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Mar 23, 2023 · George Begg’s first race car design was a small, single-seater powered by a 650cc BSA motorcycle engine. Construction started in 1963 and, 18 months later, the Begg 650 was complete. George wasn’t particularly interested in driving, so he got a promising young local lad Barry Keen – now patron of the Southland Sports Car Club – to give it a go.
Mar 13, 2024 · George Begg raced motorcycles extensively, including in the famed Isle of Man (TT) Tourist Trophy races. It was in 1955 he set sail for Britain, alongside good friend Bob Cook. While travelling from Southampton to Liverpool (where he was set to disembark for the Isle of Man), Begg called into the AJS factory to collect his new pride and joy: an AJS 7R 350cc racer, for which he forked out £336 ...
Feb 15, 2020 · But instead it is a story about family. The man was George Begg, a South Otago-born lad who managed to engage and inspire, dream, imagine, engineer and create all from his workshop in a little Southland town, tucked away from city life. The 18 cars he built over a span of about 14 years were remarkable.
Jul 17, 2020 · George Begg was from a farming background, but decided working the land wasn’t really his thing. His talents lay more with machinery and making things work and so he decided to become an engineer. His early wheeled passion was for motorbikes, venturing around the South Island on a 1929 BSA 500 while the purchase of a 1938 Royal Enfield 500 saw him competing in hillclimbs and grasstrack racing.
In all, George Begg built 18 cars in Drummond, all of which were successful but particularly so in Formula 5000. One notable highlight was a car he created from spare parts salvaged from his days with McLaren – dubbed ‘the McBegg’ from its McLaren-Begg origins – which broke the New Zealand land speed record for cars with an aggregate of 284km/h.
Mar 9, 2020 · But instead it is a story about family. The man was George Begg, a South Otago-born lad who managed to engage and inspire, dream, imagine, engineer and create all from his workshop in a little Southland town, tucked away from city life. The 18 cars he built over a span of about 14 years were remarkable. They were raced on tracks around New ...
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Jul 7, 2014 · Motorcycle racer, car designer and a legendary figure in New Zealand motorsport, George Begg died in April, aged 77. He competed in Europe on two wheels in the mid-1950s but returned home following a fatal accident involving friend and travelling companion Bob Cook. In the early ’60s, Begg switched to cars, entering a BSA-powered single ...
