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3 Jul 2001, 07:03 (Ref:112404)
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Holden Racing Team And City Motors To The Rescue
HOLDEN RACING TEAM AND CITY MOTORS TO THE RESCUE!
A trip to Wanneroo Raceway last Sunday week for Mandurah (WA) couple Peter and Lynne Davies went horribly wrong, when their car caught fire in the car park of the circuit. Their ageing vehicle was destroyed in the blaze, leaving the pair devastated and, with no way of towing their caravan back home to Mandurah. The Holden Racing Team heard of the retired couple's plight and decided to help, offering the Davies a sum of money and endeavoring to enlist the assistance of one of the Team's associated Perth Holden Special Vehicles dealers. Tony Carter, Dealer Principal of City Motors For Holden in Perth immediately joined the rescue plan, loaning Peter and Lynne a Holden Commodore to enable them to tow their caravan back to Mandurah, and then set about finding a suitable replacement vehicle for their burnt-out 1986 Ford Falcon. The Davies' new car is a 1996 Holden Commodore VS Equippe station wagon, and an excited Peter and Lynne collected the car from City Motors For Holden showrooms in Newcastle Street Perth today. Tuesday July 3rd. "We had arrived at the Wanneroo circuit and found a spot to watch the races from, when we heard a commotion in the crowd and someone say that a car was on fire." Peter Davies explained. "Lynne and I decided to take a look - just in case - and we were devastated when we realised it was our Ford. "Lynne was in shock and we were wondering what we were going to do, when the Holden Racing Team approached us with their offer. We were almost dumbstruck! City Motors and HRT have been fantastic in getting us back on the road and the VS Commodore we now drive is a beautiful car. "Lynne and I wish to express or deepest thanks and gratitude to the Holden Racing Team and City Motors for their tremendous help and we'll be HRT fans forever!" Peter concluded. For further information, please contact: Paul Weissel Tony Carter - Dealer Principal Richard Cull - G.M. Holden Racing Team City Motors For Holden City Motors Phone: 03 9544 0322 505 Newcastle Street 505 Newcastle St Fax: 03 9562 9921 Perth Perth Mob: 0418 588 801 Phone: 9422 7777 Phone: 9422 7777 Email: paul.weissel@hsv.com.au Fax: 9422 7630 Fax: 9422 7630 |
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3 Jul 2001, 07:29 (Ref:112411)
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not bad, walk in with a XF and drive out in a VS.
now lets not get any ideas from this exercise!! |
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3 Jul 2001, 08:37 (Ref:112423)
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People have been trying to do this for years at Bathurst.
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3 Jul 2001, 11:31 (Ref:112458)
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Let that be a lesson not to park your car on camp fire....tsk tsk
But aren't HRT nice boys...ahhhh 
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3 Jul 2001, 12:19 (Ref:112469)
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What set the thing on fire, anyway... shouldn't have been easy for a stationary car to go up in flames?
Of course, if it had happened miles away, towing their caravan home, they would have been really stuck and got nothing.... Very benevolent of the people involved. Last edited by Ray Bell; 3 Jul 2001 at 12:20. |
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3 Jul 2001, 12:39 (Ref:112476)
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Apparently they parked on someone's camp fire from the earlier, and it sparked up...
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3 Jul 2001, 13:50 (Ref:112499)
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hehe , now that's what I call a bargain , drive in with a Ford and come home with a Holden <g>.
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3 Jul 2001, 13:59 (Ref:112501)
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Just wondering if HRT are covering the cost of counseling as well for them - I mean it would be rather traumatic, as you say, going to the meeitng in a Ford and then having to step down and drive home in a Holden...
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3 Jul 2001, 14:29 (Ref:112511)
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HAHA , more like they would need counceling, cause they would be in shock at the vast improvment of the new car
 .And why is it that HRT got them a new car and not FTR ??, could it be that they were afraid they wouldnt make it home 
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3 Jul 2001, 14:45 (Ref:112517)
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Why not FTR? Pretty obvious really - FTR need all the parts on the race track - HRT just go and pinch the ones they give away so the owners can claim insurance
Hmmm what no claim bonus on the new car I wonder? |
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3 Jul 2001, 15:04 (Ref:112530)
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hmmm ..nice bit of publicity work by HRT ..now lets see..I am currently driving an XF...and winton is coming up soon ...hmmmm..nahhhh..ill probably take my Commodore to the track instead...allthough a new VX compared to a VN sounds rather nice ...hmmmm..plotting ..plotting ..plotting
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3 Jul 2001, 21:10 (Ref:112668)
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Grow up guys - grow up
I'd rather push a Ford than be seen driving a Holden. I have left myself wide open here that's part of the fun isn't it. |
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3 Jul 2001, 22:12 (Ref:112704)
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Push a Ford? ... yes, I remember that...
Clubman racer John O'Brien was head first in the bowels of his early Falcon tow ute once fixing the starter ...late at night at Oran Park... and Allan Moffat (real one) walked by, asking him, "What's wrong there, lad?" John, never one to mince words, replied "Another fine Ford product &*$ked out!" .... to which the old Moff replied: "Yes, I know the feeling well..." Another time John-O displayed rare compassion... seeing a tortoise on the road, screeching to a stop... but pulling up on top of it... he dropped it into reverse and went to go backwards, but the gearbox split under the strain... dumping oil over the poor reptile! To a bystander, he offered the tortoise, covered in Castrol's overheated best... "Is he a friend of yours?" This is the same guy who made the snowchains out of fencing wire and his best socket set (now rusty) when he and his pregnant wife were caught in the mountains... |
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3 Jul 2001, 23:54 (Ref:112740)
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I think I might trade the Camry in for a new VT at Lakeside this weekend
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4 Jul 2001, 00:18 (Ref:112751)
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Ray- Classic stuff
DNQ- Hmmm, let me think. The only car dealers racing this weekend are Garry Rogers (so you'd probably get a Nissan) and Eddie Abelnica (aka Melbourne's Cheapest Cars- so no doubt that you would get an old dunger from him ).
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4 Jul 2001, 01:24 (Ref:112768)
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Hmm, I'll take the Nissan.
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4 Jul 2001, 04:05 (Ref:112790)
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I think I know Garry better than that... better have a backup plan!
Yes, there are many stories, Crash... if I could spend more time at your party I would surely be able to come out with more... some of the best are about getting to and from race meetings, of course. And you do need a real character somewhere to get the best out of life... Eldred Norman, of course, comes to mind, and the madness of Lou Molina, driving to a fifties Bathurst from Melbourne with his mate and several flagons of rough red... and making roadside pit stops to a predetermined pattern, change a wheel and off again! |
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4 Jul 2001, 06:18 (Ref:112818)
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My memory fails me a bit at the moment Ray, but one of the better 'getting to the track' stories I recall happened a while ago. Let's call him Mr X (I'm sure many local QLDers would know who I'm talking about...).
Anyways, Mr X worked night and day for a considerable amount of time to get his new race car ready to race. He finished it late on Saturday night, and set out early Sunday morning for a meeting in Warwick. Traveling from Brisbane, with the whole family on board, the weather around the range was really quite average. Being a typical racing driver he was giving it heaps, when he got to the top of Cunningham's gap, he lost control, spun the 4wd with race car in tow , through about 180 degrees onto the wrong side of the road. No worries, turned it around and kept going. He stopped a few miles down the road, got out and puffed off a packet of smokes Another one I remember in a similar area is that a car/trailer had a brake failure coming down the western side of the range. He wound up stopping at the first petrol station at the bottom....after nearly taking out the bowsers by a few inches
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4 Jul 2001, 07:42 (Ref:112836)
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HRT&CITY MOTORS.
WHO WANTS A BLOODY HOLDEN ANYWAY........
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4 Jul 2001, 07:47 (Ref:112837)
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Anyone with half a brain and good taste
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4 Jul 2001, 08:15 (Ref:112841)
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4 Jul 2001, 08:32 (Ref:112844)
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hehe , pay that one , should have said anyone with at least half a brain, and I think the race results and sales prove the good taste part
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4 Jul 2001, 08:44 (Ref:112846)
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Well Mick, it is a real pity that I am sworn to secrecy about what Tim and I saw out at the Holden Proving Ground at Lang Lang today....
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4 Jul 2001, 08:50 (Ref:112849)
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Grrrr , I was waiting to see where you would bring that in ??, did ya say G'day for me ??
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4 Jul 2001, 08:54 (Ref:112852)
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Hehe - not allowed to say - I've been gagged
 Talk later tonight - gotta go and write a press release
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