Race Classes and Cars

1 'Group A and Historic Touring Car Challenge' - see the BMW M635CSi and BMW M3 cars of the era challenge other Touring cars of the 1970/80/90s era including Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth, Holden Commodore V8, Jaguar XJS, plus the smaller Toyota Corollas, Toyota Coronas and others.

Gary Johnstone 1986 Jaguar XJS V12 Group A (R) 5300cc

Gerry Hodges 1984 BMW 635CSi Group N

Kevin Underwood 1991 BMW E30 M3 - Photo by Groundsky

2 BMW E30 class - This will be a big grid of colourful 1980s BMW E30 Saloon cars racing hard for the flag. Right down through the large field there will be races within races and all drivers will be enjoying every moment of their racing in this close and competive class for BMW E30 Saloons.

Warwick Spedding 1988 BMW 318 - Photo by Groundsky

Marc Denton 1986 BMW 320i - Photo by Groundsky

3 BMW Open class - another full field of BMW Saloon cars this time comprising quite a different collection of cars ranging from the BMW 2002s of the 1970s through to more modern BMW cars. Expect plenty of close and spectacular racing within this class.

Mike Delmont 1975 BMW 2002 Turbo - Photo by Groundsky

Paul Mill 1999 BMW Z3 M Coupe - Photo by Groundsky

Warwick Mortimer 2000 BMW M3 GTR

4 Formula 5000 - This will be a very popular class at the BMW Motorsport Festival. There will be two races each day for these racing giants. One of these will be a 15 lap feature race on the Sunday of both weekends for the 'MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series.' These big, colourful and powerful single seater F5000 'stock-block' 5000cc V8 engined race cars will provide a great racing spectacle.

Aaron Burson NZ 1974 Talon MR1A F5000

Stuart Lush 1973 McRae GM1-015 F5000

Hamish Paterson 1975 Chevron B32-01 F5000

Peter Dunn, Monaco, 1973 March 73A-05 F5000

5 Pre 1978 Saloons & GTs. This race class will be divided into two separate classes - one for under 3000cc cars and one for over 3000cc cars. See below :-

- Under 3000cc cars - this class will see a combination of 1960s and 1970s under 3.0 litre Saloon & GT cars that are, in turn, compliant with appropriate Appendix K, Schedule K or very slightly modified Schedule T & C regulations. Always a popular class, expect to see some great racing from these Historic Saloons & GTs.

Bernie Hines 1966 Broadspeed Mini 1380cc

Rayden Smith 1968 Ford Escort Twin Cam - Photo by Groundsky

- Over 3000cc cars - this class will be for Pre '78 cars over 3000cc that comply with appropriate Appendix K, Schedule K or slightly modified Schedule T & C regulations. Within this class will be the very first outing for the new Historic Muscle Car group, plus other Invited cars. Expect plenty of variety and good racing from this class.

Craig Stacey 1971 AMC Javelin AMX - Photo by Groundsky

Dale Mathers 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Fastback - Photo by Groundsky

6 Pre '85 & Invited Open Saloons & GTs - this class will see racing from a wide variety of cars that are currently outside the Appendix K, Schedule K and Schedule T & C regs. Count on seeing some of the 'Allcomers' cars of the past racing with the best of Kiwi ingenuity in a class full of interesting cars.

7 Pre '78 & Invited Sports, Sports Racing & GT cars - Always an interesting class with a great range of cars, the 'Sports, Sports Racing and GT' class will provide more super racing. The big V8 cars find it difficult to keep some of the smaller and more nimble sports racing cars at bay, especially if the track gets damp.

8 Historic Formula Ford - a good sized field of historic 1970s and 1980s single seater cars will once again provide some very close racing. These popular 1600cc Ford engined cars are part of a rapidly growing class in New Zealand where drivers enjoy good close racing and great company.

Lindsay Porter 1984 Lola T664 HU05 1600cc Formula Ford

Michael Clarke Crossle - Photo by Groundsky

Tony Cross Lola T340 - Photo by Groundsky

Special Race For Invited BMW cars - on Sunday afternoon of both weekends there will be a special race for invited BMW cars.

First weekend only - 20- 22 January 2012

9. Formula Junior and Invited Cars - 1st weekend only - See the smaller up to 1100cc single seater front engined or rear engined FJ cars from the 1958-1963 FJ era racing with the later 1000cc rear-engined Formula 3 and other invited cars. Add in some sports racing cars for extra variety and there will be plenty of good racing to see.

Paul Halford 1959 Autosud FJ 0012 1100cc

Jim Barclay 1961 Gemini Mk3A-09 FJ 1060 cc

Bruce Munro 1965 Cooper T76 F3-20-65 1000cc

Second weekend only - 27-29 January 2012

9 Classic Trials - 2nd weekend only - known overseas as 'Regularity Trials', the 'Classic Trials' class make their first appearance at the Festival. This class provides opportunity for drivers of classic Sports, Saloon and GT cars to nominate a lap time and without onboard timing assistance, seek to drive each lap as closely as possible to their nominated time.

10 Super Historics - 2nd weekend only - This class will compromise single seater and sports racing cars from the 1970s to the 1990s. Often referred to as the 'wings and slicks' cars, there will be quite a range of fast cars including Formula Pacific cars from the 1970s and 1980s such as the Ralt RT4 and Swift DB4 1600cc, and 1990s Formula Holdens with the 3800cc V8 engines. Hopefully we will also have some Can-Am cars as well.

Registrations of Interest

Owners/drivers wishing to enter their cars in the Festival are first requested to register their interest by contacting :-

Jim Barclay, Festival Chairman, email - jim@nzfmr.co.nz

Information needed with a registration of interest, (with examples of information required), is as follows-
· Preferred Race number - 25
· Name of driver - Jim Barclay·

.Hometown - Auckland

.Year of car - 1961
· Type/mark/model of car – Gemini MK3A FJ
· Chassis number (if applicable) - 09
· cc rating of engine – 1040cc
· Colour of car - Red
· Photo of car – please email a photo of the car. For printing in the official programme, a photo with minimum of 300dpi is required. Email to :- jim@nzfmr.co.nz