Race day arrived and thanks very much to Dave Bantoft, Bruce and Callan Thomas who arrived early to assist me with the main duties ( driving). Also thanks to all the other members who asisted with marshalling.
The drivers wait for the pits to clear before warm up.
The official took some time to clear the pit area.
But soon had completed the warm up, and the cars formed up on the grid.
The first few laps resulted in some close racing as the drivers gained a feel for the track conditions.
But Hulme's and McLaren's great local knowledge soon had them out in front, leaving the other cars to race among themselves.
The crowd appreciated the close racing and being able to see these cars first hand.
But it was not long before Hulme started to lap the rest of the field.
As he came up to lap the field under the dunlop bridge, Amon who was being lapped a second time missed his braking point and ran off the track into the barrier, damaging the nose cone of his car, but was able to continue but with the nose missing.
The photographer was just too slow to catch the action.
Hulme continued to steam roll through the field.
The Tyrell was having some problems over the hump on the main straight, lifting the nose on several occasions.
But suddenly it became completly airborn, crashing into Emersons Lotus, the Lotus continued unharmed BUT the Tyrell had to stop for the front axle to be realigned.
Meanwhile Hulme and the McLaren continued to outpace the field, resulting in a 4 lap winning margin.
Here are the top 3 cars returning to the pits.
The cars will now be loaded onto transporters for the overland trip to Warwick Farm for the South Pacific Grand Prix in two weeks time.
Lotus are still hopeful of getting the 56b cleared through customs for that event, but only time will tell.