Australian Muscle Car 2020-02

trophy. But the race regulations stated that ties
would be resolved by adding the two race times.
Warren lodged a protest and was later declared
winner of the Australian Tourist Trophy.
Running the ATT in ’75 for production sports
cars was a prelude to giving that category
the Australian Sports Car Championship the
following year. Here then was a chance for
Bolwell to snare a national series title.
But new opposition appeared in the form of
Porsche. Previously, Porsches had raced as
touring cars in Sports Sedan races, but now the
German coupe had been reclassified as a sports
car – thus making it eligible for the Australian
Sports Car Championship. Not only that, but
there was also a de Tomaso Pantera for Rusty
French (these days the co-owner of Tickford
Racing Mustang Supercars team).
Bond won the opening race of the
championship, at Oran Park, but that was
about as good as it got for the Bolwells. Beating
French’s Pantera was hard enough, but
as the series wore on the Porsches of Ian
Geoghegan, Alan Hamilton and former
Bolwell driver Latham assumed control.
The ASCC would be won by Porsche
drivers (including Allan Moffat in 1980) for
each of the next five years. But the Bolwells
weren’t done just yet.
In fact, Ross Bond was unlucky not to
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A high performance, low cost sports car like the Nagari
was always going to make its way onto the race track.
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