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Kōrero: Motor sport

Mustang versus Mini, Levin, 1969

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Mustang versus Mini, Levin, 1969

Although apparently mismatched in engine size, this Ford Mustang, driven by a Mr Dawson, is hotly pursued by a Mini, driven by A. Hyslop, in a race at Levin in 1969. The wide range of vehicles competing alongside each other made saloon-car racing a popular and highly exciting spectator sport in this period.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, B. Davis Collection (PAColl-0328)

Reference: 35mm-00758-d-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jim Webber, Motor sport – Production- and saloon-car racing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39930/mustang-versus-mini-levin-1969 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jim Webber, i tāngia i te 29 November 2012, updated 1 April 2016.