Two of New Zealand's greatest motorsport identities are being celebrated in Dunedin.
Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme dominated the Canadian-American Challenge championship for Group 7 sports cars in the late 1960s. McLaren won the championship in 1967 and 1969 and Hulme in 1968 and 1970, in cars designed and built by McLaren.
Their dominance in the Can-Am series led to other drivers calling them "The Bruce and Denny Show".
Auckland pop artist Billy Apple yesterday opened "The Bruce and Denny Show" at the Brett McDowell Gallery.
"They're people from here who won international respect and interest. They're two New Zealand icons, but no-one really knows about them here," Apple said yesterday.
"It is as good a subject matter as anything. It's been 40 years since this happened. It's a portrait of two people and a landscape."
The exhibition features screen-prints on paper of McLaren's 1967 win, Hulme's 1968 win and images of the Can-Am tracks in the six-race series, accompanied by rare film footage of the 1967 race at Mosport Park, Ontario, when Hulme finished first and McLaren second.
Apple (75), a motorsport enthusiast, owns several racing cars and bikes.
