The fans were all cheering Brock on at the top on the last lap - in saying that, that Sierra, whilst illegal, was a mighty little car, and such a great car it proved to be in the next two years at Bathurst...
The car you saw will have been the car that Martin Johnson restored. His car was actually a 1988 car decal'd to look like the '87 car. Lovely piece all the same. The best engineered racing Sierras by a country mile...
At least real race fans know that the Sierra was the winner. Two laps in front with legal size tyres !! A much truer win than Brocks 2 cars needed win, IMO.
Very true, but the FIA was hardly going to argue over a rule they had written. When flagged at Bathurst by the CAMS scrutineers the FIA could hardly turn round and say "Yeah, but in Europe we're not that bothered and are pretty lax about the rules". This time they had to be shown to take the correct stance and the Texaco cars fell foul.
I know a Mini a Ford Cortina a RS500 and a Nissan Skyline GTR have won the great race, and Greg Murphy the Kiwi driver has one it a couple of time's. I believe the Eggburger cars were disqualified for running illegally high octane gas as well.
If anyone ran bent cars it was TWR. There's a whole story in there...! The point is that there never has been a straight car. Those that are straight are only like that temporarily while the teams are finding ways to bend them. The DJR Sierras were practically boomerangs they were that bent. I know because I know the bloke that bought them off him...! I'm happy to continue this discussion in a non-libellous arena if you like (ie: offline!!!) as it's an interesting one. Cheers.
this was a bad season for aussie motorsport, offcourse we were never close to the money and tec, comming from europe! we had alot of catching up to do. Dick johnson was the only man that could have had a change to show the world that aussies can compete.
andy rouse's rs500 cars were fast and all the parts were built for a purpose and not finished to the high standard of the texaco sierra in the paint and such like parts polished to look good aswel as going fast.dick johnson had a great car and so did allan moffat.the fordrs500 was banned because itwas to good justlike the skylinegtr. loved watching these cars race but when they started banning cars it went downhill abit imo.would love to see a car come into touring cars and do what the rs500 did
Frank Gardner team Manager BMW filed the protest. Ford and BMW Europe policy was not to protest , and did not protest the BROCK car 10 . The Bill Tuckey 1987 Bathurst year book 1st EDITION only , had a chapter on how BROCK cheated and the other Holden runners spoke about how they were at a disadvantage but couldn’t complain because they would lose support from Holden .
Funny that the FIA upheld the appeals as well...the cars had tyres on them that were wider than the rules allowed - so were rightfully disqualified...if they had followed the rules, they would have won anyway, and wouldn't have been disqualified...
2 commodores ran 12” tyres too . The car 10 entire shell , every panel was freighted to England and is still on Win Percy’s farm . I’ve spoken to Win , the Mobil team Manager Alan Gow. & head mechanic Mick who does not want to be named . In Fiji’s a month later the Eggenberger cars ran standard guards and still won . In 1988 guards were allowed to be modified as the rules were changed.
Protests were raised by a couple of the Australian teams over bodywork irregularities. The cars were OK with FISA (Governing body in Europe) but CAMS (Governing body in Australia) didn't like it and upheld the protests. Sadly, it was entirely political. Fact is that a non-Australian car was never going to win this race...
Sierra Cosworths, E30 M3s, VL Group A's. What an era!
The fans were all cheering Brock on at the top on the last lap - in saying that, that Sierra, whilst illegal, was a mighty little car, and such a great car it proved to be in the next two years at Bathurst...
Not the only cars to run illegal guards.
The RS500 is a F**king Legend!
The most successful touring car in history.
The car you saw will have been the car that Martin Johnson restored. His car was actually a 1988 car decal'd to look like the '87 car. Lovely piece all the same. The best engineered racing Sierras by a country mile...
0:53 The UK's Channel 4 News music.
At least real race fans know that the Sierra was the winner. Two laps in front with legal size tyres !! A much truer win than Brocks 2 cars needed win, IMO.
Woooooooo go Eggenberger! Thats my name!!!!!!!!!
i saw the race winning car in the uk a few months ago, its currently for sale i believe..
Woah, hold everything. Why are they using the music from the news on Channel 4 at 0:53 !!?
yer they banned em! best touring car ever!
cossie power rulez
Awsome!
Lots of people running rocket fuel at Bathurst back in the 1980's. They were never busted for fuel as everyone elses was tested as bent as well...!
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Very true, but the FIA was hardly going to argue over a rule they had written. When flagged at Bathurst by the CAMS scrutineers the FIA could hardly turn round and say "Yeah, but in Europe we're not that bothered and are pretty lax about the rules". This time they had to be shown to take the correct stance and the Texaco cars fell foul.
I know a Mini a Ford Cortina a RS500 and a Nissan Skyline GTR have won the great race, and Greg Murphy the Kiwi driver has one it a couple of time's.
I believe the Eggburger cars were disqualified for running illegally high octane gas as well.
graham browne .... No . Texaco cars were cleared . The Shell cars had illegal fuel , that’s why they started 9th and 10th.
If anyone ran bent cars it was TWR. There's a whole story in there...! The point is that there never has been a straight car. Those that are straight are only like that temporarily while the teams are finding ways to bend them. The DJR Sierras were practically boomerangs they were that bent. I know because I know the bloke that bought them off him...! I'm happy to continue this discussion in a non-libellous arena if you like (ie: offline!!!) as it's an interesting one. Cheers.
3:10
this was a bad season for aussie motorsport, offcourse we were never close to the money and tec, comming from europe! we had alot of catching up to do. Dick johnson was the only man that could have had a change to show the world that aussies can compete.
andy rouse's rs500 cars were fast and all the parts were built for a purpose and not finished to the high standard of the texaco sierra in the paint and such like parts polished to look good aswel as going fast.dick johnson had a great car and so did allan moffat.the fordrs500 was banned because itwas to good justlike the skylinegtr. loved watching these cars race but when they started banning cars it went downhill abit imo.would love to see a car come into touring cars and do what the rs500 did
Frank Gardner team Manager BMW filed the protest.
Ford and BMW Europe policy was not to protest , and did not protest the BROCK car 10 .
The Bill Tuckey 1987 Bathurst year book 1st EDITION only , had a chapter on how BROCK cheated and the other Holden runners spoke about how they were at a disadvantage but couldn’t complain because they would lose support from Holden .
Funny that the FIA upheld the appeals as well...the cars had tyres on them that were wider than the rules allowed - so were rightfully disqualified...if they had followed the rules, they would have won anyway, and wouldn't have been disqualified...
2 commodores ran 12” tyres too . The car 10 entire shell , every panel was freighted to England and is still on Win Percy’s farm .
I’ve spoken to Win , the Mobil team Manager Alan Gow. & head mechanic Mick who does not want to be named .
In Fiji’s a month later the Eggenberger cars ran standard guards and still won .
In 1988 guards were allowed to be modified as the rules were changed.
I wondered that - very strange?!
i want one....
Water pump failed IIRC
Protests were raised by a couple of the Australian teams over bodywork irregularities. The cars were OK with FISA (Governing body in Europe) but CAMS (Governing body in Australia) didn't like it and upheld the protests. Sadly, it was entirely political. Fact is that a non-Australian car was never going to win this race...