia) 1978, then to Bob Tomlinson 1978, and then to Salt Walther 1979 for the 1979 Rothmans series, but it may be that Lee Seaton of Thomson Motor Auctions owned it though this period. Sold to Ray Gibbs (Australia) September 1979 and kept by him until sold to Stuart Lush (Auckland, New Zealand) 2000, and raced at Historic Sandown that year and in 2001. Lush raced it in the Tasman Cup Revival series from 2003 to 2015, during which time it was also raced by Chris Hyde in the 2009/10 season and by Greg Thornton in the 2012/13 season. Lush also raced the car in England during the Kiwis' visits to the UK in 2005 and 2008, and at Road America in 2014. Lush sold it to its former driver Garry Dumbrell in 2016, and after Dumbrell died in October 2021, it was sold to Peter Brennan (Melbourne, Australia) in December 2021. More information about McRae GM1-015
  20. Lola T332 [T330 HU12-3] (Judy Lyons): See full history: Lola T330 HU12.
  21. Surtees TS8 [007] (Harindra de Silva): New for Peter Revson at the 1971 Questor GP then for Alan Roillinson in UK series. To Alan Brodie 1972 and raced by Brodie and by Steve Thompson. To Servis Appliances Racing Team 1973 and raced by Ray Allan early in the season. Then possibly the Robin Darlington car in Sep 1973 Reappeared with Colin Andrews (Banbury, Oxfordshire) 1974, then to Steve Cuff (Frome, Somerset) 1975 for hillclimbs. To Alan Richards (Cheltenham) and used in sprints and occasional hill climbs in 1976 and 1977. Used in sprints and occasional hill climbs by Bob Clapham in 1978 and 1979. Then unknown until sold by Brian Redman to Dave Swigler (Panama City, FL) in 1986. Dave believes Brian got it from Richard Attwood about two years earlier. Retained until Swigler sold his collection to Harin De Silva (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) in 2009. Restored by Virtuoso Performance and first raced at Laguna Seca in August 2011. Also raced in New Zealand in the 2011/12 Tasman Revival series and at the Phillip Island Classic in March 2013.
  22. Lola T400 [HU5] (Scott Drnek): New to Richard Oaten Racing for Ian Ashley to race in the 1975 UK F5000 series, but abandoned as uncompetitive and replaced by an older T330. Later crashed in testing. At the end of 1975, the car was returned to Lola to be updated to the VDS team's latest specification and then sold to Allen Karlberg (Seattle, WA), who won two SCCA Nationals with it in 1977. Next seen when advertised by Jack Smiley (Dallas, TX) in 1989, then reappeared In the early 1990s with historic racer Reg Howell (Corona Del Mar, CA). Probably the car of Juan Gonzales (Dallas, TX) in the mid 1990s, then sold to Hamish Somerville (Canada) in 2008. Taken to New Zealand in 2011, where it was sold to Kenny Smith. To Lance Robinson (Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire) 2012. Sold via Race Car Warehouse (Hickstead, West Sussex) to Marc Rauchfuss (Prescott, AZ) in October 2019.
  23. Lola T330 [HU6] (Brett Willis): New to Australian Colin Hyams who raced it in the UK series in early 1973. To Trevor Twaites June 1973, and raced by him in the UK series in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Later to John Jordan (UK), who entered it for Tom Belso in 1977, and raced it himself in libre in 1978. Entered by Jordan for Dave Williams in libre racing 1983, and then for Tony Trimmer in the BRSCC Libre Championship from 1984 to 1989, winning the championship in 1986 and finishing second in 1987 and in 1988. At some point between 1985 and 1988, the T330 was dismantled and parts used by Dave Finnigan (Biggleswade, UK) to construct T332 "HU42" for Jordan's team. The original HU6 chassis remained with Finnigan until early 2000 when sold to Richard Lines (UK), then to Kevan McLurg (UK) 2005 and built into a complete car by McLurg and then by John Crawford's Motorsport Solutions NZ Ltd by July 2009. Owned by this time by Lindsay Willis of Wilco Racing (Rotorua, NZ), and raced by his son Brett Willis (Rotorua, NZ) in the F5000 Tasman Revival series every season from 2010/11 to 2017/18. More information about Lola T330 HU6
  24. March 73A [1] (Clark Proctor): Built for 1973 season (white). John Gunn: raced in US 1973, US 1974 (last race September 1974) - Les Hudelson mid-1974: raced by John Cannon US for the two Californian races in October 1974. Car then "put away"; retained by Hudelson in storage for nearly 20 years - Greg Wold (Maple Grove, MN) about 1993: restored to 1973 specification over next six years; raced in the SVRA series 2002. To Nick Smith (San Diego, CA) Feb 2007. To Roger Williams (New Zealand) Jan 2010. To Clark Proctor (Auckland, New Zealand) later in 2010 and raced in the Tasman Revival series in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
  25. McRae GM1 [002] (Alastair Russell): Built as Leda LT27-002 for the 1972 season. To Evan Noyes (Cedarville, MI) and raced in UK and US series in 1972, then Tasman 1973, then US series 1973. Via Roy Campbell, "Race Car Drivers Institute" and a bankrupcy auction to Jim Sechser (St Louis Park, MN) by 1975, and used in SCCA racing and a single Pro race in 1976 and 1977. Crashed heavily in 1977, but rebuilt and raced again in 1979. To Fred Schilpin (St Cloud, MN) 1979 or later, and used in minor racing; then retained until 1996. To Roger Williams (Auckland, New Zealand) 1996. Raced by Williams in Australian historic racing from 2001 onwards, and in the F5000 Tasman Revival series from 2003 to 2006. To Alastair Russell (Auckland, New Zealand) and raced in Tasman Revival series from 2006 onwards. More information about Leda LT27-002/McRae GM1-002

Sources

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Individual sources for this event

Main details from email from Ross MacKay of FAST COMPANY of behalf of the New Zealand Formula 5000 Association, dated Sunday, 29 January 2012 6:53 pm. Additional data from https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/743138