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Alfa Romeo GTv6..... fantastic car.

Mike Raymond knew his racing and ALL the cars and drivers AND was up on the mechanical side... He loved Sprintcars so did Larry Perkins. These were the years where tail enders drove out dated XYGTHO,s and cars like Bob Janes Monaro,, the HDT repco holden torana,, Bob Janes car 76 Torana and Repco holden engines were $15,000. Ex John Goss Falcons.. etc.. Barry Sharp, and guys like Wilmington had cars that are worth $300,000+ today.

This was probably the only Indy 500 I will see in person. (I won the trip in a raffle. Whee!) The tension and excitement in the stands during the last few laps were palpable. Unfortunately for me, I was sitting at the exit of turn one and didn't witness the crash, but the volume of both cheers and groans around me was amazing when the news came over the PA.

Remember this well and I still maintain it would have been so much better if the coverage actually stuck with the race and not the other halves making a spectacle of themselves in the pits.

Best at turning only left.

The glory days! Fortunate to be there that day, and also at the initial Sandown opening, and subsequent meetings, including seeing Jim Clark's great wins in 1967 and 1968.

Great spectator track. Can see most of the track from the hill. Worked there for 8 months.

This was the race that resulted in the ‘war of the mums’, when first Dave Morgan’s mum wrote in to Autosport magazine to defend her son’s driving during the race, and then, in response, Mike Beuttler’s mum wrote in to complain about the implication that her son was “given” second place due to the last corner shunt. Mrs. Beuttler was rather less than impressed with the driving standards on display, calling out - “the boy Hunt [for] being extremely beastly to my son, who, as always, drove beautifully…” She then took game, set, and match with her last sentence: “As for Mr. Morgan, mere words fail me. A pity they didn’t fail his mum…” 😂 The stuff of legends right there!

This must be one of the last times the original Woodcote corner was used. Silverstone has changed so much since this event the early circuit is barely recognisable now. Great post....thanks.

Good to see the whole field get some time on camera.

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I remember being there as a 10 year old. These days were the best, full house flat out action. It was like being at a Rock concert jam packed it’s sad this has gone away. Thanks for the memories

It’s a shame it would cost so much to repair it. Unfortunately if oval racing is ever to return it would be cheaper to rebuild. Amazing place

I never knew the Sports Sedan races were so exciting.

Dave Morgan was banned for 1year for this incident. He later worked as an engineer for Eric Van Der Poele in the Modena Lambo F1 entry in 1991.

I don't know the rules. But Unser jr should not had been penalized for bringing his car towards Fittipaldi before the crash. They could had crashed both

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Wonderful stuff. Thanks for the upload.

😈 *promo sm*

This is what I grew up on at Wenatchee speed way years ago

First ever Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne Albert Park

I flew to Adelaide specifically for this car and it did not disappoint!

Awesome ! really enjoyed watching that !!!

We need Nascar to race on the Thunder dome again, SVG has ignited allot of Aussies interest in the sport since he went over to America. Super cars is starting to die out and this track is too good to let go to waste

SVG has ignited allot of interest of Aussies and Kiwi's in Nascar. We cannot let this track go to waste and bring back Nascar

Way cool! Good times 🏁

Awesome!!!!

Thank you for sharing all these GREAT races from the 80s! The quality is amazing compared to most of the U.S. GT stuff on here. Keep up the good work and thanks for taking the time to do this!!

The corolla the datsun awesome cars

I lived in a resort for half a year and a lot of the drivers stayed there and I remember they'd all let me sit in their cars. That place was HEAVEN.

This is how NASCAR should do it...These cars sound and look great!

no Brodie no SVG surely Cam Waters wins this year.

I think I was here this day

Thanks for sharing this video 👍

They look and sound great!

I'm impressed with how good they managed to make them sound 🥵

Car 281 is looking sharp, goes well and sounds great! 👌

Awesome.

Got any more footage of car #60 ?

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5:15 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

No footage of a green Daihatsu Sirion at all?

Damn I was missed 😭

5 is half of me, and 23 for another half..

3:00 oh hey it's me

Ciao. Happy ,2024 🍀🏁❤️

Good old days 👍

I was there!

Thanks for bringing this to us. Race days of the giants!

Safer Barriers, new seats, new ad-billboards and Indycar could finally return to Australia!