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The homologation process was hopelessly politicised.Some may say corrupted.Then came the intractable problem of equalising car performance for Bathurst and all the other circuits which was a technical problem with very different solutions.
To reply to the second post discs were homologated for the Camaro after the 1980 Bathurst race when it became obvious to even CAMS that the car was both uncompetitive and dangerous in long distance races without them.Overseas drivers who came out to race the Camaro here couldn’t believe it didn’t have discs as that was the only braking system they had ever raced with in the States.
Basically the homologation system worked like this in the ‘80s.There were 2 annual homologation updates.One at the start of the year and a second one leading into Bathurst and the other long distance races.Holden decided that their main priority was winning Bathurst and specifically winning Bathurst with Brock at the wheel.They didn’t push too hard for the start of the year update and by mid year could go the woe is me and get what they wanted for Bathurst.They played this card trick year after year.Then the HDT were the parts supplier and a lot of those updated parts were not necessarily available to the other Holden teams.So you had situations like 1979 when Bob Morris beat Peter Brock in the Touring Car Championship but when they got to Bathurst the Brock car was literally seconds a lap quicker.
None of this is to criticise Brock as a driver but once homologation and parts supply became more equitable with Group A his Bathurst dominance disappeared overnight.
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