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02-11-2008, 11:21 PM
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In 1960, the Gallagher 500 (Bathurst October race) commenced with the expressed aim of improving the reliability and performance of cars manufactured and sold in Australia.
This move was brought about by the lack of reliability of many British cars (overheating), American cars (suspension and brakes), and Australian cars (lack of performance). The XK Falcon was an excellent example of a new product released in Australia (1960) that suffered from poor suspension components and reliability. The race quickly grew in popularity because the local motoring public could identify with, and see a direct link between the race and the improvements in their cars. This led to the Race Sunday, Sell Monday effect. A case in point was comparing not only the quality, but the relative standing of our cars design and manufacturing on the world stage, from the XK in 1960 to the XWGTHO PH III in 1970. So now should we be racing Hybrids and allowing the teams 100lt of fuel to finish the race? |
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Hybrids at Bathurst???
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