Official Bathurst 1000 Thread

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Originally posted by Fred
I don't bother with the race anymore it's so boring with just the two marques and having nothing in common with the cars we can buy.
They should go back to the original concept, ie, cars straight from the showrooms with the only mods a roll cage and exhaust system. Classes for all sorts of cars and let em rip.
That's how we got some classics such as the ford GT's, Holden Monaros and the Valiant chargers.
The early days at Phillip Is. had Mercedes, Customlines, Vauxhalls and all manner of other things. The things they needed to be competitive found their way into the cars we could buy - brakes being the biggest improvement.
Overall it was far more interesting. The old adage was "win on sunday - sell on monday".

I know exactly what you mean. And I often do miss the variety in the series.

In November they are having a 24 hour race in Bathurst, its being run by PRO CAR which are basically production cars, and is exactly what you were just talking about. You should tune it