The Roaring Season

david5 wrote:Loved going to Amaroo. Sitting up on the rocks down at Stop/go, then walking over to the carports & checking out the cars. The JPS cars were always immaculate. Was there the day Romano crashed up the top in the Kaditcha ? & also the sad day the F3 went into the crowd.

bry3500 wrote:Pretty sure the Torana of Bob Tindall was designed/built by himself . The sound of those cars reverberating around Amaroo must have been great Dave ..

fullnoise68 wrote:I was talking to a friend of mine in Sydney this morning on the phone, and he tells me Des Wall has died of cancer aged 61. I meet Des in the early 90`s when I drove one of the Aussie M.A.N race trucks at Oran Park. He was running a sports sedan at the same meeting. A good bloke, good driver, and always had good gear. R.I.P.

GD66 wrote:That car in the bingle at Honda corner on the first lap isn't...(gulp!)...an...Isuzu Bellett...is it...?

bry3500 wrote:Great also to see Mark Trenoweths Jag..... originally built by John McCormack in 1979 for the 1980 Sports Sedan Championship. Powered by his F5000 engine - P76?

david5 wrote:Is the Tindall Torana the ex Gary Rogers car ? I was at that meeting BTW. The good old days, just car racing, no stunt bikes or XXXX Angels.