I remember sitting on the edge of my seat watching this back in 1994. That was an excellent weekend of racing with the Hill/Schumacher incident, Nigel Mansell kicking arse for the last time ever and this epic Aussie touring car battle.
@@RyanHellyerWas this the year when they got to bathurst they decided to strip the fords of those little front rakes and took a huge cut off the under skirt? Somebody cried.. somewhere.. about them ?
Amazingly BIG Darrel Eastlake hadn't done much Car Racing Commentary, but was a pure natural. It was this bit of commentary that American Broadcast sport channels fell in love with BIG Darrels style of commentary. Darrel did go on to do NASCAR and INDY Car race calling.Just watching and listening to this BIG Darrel puts all of us into the driving seat. Even the Legendary Murray Walker describes Darrel Eastlake as the best he worked along side with.
That was awesome, awesome racing. They both drove great in the wet and LP's car control was nothing short of impressive. Wish we saw more racing like this now...
Wow, that was pretty awesome. You cannot understate the skill required to drive defensively like that on a wet track on shot tyres! That must have been an incredibly satisfying victory.
+58teaspoon JB's drive was superb on a drying track on tired wets, but at that point the Holden wasn't as good a race car as the Ford and Larry's team lacked for development due to lack of money and Larry had started a lot further back than JB so he'd had a lot of work to do to get up to JB. If Larry had got up to JB a lap earlier it would have all been over, even JB admits that he'd have had to hang out the white flag and let Larry go and JB very rarely gives best...
As mentioned it called a sequential gearchange, where by no clutch is needed as the engine is cut for a few milliseconds (when the selector is moved), thus enabling the next gear to be selected, basically.
The V8 super car season is fantastic. Touring car is ultra competitive , and has only just now started to get wider acceptance here in America. This video is great!
As someone elsa just said, this is a sensational expression of the difference between "be able to drive" and "being a Driver". These 2 pilots showed superb skill, Perkins in fearless aggressive driving and Bowe in stone-cold and calculated defensive driving: just look how many seconds did he lost in 2 laps for the wet set-up, and you could understand how difficult had to be keeping Perkins behind. He calculated every corner, closing the gap especially in the accelerations...
That was AWESOME from both drivers & both manufacturers, loved watching that clip of racing with the VN & EB? V8's especially in the wet in good old Adelaide. Thanks for posting it.
This was the probably the year they switched to Chev engines but Larry kept using the Holden 304 for an extra season or two. Every other Commodore bar maybe one other team was on the Chev 302 engine by then. Looks like Larry's VP. I had recorded this on a VHS tape and it was in a box in my garage. Unfortunately I originally recorded it in long play (to save space on the tape) so that's why it's low quality and degraded so much. Anyway.. it's better than nothing and I doubt the TV station or anyone else still has the footage so it was important to post it up :).
To all you guys saying "if only touring cars were like this these days", have you watched V8's recently? It's still mental. I'm an F1 man, but really, you can't go past the excitment of V8 Supercars. Hamilton this year was the most mental race I've watched in ages, cars sliding everywhere and the lead changing constantly.
Spot on. Car may be hard to buy if they've had it all that time ! Mid 90s the cars went to a whole new level. In reality it's when they got to the level they're at now. It's really only been little tweeks and regulation changes since. I have had a few over the years and the change is so easily seen. I had the first castrol ef falcon and compared to the cars of only a few years before the cages were so complex and cars so much more rigid. The whole design and construction was so much better.
whether your a fan or not that was simply brilliant racing, from both jb and perkins those last two laps were as entertaining as the sport gets great stuff!
LP ran a one car team this season at Mnt Panarama Hansford as Co-driver. The only fulltime GMH team entered using a GMH based engine. Guess what? The Castrol/Perkins team won!! Larry slide it home like a magican during the final slippery laps.
I'm talking about 93' (5 stud wheels for LP) it was the first Bathurst i went to. It was the first year of Ford V Holden rules. 92' was the GTR washout.
@coomiekid looking at the engine parts.. Nascar block, Nascar heads.. most likely Nascar running gear or the same gear with different measurements for the rules. I think from memory the crankshaft is in a different location because of the v8's rules.. im not fully sure.
Hahaha... Darryl Eastlake... the guy could commentate on a knitting contest and I would get excited :) But seriously, Larry, you were amazing behind the wheel of a race car and one of my first Motorsport heroes!
@Shumacher5 agreed! last 15 laps of bathurst this year was epic. F1 could learn so much from other motorsports about how to keep he fans on the edge of their seat.
Superb race. Would love to see more of that. Touring cars are the best. Too bad the last WTCC race was canceled due to floods. It was a boring track anyway.
Larry was a legend when he was driving, just shows how good an engineer he really is, combined with drivin !!!
Totally agree mate. He built the engine and knew he could flog it all day!
if only 2019 v8 supercar races were like this. :(
Plus BIG Daz commentary is awesome.
wow, what a drive!! that's the highest level of racing. push fast, hard, but still super clean from both drivers. *bows down*
The old sedated comes to mind "it's one thing to catch him, it's another thing to pass". Great clean driving there from both Larry and John.
That was bloody insane. One of the best drives I have seen from the V8 Supercars in a long time. Pity they don't still drive like that today.
I remember sitting on the edge of my seat watching this back in 1994. That was an excellent weekend of racing with the Hill/Schumacher incident, Nigel Mansell kicking arse for the last time ever and this epic Aussie touring car battle.
1991
Yep good memories eh 😁🇦🇺😁
@@juanm.5803 this was definitely not 1991. They weren't racing those cars then. It was the Adelaide GP weekend of 1994.
@@RyanHellyerWas this the year when they got to bathurst they decided to strip the fords of those little front rakes and took a huge cut off the under skirt? Somebody cried.. somewhere.. about them ?
@@Niknteen1 That was one year later, in 1995.
Miss your Mighty voice Darryl. I loved you and Barry Sheene calling the GP 500 races.
Darryl Eastlake, great commentator!
Shane Ostenfeld hell yea
"...and now I think it's... YES IT'S TIME TO TAKE MY VOICE RIGHT UP TO THE THRESHOLD OF PAIN AND SCREAM MY T**S OFF..."
Perfect to relive past touring car races during 2021 Covid19.
Perkins was always my favourite. No bullshit, no pissing about, plus he built everything himself.
Love the Castrol livery!
Good to hear Darrel Eastlake's voice again, what a great commentator.. Who can forget him doing the weightlifting.. RIP champ..
Huuuuge!!! RIP Big Dazza
Ahh the good ol days when V8 SuperCars were awesome to watch :)
Amazingly BIG Darrel Eastlake hadn't done much Car Racing Commentary, but was a pure natural. It was this bit of commentary that American Broadcast sport channels fell in love with BIG Darrels style of commentary. Darrel did go on to do NASCAR and INDY Car race calling.Just watching and listening to this BIG Darrel puts all of us into the driving seat. Even the Legendary Murray Walker describes Darrel Eastlake as the best he worked along side with.
Can only agree... enthusiastic
That was a great drive totally forgot about it till now thanks for posting! Larry is a Legend!
Great race to the magnificent soundtrack of Big Darryl.
That's awesome racing. J.B. defending like a wizard. Larry with all the pressure. At my home town. Fantastic.
Great Racing. Back when V8 Supercars were interesting and used components from the road going car.
That was awesome, awesome racing. They both drove great in the wet and LP's car control was nothing short of impressive. Wish we saw more racing like this now...
I wish we got Aussie races on TV here in Canada. The Aussies do it like no other.
Wow, that was pretty awesome. You cannot understate the skill required to drive defensively like that on a wet track on shot tyres! That must have been an incredibly satisfying victory.
And then 20 years on, there was Whincup vs McLaughlin. Wonder what the racing God's will grace us with in another 20 years
Battery powered cars...yay! :(
Good clean racing from two wet weather masters!
+Aus80sRockRadio yes true talent..
Wow! That was amazing driving on both drivers' parts :D
2 legends goin at it..
Awesome race, brings back memories 🇦🇺 ol' Larrikin Larry 🇦🇺 John Bowe🇦🇺
Gentleman racers with faith in each other's skill and balls of steel.
Classic Ford win, and John Bowe is a fucking legend
Gez, Nearly a 30 year old race and Big Dazza got me on the edge of my seat. Rest in peace big Fella.
Great racing LP what a weapon!!! What a mess supercars are now!! Glory days!!! With Darrell calling it!!!
Glad to see Perkins again, first saw him from the 'first to last' video. And now he is here 🤝
Larry could drive, always fun to watch
Certainly put a smile on my face... Thanks for sharing it with us.
mate, im a ford fan but that was such a great drive from Larry. He was soooo close to getting JB.
Great racing.
Vale big Darryl Eastlake
it looked so cool when they like, drifted round the corner, then corrected :)
These and the cars 4-5 years afterwards were awesome.. looking good, tricky to master and fuel wasn't really a issue yet
id say bowe's drive was better to hold out perkins on the tyre that was performing better?
+58teaspoon JB's drive was superb on a drying track on tired wets, but at that point the Holden wasn't as good a race car as the Ford and Larry's team lacked for development due to lack of money and Larry had started a lot further back than JB so he'd had a lot of work to do to get up to JB. If Larry had got up to JB a lap earlier it would have all been over, even JB admits that he'd have had to hang out the white flag and let Larry go and JB very rarely gives best...
Exactly, people look at the driving moving through the field but the defense of Bowe was awesome and his run away from the restart was mega.
As mentioned it called a sequential gearchange, where by no clutch is needed as the engine is cut for a few milliseconds (when the selector is moved), thus enabling the next gear to be selected, basically.
I went through my view history like 4 years to find this video. Amazing!
And it is exactly 4 years that I have seen your comment and watched the video
@legochuckles - I think cause they where showing great sportsmanship and respecting each others skills...
The lights flash was the coolest thing ever.
Haha loved it, sitting on the edge of the seat stuff - these old vids rock!
HOLY HELL! Now thats what we call racing. Ford vs. Holden. Hells Yeah. That was the best i've ever seen.
The V8 super car season is fantastic. Touring car is ultra competitive , and has only just now started to get wider acceptance here in America. This video is great!
Fantastic last few laps.
Pure class, that race was intense man!
Larry Perkins...what a driver!
this is by far one the best scenes I have ever seen - its like a movie !
As someone elsa just said, this is a sensational expression of the difference between "be able to drive" and "being a Driver".
These 2 pilots showed superb skill, Perkins in fearless aggressive driving and Bowe in stone-cold and calculated defensive driving: just look how many seconds did he lost in 2 laps for the wet set-up, and you could understand how difficult had to be keeping Perkins behind. He calculated every corner, closing the gap especially in the accelerations...
what a duel first time i've seen this great skill in the wet.
Big driving, fair battle. Respect.
Pleasure to watch it...
John Bowe, Harder to pass than a kidney stone....
@SidewaysGts right on. a real race lover.any kind of race with wheels and a motor.
That was AWESOME from both drivers & both manufacturers, loved watching that clip of racing with the VN & EB? V8's especially in the wet in good old Adelaide. Thanks for posting it.
This was the probably the year they switched to Chev engines but Larry kept using the Holden 304 for an extra season or two. Every other Commodore bar maybe one other team was on the Chev 302 engine by then. Looks like Larry's VP. I had recorded this on a VHS tape and it was in a box in my garage. Unfortunately I originally recorded it in long play (to save space on the tape) so that's why it's low quality and degraded so much. Anyway.. it's better than nothing and I doubt the TV station or anyone else still has the footage so it was important to post it up :).
Actually check this guys video out, he has it in better quality. ruclips.net/video/EbkspDDEn1Y/видео.html
Cracking classic Aussie Touring Cars....No.1
Good on JB for holding him off, the cred really goes to him
Was really hoping Perkins won there. My arse was like a rabbits nose watching them going through that last corner. Good effort lad. x
fantastic. thanks for posting. real racing, proper drivers.
To all you guys saying "if only touring cars were like this these days", have you watched V8's recently? It's still mental. I'm an F1 man, but really, you can't go past the excitment of V8 Supercars. Hamilton this year was the most mental race I've watched in ages, cars sliding everywhere and the lead changing constantly.
It is a fair and exciting race.
Simple ､ I think one of the best.
By a big machine like this,
It is a personal novel. I appreciate.
Here Comes Larry
Wow, what a great race. I got chills.
great stuff! right up there with Steve Soper at Silverstone in '92, from dead last up to 5th place
Spot on. Car may be hard to buy if they've had it all that time ! Mid 90s the cars went to a whole new level. In reality it's when they got to the level they're at now. It's really only been little tweeks and regulation changes since. I have had a few over the years and the change is so easily seen. I had the first castrol ef falcon and compared to the cars of only a few years before the cages were so complex and cars so much more rigid. The whole design and construction was so much better.
wow, VZ or VZ supercars eat your heart out, that sent shivers down my spine, was simply awesome
what a race,what a ford verse holden battle,takes you back big time go larry you are one of the best.
whether your a fan or not that was simply brilliant racing, from both jb and perkins those last two laps were as entertaining as the sport gets
great stuff!
John Bowe was from Devonport in Tasmania. He had a car yard. Best deal he did was on that car.
LP ran a one car team this season at Mnt Panarama Hansford as Co-driver. The only fulltime GMH team entered using a GMH based engine. Guess what? The Castrol/Perkins team won!! Larry slide it home like a magican during the final slippery laps.
Undoubtedly the golden era in Aussie tin tops..
LARRY DA-MAN!!
Bowe, Perkins, Seton, Johnson & Gardener as a top five, not to mention the other big names outside that top five.
They were the days!
WOW! What a great battle. Are there any more videos like this?
Honestly, I don't think anyone could come up with an argument for what you said in both posts. Damn good points.
I'm talking about 93' (5 stud wheels for LP) it was the first Bathurst i went to. It was the first year of Ford V Holden rules. 92' was the GTR washout.
verry verry VERRY nice job larry
Fantastic stuff!
lol you have to just love the 90's touring cars there just fun to watch
Probably one of the best final lap I've ever seen in my entire life!
Супер гонки
The tire selection decided the outcome.
Damn! That was a bloody nice bit of driving by all involved.
Australian supercar is the best, most exiting and competitive series in the world
Two of the greats from the Touring car days this is racing
@coomiekid looking at the engine parts.. Nascar block, Nascar heads.. most likely Nascar running gear or the same gear with different measurements for the rules. I think from memory the crankshaft is in a different location because of the v8's rules.. im not fully sure.
great video mate, nail biting finish.
GR8 race!!!And in all that close racing they never touched.
Still gets the heart pumping!
That was one of the most exciting racing I've seen. They both pushed it to the limits! > anyone want to teach me how to drive like that!!
Hahaha... Darryl Eastlake... the guy could commentate on a knitting contest and I would get excited :)
But seriously, Larry, you were amazing behind the wheel of a race car and one of my first Motorsport heroes!
That was a battle. good show!
Jonsey. Best ever Co driver in commentary
great racing
That was freaken amazing
that was some awesome racing.
Great driving there, good stuff.
@Shumacher5 agreed! last 15 laps of bathurst this year was epic. F1 could learn so much from other motorsports about how to keep he fans on the edge of their seat.
Superb race. Would love to see more of that. Touring cars are the best. Too bad the last WTCC race was canceled due to floods. It was a boring track anyway.
How did they fit in the car with balls that big? Amazing driving!
Thats the way touring car racing should be.....bloody unreal