Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team. Although he never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Barry did in 1965, Glenn started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. Peace out.
Larry’s son Jack restored that car last year for the 20th anniversary of this win. He has a channel on CZcams called ‘Perkins Engineering’ and the end result was perfection. His channel also has the laps he did for the anniversary. Larry originally started in F1 before Supercars. He’s an engineer and on average of 8 or more motors in any race was actually built by Perkins engineering. I watch these reactions with pride because I know Larry personally and he’s an intelligent genuine guy. Jack is also a driver, commentator and best of all my son in law who gave me two beautiful grandchildren. Love this family 💜
General motors Holden was the Australian devision of GMC however I believe they operated totally independently, as did Ford Australia..I also think it was this year that Larry was the last and only one running the Holden motor, all the other holdens had started using chev motors. I 100% know Larry was the last to run Holden motor, just not sure if it was this year. Seton was one of those drivers that everyone respected. It's really sad that he never won one, everytime he was set for a great result he either had mechanical failure or got caught up in someone elses accident. He had tragic luck. Loving the Bathurst journey mate. I look forward to you watching the famous Moffat Ford 1 2 finish which lead to Brockys famous A9X win, it was holdens response to the previous year. If you do them in that order, you'll have the right context to the history of these classic races. You're taking me back to my youth where we'd wake up early and park ourselves in front of the TV and barely move for the whole day. Thanks mate, this is awesome
Wow what a ride...lol These are the best memories for me....When it was just all about the cars and the drivers....I think it's become a little less 'human' today. But I'm enjoying these videos...
Allan Moffat trying to comfort Glenn Seaton was fitting. The Canadian had plenty of heartbreak at the mountain, and he became obsessed over winning, beating Holden and the likes of Peter Brock. So too Dick Johnson, then we had the infamous rock incident. There's so much more for you to discover on this, the pure rivalry, controversy, and what it means to win Bathurst.
Holden is the "Brand", they started as a coach building company in Adelaide, Aus, after ww2 they started making cars, eventually bought by GM but down here we just kept calling them Holden, used to work for them before they closed the factory in 2017.
Holden is or was General motors Holden Australia. They exported to your country the G8 which is a Holden Commodore, the GTO is our Holden Monaro and the last vehicle to your country was the Chevy SS. I hope this does help.
I remember watching this on the day, the Castrol car livery being the best looking one out there. And from memory, Larry was the the only main guy running the Holden block, the rest of the Commodore teams had converted to Chevy.
Drivers have a MINIMUM number of Laps to drive. Lead Driver has a MAXIMUM number of Laps to drive. Team Manager decides the 'strategy'. Larry Perkins is Team Owner and Manager.
You definitely need to check out Peter Brock having an interview around a lap haha. Seems to be a bit of an Aussie tradition that our greats were all happy to have a chat around a lap during race.
I went to Bathurst and watched the race in 1993, the year Larry Perkins won the race as well, and from memory it was a wet track as well, I also got to see the legend, King of the Mountain Peter Brock race.
Hey Dude! You mentioned Holden... Holden is like Chevy in Australia. Holden is the GM Brand in Australia, GM Holden. So, the majority (or all) of the cars on the circuit are Fold or Holden. These are 4 door saloon cars and the models are: the Holden Commodore and the Fold Falcon. Personally I like the styling MUCH better on Australian Fords and Holdens compared to US Fords Chevys, and Chryslers.
Larry Perkins was dubbed the prince of the Privateers after this race driving a one year old Holden VP Commodore against newer VP factory backed Holden teams and also brand new factory backed EB/D Ford falcons, as said it was a one year old car that he actually rebuilt himself as he is also an engineer by trade
I remember watching this, Larry Perkins would've gathered a few fans after his amazing drive, me being one of them. This race at the time was an all Holden (Australian Manufacturer) verses Ford (Australian Division). All the fans basically turned up in either red (Holden) or blue (Ford). This usually runs in families, and would be based on if your Dad owned, or worked at one or the other. I was always a Holden man, pity them closed up shop a few years back. Check out Brocks first win at Bathurst in 1972 driving a Holden LJ Torana with a screaming 6 cylinder with triple carbs. I built myself a 4 door LC Torana when I was 18-20 (1990-92), same race engine as Brocks, 5 speed gearbox (4 speed in the originals). It would do 0-100Km/h (0-62MPH) in 5 secs flat and a flat 13 sec quarter mile, top speed 220Km/h (135MPH). It was a pretty quick car for back in the day, it'd beat most V8's except the really hot ones. Great fun.
Perkins wasn’t just a great driver. He was a master technician as well. He built his own cars.
Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team. Although he never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Barry did in 1965, Glenn started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. Peace out.
Poor old Seton. The greatest driver to never win the great race.
Larry’s son Jack restored that car last year for the 20th anniversary of this win. He has a channel on CZcams called ‘Perkins Engineering’ and the end result was perfection. His channel also has the laps he did for the anniversary. Larry originally started in F1 before Supercars. He’s an engineer and on average of 8 or more motors in any race was actually built by Perkins engineering. I watch these reactions with pride because I know Larry personally and he’s an intelligent genuine guy. Jack is also a driver, commentator and best of all my son in law who gave me two beautiful grandchildren. Love this family 💜
General motors Holden was the Australian devision of GMC however I believe they operated totally independently, as did Ford Australia..I also think it was this year that Larry was the last and only one running the Holden motor, all the other holdens had started using chev motors. I 100% know Larry was the last to run Holden motor, just not sure if it was this year. Seton was one of those drivers that everyone respected. It's really sad that he never won one, everytime he was set for a great result he either had mechanical failure or got caught up in someone elses accident. He had tragic luck. Loving the Bathurst journey mate. I look forward to you watching the famous Moffat Ford 1 2 finish which lead to Brockys famous A9X win, it was holdens response to the previous year. If you do them in that order, you'll have the right context to the history of these classic races. You're taking me back to my youth where we'd wake up early and park ourselves in front of the TV and barely move for the whole day. Thanks mate, this is awesome
Wow what a ride...lol These are the best memories for me....When it was just all about the cars and the drivers....I think it's become a little less 'human' today. But I'm enjoying these videos...
Allan Moffat trying to comfort Glenn Seaton was fitting. The Canadian had plenty of heartbreak at the mountain, and he became obsessed over winning, beating Holden and the likes of Peter Brock. So too Dick Johnson, then we had the infamous rock incident. There's so much more for you to discover on this, the pure rivalry, controversy, and what it means to win Bathurst.
Holden is the "Brand", they started as a coach building company in Adelaide, Aus, after ww2 they started making cars, eventually bought by GM but down here we just kept calling them Holden, used to work for them before they closed the factory in 2017.
Cruel and Magical. I love Bathurst 😮
Holden is or was General motors Holden Australia. They exported to your country the G8 which is a Holden Commodore, the GTO is our Holden Monaro and the last vehicle to your country was the Chevy SS. I hope this does help.
I remember watching this on the day, the Castrol car livery being the best looking one out there. And from memory, Larry was the the only main guy running the Holden block, the rest of the Commodore teams had converted to Chevy.
On the Perkins Engineering CZcams channel, they're rebuilding the 93-94 Holden Commodore's. And yes I remember this race, I was watching from work.
Can you imagine watching Bathurst 2023 on a Big screen with surround sound. Awesome. My brother will be one.
Drivers have a MINIMUM number of Laps to drive. Lead Driver has a MAXIMUM number of Laps to drive. Team Manager decides the 'strategy'. Larry Perkins is Team Owner and Manager.
You definitely need to check out Peter Brock having an interview around a lap haha. Seems to be a bit of an Aussie tradition that our greats were all happy to have a chat around a lap during race.
As well as a champion driver Larry Perkins is one of the greatest engine builders this country has ever seen. His engines are practically bulletproof.
I went to Bathurst and watched the race in 1993, the year Larry Perkins won the race as well, and from memory it was a wet track as well, I also got to see the legend, King of the Mountain Peter Brock race.
Hey Dude! You mentioned Holden... Holden is like Chevy in Australia. Holden is the GM Brand in Australia, GM Holden. So, the majority (or all) of the cars on the circuit are Fold or Holden. These are 4 door saloon cars and the models are: the Holden Commodore and the Fold Falcon. Personally I like the styling MUCH better on Australian Fords and Holdens compared to US Fords Chevys, and Chryslers.
Larry Perkins was dubbed the prince of the Privateers after this race driving a one year old Holden VP Commodore against newer VP factory backed Holden teams and also brand new factory backed EB/D Ford falcons, as said it was a one year old car that he actually rebuilt himself as he is also an engineer by trade
I remember watching this, Larry Perkins would've gathered a few fans after his amazing drive, me being one of them. This race at the time was an all Holden (Australian Manufacturer) verses Ford (Australian Division). All the fans basically turned up in either red (Holden) or blue (Ford). This usually runs in families, and would be based on if your Dad owned, or worked at one or the other. I was always a Holden man, pity them closed up shop a few years back. Check out Brocks first win at Bathurst in 1972 driving a Holden LJ Torana with a screaming 6 cylinder with triple carbs. I built myself a 4 door LC Torana when I was 18-20 (1990-92), same race engine as Brocks, 5 speed gearbox (4 speed in the originals). It would do 0-100Km/h (0-62MPH) in 5 secs flat and a flat 13 sec quarter mile, top speed 220Km/h (135MPH). It was a pretty quick car for back in the day, it'd beat most V8's except the really hot ones. Great fun.