Brabham Racing |
Rodin started Go karts when he was 8 years of age, and continued for some 14 years, “Starting go karts at 8 was hard, it took 2 years to get a 3rd in midgets, 1 year later, won the club champs, and never looked back” After countless club and South Island championships he progressed to a one make race series, The NISSAN GT’s “these cars were great, The front wheel drive 1600cc sedans taught me a great deal about race craft”. Rodin raced them for 3 years, missing the final championship win by one car {10 points} |
In 1993 Rodin was offered the full time drive of the Brabham by Owner Charlie Conway. |
Rodin’s First race ever in the Brabham. He qualified on pole, “I just felt very comfortable driving it, almost like I’ve done this before” |
The Nissan Mobil 500 race in Wellington city 3 months later, proved to be wet for most of the meeting. “I don't mind the wet, when you can see that is” |
Back to Back wins followed as the track dried out. Here is a good photo of the Brabham entering the main straight in Wellington. |
The Driver
|
Home |
The Driver |
Brabham History |
The Driver cont |
Dave Currie |
1967 Gold Star 2 |
1967 Gold Star 1 |
Lady Wigram |
PETER JACKSON INTERNARIONAL MOTOR RACING ***** AMENDED PROVISIONAL PRACTIVE TIMES ***** Practice 13: Historic single seaters Saturday, 23rd January 1993 ———————————————————————–———————————————————————————————————————————————— Place NO. Competitor Type Fastest Lap KPH ———————————————————————————————————–———————————————————————————————————— 1 112 Rodin Wootton Brabham F2 BT18 01:17.49 140.91 2 14 David Sharp Brabham BT29 1590 01:17.56 140.78 3 4 Paul Higgins Brabham BT6 1500 01:18.89 138.41 4 114 Stan Peterson Brabham BT18 01:19.10 138.04 5 31 Allan Cattle Lotus 31 1500 01:24.13 129.78 6 41 Roger Munns Lotus 20 1500 01:24.91 128.59 7 36 John Rapley Brabham BT 15 01:25.80 127.26 8 38 Peter Bruin Cooper Climax 145 01:26.43 126.33 9 99 Charles Conway Cooper F1 Lowline 01:31.14 119.80 10 21 Rob Williams Elva Racing 1100 01:32.75 117.72 |
NISSAN MOBIL 500 Wellington 1994 Historic Racing Cars Saturday Practice Scheduled Start 08:55 Saturday December 3rd 1994 Car Driver Entrant Vehicle Class Laps Fastest lap 1 12 Rodin Wootton Uniden (NZ) LTD Brabham BT18 3 4 1:46.5100 2 4 Paul Higgins P. Higgins Architects Brabham BT6 3 4 1:47.2100 3 35 Peter Avery Red Barn Film CO Brabham BT16 3 4 1:47.8200 4 25 Ken Williams K. Williams Gemini 3 4 1:48.4200 5 312 Allan Woolf Woolf Mufflers Brabham F.J 1 4 1:49.5200 6 60 Grant Clearwater J. Pimentel Capella II 3 4 1:54.9600 7 53 Russell Greer R Greer Electrical Stanton Corvette 2 4 1:54.9600 8 129 Rob Shend Columbus Car Clinic Crow Special MGV 2 4 1:56.1100 9 13 Graeme Hamilton Hamilton Motors LTD A.C.E MK3 3 3 1:56.9300 10 66 Marcus Bishop Endless Spirit Clothing Mallock U2 MK6 2 3 1:58.3700 |
Contact Us |
Tasman Revival |
Allan McCully |
Tasman Revival |