Aside from the spectacular environment it’s built around and the atmosphere abuzz within it, the beauty of the Leadfoot Festival lies with the machinery. I’ve been to a lot of car shows and motorsport events during my lifetime thus far, but when you’re talking sheer diversity, nothing has come close to the event created by [...]
Any day I get to pack up my gear and go Speedhunting is a good day, but ever since this time last year I’ve been counting down the days to the next Leadfoot Festival. The weekend just passed, edition 2013 went down in style on Rod Millen’s 1-mile long driveway. Although he made a name [...]
Picking my defining moment of 2012 is easy. As a long time Speedhunters reader, getting the call up to join the team as New Zealand Editor is something I’m not ever likely to forget. Although I’ve only been contributing for nine months, in that short amount of time so many doors have been opened for [...]
I hope you guys enjoyed our coverage of the inaugural Leadfoot Festival from New Zealand. With such an awe-inspiring array of vehicles, great people, perfect weather and the stunning backdrop of the Leadfoot Ranch, it was three days of Speedhunting I definitely won’t be forgetting in a hurry! To finish things off a selection of [...]
After three days Speedhunting at the Leadfoot Festival I can honestly say that I’ve never witnessed a more diverse range of interesting vehicles in one place at one time. Even though I’ve never attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed (it’s on my bucket list though!), looking around the Leadfoot pits I began to understand why [...]
Having the idea to create an event along the lines of the UK’s famed Goodwood Festival of Speed is one thing, but seeing it through to completion is something else altogether. But that’s exactly what Rod Millen has achieved in his home country of New Zealand with the inaugural running of an annual event called [...]
