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A well-established fixture on the annual calendar each February, the Southern Festival of Speed covers four weekends on New Zealand\u2019s South Island, home to fabulous local machinery, some excellent restoration workshops and (usually) good summer weather.<\/p>\n

The SFoS starts at the Ruapuna circuit, near the very \u201cEnglish\u201d city of Christchurch, then moves to the circuits at Teretonga and Timaru before finishing on the dramatic street circuit in the \u201cEdinburgh of the South\u201d\u2014Dunedin. Most years, a hillclimb or two is included as well.<\/p>\n

A 37-race program at this year\u2019s Ruapuna event was split into a number of classes, including three each for single-seaters and saloons, a Sports & GT cars group and an astonishing variety of cars in the Vintage Car Club\u2019s race groups. The latter included some typical New Zealand-built front-engined single seaters from the 1950s and \u201960s, including the two Stanton specials (one\u2014the Cropduster\u2014with a Gypsy Moth aero-engine and open exhausts), the V-8 Daimler-powered Begg from 1967, a \u201cbreadvan\u201d shaped Ford Anglia and Grant Silvester\u2019s amazing 1938 Chevrolet coupe, which is still winning races today!<\/p>\n

The F5000 field was a bit smaller than hoped, with 11 cars, supplemented by a few others like Abba Kogan\u2019s superb Brabham BT36. Roger Williams, in his McRae, won each time out at Ruapuna chased by a gaggle of Lolas. In the smaller single-seaters a flock of Formula Fords did battle, but the Lotus 59\/69 of Grant Martin was the car to beat.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Mark Holman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fifteen V-8\u2013powered cars were in the Muscle Car class along with assorted Porsches, BMW M3s and other quick stuff. As well as Mustangs, the locals turned out with Ford Falcons and Holden Monaros (the Australian kind), Camaros and a Corvette. In the smaller classes, winners included a Chrysler Valiant Charger and a Holden Torana (Australian market models again).<\/p>\n

VRJ readers would be very welcome to \u201ccome on down\u201d next February, either as racers or spectators. You get a lot of excellent but \u201cfriendly\u201d racing in a short space of time and don\u2019t have to drive across a large continent to get from one event to the other! Log onto www.canterburycarclub.co.nz for more details.<\/p>\n

Submitted by Mark Holman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A well-established fixture on the annual calendar each February, the Southern Festival of Speed covers four weekends on New Zealand\u2019s South Island, home to fabulous local machinery, some excellent restoration workshops and (usually) good summer weather. The SFoS starts at the Ruapuna circuit, near the very \u201cEnglish\u201d city of Christchurch, then moves to the circuits at Teretonga and Timaru before finishing on the dramatic street circuit in the \u201cEdinburgh of the South\u201d\u2014Dunedin. 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