Welcome to the 100th edition of Aussie Stock Car News, your weekly look at all the latest happenings to do with Stock Cars in Australia.
There is 1 day to go until Round 4 action of the 2025 Australian Stock Car Championship season gets underway at One Raceway with qualifying, Race 1 and Race 2 on Saturday.
If you cannot make it to the track, please consider buying a subscription to Blend Line TV and watch Races 1, 2 and 4 live, they are on at 1:29pm (Race 1) and 4:38pm (Race 2) on Saturday and 12:20pm (Race 4) on Sunday, all times are in NSW time.
Richard White Racing had an interesting pre-race week, they stopped over at Brad Jones Racing and Brad Jones got reacquainted with ‘George’, his former ride car.
Three hours were spent at the championship winning race team which included a tour of the shop.
Will the visit lead to something in the future? We can always hope there’s time for a test session or perhaps Adelaide, any of the Jones family in a SCA race, maybe too much wishful thinking but ‘anything can happen and it usually does’.
Brad Hall has started a roll call as we attempt to find out where more race cars are located, Brad has had a bit of success with two cars being shown, hopefully some more will come out of hiding and we can hopefully entice some to come to Calder Park in November (and beyond).
Over in the #46 Oldsmobile team, the oil tank box was removed on Tuesday and the driver’s window has been opened up a little for easy access, some primer has also been put on the car too.
Eddie reports that he has all the parts for the diff so that will be put back together and most importantly put back in the car, the fuel tank and the battery mounts are on the to do list then comes welding everything up and then comes painting.
Work continues on dressing up the #4 Chevrolet Silverado and as you can see, Jeremy Gunson is doing fantastically well with turning the ex-FDNY Racing truck into the Monster Energy sponsored ex-Ricky Carmichael truck.
Those JDU Decals really do look good and coming up in the next lot of decals is the big one, the number 4 goes on the Truck, stay tuned for pictures of that great moment.
For Sale
There are 84 days to go until the 2025 edition of the Calder Classic, you’re looking for a car to buy to be part of the show this year and into the future, we have an option for you, its the #02 Ford Falcon XF Sportsman and the selling price is $20,000.
Let’s tell you a bit about it, it was driven by Tony Howlett and after the Thunderdome was closed, it was stored in a shed for many years until purchased by Brad Hall who found it to be in great condition and he quickly got it into track running condition as you see in the photographs.
It has a 302 Cleveland engine and 4 speed gearbox, an in-date harness has been installed so you the driver will cut laps on any track in great safety.
While the price may make some hesitant, remember that everything has been done for you, there is no need to source an engine or gearbox etc., there is no need to spend years working on it, there is no need to make the car look good it is all there ready for you to race against the likes of the #54 Falcon, the #6 Falcon and many other fine AUSCAR/Sportsman vehicles four-five times a year.
Are you interested? Contact Brad Hall for further discussion.
Most Wanted
Take a look at the left 3/4 window hatch on this Oldsmobile, it is the only Oldsmobile that Ian Thomas had that had this hatch, the question is where did the Olds come from? this car was used in one ARCA race in 1992 before being used for the 1992/93 Australian season.
Opinion is split, some say Doug Taylor built it, and some say it came from TriStar Motorsports, what we know for sure is that the car was sold by Ian Thomas to John Faulkner before the 93/94 season and it ran with John, Eddie Abelnica and Paul Stocker until the end of the 2001 V8 Stock Car season when it was driven by Doug Moss (Paul Stocker as owner).
Hopefully some 1992 publication will be found, and it will spill the beans on the history and settle the debate once and for all.
We are looking for anybody who may know with absolute certainty where the above ex-Brad Jones, ex-Kim Jane ride car Lumina that has Oldsmobile parts (like the rear bumper) came from before Brad Jones owned it, we have two different opinions, one is that it came from George Elliot (he isn’t sure about that) and the other is it came from Walter Giles (the Giles family doesn’t believe that) and both sides are very confident that they are correct.
It has been suggested that it is Walter Giles Buick LeSabre, we haven’t found anything to confirm or refute that, a report has been found that Walter’s original chassis went to Mark Harrison but we’re still looking into it.
The right side 3/4 window of the car is considered key; it is a Lumina 3/4 window; it is considered odd because it is surrounded by Oldsmobile parts like the rear bumper.
Pink was found underneath in the surviving layers of paint pointing its history towards Ron Goodman’s car for the Gold Coast in 1992 and Walter Giles who also had pink cars.
The #05 Ron Goodman Oldsmobile was an ex-George Elliot Oldsmobile as stated in the Round 4 1991/92 programme, it was originally claimed to be a car purchased from George, but a later publication said it was ‘lent’ (leased) to Ron by George, and it was given back to George.
As you can see, the right side of this Oldsmobile has a Lumina 3/4 window.
It appears that the Ron Goodman #05 also has a Lumina 3/4 window on its left side too making it a very odd-looking Oldsmobile.
It would be interesting to know why the Oldsmobile was selected instead of a Lumina, was the #05 originally all Lumina? or was it previously all Oldsmobile and it was in the middle of a reskin?
Assuming it is the Elliot car, either George’s team fully changed the Goodman Oldsmobile into a Lumina after it was given back, or they just replaced the front to a Chevrolet Lumina after the Olds one took a beating on the Gold Coast, and it then served as a ride car with an Olds rear bumper.
Hopefully somebody who worked on George’s team in 1992 recalls a car going to Ron Goodman and then getting it back after the Gold Coast and knowing where it went next.
Somebody out there has to know for sure, Brad Jones getting a ride car had to be a pretty big deal as he only had ‘Elroy’ on hand early on, plus a ride car is a nice way to get more Stock Car laps in too.
As we wind down this one hundredth edition of Aussie Stock Car News, we think about everything that has gone on the last couple of years and come to the conclusion that we live in a wonderful world especially when it comes to stock cars.
See you next week.
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