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Issue No. 233 November 29 - December 05 2011
! Y L L A FIN WIN L A T I V S TAKE T PLUS R E B B E MARK WIL. FULL REPOR IN BRAZIEW INSIDE INTERV
LINDBOM ON HIS GP3 CHANCE
WHINCUP: I WON’T RELAX
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Brock’s best ever race
ndoubtedly the ‘72 Bathurst, that supposed to be used. You was his best race. Because could tell him he knew exactly what to do, and he that with all the testing we’d would do it. In done, ’72 at Bathurst, Brock just with this new driving technique and went way off that we’d into the distance. evolved for the new tyres, which only We were utterly and convincin he was doing because the gly in others didn’t control for the whole bloody understand it, he was at race. Brock least five percent got a minute penalty, wrongly. faster on any circuit than When they he’d been before. refuelled the car, he goes to take off Because of that, unless there and was an one of the guys says ‘the accident or something like cap’s not on that, he knew properly’. So I tell them he was going to win. to stop the car, and take the cap off and The race was turning point put in on again. in his life. That was not contravening He went from nobody to the regulations. King of the The official didn’t see us Mountain. It was lucky for stop the car and us that year that assumed we’d started the car before Ford made a few mistakes the – they didn’t fix refuelling was done. We were wrongly their brakes, and they didn’t understand penalised. what a huge difference the new wheels and Moffat got three penalties tyres would make to our – Moffat car – and they started the car before they’d still used their old suspensio finished n. refuelling, no ifs or buts Brock knew exactly what about that. had to be done We knew – I had a man down at his to win. I said, ‘don’t bother pit trying to pass watching it all. Moffat, just sit behind him and worry him. The other very outstandin Make it so he’s looking g drive was in more at you in the the A9X, when he broke the lap record mirror than on the road ahead, on and he’ll the last lap, while six laps make a mistake. That’s what in front. That is happened. really rubbing their noses The wet that year was an in the dirt. It’s advantage for also taking a big risk! us because of the tyres we had and the way If it had been me running the car was set up. We used the team, I soft tyres the wouldn’t have been happy whole race, and our hand-cut about him tyres were running that risk. But it’s far superior to anyone else’s. an ego thing and But as a team manager you can’t could use all that new technolog Brock control it; you y as it was just have to put up with it. I would have said, ‘Peter, you understan d that you took a bloody big risk doing that. If you’d have pranged that car on the last lap, that would have really given you a lot of aggro!’ The other extremely good drive was his win in the Repco Round Australia Trial. Because rallying really wasn’t his scene, but he adapted to it and excelled himself. 52
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Brock and the Beast
engine compartment 5000 engine, and the XU-1 rally car we was square tube emember this – the that went around that ent, was not ‘stuffed’, ed as a roll cage supplem used to make it of built cars steel reinforc inch steel already of my competition picking up on 3/8 as some say. None engine we made the XU-1 plus floor for the rear shell, into were faulty: when was reinforced with dash centre and centre and gearbox mount Sports Sedan, the to cut a out had cut It shell. mount were extra plating in body floor and gearbox a the Repco Formul make the space for
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the project. seat and roll cage with four-wheel disc Peter helped in the down Monaro diff cs car was tailor made of HQ front hub/dis – seat belt – as the brakes adapted out explaining how to an exercise for future to suit him. Don was and stock parts – as it was all strange had 14x7 Dragway and run engine as four-disc system. It used the T10 start It only finished it at tyres. we e to Peter, and how wheels and Fireston clutch. Panel beater where it ran as car Sandown circuit – gearbox and a Repco at Suspension it all in – Ian Splatt first time and all brakes. for “Dicko” and I put lower Koni shockers and unit – lighter settings, spring rates, Dragway did the diff as I thought they front and a cross tyre pressures were springs were put in and God” theory! compartment, with should be – by “guess brace in old engine I told Peter to be It ran the normal We fired it up and the battery in the rear. pump to suit and brave, and to come very cautious, not XU-1 tank fuel lines To everyone’s dry sump tank in the in if anything felt wrong. fuel injection – the but well, stopped fair, Don Halpin (Repco) surprise it handled spare wheel well – line. up engine as it was did it go in a straight helped fit and connect in d involve they were a Repco lease and 59
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@motorsportenews @mnewsupdates Issue No. 233 | 29 Nov - 05 Dec 2011
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Whincup’s Sydney plan No taking it easy for J-Dub ... 8 Like a boss Caruso ready to take control 10 Ogier: Man of the Volks Frenchman joins VW for ‘13 12 Lewis and Felipe – BFFs Drivers make up after GP 18 EC Enduro On again, off again, on ...
chat 22 Five Minutes With ... Mark Webber
comment 24 Adam: Sandown Format #1 25 AVL: Sandown Format #2
race 26 Formula 1 30 Karting 32 World Series Sprintcars
trade 58 Classifieds 3