There are 15 days to go until Round 5 racing action takes place at Calder Park Raceway, 14 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, a Motorsport Australia license is required for Friday.
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, use this link if you like to buy your tickets online.
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 for the other categories are strong so there will be plenty to see and do the entire weekend.
So far, Colin Matton, Troy Perichon, Brad Lighton, Lukas Gates, Richard White, Mick Heppleston, Phil Muffet and in case you missed it, the new driver of the #3 Chevrolet Lumina and you can find out all about him below.
Sam Gibson has been announced as the driver of the #3 Chevrolet Lumina for Richard White Racing; Sam has raced Excels in Australia and has been racing in Fun Cup in the UK as well as driving a Fun Cup car at Bathurst last year.
Richard White will be driving the #8 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the #8 won one of the races last year at Calder Park and he will undoubtedly aim to take home some more wins.
Brad Hall had taken part in the Mount Tarrengower Hillclimb last weekend in the #09 XF Falcon Sportsman, it crossed the finish line doing a nice 147kph and you can see the video on this link.
Former AUSCAR team owner and AUSCAR race winner, Garry Rogers passed away this week, Garry won on the streets of Surfers Paradise on March 19, 1994, and his team bagged wins with Steve Richards in the 1994/95 and 1995/96 seasons at the Thunderdome and at Oran Park.
Garry of course had teams in various categories and ran a very successful Supercars team collecting numerous wins including a Bathurst 1000, Garry also helped bring TCR to Australia and played a major part in S5000 which was a category that got hampered by COVID and other factors.
Did you know that there are three ex-Marcos Ambrose driven Stock Cars in Australia, there’s the #59 Ford Fusion that you see above, there’s the #9 Ford Mustang that earlier this year starred in Adelaide and there is the #47 Toyota chassis that is starting to get some guts put back into it.
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, it can be a complete, turn key car, a car missing some parts or even if it is just a roller, we’re also happy to advertise the sale of parts and promote offers for working on cars.
There are 15 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.
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, just as odd as ‘George’ is.
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 and we believe that would make the car newsworthy.
See you next week.
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