Thanks for uploading this. This James Hardie race was shown in the UK because of the TWR Jaguar victory. I remember being blown away with the track, the remote control swivel cameras in the roll cages and the sound of those big V engines. So much better than what we had here at the time.
Absolutely love how there is a Volvo 240 hunting around in 3rd place but not a mention of that by the commentary. Great car and a fabulous driver well and truly battling outside his class!! 😂 😂 😂 😂
I know that I'm 5 years late but I remember seeing this on ITV back in 85 and it's the one race that has stuck in my memory for all these years. A BIG thanks for posting it.
Great upload - the last Bathurst worth looking at. The Jags and the Beemers just looked fantastic. And I'd forgotten that Brock was driving without a windscreen. 10 seconds behind the Jags and he'd be covered with burning oil.
as one of my passions has been Volvo and was in 1985, I am always amused by the attitude to Volvo back then as reinforced by the commentary on the opening lap. There is Robbie Francevic in the 240T blasting up to challenge an XJS for second and nary a word from the commentators ... a blindness until they eventually had to mention "great start too from Robbie Francevic ..."
Never ever get sick of mike Raymond's commentary he is a gold plated pro along with Gary wilkinson and Evan green those voices are burned into my memory from many many early mornings of ch 7 s telecasts. when ch 10 took over it turned into a circus with Neil crompton and he's constant moaning about fuel loads and technical garbage but worst of all mark larcom and his white board and texter explaining to the new breed of brain dead viewers what a diff is or what a wheel does. il watch this stuff and pretend it's 1985 all over again
Best thing about Group A was that Cams and the ARDC couldn’t change the rules to help their favourite brand - well not until 1990 , when they had to step in to redress the balance . But they did make sure the Jaguars couldn’t return in 1986.
Great race and great to see all that competition of various makes of cars not just Holden and Ford as today. Pitty the comentary mostly ignored actual racing info as Volvo and ALFA were sometimes competitive but hardly a word from them! The camera even zooming them out of the picture in some cases! Volvo was in second for a long time and they hardly spoke of it the wankers!
