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Tasman Revival Series 2010
The Historic Racing Club Inc is proud to announce
NZ Festival Motor Racing featuring Bruce McLaren
TO BE HELD IN
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
JANUARY 2010
www.nzfmr.co.nz
In 1970 New Zealand’s Bruce McLaren died in an accident at Goodwood, UK, while testing his latest Can-Am sports racing car in preparation for the 1970 Can-Am series of races to be held in USA and Canada. Forty years later, to mark the significant contribution made by Bruce to international motor sport, the Tasman Revival Series 2010 will feature the NZ Festival Motor Racing ( www.nzfmr.co.nz ) featuring Bruce McLaren will be held over consecutive weekends.
First Event
The first event will be the’ Tasman Revival 2010 - Hampton Downs Classic’ to be held at the new 3.8 km international Hampton Downs Motorsport Park’s new track www.hamptondowns.com over the weekend Saturday 16th/Sunday 17th Jan 2010.
Hampton Downs circuit is located on State Highway One, 60 km south of central Auckland and 70 km north of Hamilton.
The Bruce McLaren Festival
Following the Hampton Downs Classic, the next two weekends will see the staging of the .NZ Festival Motor Racing The Festival will be a tribute to the late Bruce McLaren - see www.bruce-mclaren.com
Second Event
The first weekend of the NZ Festival Motor Racing will be run at the Hampton Downs track from Friday 22 Jan 2010 until Sunday 24 Jan 2010.
Third Event
The second weekend of the NZ Festival Motor Racing will be run at 2.8km track Pukekohe Park Raceway from Friday 29 Jan 2010 until Sunday 31 Jan 2010.
Bruce McLaren won the 1964 NZ International Grand Prix at Pukekohe driving a ‘works’ Cooper Climax racing car. The Pukekohe race track is located in the township of Pukekohe some 56 km south of central Auckland.
Fourth Event
The final event in the Tasman Revival 2010 series will be the ‘Tasman Revival 2010 - Taupo Classic’ to held at Taupo Motorsport Park over the weekend Saturday 6 Feb 2010/Sunday 7 Feb 2010.
We are expecting a large number of McLaren cars from overseas with a number of owners already confirming their attendance. After the successful Tasman Revival Series 2008 which featured the opening rounds of the International Formula Junior 50 th Anniversary Celebrations we also expect a large number of Formula Junior Cars to compete in the Tasman Revival Series 2010 as well.
With Formula 5000 going from strength to strength in New Zealand we will be guaranteed a large field of F5000 cars along with Historic Formula 1 cars from the same era in the Tasman Revival Series 2010.
Both of the Tasman Revival Series 2010 events will be promoted and run by the Historic Racing Club (HRC) Incorporated. The HRC has a long & proven reputation for running successful Historic, Classic and Marque Motorsport Events.
If you are interested in these events during the New Zealand summer while the Northern Hemisphere shivers please register your interest on our website www.grandprix.org.nz or email info@grandprix.org.nz
The Team
Tony Roberts - President Historic Racing Club Inc tony@grandprix.org.nz
Chris Watson - Chairman HRC Inc Events chris@grandprix.org.nz
Jim Barclay - Chairman Bruce McLaren Festival jimbarclay@xtra.co.nz
Sales/Marketing /Sponsorship
Matt Taylor matt@nzfmr.co.nz
Bill Ritchie - HRC Inc Operations Manager billritchie@xtra.co.nz
Bruce McLaren Trust
The Bruce McLaren Trust welcomes the invitation by the HRC Inc to be part of the Bruce McLaren Festival 2010. The Trust will be keen to see a large number of McLaren and other cars that Bruce was associated with come "home to New Zealand"
As guardians of New Zealand’s Motorsport History and Heritage, the aims and objectives of the Festival are very much in line with the Trust objectives to promote in perpetuity the memory of Bruce McLaren, and to own, restore, and display McLaren cars.
Linking past present and future is always a priority for the Trust and it is exciting for the Trust to be associated with the Festival.
This will be one of first major events to be held at the new Hampton Downs race track and complex. Bruce was associated with the build of Pukekohe back in 1963 – this is history repeating itself for the Trust to be involved with this new era. I urge you to visit www.hamptondowns.com to view what this large project will do for Motorsport in New Zealand.
For further information on the work of the Bruce McLaren Trust log on to our website www.bruce-mclaren.com.
I look forward to seeing you in New Zealand at the Tasman Revival Series 2010 Bruce McLaren Festival.
Jan McLaren
Trustee & CEO
Bruce McLaren Trust brucemclarentrust@clear.net.nz
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