1981 BATHURST Hardie's Heroes
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1981 was the first year for a wet top ten shoot out at the Bathurst Mount Panorama Circuit. Kevin Bartlett in his Z28 Camaro and Dick Johnson in his XD Falcon battled for honours, with KB taking the prize money by a record gap of 2.381 seconds, a record which still stands as of the 2013 race. Top Aussie racing!
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Commentated by:
Garry Wilkinson, Evan Green and Mike Raymond.
All credit to Channel 7 Sport, Australia.
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This looks so much more interesting to watch compared to today's racing.
It was way more interesting. A shame V8 Supercars took over.
Kevin Bartlett is an absolute legend humble and a amazing driver!
Legendary. Those guys had balls plus. "the Camaro has 4 wheel disc brakes"
Very cool vid!
In 1980 the car had to run drum brakes on the rear because that was how those Camaros left the factory.
The 350 Chevs in the Camaros & the 351 Clevos sound awesome.
The ultimate gap from Kevin Bartlett's Camaro (5.7L 350 Chev) to Dick Johnson's Falcon (5.8L 351 Ford Cleveland) was 2.381 seconds. As of 2021 that is still the biggest gap between first and second in the Bathurst 1000 Top 10 Shootout.
Dick Johnson would long claim that his Ford V8 only put out around 450 bhp while the 350 Chev in Bartlett's Camaro put out a known 500+. What a lot didn't know back then (but the HDT suspected and asked CAMS to "investigate") was that when Murray Carter had homologated the XD Falcon model, he did so and managed to slip by that the weight of the car was around 200 kg less than it should have been. You see, cunning old Murray had given the 6 cyl cars weight and not the V8's and CAMS had stamped its approval without anyone but Murray and other Ford runners, like Dick Johnson, knowing the error. Instead of a car that weighed around 1600 kg, the Falcon only had to be about 1400. This was how Dick was able to run just 450 bhp and still be as fast as the Chev and the lighter (but less powerful) Commodores. They had been given a massive bonus on power to weight.
Who’s here after the shootout got cancelled?
Thanks for uploading this very special video. I suppose this is the era where I started to gain huge interest in Australia touring racing. Love the XDs particular the TRU BLU and Bob Jane T mart example. Both mean looking racing car. And don't all cars looked great slithering in the puddles....
Great motoring history. The big bangers
KB really showed how to drive in the wet, put his Kerry channel 9 back Camaro Z28 on pole again.
When racing was racing
Ah yes those were the days.............
Kevin Bartlett such a humble man
First time herd they win $100K, just imagine how much they get now days. :)
Would the Current crop venture out in that weather? I have doubts..
What a great video, thanks for uploading.
I was 12 years old, loved Dick Johnson, hated Allan Moffatt, disliked Brock, thought that Kevin Bartlett was cheating driving a Yank tank. Watched the entire race in my PJs. Take me back.
Big rev Kev
5:48 gives it the gun!
6:33 oh my
8:43 178mph all the way to the floor
9:21 big rev kev stands on the gas 9:46
11:59 lol
13:50 the Cleveland growls 14:30 not quite the 10K
15:55 the Chevy growls
16:16 nice!
Do you how much horsepower have these cars? they were very fast in straight line.
550+ hp I believe.
Dick Johnson used to say a little over 400hp
@@MrGutfeeling no way it's 550+ probably around high 300s to low 400s
@@MrGutfeeling LOL Nowhere near it this era. The 351 of DJ had mid 400s and the very best 308s had just on 400hp
@@scordatura9259 Vast amounts of money was spent on these engines to extract every last horse possible from them.
Teams were known to spend over $100,000 just yo blue print and balance the engines.
Back then we had street legal 5 litre Holden V8’s ( 302 ci ) putting out over 400 hp with a mild cam to make them drivable.
Most of these fords and Chevy powered race cars were not driveable on the roads and far quicker than the 5 litre Holden engines.
They are skilled drivers but not heroes,
that too :-)