Ahhh the old Benson & Hedges  500 on the water front epic

Remember when car races were lots of different makes and models. A 240 Volvo lifting up her skirt and running. Wonderful stuff!

I remember going to this with my Dad. I was 7 years old.we drove down from Palmerston north for it.
It made a huge impact on me.
Hearing those v8s reverberating between the buildings was amazing.

I was born in 86. I live in USA, never knew this existed. Today's racing groups should take notes.

"Bear in mind the turbos are not supposed to be as fast off the start..."
Isn't it amazing how they can just defy physics (or more impossibly, opinions in the 80s) like that!

I went to all these big races in wellington .best thing that ever happened for nz car racing

I wish the Wellington street race was brought back again

got to do a spin around the back of Tuakau one Friday afternoon in the Gold Commodore when I dropped off a couple of drums of fuel. Was being nosey, peaking inside, when a voice from behind asked if I wanted to go for a spin, up around the salesyards and back RIP Denny Hulme..

This is an awesome track.
Obviously not suited to life in 2024, but amazing still.
Thanks for uploading.

Amazing that Wellington had street racing. We came to NZ in 1996, and 97 might have been the last time it was run. I remember visiting the city when they were setting up the circuit and being amazed at just how tight some of the sections were.

First time ive seen the race ..
We had a weekend off from or formula ford championship in the south island so were hired for this race .  
. I was with the Ford Dealer Team working in a little escort rs1600i. . .. . We had 2 cars . . The Sierra and our Escort . .
I cant even remember it raining .
Our car hit somthing on the road and split the sump . . We jacked it up . changed it in about 10mins ish . . Went out again and hit somthing else . . Our fast work all in vain but thats motorsport . . .
. Poor Andy Rouse was just about in tears once he got back to the pits after his wheel left the car .
Thanks for sharing .

A 240 on the front row. Aahh.. Those were the times.

Thanks for posting this, dude.

Harvey's commodore retired with a broken oil cooler, strange that the same problem would happen at Bathurst to Brock/Moffat that same year. It let go where you see early on a couple of cars get very sideways. In this race the Volvo's power to weight ratio was superior to every other car, and Brock started the season with 370HP, by the time they got to Bathurst they would have 420HP

I recall the 88 driving down from Auckland and standing on top of the petrol pumps at a station on the quay.... to see over the fence and up the track.
Great.

I love these Wellington street races, I've been reading the book about the history of the event. Such an amazing era of motor racing and wonderful array of cars. Thanks so much for uploading this

I went to the 1994 one as a kid and Paul raddisich won I think I was the kid at the top of the Frank kitts park playground haha

Awesome thanks for posting (1986)

no this is the 1986 race.

Hope you can find the end of the race. Great stuff thanks.

Three hours of a neat GT race and '*poof*.
We don't get to see the finish.
Oh well, according to wikipedia it was Peter Brock/Allan Moffat.
Thanks for posting this video.
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