Issue 140

Issue 140


Red hot

AMC celebrates the 60th birthday of the EH Holden and the 179 Red six-cylinder engine, the S4 Bathurst special - and we reveal Holden’s secret extra-special S5 Bathurst version

World’s fastest EH

Uniquely, this racing EH Holden holds the title of world’s fastest EH in both V8 and six-cylinder form. The story of Ron Harrop’s Repco-Holden V8 EH and Wayne Mahnken’s 202 turbo six

Back in the day

Looking back at the Great Race 40 years ago: Dick Johnson’s Hardies Heroes trip through the trees, and Peter Brock’s sidestep from the broken 05 Commodore into the sister HDT #25 car

The Big Banana

Ford Mustang Supercars racer Todd Hazelwood and his ‘big banana’ XC Falcon wagon

Barn find Monaro

The story of this HQ Monaro GTS 350 barn find shows that they’re still out there

Big Red

It’s not quite a one-owner car, but after 51 years this red Fairmont has become part of the family

Bathurst ‘23

A look at this year’s Great Race, the first Bathurst 1000 without a Holden on the grid

Forever young

At 87, drag racer George Wegener says he’s going to keep racing until they stop him

Graeme Lawrence

The second installment of our Graeme Lawrence Muscle Man feature