Legends: King Kenny Roberts
August 30, 2010 – 11:38 AM | No Comment

It’s 32 years since Kenny Leroy Roberts hit the world 500 championship, shaking it from its previous Euro-centric axis.
Roberts was 26 — a cocky, race-savvy, mentally tough twice AMA national champion from a dusty part …

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Torana SLR 5000 heralds new era in Touring Car Masters
August 30, 2010 – 12:02 PM | No Comment
Torana SLR 5000 heralds new era in Touring Car Masters

The Touring Car Masters presented by Autobarn is set to move into a new era with the highly anticipated 1974 Holden LH Torana SLR 5000 debut at Muscle Car Masters on 4-5 September.
An icon of …

Classic Ads: Wheel Appeal
August 26, 2010 – 7:32 AM | No Comment
Classic Ads: Wheel Appeal

Aunger Wheels where something of a must have for the more sporting driver in 1970s Australia.
Here we have a ‘young Johnny Goss’ finding himself in the disturbing situation of his pit crew not being particularly …

Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations
August 4, 2010 – 9:18 AM | No Comment
Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations

Dick Johnson Racing kicked off celebrations to mark its 30 year anniversary on Friday with a supporters lunch at the Norman Hotel in Brisbane.
Speaking to the 150 invited guests, founder Dick Johnson …

Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s
July 15, 2010 – 8:11 AM | No Comment
Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s

Some fabulous memories in this clip highlighting the winners of the “Great Race” from 1970 – 1979.
Here are the list of winners
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500:  Allan Moffat  – Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
1971 …

Champion crashes Brock’s Commodore at Goodwood Festival of Speed
July 4, 2010 – 2:24 PM | No Comment
Champion crashes Brock’s Commodore at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Spirit of Goodwood was really on display in the Cathedral Paddock today, where entrant Peter Champion has successfully fixed the Holden VH Commodore that he crashed yesterday. The car won Bathurst in …

Johnson’s ‘Greens-Tuf’ Mustang in Shannons MotorEx sale
June 18, 2010 – 1:32 PM | No Comment
Johnson’s ‘Greens-Tuf’ Mustang in Shannons MotorEx sale

A legend of Australian touring car racing, the ‘Greens-Tuf’ Ford Mustang GT of Dick Johnson, will go under the hammer at next month’s Meguiar’s MotorEx.
After a successful run in Europe with driver Klaus Ludwig, the …

Dick Johnson’s Ford Mustang
February 25, 2010 – 6:23 AM | One Comment
Dick Johnson’s Ford Mustang

In 1984 Dick Johnson was in a bit of trouble. The new Group A racing rules were coming the following year and Ford Australia was not at all interested in helping him racing their local …

Brock-buster Torana A9X stars at Top Gear Live
February 8, 2010 – 5:52 PM | No Comment
Brock-buster Torana A9X stars at Top Gear Live

The famous Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Torana A9X in which the late Peter Brock and Jim Richards delivered the most crushing of all Bathurst victories will be one of the stars of the 2010 Top …

FPV appoints Allan Moffat as brand Ambassador
February 2, 2010 – 4:02 PM | No Comment
FPV appoints Allan Moffat as brand Ambassador

Good to see a brand waking up to the value of its past…..
“Ford Performance Vehicles yesterday announced the appointment of racing legend Allan Moffat as its official Ambassador.
Moffat will represent FPV at major events and …

Bill Browns survives monumental crash: Bathurst 1971
January 4, 2010 – 8:57 PM | No Comment
Bill Browns survives monumental crash: Bathurst 1971

This is one of the biggest crashes ever seen at Bathurst. Certainly it was one of the most spectacular.
On lap 43 of the Great Race a tyre blew on Bill Brown’s Ford Falcon XY GTHO …

60 Minutes interview with Peter Brock 1986
December 30, 2009 – 5:32 PM | No Comment
60 Minutes interview with Peter Brock 1986

Its almost new year and therefore time to let the hair down a little, so here is a light hearted interview with Peter Brock from Channel 9’s 60 Minutes program.
Interviewer Ian Leslie pursues a serious …

Alfa’s century celebrated at Phillip Island Classic 2010
December 23, 2009 – 7:31 AM | No Comment
Alfa’s century celebrated at Phillip Island Classic 2010

The Centenary of Alfa Romeo will be celebrated con brio at the 21st Anniversary Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport from 19-21 March 2010, with more than 100 examples of the feisty Italian marque …

The Bowden’s Open Their Christmas Gift to You
December 16, 2009 – 8:01 AM | No Comment
The Bowden’s Open Their Christmas Gift to You

Bowden’s Own Premium Car Care is hosting the annual open day of their $25M car collection on Sunday March 7th 2010. The open day will be held at their head-quarters in Buderim QLD as a …

1977 Bathurst Falcons to fly again at 2010 Top Gear Live
December 9, 2009 – 8:18 AM | No Comment
1977 Bathurst Falcons to fly again at 2010 Top Gear Live

The greatest two-car trick in the history of Australian touring car racing is about to be repeated at the 2010 Top Gear Live Bathurst Legends presented by Shannons Insurance.
The two Moffat Ford Dealer Team Falcon …

BMW’s Tasmanian Devil
November 10, 2009 – 7:22 AM | One Comment
BMW’s Tasmanian Devil

When no less a man than Jean Alesi describes a car as the sweetest-handling machine he can think of, you sit up and take notice.  Here is a man whose Quixotic career was defined by …

Toyota motorsport photos 1970s
October 28, 2009 – 3:34 PM | No Comment
Toyota motorsport photos 1970s

Despite its beige image, Toyota has been involved in just about every conceivable category of motorsport on earth.
In these mainly Australian based photos there are some great reminders of Toyota’s diverse racing machinery.
There are classic …

Bathurst 1000 Hardie’s Heroes 1981
October 15, 2009 – 8:31 AM | No Comment
Bathurst 1000 Hardie’s Heroes 1981

I still have quite a serious hangover of Bathurst 1000 fever. I just love that race, it’s nothing short of grand opera.
One of the best things about the event is the qualifying format. These days …

Richards wins Bathurst in Biante Touring Car Masters
October 12, 2009 – 5:55 PM | No Comment
Richards wins Bathurst in Biante Touring Car Masters

Seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner ‘Gentleman’ Jim Richards has once again scored victory on Mt Panorama with a dominant performance in the Shannons Falcon Sprint for the sixth and penultimate round of the Biante Touring Car …

1979: Brock blitzes Bathurst
October 8, 2009 – 9:22 AM | 3 Comments
1979: Brock blitzes Bathurst

As aficionados of Australian touring car racing prepare for this weekend’s blue riband event, the Bathurst 1000 enduro at Mount Panorama, I am reminded of the great Peter Brock. It’s just over three years since …

70s and 80s Bathurst 1000 memories
October 1, 2009 – 12:05 AM | No Comment
70s and 80s Bathurst 1000 memories

Only 11 days until the Great Race.
Grab a beer (or rum) and a fag and re-live the glory.
Videos:
1. 1980s Bathurst 1000 winners
2. 1970s Bathurst 1000 winners
3. 70s and 80s Bathurst highlights

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