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The Orange Times

Bruce McLaren Trust February / March 2015, Issue #6

Bruce McLaren Retirement Village – Grand Opening As mentioned in our first issue, the trust is very proud to be associated with Ryman Healthcare’s newest Retirement Village located at 795 Chapel Road, Howick, East Auckland. Ryman is the country’s largest Aged Care operator presently with 30 Retirement Villages. Traditionally the villages are named after famous New Zealanders.

The ‘Grand Opening’ of the village was held on Friday 19th December, to which the Trustee’s were invited as special guests, along with other special guests, existing residents, prospective residents, construction staff, contractors and others.

There was certainly a McLaren motor racing flavour to the evening, with orange themed special invitations, white-overalled parking attendants waving chequered

flags and, parked under the village centre porte-cochere were the Trust’s McLaren

Service Station workshop vintage Austin 7 and a brand new McLaren 650S Spider!

Guests enjoyed a cocktail party and a selection of songs from Dame Malvina Major, along with speeches by Ryman Healthcare Managing Director Simon Challies, CFO Gordon MacLeod, and our own Jan McLaren, who had the honour of officially opening the new Bruce McLaren Retirement Village.

Jan’s was a particularly memorable speech and included her personal thoughts: “Bruce was well recognised internationally, and it is great to see a tribute to him in his home city. It’s nice to see his name remembered on something permanent outside of the community. We were very pleased to have been asked.’’

A commemorative plaque in the village centre was then unveiled by Jan, ably assisted by another very special guest, Greeta Hulme.

Trustees and partners were all invited, and Trustees present on the night included Paul Hunter, Duncan Fox, Max Colman and Jan McLaren. A further recognition of our heritage is in the naming of the various independent living apartment blocks in the village. Already completed already are the ‘Amon’ and ‘Hulme’ apartments, with ‘Monaco’ currently under construction and ‘Austin’ to follow.

The Trust and the McLaren family look forward to a long and rewarding association with Bruce McLaren Retirement Village.

Allan Horner

Jan & Max ‘fettle’ the Austin 7 prior to the opening Adelle Hulme, Greeta Hulme, Simon Challies, Jan McLaren, Paul Hunter

In this Issue… Bruce McLaren Retirement Village Opens P1 NZFMR Report P2 & 3 Trust Register Update P4 Years Gone By, Formula SAE P5 General News, Current Calendar P6 Bruce McLaren Trust

Paddock to Podium ‘The Mechanics View’

Soft cover 225 pages, by Max Rutherford

Published by Max Rutherford 2015

BMRV Plaque, unveiled by Jan McLaren, 19 December 2014

2015 NZFMR – Celebrating

Howden Ganley and Four Kiwis have achieved points in Formula 1 and this year’s NZFMR set out to honour – one of our almost unrecognised motorsport legends as most of his wonderful achievements were overseas. Howden drove for “Ken's mechanics were the best - better at what they did BRM, Williams, March and Maki as well as driving in than I ever was at what I did. Mechanics were the only endurance racing. He worked with Bruce McLaren in the true professionals in motor racing; they were artists at their early days. In partnership with , the Australian work”. Sir talking about the F1 driver, he formed TIGA cars. And in later years has been owned racing team in the late 1960’s after his very involved with the BRDC. The first weekend of the first World Championship win in 1969. Festival was the Champagne Launch of Howden’s excellent New Zealander Max Rutherford tells background stories book “The Road to Monaco”. It is a great read and the daily from F1 and other series in the 1960's with personal signing sessions, with renowned fellow drivers, proved insights to the great drivers and teams of the time: Jackie immensely popular and book sales were superb. Stewart, Jack , , , Frank

Gardner. Max worked on building and preparing cars for all those drivers and was close friend to others like Frank Williams and Bruce McLaren. Formula One was dangerous yet exciting as motor racing entered the modern age and 'Gentleman Drivers' gave way to professionalism.

We had great interest in this new book by Max at the recent NZFMR Ganley Festival, and sold many copies. It is still available from the Trust, at $39.95 plus p & p. An order form accompanies this issue, so get in quickly to ensure your copy. “It is a great read” (Ed).

Also available online at www.bruce-.com Vern Schuppan, Tim Schenken, and Howden at a signing session. Obscured: Teddy Pilette. Photo: Pat Stephens

Tim Schenken, Howden and Teddy Pilette Photo: Pat Stephens An enthusiastic crowd at the daily signing sessions 2 Bruce McLaren Trust

Max Rutherford also launched his new book “Paddock to Podium” and had signing sessions also in the Trust marquee. The Road to Monaco Another very interesting book and well worth a read. My Life in Motor Racing Hard cover 448 pages, by Howden Ganley You can order your copy of either book on line at: Published by Denley Publications 2015

www.bruce-mclaren.com, pop in to see us at the Trust office, or use the order form sent out with this issue of Orange

Times.

On display this year in our marquee were the University of Auckland, Engineering School’s F:SAE team, David Manton’s F3 Brabham BT21A to honour Sir , the Cooper T62 in which Bruce won the 1962 Kevin & Jackie (currently raced and owned by Dave Allison from the USA), and the first track-side appearance of the Trust’s “Workshop Austin 7” following on from its Auckland debut at the Bruce McLaren Retirement Village opening. Displays of Howden

Ganley associated vehicles were distributed throughout the Hampton Downs infield and from time to time his fabulous Lotus 11 was on display outside our marquee.

New Zealander Howden Ganley raced cars at the highest level internationally at the apex of motor racing’s most glamorous and dangerous era – the and 70s, when Formula 1 drivers enjoyed rock star status, while dicing in cars and on circuits that had virtually none of the safety features today’s drivers take for granted.

The catalogue of carnage from those free-wheeling years makes for grim reading at times, yet the drivers, designers, marshals and other circuit insiders had a free-spirited camaraderie and testosterone fuelled bravado that cannot be replicated in today’s super-hyped, made-for-media world.

The Road to Monaco is the story of one man’s journey from

The Dave Allison Cooper T62 Photo: David Rhodes dreamy-eyed kid to the race tracks of the world. Mick & Jody

The Formula 5000’s as expected were noisy and spectacular Launched at the NZFMR Ganley Festival, Howden’s new book ‘flew off the shelves’ and of course for those lucky enough to with an incredible array of approximately 50 F5000 cars be present at the festival, their copies were also personally taking part in the event. All of them, lined up behind the pit autographed by the man himself. garages for a photo shoot, was a most amazing sight. More about the F5000’s and the rest of the event in the next issue Howden’s book is a must for your motor sport library and of The Orange Times. available from the Trust at $99.95 plus p & p.

An order form accompanies this issue of Orange Times or order online at www.bruce-mclaren.com

Howden with his ex Formula 1 BRM about to do some demo laps. The car also raced with a large field of other F5000s. Photo: Pat Stephens

F5000 lineup David Rhodes & Jan McLaren 3 Bruce McLaren Trust

 Clarifying with Howden Ganley some of the ownership background with the F5000 M18 which began its racing

life under Barry Newman in UK and Europe with Howden One of a number of ways of obtaining reliable information about and others at the wheel – still owned by the person to the present (and sometimes past) ownership and/or the current whom Howden sold it in about 2001. whereabouts of specific McLaren cars up to 1980 and the M30 F1 (being our cut-off point) is from attendance at Historic race There were six McLaren M10 Formula 5000 (or Formula A) cars at meetings. Hampton Downs, all of them currently NZ based and each with their own unique early history. For example: Last year, for example, Trustees Duncan Fox and Jan McLaren were obliged to include in their luggage, a document prepared by  The M10A/B driven in the race events by owner, Grant myself covering questions about many of the US based McLaren Clearwater. The first owner of this car was Sir Nicholas race cars. Similarly, The Orange Times Editor was saddled with a Williamson (a colourful character, sometimes referred to similar document for UK based cars when he attended the as the “hillclimbing baronet”, who passed away at a Silverstone Classic last July. For that event alone, Allan identified tender 63 years in 2000). Sir Nick won the 1970 British 5 ownership updates. For this reason, I had eagerly looked Hillclimb Championship with the M10A. forward to being able to talk not only with current McLaren owners but also with past drivers and BMMR mechanics at the recent NZFMR at Hampton Downs. I was by no means disappointed – very delighted in fact (some great stories too). For instance:

 David Allison, from USA with the #47 Cooper T62 Climax which Bruce McLaren drove with so much success in early 1960’s , beginning with

winning the Nov 1962 Australian GP at Perth (at Commonwealth Games time).  The M10B owned and driven in the demonstration events by David Mitchell (enjoying his first drive of the car on Hampton Downs) also has a strong early history in hillclimb competition in Britain and Europe. Its first owner was David Good, another British Hillclimb Champion and many of you will know the often used photo of him taking delivery of the car from Bruce McLaren.

 On display, an M10B first raced in by Kipp

(his nickname instead of Gerhardus Stephanus)

Ackermann from 1971 to 1974 and which then sat unused for many years until a complete restoration and purchase  Kiwi, John Muller (he is well mentioned in Howden by the current owner, Daniel Jacobs, who had it shipped Ganley’s just released book), who worked on building to NZ in mid 2012. the McLaren M2 – BMMR’s first F1 car, let down only by the available engines. Space is out, so I’ll finish off with this question to test your  NZ’s and the M4 F2 car which he knowledge on the M10 cars: How many M10A’s were built by drove when in UK (before completing, at BMMR, the BMMR? No cheating! I’ll cover this, along with a little more on more familiar one which he brought to NZ and is now other McLaren cars from the NZFMR, in the next issue of The owned by Peter Herbert). Orange Times. Jens Fogelberg  Teddy Pilette and confirming some details on the twin- turbocharged (8.5 litre and 1200HP!) M8FP which he drove in the 1972-73 European Interserie. Tracking down the recent ownership change for the M18 F5000 car which he drove in 1972.

Teddy Pillette at speed in the M8 Turbo Photo: Ken Hyndman F5000’s, featuring M10’s, on parade NZFMR Hampton Downs

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‘Years Gone By’ February - March

Feb 6, 1960 - Bruce has his second F1 Grand Prix win.

The – and it’s a back to back win following on from the US Grand Prix at Sebring in December. More Photos from the 2015 NZFMR 1965 - Tasman Series Won by in a Lotus 32B- Climax. Bruce wins the Australian Grand Prix in his Cooper. Denny and Chris were still in Europe.

Feb 4, 1967 - , with , wins the Daytona 24 hours in a Ferrari 330 P4.

1969 - Tasman Series won by Chris Amon in a Ferrari 246T.

March 1997 - Launch of the Bruce McLaren Trust at ‘Wings and Wheels’, RNZAF Whenuapai, Auckland. Chris Amon takes the wheel of the McLaren M14 – his first F1 drive for many years. Stirling Moss also in attendance and driving at ‘Wings and Wheels’.

March 4, 1972 - Denny Hulme wins the at in the Yardley sponsored McLaren M19.

March 22, 1974 - dies in Formula One testing crash at Kyalami, South Africa.

Feb 1, 1987 - Denny Hulme, with wins the Nissan Mobil 500 at Pukekohe in a VK Commodore.

Photos: Courtesy of NZFMR website Success for UoA Formula SAE Team in In the end no penalties were added for lateness and the first run was taken as the fastest. With only 2.1 litres of fuel When I wrote in our last issue of The Orange times the used, we were the highest placed combustion engine team University of Auckland F:SAE team had passed for efficiency, coming second only to RMIT University’s scrutineering and were about to enter battle with Number Electric team.” 47.

January saw the Team display both the 2013 and 2014 cars I am delighted to report that the Team achieved its in the McLaren marquee at NZFMR. It was good to have rd highest ever placing with a 3 place podium win in the them actually inside our tent this year. Not being a full-sized F:SAE Australasia competition held at historic race car, their display attracted a lot of attention. in December. Fired with enthusiasm, we saw the Team again at Rod Those of you who receive the interesting and informative Millen’s wonderful Leadfoot Festival on the Coromandel F:SAE:47 newsletter will have read the excellent article Peninsula in February. They did very creditable times on the penned by Team member, Sophia Ritchie. In it she told circuitous and demanding Hillclimb, beating many formidable us of the trials and tribulations of even getting the car to historic performance cars from yesteryear. The F:SAE car Melbourne including making impromptu dimension does not carry a battery. We heard a rumour that, when the changes to their container with a hack saw after the third car got to the top of the hill, and stopped, as no service rejection on the tarmac from Air . vehicle was available, the unprepared students had to carry the heavy battery, in the midday heat, up the mountainous I suspect that this is a transport scenario not uncommon slope to the run-off in order to restart it. to some of you racers. If space permitted I would recount all of their exploits. But I will quote the following: All that aside, judging by the broad smiles, I think they’ve “We completed our first endurance in three years. Then got the racing bug! But that is what happens when you we completed a second endurance for the first time since hang around . (continued next page) the team’s inception in 2004. 5 Bruce McLaren Trust

If you would like to follow the exploits of this enthusiastic and innovative team of young men and women as they build their 2015 entry you might like to visit these two sites: www.fsae.co.nz www.facebook.com/UoAfsae Mark Donaldson

Current Calendar as at March 2015 ‘Happy Students’ with both Number 47’s Photo: Pat Stephens

*Designates probable Trust involvement

General News March 14th – 15th

New home for Ford’s ’66 LeMans Winner *VCC Roycroft Vintage Festival, Hampton Downs

The Ford GT40 MkII with which Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon March 12th -15th scored Ford's initial victory at in 1966 has been acquired F1 Grand Prix, Melbourne, AUS by RK Motors, Charlotte, North Carolina USA and will be given a full restoration in preparation for a coming-out party at Pebble April 3rd-6th (Easter) Beach in 2016, 50 years after it led Ford's controversial 1-2-3 finish in . Austin Healey Club NZ Rally, Nelson

th The car, chassis P/1046, also the first American car to prevail at May 18 -28th le Circuit de la , had passed through several different Indy 500, Indianapolis, USA owners' hands since it was retired from competition following the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours, and now will be lovingly returned to June 28th pristine condition by one of America's top restoration houses. Goodwood Festival of Speed, UK "We're thrilled to add this historic GT40 to the RK Motors stable th of rare collector cars," said company marketing director Jeff July 11/12 tbc Spiegel. "Given the international notoriety of this racecar, we *Kartsport Secondary school Champs, Dunedin feel it's important to share online updates throughout the course of the 20-month restoration, allowing a worldwide audience July 18-19th access to this process." CRC Speedshow, Auckland Access to these periodic video and photo updates of the th th restoration, can be found by clicking here Sept 11 - 13 *, UK – Bruce McLaren Tribute

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