Jim Richards - 1989 Tooheys 1000 - Bathurst Top 10 Shootout
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2021
- Jim Richards' top 10 shootout lap from the 1989 Tooheys 1000. Jim drove the Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R to 7th spot on the grid and was the only non Ford Sierra RS500 to make the Top 10 Runoff for 1989.
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One of the best sounding Group A cars.
I was lucky enough as a young lad to see Jim rally escorts and race saloon cars in NZ, dad took us to race tracks just about every second weekend. Then move to Aus at age 11 to see him race at Lakeside surfers paradise and Bathurst. He's such a talent and such. modest guy. Anyone that disagrees would be a pack of arse holes😂
Jim Richards is a legend, drive any car on any track.
I still reckon he’s the best driver, ever. He won in anything and everything. That has to be one of the most majestic things I’ve ever seen. Brilliant!
True Story, my fastest lap around this track was in a Datsun 1600 and I did it at night. Was late and the drive in theater had just closed. As I was going through Bathurst I thought I might just go for a Lap. As I started up Mountain Straight I decided to refrain from burning up the rear tyres too much and proceeded at a steady 37 MPH or 60 KPH and it was great as this is the first and only time I have driven this track. It was wonderful as I got part way up and there was a Police car sitting beside the track with speed monitoring gear so I was happy that I decided to conserve my tyres. I set a personal best on that day/night for my fastest lap and it will not ever be broken. I am SO GLAD I DID AS TV DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THIS TRACK! Across the top of the Mountain would be SPHINCTER clenching for those that do not have to do 60KPH as A MAX. That was about 1985 and to all out there, do yourself a good turn and drive this track. After then you may know why this is called the GREAT RACE! John, Australia.
What a story John! I've been there myself about 2 years ago now, was an absolute blast despite only doing 60 KM/H for the most part but I definitely agree, you don't realise how steep the track is especially going up to the cutting and coming down through the esses into the dipper. Just to think as well the dipper has been modified a lot since the earlier days so it's not as steep. A worth while visit for any motorsport fan I say!
You know, I almost beat your lap time. Hired a Kia Rio automatic in Sydney, saw the 3 sisters at Katoomba then 1st time at Bathurst set an absolute blinder. 50klm/h for most of the track. Probably averages close to 39klm/h, bit sketchy over the top of the mountain, but wow! What a lap. Second lap tho stopped up the top and looked at Brocky's wall, destroyed my chance of claiming out-right honours and the podium champagne. Theres always next year.
@@brutechurchill You have a personal best time as well, good for you. John.
The camera inside the car cracks me up....its like being in my mother's old Pintara station wagon...except at 250 km/h. They even left the original heater/demister controls in the dash!!! Great stuff.
Great to see these old clips hitting RUclips. Thanks for tracking them down.
Glad you're enjoying them! More to come in the future :)
There is a disc pack you can buy from jb hi fi (if you live in Australia) it has all the shootouts from 1978 to 1996
How good do these RB20DET engines sound, way better than the legendary Godzilla RB26DET of the later GTR's.
yeah I don't know about that.
RB30 sounded better!
Any turbo rb sounds better than than the 26DETT. Anyone that knows rb’s would say the same
The Group A GT-Rs definitely sounded a bit muffled. I always assumed it was poor mic quality in 1991-92, but I feel like the setup they used just didn’t promote the sound as much as single turbo/more modern setups are capable of doing.
That sounded magnificent! The way Gentleman Jim threw it around, reminds me of the way they throw a dummy around in the Naked Gun movies! 😂
Those R31's absolutely SCREAMED...Sounded Amazing at Full Noise
I know every corner perfectly. This is my favourite track in Project Cars
Same well I prefer fm7 more but yeah it’s an amazing circuit
I drove my WRX along with 9 other rexies around mount Panorama 2 weeks ago & was thinking of Jim Richard’s & Mark Skaif screaming around the mountain in their GTR’s.
The best sounding, best looking car of the group A days. If it only had more power.
Don't know about good looking, but very underrated car. Sounds awesome.
They did sound good but the bmw m3 and the group a commodores were the best sounding
Gentleman Jim
I have some of these races on VHS.
Great upload 👌
The good old days of VHS!
@@TouringCarsofAus yeah ,rewind the tape after watching 😂👍
Electric window in a Race car, that´s the spirit
Great sound, looks great too! :)
Look what that car became!
love the turbofan wheels
Maybe it could go faster without that big camera in the passenger side 😝
Loving these top 10 shootouts you guys are posting 🤙🤙💪
Any gurus out there know if they are referring to wheel or flywheel Hp ? Aka 440hp out of this weapon
Thanks in Advance
I believe they are referring to flywheel HP as the big teams generally ran engine dynos and still do today.
the birth of godzilla...
Honoured to say that I've driven my own GTR around that track many times. Even it was only at the legal 60KPH.
This technology was the way Bathurst should have gone. Then the V8 cars would have improved beyond comprehension instead of the boring shit they created and continues today.
Not bad for a little 2L 6
So a 2:20 for the r31 and then a 2:12 for the r32 in the 91 shoot out dam what a difference
Atesa+ power engine, what do you espect ?? R31 still sounding much better than the R32-33-34
4WD & 2.6L Vs RWD & 2.0L
@@Big1_ They actually stripped the Attesa system on the r32 GTRs. They were heavily modified.
2:20
We could make cars go fast but we didnt understand gforces back then
WHO BUILT THE ENGINES FOR THESE CARS IN 1989??????
Gibson Motorsport
downforce…what downforce
A good sounding engine doesn’t translate into a fast car .
Not much substance to the commentating. Just dribble
Dribble interspersed with Drivel
Fat Albert (Raymond) didn't like ANYTHING that wasn't a Holden v8 with Brock driving it...even when the Dinosaur Commodore had NO chance of being competitive against the Sierra's and Gtr Fat Albert still ranted on about brock/commodore