Bathurst Group A R32 Gtr

[Nabil]

Was it after the 92' race?

When the race was red-flagged

and Jim Richards won the race.

Solid evidence only please.

Edited January 14, 2007 by Nabil

[yellowsubmarine]

i have a mount panorama video called turbolunce and the skylines last race was in 92

[_8OO5TED_]

yep 1992 was the final year of the GTR.

[GTRgeoff]

Not banned though. Group A class was binned worldwide due to spiralling costs and regions went their own way resulting in V8SC and the less successful Super Tourers here so no class to race a GTR.

[bigcarl]

"spiralling costs" that makes me laugh,seing how im pretty sure its like $150k just for an engine now and the cars cost like a 1mil each. correct me if im wrong. i think for the reason it is still only v8s in 2007 .not cost but its all about marketing the aussie product. which is fine but everytime i walk past a hsv shp or im in target or kmart e.t.c. the only motoracing merchandise they sell is v8 bloody supercars! and they are still running 5 litre donks??/ my old man used to take me to see the sierras ,skylines rx7s back when it was group a and it was a lot more entertaining than watching a v8 ford or a v8 holden boring.....my 2 cents

[scandyflick]

yeah, i remember watching the tapes of grp a.

so entertaining! loved every minute of it!

i can barely sit through a few minutes of a V8SC round before i get bored and go do something else. like sleep.

the 2 horse race thing is getting really, really old.

[GTRgeoff]

carl that's just the result of rule changes and a strong economy. It was initially relatively cheap.

I personally would love to see more makes, so that is why i watch speedweek and plan on getting to more rounds of different race series. Without investment and patronage the others stay small while V8s are still seen by the dumbarse general population as the only game in town.

[gazza750]

carl that's just the result of rule changes and a strong economy. It was initially relatively cheap.

I personally would love to see more makes, so that is why i watch speedweek and plan on getting to more rounds of different race series. Without investment and patronage the others stay small while V8s are still seen by the dumbarse general population as the only game in town.

the main reason the dumbasses follow the v's is because they think holden and falcon are australian (cough cough)

funny how they all use american design motor (chev) or canadian design motor (ford)

so much for being an aussie car lol

[GTRgeoff]

Could always pull this right off topic and discuss how they both have Ford diffs etc.....

No I'd like to see a return to using basically showroom (not "homologated") components for engine, gearbox and running gear with brakes, ecu and suspension relatively free but must use original mounting points.

[Freddy Kruger]

im gunna be a bogan and echo some crap

Yeah '92 was the last year of the GTRs, not because they were winning (lol) but because it was also the last year of the group As.

Bit of controversy over the win tho in '92. With a shagged car winning. And one thing i love to point out to holden fans... Skaify drove and won bathursts in a nissan lol

If your real keen there were some vids on here a while ago of the 91 and 92 bathursts with the gtrs. you could have a look and see if they are still up. or i could send them to you for a small fee to cover postage n shiz

[gazza750]

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No I'd like to see a return to using basically showroom (not "homologated") components for engine, gearbox and running gear with brakes, ecu and suspension relatively free but must use original mounting points.

iagree the days of the gtho and monaro and gtr torries were awesome

they even had volvo's racing back then

the old days of drive to the track ... race ... and then drive it home if it was still going

win on sunday sell on monday has no meaning with tthe way the v8's are run these days

[djr81]

Could always pull this right off topic and discuss how they both have Ford diffs etc.....

No I'd like to see a return to using basically showroom (not "homologated") components for engine, gearbox and running gear with brakes, ecu and suspension relatively free but must use original mounting points.

Well the rear ends in the V8's are only very tenuously linked to the Ford 9" diff. There has been (Like every component in the cars) an awful lot of engineering put into them. If you take a look at the detail work of the diffs in the car you can see why Ron Harrop & the like earn their money.

There are plenty of showroom series out there. Unfortunately the history of showroom class racing is a litany of cheating when done at the top level.

[Cubes]

I've got the turbulent years dvd and also the 1990-1992 vcd's of bathurst.

So so much better to watch, during the race as dicky drives the commentators are holding a discussion with him. Simply awesome.

Much more entertaining.

[bigcarl]

where did can i buy those from cubes? which store?

[djr81]

Try www.pitstop.net.au

Edited January 15, 2007 by djr81

[a20089]

There are plenty of showroom series out there. Unfortunately the history of showroom class racing is a litany of cheating when done at the top level.

Simple, every car can be sold after every race in a lottery of people who want the car for the RRP.

[Abo Bob]

I watched the 92 race a couple of weeks ago. The only controversy was that it wasn't a Ford or Holden that won. It was completely clear going by the rules that the Skyline was the winner. No doubt at all.

[Wheezy]

where did can i buy those from cubes? which store?

ezy dvd can get it

[Cubes]

Do they have the full race though?

A single race should be the full length of the dvd.

I've got one where they have squeezed 3 on to one disk and basically it sucks. They have chopped out that much its not funny. I've got 3 full 1990-1992 vids BUT they are poorish quality (DivX 320x240 vhs copy), none the less they still look ok on a 68cm tv, computer screen they look horrid.

[Birnie]

In one of those old vids :

TV crew are chatting to drivers in their cars waiting to race and one says (forget his name) "The GTR isn't a touring car, it's a bloody race car!" ..and he really had the shits.