help needed 78 or 79 A9X

[spuddamonaro]

hi there i just recently cannot for the life of me remember if it was the Brock/ Richards bathurst win in 1978 or 79, where they broke the record on the last lap, also breaking the record for the fastest race ever conducted??

iv been straining over this, and cannot my old books that might say so

cheers in advance

pete

[wayno]

79. They tried in 78 but Peter got baulked on the last lap.

[Oh Five]

Irrelavant to the thread, but i just love the commentary when mike raymond is "crapping on" about how tidy the lap is, and "A man among men when it comes to touring car racing"
Brock has always said, he knew that Moff would be in the box saying " wwwweellllllll, peeeteeeerrr will be hearing every little rattle, so he decided to prove him wrong:D

[ferrari fan]

Man; do they look good sitting next to each other!
Now the commos to be added!

[lukey73]

Pete i cant remember which DVD its on but Brocky claims he did it to show Allan Moffat in some way. He knew as Moff would have been commentating and saying that he would have been nursing the car etc. So that why he did the lap just show how good the car was.

Luke

[awawaw]

yeah and moff wasnt even commentating in 79. he did in 78 though. maybe thats why pete thought he would be there.

[Nick Short]

Yes, Brock said he wanted to show Moffat that despite leading the race all the way through, driving the wheels off the Torana, he could still put in a fastest lap right at the end, no sweat. It amused me (then annoyed the hell out of me) to read a letter in AMC a few issues back, clearly from a Moffat fan with one viewpoint and one alone, stating that what Brock meant was that he really desperately wanted to impress Moffat, like a school child wanting to impress his teacher.....Please Allan, look at me, look what I can do.....If that isn't a case of someone getting the wrong end of the stick, either deliberately or because of brain damage, I don't know what is.

[sleepy]

yes i suppose in a way he didnt need to impress moff because moff already knew the gmh product of the time was invicible especially compared to the frail falcons of the time...the first 8 cars home were all toranas..

[monarocveightz]

I think it was '79 because on the brochure of the Flamenco red A9X it says that he broke the lap record in 79:)

[awawaw]

Yes, It Was 79!!!!!!!

[LC Torana]

1979 Hardie Ferodo 1000
Won in 6 hrs 38mins 15.8 secs
Won by 6 laps (aprox. 37km)
Led all 163 laps
Set lap record on lap 163
Fastest Lap 2:21.1
1st Non A9X to finish Williamson/Quinn (9th – 146 laps – Celica 2000GT)
1st Falcon Keogh/Mann (14th – 138 laps – XC Falcon) also only Falcon to finish

73 …. 7 hrs 20 mins 6.8 secs …. Moffat/Geoghegan (XA Falcon GT)
74 …. 7 hrs 51 mins 43 secs …. Goss/Bartlett (XA Falcon GT)
75 …. 7 hrs 10 mins 11.3 secs …. Brock/Sampson (LH Torana L34)
76 …. 7 hrs 7 mins 12.0 secs …. Morris/Fitzpatrick (LH Torana L34)
77 …. 6 hrs 59 mins 7.8 secs …. Moffat/Ickx (XC Falcon)
78 …. 6 hrs 45 mins 53.9 secs …. Brock/Richards (LX Torana A9X)
79 …. 6 hrs 38mins 15.8 secs …. Brock/Richards (LX Torana A9X)
80 …. 6 hrs 47 mins 52.7secs …. Brock/Richards (VC Commodore)
81 …. Accident shortened race …. 120 laps
82 …. 6 hrs 32 mins 03.2 secs …. Brock/Perkins (VH Commodore)
83 …. 6 hrs 28 mins 31.6 secs …. Brock/Perkins (VH Commodore)
84 …. 6 hrs 23 mins 13.6 secs …. Brock/Perkins (VK Commodore)
85 …. 6 hrs 41 mins 30.19 secs …. Goss/Hahne (Jaguar XJS)
86 …. 6 hrs 30 mins 35.68 secs …. Grice/Bailey (VK Commodore)
Became 161 laps from 1987

[spuddamonaro]

thanks biante4923 great imput.

thanks also to everyone else

pete

[troym]

yes it was 79 & moffat did do some commentry he even commented he wished they would leave the cars that had broken down on the track relating to his black 2 door falcon!

[ferrari fan]

It is all on the DVD set of the great race.
Well worth having and playing when one is hunkering for a great race!