Press Release – New Zealand Formula 5000 Association
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 Series races by category young gun Michael Collins.
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