We’re in the last third of November which is good news because we’re closing in on December and the end of the year and we’re really looking forward to 2026.
AASA and Motorsport Australia (the group formerly known as CAMS) have both been busy snapping up series for 2026, there has been one noticeable change, Motor Racing Australia have gone to Motorsport Australia for 2026.
The good news is that Stock Cars Australia is sticking with AASA so there is nothing to worry about there.
Earlier this week, we published the recap of all the action from Calder Park, sorry for the delay, after Calder Park we had visited a couple of places (and to be defrosted) before heading back home and as soon as we got home, it was straight to the keyboard to finish writing the recap, 2700 words of action.
The 2025 season may be over, but the work has not stopped for the year yet, the #4 Chevrolet Silverado has been getting more work done to it which is great news, it has been great watching the progress of this truck over the course of this year from the interesting paint discoveries to the installation of new belts.
On the Stock Car side of things, Eddie continues to work on the #46 Oldsmobile; the good news is that parts are now going back on the car, this week was the fitting of the all-important brakes.
The #02 Ford XF Falcon Sportsman got its first run under new ownership last week; it had cut laps at Calder Park Raceway in beautiful weather conditions.
Research efforts have been slowed this week as the Motorsport News collection has been running a little on the strange side, some editions are not opening, and some are fine for a page or two before blurred.
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.
You may just have the car, the parts or the skills that somebody really needs.
Information Most Wanted
We met Paul Scicluna at Calder Park, he is looking for information on his #12 Pontiac Grand Prix.
This Pontiac raced at the Grand Prix round in 1999, it finished 23rd, 10th and 16th for the weekend.
The information we have received is that the car came from Les Kennewell and he got it from Robert Tinworth.
Determining which car from the Tinworth team is not as straight forward as Robert Tinworth said ‘l had 5 of them’ when asked about his cars in 2020.
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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