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was
an old Austin, and so began the career that tragically ended with
his death in 1970 while testing a Can Am race car. The company, Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd was formed in 1963 and the team made it's debut in formula 1 at Monaco in 1966. Now headed by Ron Dennis there are about 325 employees, some of whom are involved in in the F1 project. Bruce's personal acheivments on the track were Can Am |
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The McLaren
F1 team has 2 cars, driven by 1998 & 1999 World Champion Mika
Hakkinen
and the second car is driven by David Coulthard. Although it can't
be seen
in the above picture, every McLaren car has a Kiwi logo on it in
rememberance
of the companies founder.
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liked
to drive the McLaren cars built by his countryman. In fact he
drove them from 1967 until he retired from top line racing in 1974. Denny returned to New Zealand and drove in truck racing and in Australian touring cars until he died in the Tooheys 1000 mile race at at Bathurst in 1992. It wasn't an accident that caused his death, it |
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Here is an early picture of Denny Hulme in action in a Cooper-Climax
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received more than 12,000 votes in a poll conducted by 'Speedway Star' and 'Vintage Speedway' Mauger beat Denmark's Hans Neilsen and Oven Fundin of Sweden for the title. Ivan Mauger, was a name on the lips of every speedway fan in New Zealand and overseas in the mid 60s and 70s and was a professional rider. The days of the cinder track passed and in its place there was a new style of speedway where the top professionals were earning as much, if not more, than the best British football players like Bobby Charlton. It was the days of the 500 pound per |
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Today
there are those who claim that Mauger was - and still is -
the best there
has
ever been. Mauger, now 60 years old, dominated the sport, winning
1000 races
in 26
countries, three world long track champs, two world pairs champs and four
world
team champs, as well as six individual world titles.
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and his ability to set the car up properly
for any given condition is legendary. Together with Subaru he has won the
Australasian Rally Championship
several times and in the Rally of New Zealand, he has always been the first kiwi home, often beating some of the regulars on the world rally circuit. If you're wondering how Possum got his nick name, here is the story behind it: His mother bought him his first car, to drive |
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place
in the Italian Grand Prix and also scored a seventh place in that
year's Isle of Man TT 350ce event. The following year,
1962, saw Anderson being approached by the Japanese Suzuki factory, then planning a major assault on World Championship Grand Prix events. Anderson quickly learned to adapt his riding style to the technique needed for the smaller two-stroke machines and, on the tiny 125cc Suzuki, took sixth place in France and followed this up with a fifth place in Ulster and a fine |
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Although
four stroke World Superbike
racing was a new venture for Suzuki, the company did make a definite mark at World Formula One level with the GS750. The four stroke originally went to Britain from the States for a team run by Paul Dunstall but in 1981 GB took over the running of it. The same year, New Zealander Graeme Crosby clinched a double victory in the Fl and lOOOcc Classic races and also won the Ulster Grand Prix. Graeme Crosby's two World Formula One titles in 1980 and 1981 as well as outstanding performances at other circuits, kept Kiwis in the top spots of motorcycle racing. |
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