January 1 2023
Australian Stock Car history is complicated, a lot of information has been lost as the internet wasn’t really big in 1999/00 with magazines providing the majority of results.
It was been said for some time that Neville Lance won the last Thunderdome race in his brand new Ford Taurus, Neville actually won the first race of the round but he did not win the last one.
We have found through the Internet Archive the results from the last round at the Thunderdome.
Video of the 1999/00 season opener takes place after Neville Lance won the first race as you hear the commentator say ‘our last race winner’ and the finishing order is the following below;
Neville Lance
Gene Cook
Terry Wyhoon
Kim Jane
Eddie Abelnica
Andrew Miedecke
Ken James
Bob Middleton
Mark Harrison
Paul Stocker
Barry Blake
George Elliot
Dick Howe
Tony Southwell
The first race shown on TV is the ten lap reverse grid race which was race 2 and it ended in a thriller as Terry Wyhoon narrowly held off Kim Jane with the finishing order the following;
Terry Wyhoon
Kim Jane
George Elliot
Neville Lance
Gene Cook
Mark Harrison
Eddie Abelnica
Ken James
Bob Middleton
Paul Stocker
Barry Blake
Dick Howe
Andrew Miedecke (DNF)
Tony Southwell (DNS)
Twelve cars lined up for the last race of the round and it was action aplenty as Terry Wyhoon and Eddie Abelnica got together with an angry Wyhoon marching to the #9 pit and had to be pulled away before anything bad happened.
Neville Lance and George Elliot collided on the backstretch sending both cars towards the walls and Gene Cook went for a spin through the grass.
Kim Jane won the race with Mark Harrison in second, Ken James in third, George Elliot in fourth and Gene Cook in fifth.
Kim Jane
Mark Harrison
Ken James
George Elliot
Gene Cook
Bob Middleton
Barry Blake
Paul Stocker
Dick Howe
Eddie Abelnica
Terry Wyhoon
Neville Lance
Tony Southwell (DNS)
Andrew Miedecke (DNS)
So it was Kim Jane who won the last race at the Thunderdome and for those who like their trivia, Tony Southwell won the last Calder Park (circuit) race when the Stock Cars raced under the V8 Stock Cars banner in the Power Tour during the 2001 season.
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