This is superb racing - the variety of cars, the characters driving them, the open and interesting state of the track, the endless permutations and everyone trying to find the best way to do the same thing best - "The brakes are on fire but it's not a problem!" - a classic line! :-)
Amazing for another competitor ( Andrew Harris ) to give up his car ( for Dick Johnson ) and Andrew Harris to step into a car he has never driven before and join the great race, true sportsmanship. Today nothing like that would happen! The other teams would simply say oh well one less competitor to worry about making it easier for us.
Hazleton's Capri crashed in pretty much the same spot as Tony Roberts in a GTHO Falcon in 1970 (not 69 as Evan Green said, Roberts won in `69 in a Monaro with Colin Bond). And it was the same spot where John English took a chunk out of the concrete wall with his XD Falcon in 1984. Not a good spot for the Fords.....
Anyone notice the elephant in the room? George Fury must have overtaken Brock at some stage around lap 93 or so and no one said anything. There was a mention earlier that Fury was lapping faster than anyone else.
Hardly an elephant in the room. Fury was lapping for Pride. Brock was racing for the win. By lap 93 the race was Brock’s to lose. He only had to keep circulating to secure the win. In 1981 the role was reversed. After 05 lost 8 laps it then ran the rest of the race 2-3 seconds a lap quicker than anybody else ... because there was no point ‘conserving’ the car.
