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WOW! This is awesome! Thanks heaps Pete. What stunning photos. The race that year was a good one too, with McKeown taking pole in his Lotus Cortina, from Geoghegan, Jane, Muir, Beechey, and Peter Manton.
Muir got the jump at the start to lead Jane, Beechey, McKeown, and Geoghegan, although McKeown quickly moved up to second, before taking the lead on lap 7. He held the lead until going off the track and dropped back behind Jane and Muir. Warren Weldon stopped his Valiant on Hungry Corner and McKeown thumped it a few laps later while trying to stay ahead of Beechey, and was out on the spot.
Geoghegan moved ahead of Beechey at the mid-point to move to third, and then Jane slowed with clutch problems, allowing Muir and Geoghegan ahead. It was looking like Muir would take the first ATCC for an Australian car, until one of his fancy Goodyear Bluestreak T5 tyres deflated, and Geoghegan shot through on lap 37 to hold the lead until the end.
An awesome race, although it would have been great if Muir could have held on.
Thanks again Pete, these are really beautiful photos! The clarity of these is amazing.
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Quick question, how did Muir get the name Yogi, be interesting bit of history
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Thats something I've always wondered but have never found an answer to. I wondered if maybe very few people actually knew the answer. There is a mini-profile on Muir in the excellent Australian Touring Car Championship first edition by Graham Howard and Stewart Wilson. I hold Howard in high regard, as something of a guru on Australian motorsport history. But even he didn't mention where the 'Yogi' nickname came from, despite making mention of it in the profile.
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