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Tony Edmondson bought into Elfin Sports Cars in the mid 80s (along with Don Elliott, who Tony drove for in the early 80s, driving Don's K&A Engineering-built Alfetta Chev sports sedan). I believe they sold out of Elfin by the end of the 80s. Since then, no idea.
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Are we sure about Jamie McHugh??
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13 Jan 2005, 23:49 (Ref:1200370) | #104 | ||
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George was still under contract with Nissan for 1990, but when they cut back to running 2 cars, Fury was the one left on the sidelines, although his contract did allow him to go rallying. However, once Nissan decided they were only going to run one car in the enduros, they released George from his contract and he signed up with Glenn in time to race at Oran Park in the final ATCC round. They then won the Sandown 500 together, but ran in seperate cars at Bathurst and Eastern Creek.
George also did the first couple of James Hardie 12 Hours in a Galant VR-4, run I think by a rally team? I think George Shepherd was involved? |
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14 Jan 2005, 11:33 (Ref:1200762) | #106 | ||
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Someone mentioned Rohan Onslow earlier in the piece. What did happen to him?
Last i remember he was partnering Mark Gibbs in the GIO Godzilla and won the Sandown 500 when Fred Gibson decided not to run his cars due to concerns about the safety of the wheels on the cars after the weight limit was increased by CAMS. Funnily enough the GIO cars were run out of Gibsons workshop and once more lapped the field on way to another demoralising GTR victory. NISSAN GTR- I STILL WANT ONE! |
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15 Jan 2005, 03:53 (Ref:1201369) | #108 | ||
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It was the first two rounds - because I remember thinking it was a championship gone beggin that year.
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15 Jan 2005, 05:14 (Ref:1201389) | #109 | ||
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GAZ170 and KRYPTO71 you asked about Gary Willmington and Darren Pate. Gary is manager at Wakefield aprk and competed in last year's Touring Car Challenge and I saw Darren yesterday and he's tied up running his Dad's smash repair business in Kingswood NSW and has no plans to return to racing.
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15 Jan 2005, 09:38 (Ref:1201459) | #112 | ||
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What ever happen to Bob Morris, I can recall he drove the pace car at Bathurst a few years ago. Does have an intrest in Bob Morris Air Cond in the southern suburbs of Sydney.
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15 Jan 2005, 11:17 (Ref:1201497) | #113 | ||
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Bob Morris was inducted into the Australian Touring Car Hall of Fame this year at the V8Supercar awards dinner. I believe he lives in the Kangaroo Valley area. A band "Trout Fishing in Quebec" had a song on their CD "Pi$$ing into the wind" called Bob Morris, and yes it is about him!
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The same CD has a somng titled Ayrton Senna, and one called Barry Bolwell, about one of the fibreglass ford powered things!
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what happened to david auger??
i work in a small shopping center (more like corner store) and it is owned by a David Auger, i am curious to see if it is the same guy, he also owns a Gun shop i think (that's what the christmas card said anyway). what about Robby Fracevic (SP??) |
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Auger was racing in Malaysia/Asia after the ASTC passed away, i'm not sure whether he still is nowadays though.
Robbie Francevic still races in New Zealand, he drives a Pontiac GTO in the Central Muscle Car series (exact name escapes me at the moment). There was a feature on this class in AMC a few months back, and another one in the latest edition. |
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16 Jan 2005, 04:48 (Ref:1201986) | #117 | ||
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John Bundy - of EPA Unleaded RX-7 fame - or should that be infamy?
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Central Muscle Car Series = Super GT??
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16 Jan 2005, 17:43 (Ref:1202341) | #123 | ||
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JDI, no they're two different classes. Super GT features late model turbo Porsches, etc, plus Mitsi Evos, WRXs, and there are a few classic V8s in there too.
Central Muscle Cars is for pre 1984 six cylinder and V8 touring and sports cars, front engined, normally aspirated. Monaros, Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes, Falcons, Commodores etc. Check it out: http://www.centralmusclecars.co.nz |
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Well you learn something everyday. It is a problem when these club classes get lost in the noise of a sport that runs 300+ classes
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