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01-04-2005, 06:02 AM
Got this from 'a source'.....
"Press Release
Following the magnificent reception to Peter Brock’s entry last year, organisers of the 2005 Supercheap Autos Bathurst 1000 have expressed their delight at the latest announcement of a former winner making a comeback.
“Bob Holden was for many years the driver with the most starts and we are excited that this legend of the sport has chosen to come back to the race he won in 1966.�
Holden’s drive is just that latest in a string of Bathurst legends wanting to make one more trip up the Mountain. In March it was George Reynolds, co-winner with Bob Jane who decided to have another go. Now, John Harvey decided he wanted another crack at an outright win that was his, all his, nobody else’s, just his. To that end he was going to do the whole distance himself, do all his own tyre changes and refuelling and clean his own windscreen.
In a nineteen page press release headed, “The only man ever to win Bathurst and the Australian Grand Prix comes back�, John Goss announced his candidacy. “I’ll be putting a car together over the October long weekend. I’ve assembled a team of clever blokes and we believe that we owe it to my fans to have another attempt at the race that I made so popular, winning in 1974 and again in 1985.�
A further rash of announcements came in, with Leo Geoghegan and Norm Beechey to spearhead Mitsubishi’s re-entry to the Great Race. The Magna two-door, or Magna-two-d (and pronounced "Magnitude�) has been secretly under development for months. Geoghegan is confident of avenging his non-victory of 1968, when he lost the race after a recount of laps.
Larry Perkins is expected to drive all eight of the Castrol Commodores himself. Asked for a comment about the number of old drivers contesting the race, the reaction of “look, rack off, I’ve got my own things to worry about� was about par for the course.
Colin Bond doesn’t expect there to be any conflict between his duties as lead driver for Harry Firth’s team and his role as AVESCO’s Driving Standards Advisor. Bond will be joined by another former rally specialist, “Gelignite� Jack Murray. When one journalist pointed out that Murray will have been dead for over 20 years, Bond replied, “Yeah, well, we tried to tell him, but he wouldn’t listen. Kept chucking bungers at us and making silly faces, so we just let it go. And the other drivers trust me to be impartial,� said Bond, referring to his dual role, “It’s like in the old days of motorbike racing, when they had riding marshals out there in the thick of races.�
A series of special incentives have been announced for the “veterans’� class. The Moran Group will be providing appropriate accommodation at local nursing homes. All contestants will be provided with a “care� package, consisting of Rogaine, Pepsident, Viagra, Mylanta and Rectinol. Revolution Racegear have designed special driving suits with access to colostomy bags and inbuilt support leggings. Managing Director Dale Rodgers defended the styling, “look, there’s nothing wrong with driving suits that look like cardigans – it’s just different.�
Racing Radios will provide teams with special high-gain earpieces, so they can hear what’s going on. Bell Helmets are making a special run of crash-hats with inbuilt hearing aids. The helmets will also be remodelled to resemble bowling hats.
Each pit garage will have a small patch of lawn, so old drivers can yell at young people to stay off. "
"Press Release
Following the magnificent reception to Peter Brock’s entry last year, organisers of the 2005 Supercheap Autos Bathurst 1000 have expressed their delight at the latest announcement of a former winner making a comeback.
“Bob Holden was for many years the driver with the most starts and we are excited that this legend of the sport has chosen to come back to the race he won in 1966.�
Holden’s drive is just that latest in a string of Bathurst legends wanting to make one more trip up the Mountain. In March it was George Reynolds, co-winner with Bob Jane who decided to have another go. Now, John Harvey decided he wanted another crack at an outright win that was his, all his, nobody else’s, just his. To that end he was going to do the whole distance himself, do all his own tyre changes and refuelling and clean his own windscreen.
In a nineteen page press release headed, “The only man ever to win Bathurst and the Australian Grand Prix comes back�, John Goss announced his candidacy. “I’ll be putting a car together over the October long weekend. I’ve assembled a team of clever blokes and we believe that we owe it to my fans to have another attempt at the race that I made so popular, winning in 1974 and again in 1985.�
A further rash of announcements came in, with Leo Geoghegan and Norm Beechey to spearhead Mitsubishi’s re-entry to the Great Race. The Magna two-door, or Magna-two-d (and pronounced "Magnitude�) has been secretly under development for months. Geoghegan is confident of avenging his non-victory of 1968, when he lost the race after a recount of laps.
Larry Perkins is expected to drive all eight of the Castrol Commodores himself. Asked for a comment about the number of old drivers contesting the race, the reaction of “look, rack off, I’ve got my own things to worry about� was about par for the course.
Colin Bond doesn’t expect there to be any conflict between his duties as lead driver for Harry Firth’s team and his role as AVESCO’s Driving Standards Advisor. Bond will be joined by another former rally specialist, “Gelignite� Jack Murray. When one journalist pointed out that Murray will have been dead for over 20 years, Bond replied, “Yeah, well, we tried to tell him, but he wouldn’t listen. Kept chucking bungers at us and making silly faces, so we just let it go. And the other drivers trust me to be impartial,� said Bond, referring to his dual role, “It’s like in the old days of motorbike racing, when they had riding marshals out there in the thick of races.�
A series of special incentives have been announced for the “veterans’� class. The Moran Group will be providing appropriate accommodation at local nursing homes. All contestants will be provided with a “care� package, consisting of Rogaine, Pepsident, Viagra, Mylanta and Rectinol. Revolution Racegear have designed special driving suits with access to colostomy bags and inbuilt support leggings. Managing Director Dale Rodgers defended the styling, “look, there’s nothing wrong with driving suits that look like cardigans – it’s just different.�
Racing Radios will provide teams with special high-gain earpieces, so they can hear what’s going on. Bell Helmets are making a special run of crash-hats with inbuilt hearing aids. The helmets will also be remodelled to resemble bowling hats.
Each pit garage will have a small patch of lawn, so old drivers can yell at young people to stay off. "