Vai al contenuto
  • Navigazione recente   0 utenti

    • Non ci sono utenti registrati da visualizzare in questa pagina.

Bathurst (Mount Panorama)


leopnd

Recommended Posts

Bill Brown se l'e' cavata alla grande: qualche graffio e un occhio nero. Ha avuto la fortuna che il sedile si e' rotto alla prima capriola e lui e' rimasto in posizione sdraiata fino alla fine del incidente... C'e' da dire pero' che anche ai due comissari e' andata alla stragrande!

TMaaVTN.jpg

vPYY2Hy.jpg

qJ23Tj9.jpg

9KQMSuX.jpg

dPKIapQ.jpg

PI7jlmx.jpg

6D9S14U.jpg

 

  • Like 2
Link al commento
Condividi su altri siti

  • 2 weeks later...

Una delle piu' emozionanti edizioni a Mount Panorama: 1977., 1-2 della Ford con Alan Moffat (in coppia con Jacky Ickx) che vince in parade davanti a Colin Bond...
 

Ford's legendary 1-2 in the 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 is remembered as one of the greatest moments in Bathurst history, and today we're profiling the car that led the famous form finish - the #1 Moffat Ford Dealers XC Falcon of Allan Moffat and Belgian Jacky Ickx.

This car and the #2 Falcon driven by Colin Bond and Alan Hamilton dominated the '77 race, finishing one lap ahead of the third-placed Torana A9X of Peter Janson and Larry Perkins.

In the closing stages, team leader Moffat imposed team orders on Bond - not only to orchestrate the form finish but because Car #1 was also struggling with brake issues.

This was the car that Moffat drove to the last of his four Bathurst victories, while Ickx - a six-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hour and legend of world motorsport - became the last driver to win Bathurst on debut until Nick Percat drove to victory with Garth Tander in 2011.

While its triumph at Bathurst in 1977 stands out above anything else, this very special Blue Oval racer is notable for a number of other great successes and stories during its history, including a remarkable Australian Touring Car Championship title in the face of adversity.

Built as an XB Falcon GT in 1976, it was completed in just eight weeks as a replacement for Moffat's previous XB Falcon, which was dramatically burnt to the ground in a transporter fire on the way to the ATCC round at Adelaide International Raceway.

Moffat was leading the ATCC at the time and the fire seemingly devastated his hopes for a second title, but the Canadian hopped into fellow Ford hero John Goss' car for two rounds while his Melbourne-based team put together our featured car.

The team's new creation - appropriately codenamed 'Project Phoenix' - was completed in time for the Hang Ten 400 at Sandown, where it debuted under the Moffat Ford Dealers banner with a new white and multi-coloured stripe livery.

Australian international ace Vern Schuppan joined Moffat for Bathurst (though they retired with engine dramas) and consistent results in the endurance races (all races except Bathurst counted towards the ATCC that year) helped Moffat to secure the Championship.

The new Ford was updated to XC GS500 Hardtop specification for 1977 and Moffat dominated that year's ATCC to record back-to-back titles with this car and the third of his eventual four championship crowns.

Moffat took out seven of the 11 rounds in 1977 (in fact he missed the last round at Phillip Island) - including the first five in succession - which together with the Bathurst 1-2 capped off a dream year for Ford.

VZHj3b7.jpg

 

 

Link al commento
Condividi su altri siti

Nel 1981. c'erano 3 categorie:
1) 8 cilindri e oltre: Questa classe era praticamente per i V8: Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon e Chevrolet Camaro. Unica eccezione era la Jaguar XJS che aveva un V12...
2) 6 cilindri: Ford Capri, BMW 635CSi e Mazda RX7.
3) 4 cilindri: Alfa Romeo Alfasud, Alfa Romeo Alfetta, Ford Escort, Isuzu Gemini, Mitsubishi Colt, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Bluebird Turbo, Toyota Celica, Toyota Corolla, Triumph Dolomite e Volkswagen Golf.

i5wvsH2.jpg
dtiOWbc.jpg
R5SW7gp.jpg

 

Modificato da leopnd
  • Like 1
Link al commento
Condividi su altri siti

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 9 months later...
  • 1 month later...
  • 2 months later...
  • 1 year later...
  • 4 weeks later...
  • 5 months later...

Premetto che per il Mount Panorama rimarrà tutto invariato.

Nuovo circuito a Barthrust in costruzione nelle immediate vicinanze del Mount Panorama, di grado 1 FIA/FIM, ospiterà categorie moto e la prima potrebbe essere la WSBK che di conseguenza abbandonerà Phillip Island. Nelle immagini la posizione del nuovo circuito rispetto al Mount Panorama e il layout ufficiale proposto da Apex Design (che ha battuto la Dromo di Zaffelli). 

https://www.autosport.com/sup/news/137514/uk-design-firm-wins-new-bathurst-circuit-tender

new-track-site-at-mount-panorama.jpg

54f3e0e78d340549247b23151262f62e.jpg

Modificato da Pep92
Link al commento
Condividi su altri siti

Crea un account o accedi per commentare

Devi essere un utente per poter lasciare un commento

Crea un account

Registrati per un nuovo account nella nostra comunità. è facile!

Registra un nuovo account

Accedi

Hai già un account? Accedi qui.

Accedi ora
×
×
  • Crea nuovo...