There are 43 days to go until Round 5 racing action takes place at Calder Park Raceway, 42 days to go if you count the optional Friday practice.

Zac and the team are working hard to find as many cars and vehicles as possible, if you have a Stock Car, AUSCAR, GTA, OzTruck or a car suitable for Muscle Division and you want to participate by racing or by having your vehicle on display, contact Stock Cars Australia as soon as you can.

While field announcements won’t start coming in until October gets underway, a great field is anticipated to be at Calder Park and hopefully we’ll find some owners who would be eager to put their cars on display too.

The VMRC has a page set up for the round and those who like to buy their tickets online can do so, it is $30 for both days, $20 for Sunday only, $15 for Saturday only and Under 16’s are free.

It is also free to go check out Friday Practice which will be run by Drive Events.

Joining Stock Cars Australia at Calder Park is the BMW E30 Racing Series, Victorian Super Tin Tops, Sports Compact by 2LSS and the Hyundai Excel Racing Victoria Trophy & Masters.

Lots of activity has been happening recently at Frisch Motorsport, a new logo/emblem has been made, and they have plans for a very busy 2026 which includes plans to race their #4 Pontiac in Stock Cars Australia competition.

Here are the latest photos of the #4 Chevrolet Silverado that Jeremy Gunson has been putting together over in Western Australia, we’ve been following this truck’s development for some time, it has come a long way over the last year.

Eddie Ivermee stopped at Bathurst this week and saw the many famous race cars that are on display there and that includes the #55 that was raced by George Elliot.

This #55 as most would know is a Chevrolet Monte Carlo but it’s colours and sponsors are made to look like the Lumina that we used to see in the 1993/94 season, above is one example.

A nice stack of programmes went up for sale on this week and were snapped up by buyers within hours, one was a revised edition of the 1994/95 Season Preview & Media Guide with plenty of car photo changes, drivers added, and some were taken out when compared to the original edition.

One example of the changes was that the original had Robert Tinworth standing beside a plain car and the revision had his car all stickered up and on the track.

Another quick seller was Xmas 500/Thunderdome ’88 shirts proving that there is a thirst for 80s and 90s Australian NASCAR related items.

While all the above has been going on, work continues on trying to master GIMP to make decent cars for NASCAR Racing 2003, so far there has been no loss of hair.

Searches for a good Atlantis Relocations logo to use have been fruitless, most examples are angled or distant, but we will keep looking.

For Sale

There are 43 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, it’s 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 a 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 initially hesitant, remember that everything has been done for you, there is no need to source an engine or gearbox etc. which are both costly items, there is no need to spend months or years working on it, there is no need to make the car look good either, it is all there and done, 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? Check out the ad on my105.com and/or contact Brad Hall for further discussion.

Most Wanted

Take a look at the left 3/4 window hatch in the above photo, 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 by Ian Thomas in one ARCA race at Michigan in June 1992 before he used it for the 1992/93 Australian season.

Opinion on its origin is split, some say that Doug Taylor built it, and some say that it came from TriStar Motorsports and Doug reconditioned it, what we know for sure is that it was sold by Ian Thomas after the 1992/93 season to John Faulkner in time for the 1993/94 season and it ran with John, Eddie Abelnica and Paul Stocker until the end of the 2001 V8 Stock Cars season when it was driven by Doug Moss (Paul Stocker as owner).

We’re looking for any 1992 interview that Ian Thomas may have had to see if there is any mention of the car, any race reports from any round of the 1992/93 season are highly sought after as those reports had a tendency to mention where a car came from.

We are looking for anybody who may know with absolute certainty where the above ex-Brad Jones, ex-Kim Jane Chevrolet Lumina ride car nicknamed ‘George’ came from.

We have two different opinions on this car; one is that it came from George Elliot (he isn’t sure about that) and the other is that it came from Walter Giles (the Giles family doesn’t believe that) and both arguments are very confident that they are correct.

It has been suggested that it is the Buick LeSabre of Walter Giles, 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 car has Oldsmobile parts like the rear bumper, roofline and deck lid, it has Lumina 3/4 windows, and the front was added later on than the rest of the body.

On the dash there is an imprint of a square on the right side indicating that a plate was there at some time, had this remained we would have likely known its origin.

Pink was found in the surviving layers of body 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.

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 and we believe that would make the car newsworthy.

See you next week.