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There was also one of the earlier 4-cylinder DR30s racing. These cars first appeared in the ATCC in 1986. They took a little while to really get up to speed, allowing Robbie Francevic in the Volvo Australia 240T to build an early points gap. But by the end of the season the little DR30 in the hands of George Fury and a young bloke called Glenn Seton were the cars to beat.
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And, prior to the DR30 Skyline in Group A, was the Nissan Bluebird from the Group C era. George Fury famously wound up the boost to take pole in the Hardies Heroes at Bathurst in 1984 in one of these. This was the first time a turbo-charged car sat on pole at the great race. But it did take a few years of hard work to reach that stage, as Nissan first entered Group C in late 1981. Pictured here is one of the earlier Bluebirds, shared by George Fury and Fred Gibson, before Gibson stepped out of the drivers seat to focus on running the team.
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And the last of the line of Nissans in the Australian Touring Car Championship (prior to their re-entry in 2013) was the all-conquering Skyline R32 GT-R, which wiped the floor with everything. Fred Gibson ran two cars for Nissan Australia, plus Bob Forbes ran this car, driven by a young Mark Gibbs, who qualified alongside Mark Skaife in the Gibson car on the front row at Bathurst in 1991.
I don't think any car in the history of Aussie touring car racing has polarized opinion like the R32.
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Another from the Group C & A touring cars. This is the old Colin Bond Caltex RS500. Bond was winding down his career by the time he started racing this RS500, but pulled out a couple of very popular victories in the ATCC in this car.
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The Allan Grice/Colin Bond Group C Commodore from 1983, which finished 3rd at that years Bathurst.
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The Re-Car Commodore of Alan Brown/Tony Edmonson which placed 5th at Bathurst in 1981.
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Peter Jansons Group C Commodore
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And again. This car Janson shared with Garry Rogers at Bathurst in 1984.
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Historic Group Nb/Nc touring car action, with the '69 Mustangs of Michael Donaher and Darryl Hansen
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Andrew Whiteside's Mustang
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Greg Toepher
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Andrew Cannon and Grant Bingley
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Ian Pringles XU-1 being chased by David Browns Datsun 1600. The Historic Group Nb/Nc touring cars had 45 cars on the grid!
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Donaher again
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Groups Sbd & Sc production sports cars, this was Rusty French in his De Tomaso which was the pace-setter
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Rusty being chased by Geoff Morgan
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Ian Ross in the Shelby GT350. I'm not able to ID the TVR owner sorry
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Greg White Mustang, and Tim Lynas in the 356
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Kevin Luke in the Shelby GT350. I'm wondering if this car came out from the US, given the B/P designation on the side?
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Another of the De Tomaso's in the production sports car group, this of Ross Jackson
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