Category Archives: V8 Supercars

The Forgotten Bathurst Winner

With the V8 Supercar endurance races approaching, I thought I would step back and have a look at some of the little known history of Bathurst. A history that will always record that Peter Brock and Larry Perkins won the Bathurst 1000 three times in succession in 1982, 1983, and 1984. What is little known [...]

From The Vault: Last to First!

One more from the video collection, the last lap of the fabulous 1995 Tooheys 1000, on the first lap of which Larry Perkins collided with Craig Lowndes. The contact tore the tyre valve from the front left wheel of Perkins’ car, and after pitting for a new wheel and tyre and ending up more than [...]

Peter Brock – Has It Really Been Five Years?

It is really hard to imagine that it has been almost five years since we lost Peter Brock. The anniversary is only a matter of a little over a month away. Trawling through another section of my old video collection over the weekend, I found this interesting snippet of Brock being interviewed by Channel Seven’s [...]

Bathurst Coverage: Were Seven Right or Wrong?

There has been quite a lot of rumbling around the Twittersphere/Blogosphere since the conclusion of the Seven Network’s coverage of the annual Bathurst 1000 motor racing classic last weekend – in which they time-slipped their broadcast by almost 30 minutes by the end of the race. This disgusted many following the race on social networking [...]

Fabian Coulthard: Better Than Dreamworld

In a testament to the strength and safety of modern racing cars, Fabian Coulthard walked away from this accident at the start of today’s Bathurst 1000. Coulthard was heard to say later in the day that it was “better than any ride at Dreamworld”. I’m just glad he’s still with us, and can keep a [...]

Dale Wood: Bathurst Legend?

In the best Bathurst driving combination since David “Truckie” Parsons teamed up with David “Skippy” Parsons in 1999, if the #7 Jack Daniel’s Kelly Racing Commodore gets up in today’s Bathurst 1000, the name Dale Wood will go down in race history! In this screen capture from the Seven Network telecast, it should also be [...]

Bathurst: 20 Years of a Famous Victory

With Bathurst approaching this weekend, there has been much focus on the famous victory in the 1990 Tooheys 1000 by Win Percy and Allan Grice, driving for the then newly formed Holden Racing Team. The race holds a special place for a lot of people – particularly Holden fans – after a long drought of [...]

1990 ATCC: How Times Change

With the 2010 championship for V8 Supercars Australia nearing the endurance races, and the business end of the season, I thought it might be worth having a look at this summary of the 1990 championship – 20 years ago. Interesting to see old names like Colin Bond, the late Peter Brock, Dick Johnson, and Win [...]