This Easter Monday 1972 encounter is widely considered to be the best-ever race at Mount Panorama. Its appeal is enhanced by the fact it involved this country’s greatest ever competition muscle cars, in their last season on the track together.
The 13-lap (80km) affair was more than just a race – it was a take-no-prisoners two-car war. If this sounds over-the-top, there’s no denying that the race has gone down in the annals of local motorsport as the ultimate thriller.
Its status and mystique has been enhanced by the fact that there was no television coverage. Anyone AMC has spoken to who was there that day feels privileged to have witnessed this clash of the titans.
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