The engine is out of the #23 Oldsmobile, and the news is encouraging, the problems that had shortened testing at Calder Park last Friday have been identified and they can be rectified, another test of the car is expected to be run before the round at Winton.

Don’t forget to give Zentrix Racing a follow, you will find out all the latest news and information on the #19 Chevrolet Monte Carlo and the #45 Dodge Challenger there, check out all the AC Delco equipment that they have and more, you’ll like it.

There’s a couple of questions about the Bathurst 100 entry list that we still haven’t found answers to, the #02 Oldsmobile listed as to be driven by Gerry Raleigh, the #40 Holden Commodore listed to be driven by Nicholas Hall and the #23 Chevrolet Lumina listed to be driven by Peter Hacket.

While typing this out, it has occurred to us that based on sponsorship, the #23 would likely be the Lumina that was driven by Jimmy Ellis, that Lumina is currently being restored.

That car has had a very long life from being a Holden to a Chevrolet, you’d be amazed how many cars have had many different guises.

Here is a broadcast goof, the graphic says that Walter Giles was driving a Chevrolet Lumina when it was a Pontiac Grand Prix, this particular car was later sold and was used by another driver.

Broadcast goofs were not uncommon, commentators would occasionally get the wrong car models, graphics would display the wrong car model information, sometimes a driver’s name would be incorrect and if a driver done double duty, the information could get mixed up, the joys of 80s and 90s television.

Sponsors

Michael Rice’s new sponsor for the two-time Muscle Car Division championship winning #108 Holden VT Commodore is Baxter Motors which is located in Drouin, Victoria.

Shane and the boys have a renowned mechanical service that services all types of machinery from race cars to B Double Trucks with experience and knowledge in all forms of repairs from doing a logbook service to a complete engine rebuild, their helpful advice and cheerful nature is well known in the Gippsland region.

If you’re in the Drouin area and need some help, call (03) 5625 2103 or visit them at 39 Railway Ave, Drouin.

If you have a car sponsor and you want to give them some promotion just like what you see above, we can do that here for you for free, it doesn’t even matter if you own that particular company.

If anybody is looking for sponsors and wants us to post about it, let us know what packages you are offering, and we will put it up for you for as long as you like.

Parts Wanted

Do you have a Pontiac Grand Prix bonnet that is just taking up space? Phil Muffet needs one for one of his two Pontiacs, so if you’re eager to sell one, please contact Phil and help get the project closer to completion.

Parts For Sale

Do you need a wheel for your Holden AUSCAR? Brad Hall is selling them for $210 each.

Engines are popular at the moment including a couple of Toyota and Chevrolet engines.

TRD Phase 9 Engine – $35,000
TRD Phase 14 Engine – $60,000
Chevrolet SB2.2 Engine – $25,000
Chevrolet SB2.2 Engine – $27,000

For Sale

The ex-Phelon Motorsports #66 Ford F-150 Truck is for sale; it is an ex-Craftsman Trucks series vehicle awaiting a new owner and it’s a Ford too which is something unique when it comes to Trucks that are in Australia.

If you’re looking for something in the style of the early decades of NASCAR, there is a Ford Galaxie for sale for $25,000, it is a 1969 Ford Galaxie body with a 1989 Randercar chassis with a McGunegill built 347 ci windsor engine, find out more here.

If those two do not get your interest, how about a HQ Holden or two? there’s the #20 HQ Holden complete with the AUSCAR VIN ‘A 625’ or there is Cameron Fisher’s #39 HQ Holden for $20,000.

If you want something historic, how about the Future Tourer that James Brock drove to victory at Bathurst in 1999, it was previously the #03 AUSCAR that Peter Fitzgerald had raced, it is for sale for $69,500.

If you want a Generation 5 body shell, one is now available, it is a Camaro made by Five Star, it is the one that Michael Bouts raced at Calder Park in 2023.

If you have a Stock Car, an AUSCAR, a 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.

Additionally, if you want to buy a car, tell us what you want, what condition you want it (complete or roller) in and your price range and we will post it for you.

Information Most Wanted

We are looking for parts of histories on a couple of cars, the problem we have is that while people have given us answers, the answers do differ and so we seek written, verbal or visual proof to sort the histories out.

Do you know the fate of this Ford Thunderbird? It is an ex-Charlie O’Brien car (it is not the #41 Ford Thunderbird) that was driven by Pete Nolan in 1999, it was last known to have been owned by a Rodney Brewer.

On the subject of a Ford Thunderbird, if there is anybody in contact with Martin Borrows, we would like to find out what happened to his Ford Thunderbirds, we are hoping that they are still around somewhere as the Thunderbirds are in small numbers and the more that we find, the better.

Does anybody know who ordered two Commodores for the 2000/01 season, a season that did not happen which resulted in the two cars remaining in the USA?

Now that we firmly believe that the #8/#27 ride car turned #3 Lumina was originally an ex-#31 Race Cars & Engines Oldsmobile that was then used by NASTRAK/George Elliot, we are hoping to find out if the car that was leased out to Ron Goodman in 1992 is the same car, it is also theorised that Walter Giles used it when he went between Buick and Chevrolet Lumina eras.

That’s it for this edition of Aussie Stock Car News, thank you for coming.

See you next week.