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10 Jan 2005, 11:11 (Ref:1197129) | #51 | ||
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Troy Dunstan owns Speedtech on the Gold Coast whose F Ford engines are right up there with Ritter's....
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Where is Steve Masteron, he had one awsome XE back in the mid 80's and even gave Dick Johnson a run.
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11 Jan 2005, 01:23 (Ref:1197767) | #54 | ||
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Steve Masterton is still working in the family business where he was working in his racing days (Masterton Homes), as Group Quality Manager. They build around 1500 homes a year, so Group Quality Manager is probably a fulltime job.
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Dugal McDougall is a director of the family business, 'Australian Pure Fruits'. I think he got p**d off after losing the court case where the McDougalls fought to have the Supercar grid increased from 32 cars at some rounds, so they could get a run. They lost, with costs awarded against them.
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11 Jan 2005, 01:39 (Ref:1197772) | #56 | ||
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11 Jan 2005, 01:40 (Ref:1197774) | #57 | |
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Skippy Parsons trucking business went under a few years back....believe he is just driving them now
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11 Jan 2005, 01:41 (Ref:1197776) | #58 | ||
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wouldn't that be "trucky" parsons?
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It would, still it's easy to get them confused. To help confuse us, they shared a car at Bathurst in '99. "Driven by David Parsons and, er, David Parsons". There again, one of them is a big guy who drives trucks in NSW, and the other one is a little guy who farms cows in Tasmania.
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11 Jan 2005, 04:50 (Ref:1197834) | #60 | |
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What about Jim Masterton's son, Steve...........I guess he's building houses.
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11 Jan 2005, 04:54 (Ref:1197835) | #61 | ||
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Thanks GROUP A, David was billed as the next big thing, then just disappeared, glad to hear he's doing well.
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11 Jan 2005, 05:23 (Ref:1197846) | #62 | ||
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11 Jan 2005, 07:33 (Ref:1197866) | #63 | ||
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A few tidbits of who/what/where
- David "Skippy" Parsons lives on a farm in NW Tasmania - Captain Peter Janson is still living the life of the society Gentleman in Melbourne - occasionally causing havoc with the Melbourne City Council by trying to get building permits to extend his apartment in ways the neighbours don't like. - Garry Willmington is Circuit Manager at Wakefield Park - his daughter has nothing to do with the track, however, his wife does. - Garry Holt has absolutely nothing to do with Wakefield Park and is now firmly entrenched at the Eastern Creek International Karting Centre, competing in GTP, and also in the East Coast Targa. - George Fury, last I heard, was 'on the farm' - or at least in that general direction. He stopped racing shortly after a serious tractor accident on his Talmalmo farm - the tractor apparently rolled and injured George enough to stop his racing & rallying exploits. I wonder what George could do in a Supercar?? - Phil Brock is, indeed, in Darwin and regularly races an HQ in the NT series they run at Hidden Valley.. and is probably still listed as a professional stuntman - Dugal McDougal (any truth to the rumour his middle name is actually Douglas???) is and has been for some time, involved in karting in the Melbourne outer eastern suburbs. - Last I heard of John Blanchard was that he was in QLD, maintaining his beancountery somewhere more hospitable than Melbourne... - Mr A.Moffat (and ex-wife Pauline) has been assisting both sons 'surreptitiously' - in QLD and VIC. Apparently he has wanted them to make something of their racing without having the kudos, and the pressure, of the name 'Allan Moffat' behind them. |
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11 Jan 2005, 08:10 (Ref:1197882) | #64 | |
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What about these WA drivers -
Ron Lindau - I recall him running Lindau Ford up in Karratha when he raced, I think he retired from racing after his horrific crash in the XD, is he still around? Rod Donovan - Ran Donovan Ford in Southern Cross, his XC coupe was purchased by Mick Moylan who wrote it off. Wayne Negus - Sometime HDT driver, think he owned a Shell servo in Bullcreak. Saw the shells of his L34 (the gold one) and A9X (MHDT colours) sitting around about 12 years ago, probably worth money nowadays. Graeme Hooley - Probably still runs Hooley Auto Electrics in Greenwood. Tim Slako - Still runs Slako Automotives in Osborne Park I believe. Stuart Kostera - Think he runs a Dunlop outlet thats responsible for Dunlop racing tyres in Kalamunda. Have I see his son racing karts and/or FF? |
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11 Jan 2005, 10:50 (Ref:1197972) | #66 | ||
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Last I heard, Geoff Walters was still running his Rebel Wheels company in Unanderra, near Wollongong.
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11 Jan 2005, 15:31 (Ref:1198190) | #68 | ||
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i thank wayne may of moved on to greener pastures??
staurt runs a tyre store still. slako is now west racing and he still builds kilelr engines |
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11 Jan 2005, 19:06 (Ref:1198334) | #69 | ||
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What about Gary Scott? He drove for Nissan in the 80s, then teamed up with Brock from memory. I thought he was a very good driver. I recall an in-car cam once with him, and he was making racing car noises as he drove! Like a kid does when playing with a toy car in a sandpit. I think this was when he was with Brock. Does anyone remember this? Was he joking or was this something he always did?
How about Terry Allen? He raced a Camaro in the 60s and 70s. |
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I remember he wrote off the #05 car at Lakeside. Don't think he drove for Brock again after that.
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11 Jan 2005, 22:45 (Ref:1198552) | #74 | |
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