Cat. No. DVDS 1074: 1997 BATHURST PRIMUS 1000 CLASSIC & 1998 BATHURST FAI 1000 CLASSIC HIGHLIGHTS. CHEVRON BHE7950.

COLOUR                   RUNNING TIME: 240 MINS.

REVIEW: 1997 Primus Bathurst 1000 Classic Highlights – In front of the largest crowd ever at Mt. Panorama and the largest field of V8s to run at the mountain, Perkins and Ingall captured the Primus1000 Classic as their rivals fell by the wayside. Amidst mayhem and carnage, the Castrol Commodore duo maintained the kind of pace which saw many of the pre-race favourites wilt and perish under pressure.

Perkins triumphed in one of the most amazing races ever seen at Mt. Panorama, his Castrol Commodore surviving while only four of the top ten qualifiers managed to finish the race. Just eleven seconds behind Perkins came father-son duo Steve and Jim Richards in the Valvoline Commodore – a team which ran on a shoe-string budget, but managed to outrun and outlast the big spenders.

1998 FAI Bathurst 1000 Classic Highlights – In what really was a victory against the odds, and defying the theory that only years of experience can produce a Bathurst triumph, Bright and Richards brought home their Pirtek-backed Ford Falcon to claim the greatest prize in V8 racing in front of a near record crowd of 47,000. From a lowly 15th on the grid, and after an all-night effort to repair the car after Bright crashed it heavily on the Friday, the Pirtek Falcon rose steadily through the field to assume the lead with 30 laps to go.

The Bright/Richards Falcon beat home the Castrol Commodore of previous year’s winners Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall by a decisive 10 seconds. For two thirds of the race, the lead Holden Racing Team Commodore of Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes had been the class of the race, leading the event at will and showing the kind of speed that rivals simply couldn’t match.

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