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Do any of you guys remember this round of the Winston cup.It was a great weekend of racing and very new to us.By memory ,Neil Bonnet was the winner and 3 or 4 Ozzies ran in the event als
ne of these was a bloke by the name of Robin Best.He really caught the Nascar bug and apparently sold up everything he owned down in Tasmania,( Marcos Ambrose country)and went in search of a full time drive in the States.Does anyone know which team (s) he eventually drove for and how did he perform.This would have been late 1988 early 89.Allan Grice & Dick Johnson also ran cars from Australia in preparation for the event.
Unfortunately for Bob Jane & us fans ,this was the only time Nascar ventured out here.The $30,000 000 dollar venue is hardly used now and I am told has grass growing up through the bitumen surface.
The curtain raiser for the 500 race was the Auscar 200 which ran 1984/7 Commodores with 5 ltr Holden V8 s in them.A bit tame compared with the cup cars ,but all a good learning curve.
One wonders with the v8 Supercars going over your way(Texas), MAYBE,Nascar might come back our way soon.
Ozz
ne of these was a bloke by the name of Robin Best.He really caught the Nascar bug and apparently sold up everything he owned down in Tasmania,( Marcos Ambrose country)and went in search of a full time drive in the States.Does anyone know which team (s) he eventually drove for and how did he perform.This would have been late 1988 early 89.Allan Grice & Dick Johnson also ran cars from Australia in preparation for the event.Unfortunately for Bob Jane & us fans ,this was the only time Nascar ventured out here.The $30,000 000 dollar venue is hardly used now and I am told has grass growing up through the bitumen surface.
The curtain raiser for the 500 race was the Auscar 200 which ran 1984/7 Commodores with 5 ltr Holden V8 s in them.A bit tame compared with the cup cars ,but all a good learning curve.
One wonders with the v8 Supercars going over your way(Texas), MAYBE,Nascar might come back our way soon.
Ozz
