That must’ve been so amazing! I’m a trained precision mechanic who became automotive engineer and my dream is it to join a race team for at least a season to work with them! I would do it completely for free since my company has to option of a sabbatical where they keep paying me, even if I don’t work for a few months. Unfortunately I know nobody in the racing industry.. I did some track days, even a training weekend in formula BMW cars, but I couldn’t get any contacts to racing teams who where looking for people. I have the feeling it’s very hard to get into it today, while back in the good old days of racing you could join a team much easier, since there where much more little private teams around who’d gladly accept help. These days the teams all appear very uptight and snobby. It seems they only accept rich people with already existing contacts in the industry which is very sad. Touring cars were for everyone back then! These days there’s almost no chance for the regular guy to go touring car racing on their own budget.

Brilliant grammar

@@Taz1451 good enuf for youtube. Its not a college thesis

But he is 2 times Touring Car World Cup Champion in Mondeo.

@@grabacoffee1204 I never doubted his talent But like I say, too nice

@@TheThejpmshow Will Hoy is more way too nice.

@@grabacoffee1204 was He died some years ago

@@TheThejpmshow So sad.

nah mate he's ours 🇦🇺

I was listening to the V8 Sleuth podcast with Alan Gow who owns the TOCA rights for the BTCC and he said the 1997 & 1998 Bathurst 1000's were the BTCC cars were used was because of a fallout between Channel 7 and V8 Supercars over broadcasting and prize money. It only ran for 2 years before Channel 7 realised it was just as expensive to ship the cars & teams from the UK than to pay the Supercars what they thought they were worth. There were local teams running in this race too to make up the field but the BTTC cars were way ahead of them. TWR, 888 / Holden (Vauxhall) had teams in the BTCC anyway so they could use V8 drivers in their cars. Podcast well worth a listen.

PMGF 1997 as well

Bathurst was there long before Supercars came along

@@paulfromperth5713 Thanks will need to look that one up :)

@@Holden308 What's your point?

@@PMGF point is that Supercars are only the latest in the list of categories that have run in the race, a list that includes Series Production, Group C, Group A and Super Touring. And when Supercars go another category will probably step in. Its not just a Supercars race, though they have a habit of trying to re-write history to suit themselves. The three races at Phillip Island from 1960-62 usually get ignored simply because they weren't at Bathurst while any race or car before Supercars took over in 1997 that was won by a non-V8 (mostly the turbo Group A era and Super Touring) usually gets ignored by them. And some fans also have an annoying habit of forgetting that there was touring car racing before V8 Supercars.....

No, im Sorry.

Ok no prob. thank you

ATCC

MiniOne82 Supertouring actually, FIA regulations based off the BTCC rules at the time.

Supertouring was a world wide formula and was used in ATCC.

Not even ATCC or the Australian Super Touring Championship. Bathurst was a stand alone race not part of any championship.

The front wing as in the car part. Don't try to have a go at the commentators when you don't even understand the names of car parts!

@@leftboot83 Its called a "Mudguard".

@@leftboot83 You have too be a pom, lol. I know a lot of poms and most have a sense of humour but its plain to see that you don't. Lighten up a bit, you'll live longer.

Hes just used to saying that from commentating f1

This comment didn’t age well. RIP the great Murray Waker

@@ashdog236 the story doesn't change just because man passed away. I liked old Murray but his mouth and brain has a loose association

Cry about it then

Sounded more like Allan Moffett who mentioned about the Integra.

The only idiot I see in this thread is you. Not Murray Walker. He's a commentator. How could you possibly expect him to have the knowledge you had. Go and take your head for a shit, mate.

That's because "Strayans" are quite racist...

V8s didn't race that yr at the mountain

MiniOne82 Yes, they did, it was called something like the FAI 1000 or something like that. Every year there was supertouring Bathurst 1000km, there was also a V8SC Bathurst 1000km

***** what i meant was not on the same wkend they didnt. the V8's raced on a diffarent date as the super touring raced to the more traditional date in oct as i think the V8's raced a month or so be

V8SC fuckin' blows compared to the ST class.

Yes it was