Richard is 50 years old and has raced classic cars since the mid 1980s in several cars – a Mk2 Lotus Cortina ex Ronnie Moore, Escort Mk1 Mexico Group 4 and a Mk1 escort twin-cam Group 4. Richard is currently racing a Peugeot 205 GTi that he won the 2kCup in during the second season of the championship. He also went on to win the ERC (European Racing Classics) the following year. Richard is the older brother of Paul (Zakspeed) McCarthy.

Richard McCarthy - 1974 Lotus 7 S4

Richard is 50 years old and has raced classic cars since the mid 1980s in several cars – a Mk2 Lotus Cortina ex Ronnie Moore, Escort Mk1 Mexico Group 4 and a Mk1 escort twin-cam Group 4. Richard is currently racing a Peugeot 205 GTi that he won the 2kCup in during the second season of the championship. He also went on to win the ERC (European Racing Classics) the following year. Richard is the older brother of Paul (Zakspeed) McCarthy.

1974 Lotus 7 S4:

The car is a NZ Steel Brothers-built, 1650cc all-steel, dry-sumped holbay twin-cam, straight-cut 4speed, LSD, which has been owned by Richard’s dad since the 1980s. It holds the lap record at Bay Park for the up to 2-litre sports cars and it is the winner of the Hamilton street race for sports and GTs. After a major crash at Hampton Downs, this car was totally rebuilt from the chassis up by my brother and myself.