I've always been a great Holden fun. To Jim Richards, you were totally right in what you said, good on ya mate and I have always thought and said so. This is one Hell of a good video covering the history of "BATHURST".
Lucky wasn't pushing a gt falcon.. absolutely best footage I have seen..thanks for the memories. Always wished gricey had one a couple he was a very underated driver how's first laps 1986. Huge speed improvement, and cornering. Unbeatable Brock/Richards..
yet another fantastic upload .....I was in hospital I orange last week and on the same ward were 4 other guys who all love this channel we talked for over an hour about its content .. mate whoever you are you are a true historian .. from me and the guys in the hospital we all thank you and hope you keep uploading for years to come
Thanks for uploading this! My mate got this on VHS for his birthday 20 years ago, we used to love watching it. This IMO has some of the best driver banter and Bathurst anecdotes in any doco I've seen. Hadn't seen super100 notification for a while, so this was a pleasant surprise. Cheers!
Came back for another watch of this classic...Brocky is gone, Moffat is stricken with Alzheimer's and the Commodore and Falcon are no longer being made...Bloody sad!
It's a bloody outrage, really. I gave up watching Bathurst when the cars stopped being even real cars anymore. Now that it's going to be an all American fiasco, I have zero interest.
@@HereIsMyOffer I'm 63, so basically I've followed Bathurst from the very early days. Breaks my heart to see the end of the Ford Holden era. My old man worked at Ford in Geelong (Product Engineering Plant) until he was 72. So I have a bit of a thing for Fords. I drive a Ford FG XR8 ute, and a SV6 Commodore, so I do have a love for the both of them. I also own an Audi S4 V8, which is by far the better car. LOL. But I love the Aussie muscle cars and I'll miss them terribly.
@@crustydownunder Nice! Yeah my favourite era was from about 86 to 96 I liked the turbo stuff and the variety! Johnsons EB Falcon and Brooks VR/VS Commodores were my favourites. Glad I got to see a few touring car rounds out at Wanneroo.
@@HereIsMyOffer I didn't mind the Turbo era, they were stunningly fast. And I loved the RX7 Mazda. That was quick, too. I had an RX4 back in the 80s, with a monster port 13B. It was unbelievably quick. I was never fortunate enough to go to Bathurst, and I never ever got to see a round of the championship. But I watched every race on TV.
My sister and her husband bought an SLR5000 back in 74, Immediately fitted the bolt on flairs and American racing mags and it looked and sounded amazing. He still has, and it's only about 48,000miles. Still all original and looks brand new to this day. He'd been offered $250,000 back in the 90s. I shudder to think how much it would be today. My daughter sold a mock-up SLR a few years back for $40,000, and it wasn't a great example to be honest. I wish I had kept some of the cars I had back in the day. I'd be a millionaire now 🙂
I love this race and follow it Nearly every year ( I miss it if I'm on Holiday in Europe or somewhere) ; I'm a Ford fan because my Dad was a Tank Commander of a M4 Sherman powered by the mighty Ford GAA V8 18 Liter engine, so after WW2 my dad only purchased a brand new Fords. He love that massive big Ford 18 Liter GAA V8, it was the best engine in a Sherman Tank! There are two Races in Australia which bring NZ to a stop; 1 Is the Melbourne Cup 2 and is Bathurst! I love my Aussie mates accross the other side of the ditch.
Very dissapointed that Brian Sampson didn't get a better mention in the 1975 Brock / Sampson win. I worked for Brian for over 7 years and had a lot of respect for his business acumen and his driver expertise in so many catagories of racing.
The cream coloured car right at the start you mean? Peter Brock and Des West's 1969 Holden Monaro HT GTS 350 'Bathurst', it finished third outright in the '69 race.
OK Sorry it didnt look as wide on my narrow screen as a Monaro )) silly pom) buy me a new widescreen LCD jobbie for the most silly comment as First Prize, only joking, love your vids!!! I got it now, the Torana is easy to spot as it has a very rectangle front grille
For as long as I've been watching Bathurst, is there any kind of video for when Forrest's Elbow got its name? I know how it did. Just wondering if there was anything to show it.
Holdens Philophecy ...if you cant beat it "Ban it" ...Holden just couldnt build a competitive car so they had the Nissan GTR banned (and anything else that could beat them)...and hence..."Went Broke".....At one stage in the 80s/90s Holdens competitors were adding Twin Cam's, Turbo's and Fuel injection, while Holden were still putting dirty old 186 Red Motors in their cars...Sad for Australian manufacturing but just true.
1973 when Brock ran out of fuel should have won & in 1974 V8 Torana was that far ahead it should have won by Torana as well . Very unlucky. 1977 , I’ve always had my suspicions. From a Ford guy …….. But there is other stories which people won’t like the truth and the corruption still goes on today.
funny how only one race matters when you have less titles than ford hahahaha . sure holden got lucky at bathurst and good for them, but to say only one race matters is utter bullshit . ford smacked them in title land and they holden fans find that very hard to swallow . so disrespectful . A brand of cars ability is surely measured over many race tracks not one . GO FORD . Brock was winning bathurst in the early 80s whils't dicky was whopping him at just about every other track the priveteer against the factory and dicky smacked them . brock on record as saying the c/ships were only practice as well as moff on record as saying if you don't have factory support there is no use in trying . how jealous were they of dickie . 81 82 84 dickie won all 3 titles when brock and his full factory outfit were at the peak of their powers .
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Now that's what I call a documentary. Nothing stirs the soul like the sound of a V8 at full rpm.
Too many great moments to mention in this. 🤘😎🤘
I remember watching this on VHS repeatedly as a kid. There's honestly no sound comparable in pleasure to the roar of the old 308s at full throttle. :D
Im from the uk but admire this race and Aussies so much
fantastic footage , re watching all the great race events and the races in between on a beautiful weather week in may 2023
Holden leading is my greatest memory!
I've always been a great Holden fun. To Jim Richards, you were totally right in what you said, good on ya mate and I have always thought and said so.
This is one Hell of a good video covering the history of "BATHURST".
Lucky wasn't pushing a gt falcon.. absolutely best footage I have seen..thanks for the memories. Always wished gricey had one a couple he was a very underated driver how's first laps 1986. Huge speed improvement, and cornering. Unbeatable Brock/Richards..
This was so bloody cool! Had never seen it before and absolutely loved it. Thanks so much for the upload. This is important history right here!
Miss you Brocky.
Very cool documentary. Bought back a whole lot of memories. Thank you.
I grew up in this era of Aussie motorsport. There was nothing better.
yet another fantastic upload .....I was in hospital I orange last week and on the same ward were 4 other guys who all love this channel we talked for over an hour about its content .. mate whoever you are you are a true historian .. from me and the guys in the hospital we all thank you and hope you keep uploading for years to come
Thanks for the kind words, Mark and I appreciate it :-)
Fantastic...That brought back a heap of memories.
Thanks for uploading this! My mate got this on VHS for his birthday 20 years ago, we used to love watching it. This IMO has some of the best driver banter and Bathurst anecdotes in any doco I've seen.
Hadn't seen super100 notification for a while, so this was a pleasant surprise. Cheers!
All Bathurst races are the and now, Brilliant.
@@graemethomsett7587 Indeed, one of the great tracks and unique races in the world..
It's just a shame what the cars of today have become . Nothing like the golden era of Bathurst and Australian touring cars . It's Gone.
Wow just wow love it ❤
Quality Quarantine Entertainment, cheers!
A Wonderful Documentary , Super 100MPH ! Thank You !! Well Done !!
The Picture o Allan Moffat Crashing the 1986 Holden Commodore was one of five series of pictures taken buy my father Phillip "Batsy" Lee RIP
Great memories, but the last section with Boys In the Bush just tingles my spine. Great stuff!!!
Came back for another watch of this classic...Brocky is gone, Moffat is stricken with Alzheimer's and the Commodore and Falcon are no longer being made...Bloody sad!
It's a bloody outrage, really.
I gave up watching Bathurst when the cars stopped being even real cars anymore. Now that it's going to be an all American fiasco, I have zero interest.
@@crustydownunder Yep, "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" is no more. Plus the drivers are all corporatzed robots, no characters left..
@@HereIsMyOffer I'm 63, so basically I've followed Bathurst from the very early days. Breaks my heart to see the end of the Ford Holden era. My old man worked at Ford in Geelong (Product Engineering Plant) until he was 72. So I have a bit of a thing for Fords. I drive a Ford FG XR8 ute, and a SV6 Commodore, so I do have a love for the both of them. I also own an Audi S4 V8, which is by far the better car. LOL. But I love the Aussie muscle cars and I'll miss them terribly.
@@crustydownunder Nice! Yeah my favourite era was from about 86 to 96 I liked the turbo stuff and the variety! Johnsons EB Falcon and Brooks VR/VS Commodores were my favourites. Glad I got to see a few touring car rounds out at Wanneroo.
@@HereIsMyOffer I didn't mind the Turbo era, they were stunningly fast. And I loved the RX7 Mazda. That was quick, too. I had an RX4 back in the 80s, with a monster port 13B. It was unbelievably quick.
I was never fortunate enough to go to Bathurst, and I never ever got to see a round of the championship. But I watched every race on TV.
Have been waiting and searching for a digital version of this for a long time. Thank you very much!!
Those cars make a beautiful sound!
A race track with a letter box right there on the side of the road.
Classic. 0:09
54:58 "It's Bernie Stack" "he's had a good one" commentary Gold :D
Can we all just stop for a minute and appreciate how hard Win Percy 'sent it' at 1:35:33!!! Man that guy had skill when he chose to turn it on!
My sister and her husband bought an SLR5000 back in 74, Immediately fitted the bolt on flairs and American racing mags and it looked and sounded amazing.
He still has, and it's only about 48,000miles. Still all original and looks brand new to this day. He'd been offered $250,000 back in the 90s. I shudder to think how much it would be today.
My daughter sold a mock-up SLR a few years back for $40,000, and it wasn't a great example to be honest.
I wish I had kept some of the cars I had back in the day. I'd be a millionaire now 🙂
I love this race and follow it Nearly every year ( I miss it if I'm on Holiday in Europe or somewhere) ; I'm a Ford fan because my Dad was a Tank Commander of a M4 Sherman powered by the mighty Ford GAA V8 18 Liter engine, so after WW2 my dad only purchased a brand new Fords. He love that massive big Ford 18 Liter GAA V8, it was the best engine in a Sherman Tank!
There are two Races in Australia which bring NZ to a stop; 1 Is the Melbourne Cup 2 and is Bathurst!
I love my Aussie mates accross the other side of the ditch.
In fact the first win by Holden at Bathurst was in 1968. First, second, third and fifth positions were won by drivers of Holden HK Monaro GTS327s.
Holden were racing at Bathurst before 1969. As far back when the race was at Phillip island
Bloody awesome stuff.
Very dissapointed that Brian Sampson didn't get a better mention in the 1975 Brock / Sampson win.
I worked for Brian for over 7 years and had a lot of respect for his business acumen and his driver expertise in so many catagories of racing.
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BROCKY R.I.P
fuck him he was wife basher
and sadly without Holden vs Ford the race will never be the same either.
I really enjoyed this
Love this documentary.
Me too! That in-car footage and V8 soundtrack intro in the first minute is worth the admission price alone!
As a pom in the UK, is that a Torana SS or SLR500 jobbie in the intro? I do enjoy your videos, keep 'em coming,
The cream coloured car right at the start you mean? Peter Brock and Des West's 1969 Holden Monaro HT GTS 350 'Bathurst', it finished third outright in the '69 race.
OK Sorry it didnt look as wide on my narrow screen as a Monaro )) silly pom) buy me a new widescreen LCD jobbie for the most silly comment as First Prize, only joking, love your vids!!! I got it now, the Torana is easy to spot as it has a very rectangle front grille
Monaro HT GTS 350
For as long as I've been watching Bathurst, is there any kind of video for when Forrest's Elbow got its name?
I know how it did. Just wondering if there was anything to show it.
As it happened in '47 I doubt there's any footage or did you mean any video explaining the event?
Video of it. I've read how it happened. But reading or explaining it is one thing. Seeing it is another.
10:59-11:19 that rendition of "Long Train Running" by Doobie Brothers though
I still have the 1\2 skyline win in models made by Tomica Japan still love the skylines 👍
Name and artist in the song at 1:41:40 pls
It’s Lee Kernaghan, he remade his original “Boys from the Bush” as Boys from Bathurst actually for this doco I believe. So fun.
@@jadekendall786 Thanks a lot :)
Best commentary team in the world EVER mike Raymond Gary Wilkinson Evan green.
GM Are you listening to the comments of Ross McKenzie......?
The Falcon seems huge compared to the Torana. How did it compete so well?
Full noise into Murrays corner ....Moffat, Grice & Bond ...29.00 mins
How many cubes were the camaros?
stuart booth 350 cube
Any chance you have the later years?
'94 onwards?
Cheers ALLRNDCRICKETER, the later years will have to be covered by the next generation I'm afraid.
I love u holden
Might not be the same spot, but it's scary to see Brown's Falcon rolling on the rail like that and to survive unlike poor Don Watson
Awsome
Chris Econamasy
Ive found Brocky's family plot with his memorial. It needs a better 05 car model there but unfortunately I'm a Ford fan so well you know.....
1:21.18 grice & harvey's battle ..
Didn't Holden enter the HK in 68' and win?
any way of killing music?
Thats when it mattered, now the country don't give a flying ....
Could hear that RX-7 howling from back in the pack! Lol
So GM owns Holden?
Owned. It was always General Motors Holden.
Holdens Philophecy ...if you cant beat it "Ban it" ...Holden just couldnt build a competitive car so they had the Nissan GTR banned (and anything else that could beat them)...and hence..."Went Broke".....At one stage in the 80s/90s Holdens competitors were adding Twin Cam's, Turbo's and Fuel injection, while Holden were still putting dirty old 186 Red Motors in their cars...Sad for Australian manufacturing but just true.
First race since about 1969-70 I haven't watched. Irrelevant cars made in America. It's over for me and many others.
I always believed that Ford should have dropped a V8 in the Capri.
Ford South Africa did.
The Capri Perana had a nice little Windsor 302.
@@Rob-fc9wg perana
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@@Rob-fc9wg sorry champ.
Didn't see it in your post when I first read it.
@@mattyguff1
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1973 when Brock ran out of fuel should have won & in 1974 V8 Torana was that far ahead it should have won by Torana as well . Very unlucky.
1977 , I’ve always had my suspicions.
From a Ford guy ……..
But there is other stories which people won’t like the truth and the corruption still goes on today.
Ford should have put a v8 or in the cortina and put that against the mighty torana. Even the 4.1 cortina would have been a good match with the xu1.
True.
Anglo-Saxon.
Now rip ford Australia
He was going bald at 26?....that's sad.
Could you imagine this with electric vehicles. 🤔👎
The great race...until the advent of boring generic V8 soupcars. 🧐🧐
Nissan are kings of Bathurst
funny how only one race matters when you have less titles than ford hahahaha . sure holden got lucky at bathurst and good for them, but to say only one race matters is utter bullshit . ford smacked them in title land and they holden fans find that very hard to swallow . so disrespectful . A brand of cars ability is surely measured over many race tracks not one . GO FORD . Brock was winning bathurst in the early 80s whils't dicky was whopping him at just about every other track the priveteer against the factory and dicky smacked them . brock on record as saying the c/ships were only practice as well as moff on record as saying if you don't have factory support there is no use in trying . how jealous were they of dickie . 81 82 84 dickie won all 3 titles when brock and his full factory outfit were at the peak of their powers .
Thought this was going to be about the white man...what a disappointment.