Doug Sunderland. 85 yrs old and still long distance cruising on his bike. Doug's a legend in OZ.
From the website : calvary of one'

I met Doug Sunderland early in 2010. He'd been riding for a couple of hours and was shivering as he arrived at our meeting. I brewed Doug a cuppa, grabbed him a biscuit and (as he spilt most of the tea over his boots) we spoke of his life. I've never met anyone as interesting or inspiring. Doug had recently turned 85 and told me of his celebratory ride (unassisted) around the coast of Australia! I was amazed. After 71 years of riding he reassured me he knew what he was doing and that often during the ride he spent the night in a swag next to his bike. "That's all I needed" he said. In the course of our conversation I got to know Doug pretty well. He's a crotchety old bastard (surely that's his right) but he's also very generous. Doug lives in a house that sleeps more than a dozen and operates a swinging door policy for riders who find themselves in the neighborhood. He's often asked to speak at Service clubs and events. In his words, "They seem to want to hear what I have to say." No bloody wonder, Doug.
In the late 90's Doug lost his wife and was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Again in Doug's words, he "went down and nutty for 15 months" until his doctor said “get on your bike and ride before it's your turn!" 12 years, 19 countries and thousands of kms later Doug's health is sadly failing. However, he is resolute in undertaking one last adventure...to reverse his trip of 2009 and ride anti-clockwise around Australia.
Through Cavalry of One I am intent on doing what I can to help him achieve his goal. Every T-Shirt sold through this site will aid Doug in his adventure and connect those around Australia to this inspirational man. Kris Growcott (Creator of Cavalry of One)


Kenny Smith; Still racing at 69. I first met kenny at my home track of Ruapuna in Christchurch, a diminutive quietly spoken man, He at that time was driving a Lola T332 Formula 5000 car.


KENNY SMITH: "For coming up 70, I'm fit. I've got arthritis in fingers and joints but I'm active all the time and I'm race fit."

Kenny Smith has long been a big noise in New Zealand racing, but out of the cockpit it's striking how little and how quietly spoken is this engaging man.
Aged 69, the Manurewa driver could easily be the great-grandfather of most of the teens on the grid for the New Zealand Grand Prix (NZGP) this weekend at Manfeild.
He's had 53 uninterrupted years of motorsport after starting as a teen himself, driving an Austin Ulster in the 1950s.
With a smile as broad as the wings on his green Tatuus Toyota FT40, he happily chats away, even with testing just minutes from starting.
"These cars are very hard to drive," he admits. "They bounce you all over the road."
That's where he sees the kids having an advantage over Ken Smith, MBE, who had a triple bypass heart operation in 1987, and has had half a dozen stents inserted.
So does he have a chance of winning his fourth Grand Prix?
"Probably not, at the end of the day," he chuckles.
The NZGP will be his only start of the series, but it will be his 48th start in the country's most prestigious race.
So there must be an incentive to make it 50?
He laughs that he might make it to 60. By then he'll be aged 81.
"For coming up 70, I'm fit. I've got arthritis in fingers and joints but I'm active all the time and I'm race fit."
Once he leaves pit lane, he said the adrenalin kicks in and his age becomes irrelevant.
Last week he was driving his Formula 5000 car at the Lady Wigram Trophy race in Christchurch. And in March he'll be back in the F5000 at the Australian Grand Prix meeting in Melbourne.
He reckons he wins a NZGP every 14 years, so he figured his next one isn't due until 2014.
The veteran won his first Grand Prix in 1976, in a Lola T332 at Pukekohe. The next was in a Formula Atlantic Swift-Cosworth in 1990 at Pukekohe and his third was in a Van Diemen at Teretonga in 2004 at the age of 63.
He's one of only three drivers to win the NZGP three times, and three times he has won the Dan Higgins Memorial Trophy race at Manfeild.
Smith finds 35 laps for a grand prix to be "quite short". He hankers for the old days when they were 60 laps (100 miles).
But that would require race refuelling, bigger teams, more expense.
As for Manfeild, he loves the track. A straight there is named in his honour.
"I've been here since day one," he said.
He has been a foster father to many a young driver, notably Scott Dixon and the Hartley brothers. Just last week at Hampton Downs after shakedown testing for the NZGP, as Smith headed off to Christchurch he generously offered his Toyota to Earl Bamber for the weekend's racing at the South Auckland circuit.





A