Club obituary notice.

With great sadness Taranaki Car Club wishes to send condolences to families of Irwin Bracegirdle and John Pearson who passed away recently.

Irwin Bracegirdle, a life member of Taranaki Car Club recently passed away at the age of 98. He was a member from the early days of the club and held various positions. Irwin competed with BMC cars (Mini’s) and he also had a yellow Austin 1300 GT (Younger members may need to Google to see what that was). He and his wife Joyce were active members for many years and had an open home policy for all club members.

John Pearson was a member back in the 1960’s who passed away in Australia recently. He was a prime mover behind the Paritutu Street races of that era.