Pukekohe mid 60s...

[Chooky]

Going through some old photos today... here's a couple from Puke..
Anybody own up to their numbers..?
Taken by an Auckland Star photographer on GP day..

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Look at the size of the crowd!!!

[kittytamer]

Great photo's. A bit before my time though. The crowds look massive!

[Motu]

Yep,big crowds at Puke in those days - where is that support now? Went as a kid from the mid '60's through the '70's in my 20's...now just a occasional visitor.The track was longer then too - after the pit straight there was a left turn then down to the elbow.

Stevenson's built the Pukekohe track in 1962,taking 7 days,working day and night.The first race was held less than a week after completion.Compare that to how long it took the make Hampton Downs.

[Biggles08]

Stevenson's built the Pukekohe track in 1962,taking 7 days,working day and night.The first race was held less than a week after completion.Compare that to how long it took the make Hampton Downs.

But HD is a massively different animal to Pukekohe.

Love to see some of those crowds back again!

[FJRider]

Look at the size of the crowd!!!

Bugger all on tv ... ??? (or bugger all tv ... period)

[CHOPPA]

I see Craig in there...

[Motu]

But HD is a massively different animal to Pukekohe.

But we are talking about 1962 - I don't see how HD could be so much harder with all technology available,the much more qualified engineers and the so better skilled workers.The boys at Stevies got off their fucking arse and got the job done.

[ttelp15]

# 3 Trevor Discombe
# 9 Cliff Kingston
#10 Geoff Perry
#77 Andy Martin
???????

[Kickaha]

The boys at Stevies got off their fucking arse and got the job done.

Lets see them do the same thing today with resource consents, Taniwha to pacify, OSH to deal with etc etc

[Quasievil]

I like the white coats......Marcus can we do that in your pits

[Grumph]

I'd date the start pic at least as late 60's At least one A1R Kawasaki there and a flock of Honda CB72/77's. Still a few 7R's too so I'd guess start of the Junior race.

[Dutchee]

Yep,big crowds at Puke in those days - where is that support now? Went as a kid from the mid '60's through the '70's in my 20's...now just a occasional visitor.The track was longer then too - after the pit straight there was a left turn then down to the elbow.

They still used that intermittently in the 80's. Now the kids go play there with their bikes & skateboards, and you can still see some of the track there.

[paturoa]

its easy to see still http://maps.google.co.nz/?ie=UTF8&ll....0053&t=h&z=18

Pity that that part of the track was abandoned as it gave a realy interesting left hander. (Wasn't there a building in a dnagerous place?)

[javawocky]

its easy to see still http://maps.google.co.nz/?ie=UTF8&ll....0053&t=h&z=18

Pity that that part of the track was abandoned as it gave a realy interesting left hander. (Wasn't there a building in a dnagerous place?)

Castrol must have been a death trap on the old circuit