Greasy Track For Car Races

Underfoot or undertire conditions were slightly more damper than damp when the Nelson Car Club held the first of its two meetings over Christmas. Heavy rain the previous night and a very high tide inundated the track and, as can he seen from the pics on this page, time trials in the morning were held under atrocious conditions. The main event of the meeting, the New Zealand beach racing championship, was again won by Neil Stuart, of Christchurch, in his Stuart Special. He led all the way.

52a Somewhere in the middle of that lot is a racing car and a fairly wet driver

Spins on the track were quite commonplace

Bill Hodgson was lucky enough to be out of the rain but his wipers were thrashed

This bloke had a bow wave like a Dreadnought

The track improved for the afternoon's racing and was reasonably dry when Neil Stuart (extreme right) led E. J. Norriss, and Giff Tait round the eastern bend in the big race.

A natural water barrier kept the crowd well back

Victorious Neil Stuart

"Hey, lay off mate, you're heading for us"

Giff Tait came home second but with some expensive sounding noises under the hood

We're not sure if Halsey Logan is passing Neil Stuart in his wee Fiat, or vice versa

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The Nelson Photo News

No 39 : February 8, 1964

Greasy Track For Car Races