Flashback 1977 Marlboro Series Cemetery Circuit

**eelracing** · 7th December 2014, 17:28

When smokers ruled and diesels puked their guts out.
Well the sidecars anyway...

**merv** · 7th December 2014, 17:36

Great days the Marlboro days and sidecars lived up to their billing huh! RIP Greg, you went well on the tandem twin.

**roogazza** · 7th December 2014, 19:02

Crosby : "now I can afford to go down south " classic !

He was happy but a few weren't huh ? 1977 !!!
thanks for posting.

**merv** · 7th December 2014, 19:18

I wasn't at Wanganui that year but saw the last races at Ruapuna instead when Jeff Sayle wrapped up the title. They were great days for racing in this country.

As for Croz I can't say I remembered he had a tooth missing then - funny things you see on the videos eh!

**GD66** · 7th December 2014, 20:26

"A sidecar's done it, for a start"....

GOLD !

Those "sweeping generalisations" go back years...

Can you imagine trying to get away with that these days...although, having learnt the NZCMRR are going back to thread the concrete canyon at Pukekohe again, maybe...?

**trustme** · 8th December 2014, 05:04

Last race of the day & Hansford was on fire. He rode the wheels off that 250, great to watch

**roogazza** · 8th December 2014, 05:44

Originally Posted by merv

As for Croz I can't say I remembered he had a tooth missing then - funny things you see on the videos eh!

Yeah his younger days,hard case . Really liked those BelRay leathers.

**scott411** · 8th December 2014, 06:59

interesting, rants about unsafe street circuits, organising clubs, and sidecars dropping oil, I thought those things only started with the internet and kiwibiker,

**sidecar bob** · 8th December 2014, 11:44

Originally Posted by scott411

interesting, rants about unsafe street circuits, organising clubs, and sidecars dropping oil, I thought those things only started with the internet and kiwibiker,

All this, and years before Choppa was even born.
I think the best line of the day (off camera) went to the munter that dropped the oil. He walked up to the guys cleaning up the mess & said "have you buggers seen a Triumph oil cap amongst this lot"