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I was there ,never forget it,real Bathurst befor all the concrete curbing, fencing and other new age, transgender ,anti spectacular ,woke PR speil and toss! 😅😢

Excuse my language but that thing is fu3k1n ridiculous!!

Old 32 being brough back to life slowly hey? :P

The Jaguar XJR-5 GTP Prototype of Bob Tullius, Brian Redman and Doc Brundy in those days was the sweetest sounding angry exhaust not of all time, IMHO... Very similar sound here...

1:14 sick.

COOL

This is hands down the most amazing motorsport video of all time. Anyone who knows a bit about racing can try to appreciate what's at stake in that lap. It's the absolute peak of raw power transferring to the tarmac, a very very fast and risky lap with a touring car in which just a small mistake lead to immediate death. Sliding everywhere, even with only two wheels on the track. Despite all that, Tom Walkinshaw does not even flinch inside the car. He takes corner after corner ferociously with not even an ounce of hesitation. You can feel the sheer power (461 hp), speed and the kinetic energy of the car which is so heavy (about 1400kg or 3000 pounds, this is 1985). The car reaches up to 290 km/h (180 mph) at the end of the long 2km Conrod Straight. Bathurst has lots of twists and turns and is a remarkably uneven circuit as far as elevation changes go. This proves especially tricky when driving a touring car that powerful that fast. Tom and his partner Win Percy won this race. Absolute MASTERPIECE.

I wish mine could do that

I was in Oz at the time and watched this race live on TV - those TWR Jags were absolute monsters, came 1st and 2nd, miles ahead of anyone else.

What a car. What a driver and what a sound!

This is real racing era, not what we have now.

BALLS

Thanks Jonny Lieberman.

I came here by recomendation of Jonny Lieberman. It didn't disappoint

Kerry packer had one if these era jags with 2 big turbos bolted on to the v12. Crazy

Boy couldn't even get 5 for that 😂😂

What is it?

Everyone on marketplace 😂

nOW you just need to get the UZZ32 working and you will do this in much shorter times

Coolest car ever on this glorious track.

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Mike Raymond is the best commentator this country has ever had. Far better than the hyperbole driven idiots we have now...of which Skaife is the worst

Oh geez … I want one !!!!

Its a shame channel seven fucked up a broadcast one when they had winning cars from past years on the track the Jags i mean and they had to to some wanker driving a mayback bucket of vomitt the wanker was prick dooan

Takes me back, the TWR Xjs, what a car 👍

' Conrod ' straight ? Did I hear that correctly ? Very apt. 15 years old in 1985, now I have an XJS V12 HE. So so reliable........ conrod straight.

THAT IS THE STUPIDEST ENGINE SWAP EVER, Tom Walkinshaw bought 3 of these BEASTS down under to Bathurst and ABSOLUTELY SMASHED the field

This is what people refer to when they say that NASCAR and American drag racing are a joke.

Sensational driving! Man with his machine, and she's a Jag!

Is that Alan Moffat doing the commentary?

Great car, great driving Tom.

Bob tullius and group 44 were the true pioneers.

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I'm mopar guy, but love this

Conrod soooo much better without the kink. That kink has caused so much heartache.

dear lord...

I revisit this every couple of months, it's one of the greatest laps anyone's ever put down on the Mountain. Absolutely balls-to-the-wall, and about as fast as the proddies are running today, which is impressive given the giant leaps cars have made in the last 40 years and how brutal Mt. Panorama is at race pace.

Not a spoiler in sight! That's a big car to throw around

A different time… wow

I’m still waiting for this car to show up at the used car dealership. I also want that Diablo GT-1, I’ve only seen the Diablo GT-1 once so far.

Is this the man responsible for the ugliest Holden body-kit “wanna be spacecraft” look

Cool sound 😂

Englishman? I think not.

Thoroughly brilliant- does anyone know the weight of the TWR XJS as well as engine, gearbox, and diff. specs? Cheers

This would be so much better if he would be quiet and let us listen to the car

Absolutely

I'm mopar guy but that sounds good

Watched this race when I was a kid, sat on the floor of my grand parents house in Docaster. All these years later I have a British racing green XJ-S in my garage because of the race in 85. Unforgettable.

0:46 - CO DRIVERS are legends!

That V12 sounded stunning, Tom thrashing it round Bathurst. To think he had no aero, no ceramic brakes and the window open. Be interesting to see a modified version today and thrown round the same track, see how close it would be a modern Aussie V8.