Poul raced in the NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship from 1974 – 1978. He also competed in the 1976 NZ Jetboat Championship and was second in the World Jetboat Championship Canada in 1977. His on-land competitions include the NZ Touring Car Championship in 1984 – winning Class C in 1985. In 1986 Poul started historic racing in the Lotus Cortina you see today. He has done historic F5000 racing from 1994 until 2015 winning the A Class Championship five times.

Poul Christie - 1969/70 McLaren M10B Formula 5000

Poul raced in the NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship from 1974 – 1978. He also competed in the 1976 NZ Jetboat Championship and was second in the World Jetboat Championship Canada in 1977. His on-land competitions include the NZ Touring Car Championship in 1984 – winning Class C in 1985. In 1986 Poul started historic racing in the Lotus Cortina you see today. He has done historic F5000 racing from 1994 until 2015 winning the A Class Championship five times.

1969/70 McLaren M10B Formula 5000:

In 1970 this McLaren was run by Sydney Taylor and driven by Peter Gethin to convincingly win the European Championship, with thirteen first places, three seconds and one fourth.
It was sold to Keith Holland in late 1970 and raced to eighth in the Australian GP. In 1971 it was campaigned in three Australian rounds of the Tasman Series. In 1972 the car returned to Europe and competed in eight rounds of the European Championship, ending the season in eighth. From 1974 to 2000 the McLaren had various owners before being purchased by Poul and restored to run in the 2014 Tasman Revival Series.
The McLaren runs a 5000cc Chevrolet Lucas mechanical injection 530hp motor. It has a Hewland DG300 gearbox and weighs only 549kg (without fuel and driver).