It is a tragedy that Mike Burgmann died at this racetrack on this day. Motor racing is highly regarded as the most dangerous sport in the world. And these men(and some women) are well aware of the dangers of motor racing. Mike Burgmann is not the first racecar driver to be killed, and he, sadly, won' t be the last.
Mike was setup for that crash by the designer of the bridge base. A thin barrier of tyres designed for a 60 km/h crash while it's open as a public road. Why the hell weren't there Armco fences on both sides, parallel to the track (as for the Pit straight bridge)? Other competitors that day, sadly died years later: Denny Hulme who crashed during the 1992 race because he'd died from a cardiac arrest. Gregg Hansford who died from a 1995 crash at Phillip Island while still holding the 250cc motorcycle lap record at Mt. Panorama.
Dick Johnson was no longer a battler after the public support following the rock incident he had the finances of the factory teams. Alan Grice was also well financed for a privateer.
@@noelwebb6843 These people have no idea and only go by the media 'image' .Johnson was never a 'battler' always had money had so much money he was a self funded racer until the 80s rock then had Ford money then had mega Shell money. Larry Perkins not the battler he imaged either ,he was the factory backed driver during HSV era and HDT era then the wiley coyote took HSVs Castrol sponsor money off walkinshaws HSV team to form his own mega buck Castrol racing team when he then won as a "battler" .
Whilst the death of Mike Burgmann was a contributing factor to the reconstruction, the primary reason was due to the track gaining FIA accreditation which prohibited Conrod being as long as it was. The case was installed to facilitate the 1987 World Touring Car round.
Probably a 50/50, they had previously chosen to keep the full length of conrod straight over joining the world group A championship. After this event they realised that they did need to reconsider this, it also saw the introduction of the safety car. I have to admit at the time I was against breaking up Conrod but now love the chase.
I'd love to see any of our current crop of drivers take Garry Scott's Nissan for a hard lap. No aero would make things interesting. Old school drivers had the touch! 👍🇭🇲
far Far FAR better than modern racing now ALL the cars look and sound Exactly the Same, even the HP is almost exactly the same BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This racing is ENJOYABLE to watch!!!!!!
Fucken parity mate. Sooo fucken disappointing I tell ya. From really when it all started back in 1963 to 2007, they were all the good years. Production cars, Group C, Group A, 5.0L Touring Car Championship and the start of V8 Supercars. Now it’s just all parity.
For me the early years were best!! Basically showroom standard cars!! Imagine in a Falcon with vinyl bench seat, 😅🤣your ass sliding about as you go around corners, after about 2015 it went downhill rapidly but i have to admit Bathurst 2013 2014 for me was as good as it gets FORD wins two years in a row awesome ( yes i am a Ford guy incase you did not guess 🤣 ) and of course the 90s with Larry Perkins 93 95 97 i mean what else can say he was THE Man then!! In 93 using a Holden engine No Less all others were Chev, they said he won,t qualify 1st and or win the race WRONG WRONG WRONG he won both!!!!! I was there trackside LIVE in 1999 Absolutely AWESOME!!!! 👍👍👍👍
@@barryphillips7327 omg yesss broo imagine that riding on through the sulman park and mcphillamy and then down into the dipper sliding yo ass around on that seat😂 that would’ve been soo crazy and fun to experience. But yeah 100% agree man until about then 2015 everything was great and still somewhat unique
The drivers of those cars were REAL men!! NO ABS NO traction control NOTHING except a big snorting 351 Cleveland V8 , a guy i know he has driver one just a short distance, he it just wanted to go sideways lite up the rear tires , etc, he has owned other V8 cars but Nothing like that, the brake tires etc on those cars from the factory were Poor to say the least!!
@@barryphillips7327 yeah man 100% Also no power steering as well which I give a big props too as that would’ve been like controlling a fucken bus with barely 150hp
Clearly you are a Holden supporter, I'm a Holden fan & Brock fanatic from his rally days at Catalina in Katoomba. However whilst I missed Brocky I still watched this great race.
24:30 - The sand trap at McPhillamy Park was still hopelessly inadequate at Easter 1994 when a sideacr racing team of 2 both died there in a similar crash. During the late 1970s & early 1980s, the NSW state govt. banned the use of hay bales as crash absorbers due to the risk of fire. They'd rather have competitors die in a crash than escape from a fire.
I've got one beautiful poster of the event. However, I wanna get that in a hd. Could someone please help me with this? Maybe event organizers have the same poster. It would be appreciated.
I was there that year , we all knew the Burgmann crash was a fatal pretty much straight away ,this was before the days of mobile phones and communication like now of course. The old bush telegraph.
The R31 with RB30 turbo seems rather underwhelming compared to the 32 that came next, surely the 4wd wasn't the only improvement. What was RB30 turbo HP compared to RB26TT?
