Bathurst 1972 Part 2

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Bathurst 1972 Part 2

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Craig Warden

6 жыл бұрын

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@allansunderland6944 2 жыл бұрын

How times have changed !!! Pit stop antics !!W#hat ! Wheel braces?? really, fuel churns,no safety cars, no SAFETY period..I was 20 and elated to see Holden back on top again! Never realized then the significance of what I was witness to.The birth of LEGENDS, Falcon GTs and Torana XUI, Moffat and Brockie. How lucky were my mates and I to live through that wonderful era, and be able to tell the tale today ! Thanks for posting this wonderful memory of my youth !

@tonymccarthy6713 2 жыл бұрын

I was 29 that year. I just had to go out and buy an XU1 that year, what a fantastic little car it was too. Had it for 5 years, but I wish that I still had it today.

@teeanahera8949 2 жыл бұрын

I am amazed that they knew pit stops could win or lose the race but here is a mechanic who has trouble getting the wheel nuts out of his pocket, finally gets them, puts them on the ground and casually does up the nuts. An practise that changed dramatically in more modern racing. As a kid I would be up at 6am to watch the preliminary stuff and then the race would start at 8am I think, I would be fixed to the TV screen and not miss a minute. Fun fact, a couple of weeks ago a “barn find” Monaro, one of the homologation specials I believe, sold as is with decades of dirt and grime, for over $200,000 at the Bundaberg auctions.

@tomnewham1269 Жыл бұрын

It takes longer to fuel the cars than to change the tyres so not a real issue for the mechanic to take his time.

@DodgyBrothersEngineering 9 ай бұрын

Those guys were hi tech they had a rattle gun, some teams were still using wheel braces to get the tyres on and off. I miss the days of real racing. I still don't move from the TV from start to finish, but it no longer holds the same joy it once did.

@seanpie5481 2 жыл бұрын

I just can’t believe this is 50 years ago! Thanks for the video.

@mkvector9539 2 жыл бұрын

My mother was born in 1974.

@BLUEZz73 2 жыл бұрын

Good old Peter Perfect what a driver👍🇦🇺👍

@waynepirihi9769 2 жыл бұрын

10year old and never heard of Bathurst til late 80s. Great race

@utha2665 2 жыл бұрын

A bit of nostalgia there, I was only 5 years old in 1972 but still remember the likes of Brock, Moffatt and Bond. Dick Johnson debuted the next year. Great content, thanks for the upload 4 years ago...

@BlairSauer 2 жыл бұрын

Brock was 27 at the time of that race. He would've been 77 this year if he was still with us.

@deadcentre6926 2 жыл бұрын

I was up there for the bikes that year. I was 6 years old..still remember it. Pity they don't run anymore

@alanriley9754 2 жыл бұрын

My father competed against Harry Firth in the 1950s.

@johnkelly7264 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! What a blast from the past. Brings back many fond memories. Thanks! Subbed here!

@chuckselvage3157 2 жыл бұрын

The year I was born this race should have been the GTHO phase4,the XU1 V8,and the 340 Charger but they were banned because of a newspaper story it also changed the rules from series production to group C .

@7s29 2 жыл бұрын

Evan Green's article killed it for many. Then Australia had bland cars for the next 25 years.

@chuckselvage3157 2 жыл бұрын

@@7s29 Then U had fuel crisis and ADR27A and the party was well and truly over the only one who was doing anything exciting was Brock with his HDTs.😔

@geoffhill6992 2 жыл бұрын

awesome thanks for this

@michaelaubert3772 2 жыл бұрын

my dad managed and ran the Booths XU-1 Graham Moore.I was timekeeper ,shit kicker, good times. a private team low budget

@stevenbeck5746 2 жыл бұрын

I was 15 in 1972 and would have watched the whole race. Funny I don't remember any of that. But then again I watched a lot of Bathursts.

@speakfreeley4473 3 күн бұрын

One would have expected the Falcon XA coupes to have made an appearance in this race, but not. Only assumption I can think of is that they weren't quite ready to be raced, so they stuck with the XYs for this one.

@geoffprice5357 2 жыл бұрын

And not a single concrete barrier, sheer skill and a bit of luck

@johndunstan3875 2 жыл бұрын

Miss ya Brockie.

@Omegaman1969 2 жыл бұрын

Axed the front wing off lol

@Don-zl1ey 2 жыл бұрын

Good effort by valiant charger as well

@fredfungalspore 2 жыл бұрын

If you told those Pitt crews and drivers that in 2022 those GTs and GTHOs would be worth $500.000 to a million they would have had you committed...😀

@fredfungalspore 2 жыл бұрын

@@justdoesntaddup8620 I had the chance to buy a new crystal ball in 1979 too God dam it 😀

@justdoesntaddup8620 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredfungalspore Lol , I’ve never heard that before, I’ll use it now. Around 1978 there were 5 phase III HO’s around Tamworth, I reckon one could have bought the 5 of them for 15k$.

@OzBloke 2 жыл бұрын

Real Cars - I actually attended that one and camped in the deep,mud on the mountain 😎👍

@jimclarke1108 2 жыл бұрын

Great memories

@deadmanwalking2572 2 жыл бұрын

I was a 10 year old living in Melbourne at the time. Alen Moffitt was the man back then, well I thought so. Hench ford the best. Then after Brocky winning with the tarana all the lads started putting duck tail spoilers on their Holden's. Back in NZ we called them a Vauxhall and came in a 4 cylinder. O happy days, the early 70s n Australia

@rgarlinyc 2 жыл бұрын

90 second pit stops - ha ha ha! And that mechanic fumbling in his pockets for the wheel nuts. 🤣🤣

@andrewread154 2 жыл бұрын

The annoying thing about this commentary is that you wouldn’t know that there were lots of other cars besides Holden, Ford and Chrysler in the race.

@BlairSauer 2 жыл бұрын

Yep there were Datsun sedans and ford escorts. I spotted a Hilman hunter in the footage there as well. I tell you what those ol' tv cameras looked awfully bulky and heavy. Probably weighed as much as a 10kg bag of spuds.

@7s29 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they were very biased back in the day. The chargers finished on podium, no mention. Plus that car was a privateer car, Doug rung is neck but, wasn't good enough to beat the 2 factory teams for Holden and Ford. Not to worry, it was a life time ago, these cars now live in people's memory.

@theworkshopmechanicchannel3296 Жыл бұрын

That’s pretty damn cool

@michaelharris3036 2 жыл бұрын

9 years later I born

@saxongreen78 Жыл бұрын

(Charger was _robbed_ - both during development and in the competition budget.)

@brianbishop4228 2 жыл бұрын

Look frank lownes and ian ttait

@deanwallden297 2 жыл бұрын

Craig's a dead ringer for his dad

@BlairSauer 2 жыл бұрын

Frank lowndes and Ian Tait you mean

@chrisbrown3925 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't I see a fiat out there?

@russelldaylight261 2 жыл бұрын

I think that was a Mazda Capella. I have owned one of each!

@kylebutler7142 2 жыл бұрын

These early motorsport films are too theatrical and annoying. Obviously attempting to cater to a wide audience, they alienate motorsport affectionados by dumbing down the entire event. Asking the drivers inane questions 'are you nervous? You must be nervous?' They are all we have so must be appreciated.