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Originally Posted by Oldtony
Post WW11 Touring car racing in Australia originated with many of the cars being ex Taxis.
Cheapest vehicle you could get hold of to modify and usually not as old and rusted as other cars reaching their economic life span.
Even before the Geoghan and Myer Holdens there were Ford V8s and even more early 40s Dodge 6's.
Can someone look up the Mt Druitt records for a 42 Dodge with the then tell tale ex-cab paint job of black with orange guards.
They filled the need for cheap and frequently spectacular racing.
Tongue in cheek may I suggest we sart a series for ex-cab Prius.
Ticks all the boxes from a cost and tradition basis  |
I realise that it's a bit of an ego trip to quote yourself but having given it a bit of thought a series for ex-cab Prius is not quite as stupid an idea as it seem.
It taps into the market of people who want to race something cheap and think they can use their technical talents to make their (Postie bike, VW based race car, Gemini, Excel, HQ, old Commodore, add name here) go faster round a circuit than the bloke down the street.
More particularly it brings into play a whole new bunch of tech heads who not only fancy themselves with ICEs but have an interest in the software and hardware involved KERS, battery usage in mixed power trains starting at a basic level.
The next wave of Australian race engineers.
They could be the basis for developing the next generation of motor racing.
By the way the Mt Druitt 1942 Dodge ex cab belonged to Don Gibson. Not sure if he was related to later Gibson motor sport stars.