Stock Cars Australia’s second year at Calder Park, beautiful weather greeted us on the Saturday and not so good weather on the Sunday though it could have been far worse.

Robert Marchese and Mick Heppleston about to do some laps of the circuit.

Behind the garages, you had to stand between the walls to see anything good.

Lukas Gates #22 AUSCAR parked and awaiting action.

This car got some action on the Thunderdome later in the day and some more action on Sunday.

Waiting to get on to the track is Danny Burgess, Daniel Stubbs and Colin Matton.

An AUSCAR, a Sportsman and a VT Commodore just waiting at the back.

Jamey Hollier awaiting race action.

What a beautiful Sportsman of a car, this one is Chris Robinson’s.

Michael Rice waiting to go on to the track for Race 2.

Robert Marchese returning from an afternoon of racing action.

Laurence Mckinnon in the #82 Falcon, Laurence always has a nice car whether it is the #25 Ford Thunderbird or the #82 Ford Falcon.

Scott Nind’s #16 Ford Mustang returning to the garage after a win, it was later parked for the weekend due to mechanical concerns.

Jamey Hollier on his way back to the garage after a race

Colin Matton on his way back to the garage after a race

Colin Matton’s #2 Holden Commodore parked comfortably mostly outside the garage.

Early Saturday morning action

Drivers to the left into the Tunnel, Spectators to the right to go up to Turn 2.

It’s a beautiful complex, just a little rundown in places.

Just in case anybody got lost, they pointed the way to the Thunderdome.

The RWR team about to get the #8 Monte Carlo underway.

A Mustang and two different Chevrolet Monte Carlo cars.

Notices from 1995 are still on the garage walls, whatever stuck them to the wall is quite durable.

Wise advice, never run an engine in an enclosed space.

The pre-Race 4 traffic jam, the SCA AUSCARs stayed in their garage photo posing position at the back.

The Falcon and the Mustang are parked in the garage just after Race 4.

The front of the #84 OzTruck of Robert Marchese.

The back of the #84 OzTruck of Robert Marchese and the picture comes complete with the fading paint belonging to the #05 of Ron Goodman.

Daniel Stubbs #19 Monte Carlo just after the completion of Race 4.

The #8 Monte Carlo of Richard White just after the finish of Race 4.

The partially demolished grandstand, both it and the garages have seen better days.
While it was hoped to film all cars leaving the garages, some went a different way.
There’s two ways to get all the cars, wait at the garages or wait beside the dummy grid and the cars will come to you.
It was drizzling a little bit as the cars went back to the garages, but the feared washout did not occur.
The field leaving the garages for the last time for the round at Calder Park Raceway.










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