[racer69]

CT is right, the safety cars have turned it into a sprint, not the classic enduro is once was. As Brock said in 1999, the days were when it was non stop all day, dodging the pick-up trucks and so on. If it wasn't for the safety car, how far in front would Menu/Plato have been in '97, or Skaife/Lowdnes the next year, and the last two were laughable, would they have been that close without the safety car, hell no.

The cars were more exciting to watch as well, and the early laps of '78, '81 & '82 are classic stuff, and the 1-3 for the Jags in '85 doesn't represent how close it was, Brock broke down with 3 to go while catching Goss, and the Ravaglia BMW was off song all day, yet finished on the same lap in 2nd, plus Goss had a broken seat.

PS.. on Moffat, why did he get to be #1 in 1980, and as far as i know, wasn't Bob Morris' team mate, yet was somehow cross-entered in it and drove it later in the race. He also seemed pretty confident of a win in '81 in the Mazda, he said it was going like a "pan-am jet mate" when interviewed by Wilko.