Australian NASCAR fans in the mid to late 1990’s saw the #27 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Kim Jane dominate the category by winning several championships in a row.

But did you know that the #27 is still running and it still runs in competition?

This car has a rich history, it was a Max Dumesny driven car for John Sidney Racing and they had great success with the car.

Then it became the car that famously graced the Thunderdome and other courses from the 1995/96 season to the end of the V8 Stock Cars era with tremendous success.

After it had dominated racing in the mid 1990’s to early 2000’s in both Bob Jane T-Marts and Repco sponsorship, it was purchased by Rusty French who continued on the car’s winning tradition by winning a V8 Stock Car race in 2001 and followed that up with two wins in 2002.

The car was then purchased from Rusty French by Zac O’Hara, Zac not only drives the car in Stock Cars Australia, but he also runs the series after taking over from Brian Walden.

Gone was the yellow paint scheme with the blue Bob Jane T-Marts sponsorship but the car looked really good with its black paint scheme with the sponsorship of Awesome Automotive and associated sponsors.

The #27 got a makeover in 2022 with the car’s 1999/2000 white Repco paint scheme returned to the car, the reason why this car got a makeover was that Repco was celebrating its birthday and as Kim Jane racked up wins with Repco sponsorship, it was a good fit.

The car was returned to Calder Park for a photoshoot with Kim Jane, the car proudly sitting on the banking of the oval it had once dominated.

The makeover had to survive a round of the Australian Stock Car Championship before it headed off to Bathurst for a stay at the museum, nobody had a mean streak about them as they didn’t give the car a museum ruining whack.

After staying in Bathurst for a couple of months near the #55 driven by George Elliot, Zac brought the car home and readied it for participation in the first round of the 2023 Australian Stock Car Championship at Winton Raceway where it done well.

It participated in the Calder Park Raceway round in August 2023 and participated in the exhibition laps at Calder Park Thunderdome the same weekend.

The car is now in its fourth decade of existence (1990s, 2000s, 2010s and now 2020s) and the way the car is going, it will rack up many more kilometres over many more decades.