Issue 146

Issue 146

1984: A Race like no other

Looking back at that epic ‘Last of the Big Bangers’ Bathurst, the 1984 James Hardie 1000

1984: Failure to launch

The disaster of the ‘84 Bathurst startline pileup - and how it could have been so much worse

1984: Walkinshaw’s false start

There’d be plenty of success for the Walkinshaw name at Bathurst, but Tom Walkinshaw’s ‘84 debut on the Mountain with John Goss sadly did not follow the script

1984: Dream Day

The fairytale story of redemption for privateer Barry Lawrence in the ‘84 Bathurst 1000

1984: The 40 year reunion

What better way to mark the 40th anniversary of the ‘Last of the Big Banger’s Bathurst classic than with an old-school Group C touring car reunion that rights a wrong?

Night Charger

One Charger E38, two journos and a trip from Adelaide to Sydney - back in the good old days of unrestricted speeds out on the remote open roads

Cotter and Doulman

Two university graduates seem an unlikely duo to tackle the Great Race, and yet they achieved a record-breaking 12 consecutive starts between 1989 and 2000

Project Brut 33

One Moffat fan’s tribute to the ‘Project B52’ Brut 33 Falcon of 1974 – but in its original Sandown colours, not the much more well known NASCAR-inspired, Aussie flag-draped Bathurst livery