Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 beautiful 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris g Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 we also have a support series called the masters in wich big banger cars from the late 60s through to the 70s running falcon HOs/torana/mustangs/valiants/camaros they would be a hand full and magic to see and hear chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Actually yes, TCM is as good as the main game for me, I love the older cars , and from what I understand they are just high tech these days as a modern v8 SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff oakley Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I have watched a lot of this series from down under and it really is super competitive. The speeds are huge and when it goes wrong the shunts are massive and the sound. What I like is a driver is 10 tenths and then a commentator asks a question for the audience and without missing a beat they start chatting away, really something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 A friend in Oz has a genuine Ford Falcon XY GT which he races. Car is beautiful and must be a handful due to its size alone ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, jeff oakley said: I have watched a lot of this series from down under and it really is super competitive. The speeds are huge and when it goes wrong the shunts are massive and the sound. What I like is a driver is 10 tenths and then a commentator asks a question for the audience and without missing a beat they start chatting away, really something else From memory I think Australia was one ( if not THE ) first country to provide in car cameras and driver commentary. Agreed though I don't know how they do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Is that Allan Moffet, looks very like him if not?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, OldStager said: From memory I think Australia was one ( if not THE ) first country to provide in car cameras and driver commentary. Agreed though I don't know how they do it. I think you're right. I remember watching a Bathhurst race yonks ago.. wouldn't like to guess the year.. Dick Johnson with an in car camera that rotated? chatting away as he wrestled with his Falcon (was it? ) I was gob smacked at the time, but now it's old hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, OldStager said: Is that Allan Moffet, looks very like him if not?. Well spotted....sadly not my friend in Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Andrew said: I think you're right. I remember watching a Bathhurst race yonks ago.. wouldn't like to guess the year.. Dick Johnson with an in car camera that rotated? chatting away as he wrestled with his Falcon (was it? ) I was gob smacked at the time, but now it's old hat. Yes footage I have seen was at Bathurst, I think at the time the driver had to release a catch which in turn used a sprung loaded mechanism that rotated the camera whilst a car or a car he was passing overtook. All whilst doing 250 KPH down Conrod, lol. NUTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, clansman said: Well spotted....sadly not my friend in Oz I know he does a lot of the club meets and stuff for Ford, so just put two and two together as it looks like a club meet in your pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Just now, OldStager said: I know he does a lot of the club meets and stuff for Ford, so just put two and two together as it looks like a club meet in your pic. Could well have been, I know Colin( car owner) does a fair bit of racing and a die hard Ford man. This was the start of the great race the year I went with my son. We got another great man's Autograph....Dick Johnston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 OH, were you there that year, the Fabs crash?. That was sickening to watch , huge speed at that part of the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Took me a while to find out its David's cousin as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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