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“Perhaps the most odd one was funding $2,000 yearly to the Waikato Museum. “While that’s not a lot now that was a lot back then and the last project you would expect a motorcycle club to fund.” Weeks said the unusual partnership blossomed when he became club president in the 1970s.
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The club’s contribution helped purchase artworks like New Zealand artist Robin White’s painting of Sam Hunt. He was the organiser of The Founders Theatre Circuit Charity Road Races or Grand Prix series that saw racers ride around the same circuit used by the V8s many years later.
Friday, 12 February 2021, 9:58 am
FEBRUARY 12, 2021: MotoFest 2021 is
coming up and legendary former Kiwi international Aaron
Slight is one man who simply can t wait for it to
begin.
It will no doubt be another classic weekend at
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, when the popular north
Waikato race track hosts the fourth annual Mike Pero
MotoFest on the weekend of March 6-7, world-renowned
Masterton personality Slight looking forward to having
another opportunity to ride the rare Proton KR3 bike during
the Legends Parade segment of the jam-packed
weekend.
The programme for MotoFest 2021 will feature
the second annual Motul NZ Classic Grand Prix, the Shoei