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1985
- Holden Commodore VK SS - Group A - Mobil HDT
1985 introduced Group A to Australia.
The CAMS decision caught Holden napping and made Ford withdraw altogether.
Holden had to go back to single row timing chains and narrow tyres
that would not last the distance of our ATCC races. No more
flares, and another 45 KLG of weight somewhere in the car. Look
at the Swedish Taxi, its got the same size tyres and a huge weight
advantage. Lets not mention the absurd turbo multiplication
calculations of 1.3 for capacity and therefore minimum weight allocations.
Brock nearly won Bathurst in 1985, but was made to pit for the removal
of his back windscreen. We all know he just pushed this single
row timing chain a bit to far in his pursuit of victory. What
an effort, but well done Jag, |
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1986
- Holden Commodore VK SS - Group A - Mobil HDT
Brock showed a clean pair of heals
to the Datsuns and everyone else at the last race at Surfers in 1986.
Despite the abrasive nature of the track and the bias European rules
on tyre size that disadvantaged big capacity cars, Brock made the
difference |
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1986
Donnington Park UK
The Brock and Moffat super team
thrashed the European's in NZ. Walkinshaw was very quick to recover
and Brock realised at Donnington Park that he had been out homologated
by both Rover and Volvo (despite the Volvo Homologation being a lot
sus). New heads and cams made the Rover 3.5 V8 a rocket down
the straights. The Europe based companies were not about to
be shown a lesson from Aussie without a fight. Fifth place was
an excellent result nevertheless. |
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1987
- Holden Commodore VL SS - Group A - Brock/Mobil 1 Racing
Brocks VL during the 1987 ATCC.
While the team was short of cash, the masters car was immaculate as
ever. |
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1987
- Bathurst
At Bathurst in 87, Brock was doing
quite well in 05 until the engine developed terminal engine problems.
Nevertheless, the number 10 "spare parts car" was available
to be driven by three drivers to victory on the mountain. |
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1987
- NZ500
Brock in NZ for the Mobil
500 series 1987. They did very well. |
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1988
- BMW M3 - Mobil1 Team -
The King took his business to BMW
and Jim Richard's came along with him. Unfortunately, the BMW
did not have the outright speed of the turbo cars in the Aussie style
sprint race format during 88. Brock and Richard's drove well
considering they were outpaced. Brock and Richard's teamed up
to win the Pepsi 250 at Oran Park. It became obvious to Brock
that a move to a turbo car was the only logical choice to make under
European rules. |
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1989
- ford Sierra - Group A - Mobil 1 Racing
Brock was at his best when he set
pole position for the 1989 Tooheys 1000 in this car, at a blistering
2m 15.8s. And people like Bowe were claiming he was over
the hill?! Unfortunately, the Bridgestone compound and
those single hubs gave him drama and lost him too much time in the
pits. A lot of Holden people were still supporting his efforts
despite not being able to pronounce FFFFOOOORRRDDDDDDDDD... |
