Garth has been involved in motorsport most of his adult life.This has predominantly been in the world of drag racing as a competitor, administrator and track owner. He has also participated in speedway events as a sponsor and car owner and has made several trips to compete at Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA.
In later life he has been involved in collecting classic cars which have mostly been those produced in various guises by the Ford Motor Company. This collecting includes an involvement with the Warbirds and Wheels collection of aircraft and cars located at the Wanaka Airport which also hosts the annual ‘Gathering of Geezers’ charity dinner that acknowledges New Zealand’s past motorsport champions and associated motorsport personalities.
Garth Hogan - 2006 Ford GT
Garth has been involved in motorsport most of his adult life.This has predominantly been in the world of drag racing as a competitor, administrator and track owner. He has also participated in speedway events as a sponsor and car owner and has made several trips to compete at Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA.
In later life he has been involved in collecting classic cars which have mostly been those produced in various guises by the Ford Motor Company. This collecting includes an involvement with the Warbirds and Wheels collection of aircraft and cars located at the Wanaka Airport which also hosts the annual ‘Gathering of Geezers’ charity dinner that acknowledges New Zealand’s past motorsport champions and associated motorsport personalities.
2006 Ford GT:
To celebrate 100 years of Ford, in 2005 the company produced a GT40 look-alike car, called the Ford GT. Production numbers were limited and in 2006 there was another batch of the cars produced with a total of 4200 cars made over the two-year period. The Ford GT is approximately 10% bigger than the original GT40 and where the 1966 Le Mans-winning car had a 485hp 427 cubic inch (7 litre) pushrod V8 running through a 4 speed gearbox, the 2005/2006 car has a supercharged 5.4 litre DOHC V8 producing 550hp and driving through a 6 speed gearbox. It can record a 0 to 100km time of 3.3 seconds.