There are 22 days to go until Round 5 racing action takes place at Calder Park Raceway, 21 days to go if you count the optional Friday practice.

Entries are officially open, if you are also doing Friday Practice you need to do both entry options as Friday is run by Drive Events, Motorsport Australia license required.

Stock Cars Australia will be occupying the NASCAR garages, a nice, spacious area to use.

For spectators, Friday Practice is free to attend, it is $15 for Saturday, $20 for Sunday and $30 if you want to go for the whole weekend plus kids Under 16 are free.

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.

Entries have started to come in for the round, AUSCAR fans will be pleased to know that the #2 Holden Commodore (Colin Matton), the #6 Ford Falcon (Troy Perichon), the #22 Holden Commodore (Lukas Gates) and the #26 Holden Commodore (Brad Lighton) will be there.

Also entered is the #41 Ford Thunderbird driven by Phil Muffet and the #304 OzTruck driven by Mick Heppleston.

More entries will come in the next two weeks as most entries are put in closer to the event.

There are options to consider for local owners of a Stock Car or an AUSCAR, HQ or Sportsman, aside from racing there are Thunderdome laps during the Sunday lunch break (you need an AASA license), plenty of space to display a car for the weekend, if you’d like to know more contact Stock Cars Australia.

Brad Hall is with the #09 Ford Falcon XF Sportsman this week for the Mt Tarrengower Hillclimb, the #09 is looking in fantastic shape and don’t forget that the #02 Ford Falcon XF Sportsman is still for sale, it is ready and waiting for somebody to buy it and drive it.

Frisch Motorsport is keeping busy; Jake Frisch recently tested a TA2 as his motorsport interests expand but don’t worry Stock Car fans, Jake still has his heart set on racing the #4 Pontiac in 2026.

Jake’s car of choice for testing was Ashley Jarvis Racing‘s #32 Ford Mustang.

Over in the #46 Oldsmobile team, Eddie continues to make progress on his car, the bonnet no longer has a big hole in it, the hole was from the car’s salt flat days.

Japanifornia on Facebook posted a double shot of Australian goodness, first a reel about the 1991 Australian NASCAR race on the Gold Coast and as you see above, Holden, you will see the #1 VT Commodore and the #2 Pontiac Monaro in the comments of the latter.

For Sale

If you have a Stock Car, AUSCAR, Sportsman or a HQ for sale, drop us a line any time and we’ll advertise it for free, we’re also happy to advertise the sale of parts

There are 22 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 shell or body parts to source, 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

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 Brad Jones got it 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.