You could sit on the fence and watch. I was their about 84 for a historic car meet spent the day talking with Bib Stillwell had a couple of his Brabham F1 cars to play with.Great Track!
Does anyone have footage from the 1981 Lakeside race, the famous duel between the TRU BLU Ford and the Malboro man? if so, please please get 'em on utube....thanks.
the good days of racing !!!! look at the crowd full to the bream cars stepping out sideways. went to phillip island 500 this year they would have been lucky to have 20,000 there and no passing on track only in the pits.
@aforda couldn't agree more. Supercars are anything but - just a way of selling clothes and flags to a bunch of sheep who don't even know what they're missing. Used to watch Super Tourers, production cars and whatever was running up at Amaroo as a kid, now of course it's a housing estate with nothing but the lake left.
Has anyone got footage of the ATCC round at Amaroo in 1978? Moffat and Brock had a hit with 2 laps to go and then Grice out braked Moffat at Rothmans on the last lap and won.
I just loved those days! My old man had a new SLR/5000 and he would take me to Amaroo to watch every meeting there! I'm betting i was there on the day of this footage. It was so exciting. This track was also the first track i would race on during the mid-eightys. Fantastic. Now oran Park is facing the same fate. So many memories and still only seem like yesterday. ;-(
Great memories! I used to race bikes at Amaroo, and remember it being infinitely more satisfying than the old Oran Park. Amaroo was a small track, but very challenging. Ya gotta admit, it was amongst the prettiest of tracks being set within a eucalypt forest.
G'day Ken, great footage. Now those were the days. Simply love 'em big bangers!!! Nothin will ever be the same. I'm a big 351 fan thru and thru, from the mighty GTHOs to the fabulous XD and XEs, but 'em Holden 308s are ok, when they are second. Heheh. Annnyway, do you reckon you could contact Chevron and perhaps they can copy your footage so we all, the real tin-top fans, can get to enjoy watching 'em over and over. Who knows, you might get rich!!!? Have a go...
No one could touch Bob Morris at Amaroo
Mob01971 11 months ago
Torana teh great!!! miss amaroo park such a shame its gone
SuperTamponBandit 1 year ago
You could sit on the fence and watch. I was their about 84 for a historic car meet spent the day talking with Bib Stillwell had a couple of his Brabham F1 cars to play with.Great Track!
condor143 1 year ago
Does anyone have footage from the 1981 Lakeside race, the famous duel between the TRU BLU Ford and the Malboro man? if so, please please get 'em on utube....thanks.
dj17q 1 year ago
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
klaassenmichael 2 years ago
the good days of racing !!!! look at the crowd full to the bream cars stepping out sideways. went to phillip island 500 this year they would have been lucky to have 20,000 there and no passing on track only in the pits.
aforda 2 years ago
@aforda couldn't agree more. Supercars are anything but - just a way of selling clothes and flags to a bunch of sheep who don't even know what they're missing. Used to watch Super Tourers, production cars and whatever was running up at Amaroo as a kid, now of course it's a housing estate with nothing but the lake left.
Progress is a subjective concept..
StaticTremor 8 months ago
a9x was the best back in the day and with brocky behind the wheel was untouchable
frombris 2 years ago
Has anyone got footage of the ATCC round at Amaroo in 1978? Moffat and Brock had a hit with 2 laps to go and then Grice out braked Moffat at Rothmans on the last lap and won.
longhairedlayabout 2 years ago
I just loved those days! My old man had a new SLR/5000 and he would take me to Amaroo to watch every meeting there! I'm betting i was there on the day of this footage. It was so exciting. This track was also the first track i would race on during the mid-eightys. Fantastic. Now oran Park is facing the same fate. So many memories and still only seem like yesterday. ;-(
brettpriest 2 years ago
Great memories! I used to race bikes at Amaroo, and remember it being infinitely more satisfying than the old Oran Park. Amaroo was a small track, but very challenging. Ya gotta admit, it was amongst the prettiest of tracks being set within a eucalypt forest.
hottr6 2 years ago
Still a Charger and Xu-1 goin around!!!
XXXXShelts 3 years ago
@XXXXShelts
Yeah, love to know who was running the Charger?
MaccasWell 1 year ago
G'day Ken, great footage. Now those were the days. Simply love 'em big bangers!!! Nothin will ever be the same. I'm a big 351 fan thru and thru, from the mighty GTHOs to the fabulous XD and XEs, but 'em Holden 308s are ok, when they are second. Heheh. Annnyway, do you reckon you could contact Chevron and perhaps they can copy your footage so we all, the real tin-top fans, can get to enjoy watching 'em over and over. Who knows, you might get rich!!!? Have a go...
dj17q 3 years ago
brilliant stuff mate,,ibut if you know where amaroo is,ggogle it in google maps and look what they have done to the place,,
bloody capatalist mongrels,all got there 2 acres with room for a pony,,bring back amaroo,,it was was a bloody good track!
conedandstoned 4 years ago
Bloody Fantastic Ken, ditto thanks for sharing this one. I used to live on Annangrove Rd, so Amaroo Park had a special place in my heart, Cheers
wvlambert 4 years ago
hey cool video, can you tell me whats that song called? cheers
Jakester32123 4 years ago
nevermind i got it :)
Jakester32123 4 years ago
You could hang on the fences in those days
rewkn4u 4 years ago
absolutly awesome!! bring it on!!!
people need to share this footage more... its no good locked away in cupboards..
THANKS KEN keep it coming
aussiecoupes 4 years ago
priceless footage !!!!!
thanks...
martymcmeek 4 years ago