1988 BROCK QUITS HOLDEN plus R1 Amaroo AMSCAR Highlights
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- 1988 was an interesting year for Australian touring car history, if Peter Brock's split from Holden after a almost 20 year association wasn't enough to jolt the memory banks then take a look at what he ended up driving, a Ford at the Goodyear AUSCAR 200 Calder Park Thunderdome www.calderpark.... and a BMW M3 all in the same year. Super100mph has found some old footage which we cobbled together although a bit rough in places, brings back the memories of what 1988 was like for touring car fans, it certainly didn't run to script.
Includes a wonderful interview with Brock by Channel 9's Ann Maree Sparkman. We also included the 1st round of the Amscar races at Amaroo Park which showed a depleted entry list which did not include Brock in the BMW, replaced by Neil Crompton.
Brock ended up a guest commentator for channel 7 whilst Crompton was replaced by a surprise guest commentator Doug Mulray which added a bit of comedy to the script. Not sure if Brock ever like racing at Amaroo Park, he was a non starter there many times over the years.
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I wonder if the fuel injection parts that Holden took back mentioned at 1:35 were prototype twin throttle body bits used by HSV on the walkinshaw vl
As it was, Brocky embraced Fords in the late 80s - racing the Sierra, and modifying Falcons and Fairlanes.
jeez pretty solid save when the radiator let go
In the early days of AUSCAR until the Fords began using the 302 from 1990, the Falcons actually had a slight advantage over the Commodore's, engine wise at least. The Holden's biggest engine was the 5.0L 308, but the Falcons were running the old 351 Cleveland which gave them a distinct power advantage (approximately 320 bhp against almost 400). Of course, that was offset by the XF's front end that cheated the air like a block of flats, especially compared to the sleeker VL and later VN Commodore's. Wayne Draper's roof and rear spoiler helped with rear end downforce, but nothing much could be done with that almost flat, rectangle front end.
Ironically, the Falcon did become better aerodynamically with the EA and EB models, but with the switch to the 302 V8 (mandated as the 302 was re-introduced in the EB and that the out of production 351 was only used to give the XF Falcon a competitive engine) they lost their power advantage and it was the Holden V8 that was the more powerful engine in AUSCAR until the series unfortunately folded in 1999. As a consequence AUSCAR fields were generally dominated by Commodore's, with a few notable exceptions such as Jim Richards, Garry Rogers, Stephen Richards, Mark Seaton, Marshal J Brewer (who switched to Ford after winning a championship in his Commodore) and Leigh Watkins who won the final championship in 1999 in an EF Falcon.
Thanks again for your informed posts.
Another great job, many thanks! Long live the Energy Polarizer...not really
I was at The Thunderdome that day. I still have my ticket, programme and a bad photo of him driving the falcon.
Yes, He was in an XF and blew a water hose in turn 1 at great speed. Still, from memory and he drove out the other side! for me as a diehard Ford man, it is the day I became a Brock fan as well. An absolute Champin
I was there that day as well, I was right down at the wall , and he did that slide right in front of me .
This is good to see.Im a NZ er , and was living in Melbourne for a while , I was there that day , I was right up against the wall , and Brock did that big slide right in front of me .I always wondered if there was any film of that. It was a quite cool day as I recall , and not a huge number of spectators in the stands . I think that was the second event there? I could be wrong. I was very surprised to find out years later that the track is in a sad state , and not used . Bob Jane invested heavily in it's creation.
Got any more AUSCAR or NASCAR races?
Wow nice catch in that slide on the banking. Epic
IIRC Brocky's AUSCAR career was relatively short. He tried it, then had the balls to admit that racing on the Thunderdome actually spooked him a bit and that oval racing wasn't his go.
Yeah I recall that, some say Amaroo Park also spooked him, he did miss a lot of meetings there over the years
@@Super100MPH Amaroo probably spooked everyone a bit, I raced a 350cc 2 stroke bike there in the early 80's, with no run offs it was adrenalin inducing.
I think that it would spook anyone with a lose like he had after the radiator let go. Shows just how good the guy was when he was able to catch it like that and keep it off the fence. Natural talent right there
Doug mullray is hilarious 😂 great commentary
Why no skylines & why such a small grid at Amaroo? Plus I noticed a single Toyota Sprinter AE86 at the back of the grid. Cool.
The AMSCAR series was a NSW series for touring cars back when you could race locally before taking on the ATCC.
mm interesting brock climbing in the window of an xf. bet many many owners of xds xfs new that feeling as they're doors handles snapped of every five minutes and are Still to this day sold at autobarn. great footage yet again and very entertaining
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it
It's an AUS car ya clown, the doors don't open, and don't get me started on VT Commodore door handles.
The handles snapped becuas of their door sagging
Every post this dick goes on about door handles yet owns a VK Opel where everything breaks. Funny we had several XEs and XFs and didn't break a door handle, dunno what the hell you're doing to them. Clown.
@@garethcurtis7545 Hilarious response.😆
Pace car was a red vl calais
Xf falcons never came out from ford factory with v8s
Except for some Police Hwy Pursuit cars made with the 302C. 2 of the Victorian Hwy Pursuit cars had 429 big block engines. Believe it or not, the Hwy Pursuit Branch bought more Commodores because of the floor mounted handbrake overthe Falcon's under dash because handbrake turns were easier, not because the Commodore was spec with a V8 as standard, as is often quoted by people.
@@markmark5269 get your had off it no Australian cars ever came out with a 429. And Vic police didn't put them in there cars
@@stevensmith7926 Did you read my post? I said "2 cars had 429s", the reason I know is because I saw one of them myself at the Police Workshops in Melbourne when delivering some other stuff to them, and was told there was another.
Ford and the police experimented with many different things, i have no idea why you have a problem believing that just 2 police cars were evaluated with big blocks, and i guess you don't want to hear about another very special police Falcon either ...
@@markmark5269 I just find it very hard to believe that is all. What's the story about the second very special police falcon
The polariser and director were piles of junk, holden was right to stand firm. Need to give the guy credit though for persisting with his beliefs at the time, no matter how odd they might have seemed. Rip
True story.
Former HDT man Grant "The Spear" Steers hated the Polarizer and everything it stood for. One night he took one home with him and just plonked it down on top of his television and forgot about it. To his horror it actually improved the reception. He was apparently never the same again lol
@@Holden308 🙄