The days of old when Men were Men

**jellywrestler** · 1st March 2010, 09:08

I dug this old sidecar piccie out for Scrivy of Darryl Dowman and John Thompson at manfeild in the early eighties. In behind is Howard Gregory and Tony Price on a TZ750.
Of interetes is the sidecars are on different sides.
Steve Roberts built a fairing for the Dowman Thompson outfit, can't lay my hands on it at the moment but the second piccie is an image of it on the cover of the 82 Cemetery Circuit program.
It was a radical shape for the time.
Anyone else out there got any piccies of it?

**avgas** · 1st March 2010, 09:52

That is cool. I was there then, but alas I had not learnt the ability to walk or talk yet.

**Kickaha** · 1st March 2010, 19:17

So tell me who these teams are and what circuit they are on then Spyda?

**98tls** · 1st March 2010, 19:46

**jellywrestler** · 1st March 2010, 19:56

1st piccie is Howard Gregory and Tony Price Windle yamaha TZ750

2nd piccie 88 Dick Leppard & Jim Goodin Self built gsx1100 97 Kevin Wendt & Charlie Dolph Mo-built gsx1100

3rd piccie Warwick Jamieson & either Neville Fisher or Fred Ubanowicz (spelling??) not sure of chassis

Circuit looks like Onekawa in Napier but I have known to be wrong

**BIG DOUG** · 1st March 2010, 20:36

Whatever happened to the gregory outfit after kim steedman sold it to mark dallas make a good classic sidecar that would

**sidecar bob** · 1st March 2010, 20:46

I have some of the engine parts from Kevin Wendt's #97 bike in my Katana 1100 road bike that i bought off him after he finished racing.
It ended up with a 1297cc Hilborn injected GSX1100 in it.

**Kickaha** · 1st March 2010, 21:14

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

but I have known to be wrong

You are

They were taken about 1981-82ish it was the first time I ever saw Sidecars in real life and decided one day I would race them

Any other guesses on the circuit? where I live should be enough of a clue

**jellywrestler** · 1st March 2010, 22:30

Originally Posted by Kickaha

You are

They were taken about 1981-82ish it was the first time I ever saw Sidecars in real life and decided one day I would race them

Any other guesses on the circuit? where I live should be enough of a clue

ok then I was incorrect, Sydneham.

**Kickaha** · 2nd March 2010, 07:18

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

ok then I was incorrect, Sydneham.

Spot on, only ran for one year I think, and I was out on the year as I found the program and it was January 19th 1985
The New Zealand GP was also run at this meeting

Entry List

#3 Howard Gregory/Tony Price Yamaha TZ750
#11 George White/Graeme Bellis Honda 650
#17 John Kock/Ross Newton Kawasaki 1000
#27 Warwick Jamieson/Fred Urbanowicz Miss Piggy
#31 Warwick Snow/Vince Stew (Steur?) Kawasaki 1100
#59 John Hecker/Gary Hecker Suzuki 750
#61 Mo Haley/Barbara Wood Suzuki 1100
#88 Dick Leppard/Jim Goodin Suzuki 1100
#93 Andy Kippen/Anne Kippen Kawasaki 1000
#97 Kevin Wendt/Charlie Dolpl Suzuki 1100

The George White outfit is still in Christchurch

**jellywrestler** · 2nd March 2010, 07:28

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

I have some of the engine parts from Kevin Wendt's #97 bike in my Katana 1100 road bike that i bought off him after he finished racing.
It ended up with a 1297cc Hilborn injected GSX1100 in it.

Word has it that he ran a 1327cc unit always remember the number as he lived at number 1327 as well???

**Kickaha** · 2nd March 2010, 07:45

The Sydenham track, although from what I remember it was changed on the day after rider complaints about bumps in a particular area

**sidecar bob** · 2nd March 2010, 07:52

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

Word has it that he ran a 1327cc unit always remember the number as he lived at number 1327 as well???

Yep, 1327 Papamoa beach. I remember the 1327 kit on a page of stuff he had for sale, but assumed it hadnt ended up in the sidecar because the limit is 1300 for sidecars. (waits for kick to accuse us of having a big bore kit in the 'busa)