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Old 6 Jan 2019, 03:27 (Ref:3874219)   #8
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racer69 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridracer69 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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The other noticeable thing is the big improvement in the track, the facilities at Bathurst from 30 years ago.
The facilities at the track in 1988 were state of the art, infact they were only 12 months old

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Because they decided it should be a sporting contest rather than a reality tv show.Bringing in people who didn't qualify-eg Moffat-and dropping people who had-eg Harvey-was a joke at the time to everyone but Mike Raymond.
Similarly the car swapping to make sure they could have non stop Brock and Moffat in the race was an even bigger joke.
The whole premise of Hardies Heroes was as a reality tv show rather than a sporting contest

Car swapping was also nothing unique to Bathurst, it was the norm in motor racing around the world.
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