hulme/conrod straight

[Morris 1100]

And the corner at the end of Mountain straight is "Quarry" and not "Griffins"

[fordo]

Originally posted by Armco Bender
Why not rename Pukekohe Denny Hulme Raceway?,after all he is a Kiwi,Bathurst wasn't a large part of his racing career.
But then even in NZ is achievements have largely gone unheralded.

Ha! P Pukekohe couldn't even do anything decent for Possum so why would they do anything for Denny Hulme. And look what they have let happen to the track - horses for gods sake. What good are they except for turning grass. If you soup them up to try to make them run faster you get fined for cheating. Waste of time.

[lyndy72]

Kiwi driver killed at Hockenhiem,would have been Berty Hawthorne or so my Kiwi friend tells me .

[Falcadore]

What has Poss got to do with Puke? I wasn't aware he'd competed much there.

And there was a monument to Poss put up at the Queenstown hillclimb which was much more approriate than anything Pukekohe could have done.

[alfasud]

Originally posted by Falcadore
What has Poss got to do with Puke?

He lived in Pukekohe (when not competing overseas), setup Possum Bourne Motorsport there.... quite a bit to do with Pukekohe really.

[Just Do It!]

Possum Bourne's home town is Pukekohe. It's still the home to his wife - Peg,and his children - Taylor, Spencer, and Jazlin, and to the businesses he had - Possum Bourne Performance Centre and Possum Bourne Motorsport.

He was born and raised there and that was the where he first started racing, initially with the Pukekohe (or perhaps it was Auckland) Car Club.

Possum's Prizegiving was held there, and he was buried nearby.

To say that Possum had nothing to do with Pukekohe township itself would be hugely insensitive to his memory and those who have survived him.

If I remember rightly, he did have an involvement with Pukekohe Park Raceway in his early motorsport days.

[Falcadore]

Fair point - I had thought you meant the circuit specifically.

[fordo]

He actually raced a Subaru Legacy that he prepared for sports sedans( basically just lowered) a couple of times back when Francevic ran Petch's BP Sierra and Freeth ran the Nissan?(I think it was the Nissan). It was at the xmas/new year meetings.
Murph was racing a single seater with sponsorship from a lottery thing at the time.
Possum was a life member of the Pukekohe Car Club and quite regularly was involved in club meetings in his early days with the RX3 that he bought off Rod Millen as well as special stages during the local club rally that were held at Pukekohe Raceway. The rally cars used to do a few laps in reverse direction. If i remember right the International did as well back when the Audis were out in NZ. I remember them growling there way around the track.
So yes Possum did have a lot to do with the track itself as well as growing up near, living in and setting up his business in Pukekohe.

[Crowey05]

Hey wasn't there an award named after him for Rookie of the Year for the Bathurst 1000 before the big seperation in 1997. If i'm right i think Craig Lowndes won it in 1994 and Steve Richards in 1995. Why don't they bring that back?

[Crowey05]

Denny Hulme that is

[thunder road]

Crowey05; hey!, that gets my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so how do we reserect that award???????????????

[Crowey05]

AVESCO probably wouldn't reserect it as the Bathurst 1000 is now minor compared to the series. Or so they reckon. What does the papers and the general public concerntrate on more Mr Cochrane? But we won't go into that.

The Championship has the Mike Kable award for rookie of the year but that is classed for both the V8 Supercar Championship and the Konica Championship which I personally believe is wrong but thats their decision not mine.

Personally it would be great to reserect the Denny Hulme Award for the Bathurst 1000. To see a great man honoured in that way would be excellent. As he was retired when he decided to make a comeback to race in the Bathurst 1000 and other touring car events in the 80's.

Also where abouts is this memoriam for Mike Burgmann? Is it somewhere near the Dunlop Bridge on the other side of the wall?

[Morris 1100]

There was a small plaque on the wall near the bridge for Mike Burgmann.

[Evomike]

Originally posted by jetsetter
I don't see why as a former World Champion that Danny Hulme's life was more important than Mike Burgman's, Tom Sulman's or any of the other drivers who have tragically lost their lives at Mt. Panorama. I think to single out Danny Hulme for that particular honour would be a slap in the face for the families of the other drivers.

I think it is a "slap in the face" to repeatdly use the wrong name. His name is Denny not Danny.

[adz_34]

yes there is a plaque on the wall still near the footbridge for mike burgmann. one up a forrests elbow for tom sulman and oddly enough i think there is still one half way up mountain straight for a council worker or something who died there.

[Morris 1100]

THe council worker was killed in 1987 (I think) when they were building the concrete walls around the track. Some equipment that was being used touched the overhead powerlines.

Why would the plaque for Tom Sulman be at the elbow? He died at the end of Con rod and not the start.

[lcfp2297]

Originally posted by Crowey05
What does the papers and the general public concerntrate on more Mr Cochrane? But we won't go into that.

Last year? The Eastern Creek finale