Moff lets the cat out of the bag at the 42 min mark. Most casual observers weren't aware the big dollar Holden teams were using fully imported NASCAR style Chev crate race motors at this stage. All the Ford teams were using these imports. Both the Chev & Ford crate engines were capable of churning out well over 600 Brake HorsePower straight out of the box. Larry Perkins was heavily invested in genuine Holden V8 power throughout the entire '93 ATCC season. While the big money Holden teams got their Chev engines settled in, Larry persevered with his beloved Holdens. By the time Bathurst rolled around in October, all the big teams were quietly confident their Chevs could outlast, outrun, outperform & beat Larry's old Holden. It didn't quite pan out that way. Larry had busied himself all year by heading off to Holden's engine foundary with some very interesting ideas. He asked the pattern makers to cast him up some thicker blocks & heads which he believed would help make the Holden stronger & also allow him to redesign the porting to make even more horsepower than any successful race winning Holden had ever had before. Larry's ideas worked (as usual). Those Chev powered Commodores ran strong at Bathurst in 1993. So did the Falcons. Larry had solid engineering on his side with just a tiny splash of good fortune. His 1993 Holden powered VP Commodore whalloped allcomers including the Chevs & his '93 VP was the last car to win at Bathurst with a Holden V8 under the bonnet. This fabulous victory ended the very successful reign of the Holden V8 at Bathurst after first arriving in 1974 with the L34 Torana. The L34, the A9X & the early Commodores with Five Litre Holden Power won more Bathursts than any other engine during that period. The Falcons all ran 351 Clevelands from 1974 until the advent of V8 Supercars allowed crate motors. The Camaros ran 350 Chevs. No Chev ever beat a Holden V8 at Bathurst & very few Clevos or Windsors ever beat them either. Thankfully, Larry stayed with his Holdens & proved to the world one more time in 1993 just how good Holden's little V8 really was even when it was absolutely surrounded by big dollar much fancied specialised imported race engines. By 1994, CAMS stipulated Chev engines in all new Holden V8 SuperCars... Funny bout that. Thankyou Larry. Love your work.
This had everything. 90's Aussie motorsport gold. Many thanks for this.
Noticed the opening snippet of 'Oh Jungleland' by Simple Minds at the end of that first bike race. 😁
Moff lets the cat out of the bag at the 42 min mark. Most casual observers weren't aware the big dollar Holden teams were using fully imported NASCAR style Chev crate race motors at this stage. All the Ford teams were using these imports. Both the Chev & Ford crate engines were capable of churning out well over 600 Brake HorsePower straight out of the box.
Larry Perkins was heavily invested in genuine Holden V8 power throughout the entire '93 ATCC season. While the big money Holden teams got their Chev engines settled in, Larry persevered with his beloved Holdens.
By the time Bathurst rolled around in October, all the big teams were quietly confident their Chevs could outlast, outrun, outperform & beat Larry's old Holden.
It didn't quite pan out that way. Larry had busied himself all year by heading off to Holden's engine foundary with some very interesting ideas. He asked the pattern makers to cast him up some thicker blocks & heads which he believed would help make the Holden stronger & also allow him to redesign the porting to make even more horsepower than any successful race winning Holden had ever had before.
Larry's ideas worked (as usual). Those Chev powered Commodores ran strong at Bathurst in 1993. So did the Falcons. Larry had solid engineering on his side with just a tiny splash of good fortune. His 1993 Holden powered VP Commodore whalloped allcomers including the Chevs & his '93 VP was the last car to win at Bathurst with a Holden V8 under the bonnet.
This fabulous victory ended the very successful reign of the Holden V8 at Bathurst after first arriving in 1974 with the L34 Torana. The L34, the A9X & the early Commodores with Five Litre Holden Power won more Bathursts than any other engine during that period. The Falcons all ran 351 Clevelands from 1974 until the advent of V8 Supercars allowed crate motors. The Camaros ran 350 Chevs. No Chev ever beat a Holden V8 at Bathurst & very few Clevos or Windsors ever beat them either.
Thankfully, Larry stayed with his Holdens & proved to the world one more time in 1993 just how good Holden's little V8 really was even when it was absolutely surrounded by big dollar much fancied specialised imported race engines.
By 1994, CAMS stipulated Chev engines in all new Holden V8 SuperCars... Funny bout that.
Thankyou Larry. Love your work.
RIP Mike Raymond
A true original. 👌
Thanks. I love the Peter Jackson grid girls.
Thanks for including the support races! Do you have any more videos from the 90s when the Superbikes were racing?
I hope so. 90's superbikes were awesome.