Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:15 am
Legendary
Kiwi racing driver & car builder Graham McRae delivering
his driving master class at Wigram in 1972 in his then new
Leda GM1 001.
The year 1972 will go
down in the annals of New Zealand’s motor racing history
as the year driver/engineer Graham McRae came of age – in
a car – the garish fluro pink Leda LT27/GM1 – of his own
design.
This weekend, at the 31st annual Skope Classic
historic motor racing meeting in Christchurch, the legacy of
this great Kiwi and the very same car will be brought back
to life in the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 7:15 pm
Copyright:
Geoff Ridder
Category young gun
Michael Collins (Leda GM1) made every move a winning one in
the feature Taupo Historic Grand Prix trophy race at the
second round of the 2020/21 SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000
Tasman Cup Revival motor racing series at the lakeside
central North Island city’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
today (Sunday Jan 24).
Behind the wheel of the
Alistair and Vicki Hey-owned ex Graham McRae/Dexter Dunlop
1972 Tasman Cup/US L&M series-winning Leda GM1, Collins,
25, set the fastest race lap - a 1:28. 532- on his way to
his second lights-to-flag victory at the fifth annual, this
Press Release – NZ Formula 5000 Assn
Defending series title-holder Michael Collins (Leda LT27/GM1) might have qualified on pole and gone on to lead the first SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race of the weekend at the second round at the big Taupo Historic GP meetingat Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park this afternoon from start to finish.
Current SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series title-holder Michael Collins (Leda GM1) led the first race of the weekend at Taupo today from start to finish. Photo credit: Fast Company/Geoff Ridder.
But with fellow category young Codie Banks (Lola T332) joining him on the front row of the grid for the first time after a stand-out performance in the category qualifying session earlier in the day, then stalking him relentlessly for the first half of the eight lap race Collins admitted afterwards that he had his work cut out to stay in front.
Press Release – NZ Formula 5000 Assn
In their heyday in the 1970s the 5.0 litre stock block V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars which contest New Zealand’s annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series were as quick as F1 cars.
So most in the large crowd expected to descend on Taupō’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park this weekend for the
Taupō Historic Grand Prix celebrating Ford meeting will know exactly what to expect, says NZ F5000 Association organising committee member Glenn Richards.
“Speed, colour, excitement and action…..plus – of course – that unforgettable ‘rolling thunder’ sound as 15 (at last count) of these incredible cars accelerate away from the rolling start and head off down the hill to the first corner en masse.
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 7:41 am
In their heyday in the 1970s the 5.0 litre stock block
V8-powered Formula 5000 single-seater racing cars which
contest New Zealand’s annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000
Tasman Cup Revival Series were as quick as F1 cars.
So
most in the large crowd expected to descend on Taupō’s
Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park this weekend for the
Taupō Historic Grand Prix celebrating Ford meeting
will know exactly what to expect, says NZ F5000 Association
organising committee member Glenn Richards.
“Speed,
colour, excitement and action…..plus – of course –
that unforgettable ‘rolling thunder’ sound as 15 (at
last count) of these incredible cars accelerate away from