CRC Speedshow: a weekend built for speed and adrenalin

14 July, 2016

Year after year, the CRC Speedshow never fails to disappoint. It’s a motorsport enthusiast’s dream event in which they can get up close and personal with their favourite motorsport drivers and race cars. Based at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds, this year’s CRC Speedshow will be held on July 16–17 and will showcase what everyone loved last year, and more.

This year, alongside the Teng Tools Grand National Rod & Custom Show that we really enjoyed last year, there will be an area called ‘Memory Lane’, where HRC has teamed up with CRC Speedshow to showcase 20 unique race cars and bikes of yesteryear.

For the Japanese performance car enthusiasts, Auto Mania will be putting on a mega display, including 30 hand-picked performance machines, parts displays, and more, which will be in their very own hall. Also for the turbo-fuelled petrolheads out there, Ross Honor from Dobsons Dyno Tuning will be explaining the fundamentals of the dyno itself and dyno tuning, adding a technical element to the event you don’t want to miss.

For the hot rod and custom crowd, you’ll be pleased to know your favourite segment — the Teng Tools Grand National Rod & Custom Show — will be back with its 2016 edition, featuring a huge line-up of modified classics.

If you’re into getting a great deal, or having the chance to talk to trade experts face-to-face, you’ll be pleased to know that there will be more trade stands at the CRC Speedshow than ever before. Car wraps, car care, lubricants, memorabilia, motorsport art, insurance, brakes, gearboxes, wheels and tyres, automotive web design, vehicle grooming, tools, workshop equipment, GPS tracking, hydrographics, ECU tuning, go-fast speed parts, clothing, and much more!

There’s actually far too much for us to rave on about why you should head to the show this coming weekend. For more information, and to see what you can expect at this weekend’s show, head to the CRC Speedshow website here.

Janspeed recreates the Jaguar sports car

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Thankfully, a few of these cars made it to New Zealand, the odd one being imported from the UK over the years. However, the 1988 British Racing Green example owned by Bill Slater in Upper Hutt was originally sold as a standard car but converted using the full Janspeed kit by the first owner within a couple of years of buying it.
Bill has owned a few other Jaguars. In fact, after he sold his Jaguar XJ12 in 2018, he found himself pining for another and, when the XJ-S came up for sale, he could not resist it. Having just sold the V12, he was not expecting much from the six-cylinder car other than more reliability and it being cheaper to keep on the road. Naturally, he had heard of the influence Janspeed had on the marque, but it was not until he took the car for a test drive that he became aware of just how superior it was to the car he had just sold. The price of a second-hand Janspeed XJ-S and that of a standard 3.6 XJ-S is quite comparable, making the Janspeed version an incredible bargain, even more so in comparison with other performance classic cars — or even modern cars, for that matter — which cost far more bucks for the bang.

The writing on the wall

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Deven, a digital content producer in his 20s, says it was the rear-drive Nissan and Toyota drift cars that fired his imagination in his not-so-distant youth and soon had him wanting one of his own. However, like most of us, he had to start in something less glamorous – in his case, a 1997 Mitsubishi Galant. After that, he bought a four-litre V8 1991 Toyota Soarer, a big change from the Mitsubishi.
“It was my daily driver, and it wasn’t that bad to run back when petrol was affordable,” he says.
When he got fed up with filling it up, Deven bought a 1989 Ford Laser sedan, a 1.3-litre five-speed manual, to be his daily driver. It’s in very good condition, bought from a careful older driver, and he still runs it – although he will occasionally also drive the latest in a series of Nissan Laurel sedans. His current one, from 1993, has done the lowest number of kilometres yet, at 183,000. It has the single-cam version of the engine in his Skyline.
“I’ve had four different versions of that car. It was just a car I always liked. It’s really comfortable, quite luxurious. I bought it from a 90-year-old in Hamilton. It’s in mint condition, and everything is standard.”

CRC Speedshow: a weekend built for speed and adrenalin

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