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THE ‘WAYNE AND MAYNE’ STORY

The twin black Mazda RX-2s of racing veterans Wayne Rogerson and Allan Mayne have been a familiar sight at larger Victorian historic meetings over the past decade. But this big story goes back to the RX-2’s release in Australia- and way further back…

Wayne and Allan met in 1962 as motorsports-mad young apprentices at MGH Motors (later McLeod Ford) in Rockdale, a spanner’s throw from the Sydney airport. Together they built and shared drives in an Anglia Sports Sedan at Oran Park, Warwick Farm and Bathurst.

Growing the Anglebox’s capacity to 1650cc, Wayne and Allan’s fertile young minds produced some clever handling tricks, too. Castrol R30 racing

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