Photo: John Nicholson 1968 NZ Grand Prix

In 1968 Chris Amon won the New Zealand Grand Prix driving a 2.4L V6 Ferrari at Pukekohe Park Raceway.   It was the first round of the Tasman Championship and it was noted for a number of incidents including the retirement of Jim Clark's Lotus Ford V8 while leading and the serious accident in the final stages to World Champion Denny Hulme and Laurence Brownlie.   Amon finished well of Frank Gardner's impressive 2.5L Brabham Alfa V8, while no other cars completed the full distance.

Further back in the field was a Lotus27FM 1.5 litre car driven by John Barry Nicholson, finishing ninth.  Now this car is currently driven successfully in the UK by Will Schryver.  Tthe Historic Lotus magazine will like to find out more about this particular car’s history as it spent a great part of its life in NZ, predominantly used in club racing between 1968 and 1983.

Photo: 1995 at the PDL meeting at Ruapuna with David Young at he wheel.

Nicholson sold the car to Mrs Clare Mahon and it went on to change hands with Digby Ferguson Taylor, Allen Rhodes and Douglas Evans.  Andrew Cunningham then bought the car around 1983 and carried out a complete restoration.

Historic Lotus is keen to find out about what club races it entered in NZ, who was driving as well as race results.

Contact:

Peter Ross HLR Magazine Editor, 

The Birches, Cuckoo Mills, FALMOUTH,

Cornwall TR11 4HZ
01326-317789

peter@historiclotusregister.co.uk

www.historiclotusregister.co.uk