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He's 23-years-old, he's started three main series races in his life, and he's a Bathurst WOO winner. Of course, we're talking about NickPercat, the first rookie to win the race since 1977.
Since the last MNews, Andrew van Leeuwen has been to the Singapore GP to chill with the Lotus Renault drivers, driven a Lexus LFA with Scott Pruett, and interviewed Bathurst winner NickPercat. Tough life.
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NUMBER 1... AGAIN
Sebastian Vettel is now the youngest Double World Champion. We take a look inside his awesome year.
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We have no idea if Daniel Gaunt usually keeps a journal of his hopes and dreams, but we like to think he does. That's why we made him keep a journal throughout the Bathurst WOO weekend.
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Lexus Luthor It's not everyday you drive a Lexus LFA atSandown. Let alone hang with Scott Pruett
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A long way from home We check in with some Aussies in action at the Goodwood Festival ofSpeed
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When Harry met Ford A new ride and environment is paying dividends for V8 Lite driver Ryal Harris in 2011
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The National Party MNews catches up with the contenders forFS's National Class Scholarship
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Still on tour Chris Smerdon and Terry Wyhoon are old hands in V8s, but they're still going strong
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The 1983 James Hardie 1000 race was held on Sunday October 2 at the Mount Panorama, Bathurst circuit. When the big race got underway, Peter Brock, in the #05 Commodore, made his usual good start and led the field of 58 up Mountain Straight. Brock was making it look so easy - at least until the end of lap 8, when a large amount of smoke appeared at the end of Conrod Straight. The #05 Commodore turned into pit lane and limped towards the pit box. A bent valve in the engine had ended its race. But unlike Sandown, when he had illegally hopped into the second car. Brock had a plan. On lap 20, Harvey, in the team's sister #25 car, headed for the pits and was replaced by Peter ratherthan his brother Phil Brock. Peter Brock re-entered the race in fifth place. On lap 50, Brock handed over the #25 Commodore to Perkins with a commanding 90 second lead. The lead was never lost. Brock finished the race one lap and 18.1 seconds ahead of Allan Moffat and Yoshimi Katayama in their Mazda RX-7. In great controversy Peter Brock had won his seventh Bathurst with co-driver Larry Perkins and John Harvey who was also credited.
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