1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Oran Park

Some golden Sports Sedan action featuring some of the best cars the category ever did see - Allan Grice in the Corvair, Jim Richards in the hardtop Falcon, Allan Moffat in the Monza, Tony Edmondson's Alfetta and plenty more. Enjoy this look back at a great race, Round 2 of the 1979 ASCC at the now defunct Oran Park.

[@SPOOKSTR]

What a great track and awesome memories. I raced GP bikes there till it closed.

[@musclecarbear4704]

More vintage Australian Sports Sedan racing. Great stuff! I vaguely remember that Corsair racing from my childhood, so to see it now with Grice at the wheel is an absolute gift, thank you.

[@ickisdogg3779]

Great days, used to go to races often from early 70''s till late 80s, did, done a few laps at club level on the short track, mate and me ran a commodore at the last race meeting held there, now I live in suburb next to oran park, thanks for the video 👍

[@YouCantSawSawdust]

Because, a lot like rock music, authors, poets and artists, we need our heroes, people we look up to and admire based on exceptional talent, skill or achievement. Today in Australian motorsport, the Supercar field is represented by kids straight out of go-carts or Toyota 86 that have no track record. Most have never won a Championship, a round, a race, or had a pole position or even a fastest lap. They turn up, do a season or two, and when daddy runs out of money, they disappear, to be replaced by the next young Neddy Nobody.

[@michaeldawson735]

Great stuff! Now can you please upload those 1979 ATCC races you have hidden away...😊

[@marinacurtis1112]

Great commentating back then about cars and drivers.

[@craigphillips3607]

These were the big bangs

[@ronniebraine9692]

Awesome Racing.

[@dwaynea9458]

Awesome footage, i know that Alfa of Edmondson is currently being restored in nsw. I may even have the job of rewiring it when it's ready.

[@V8Sleuth]

That's cool!

[@mikenowland2739]

What a great car. Tony had a terrible crash later that year at Surfers Paradise and the car was destroyed and he was badly injured. A new car was built and he went on to win the 1981 championship.

[@Holden308]

@@mikenowland2739 ... weren't the Don Elliot owned Alfa's built at K&A Engineering in Adelaide?? They also built (among others) the John Briggs Monza and of course their most famous creation, the Veskanda.

[@drewzerna4087]

4:20 computer says “no” 😜

[@Holden308]

The Corvair may have looked like a Chevrolet Corvair, but underneath the body it was all race car. And in Gricey's hands it was a weapon.

[@duncancameron5468]

Awesome stuff ! Any chance of some Group C touring stuff from the 70's ?

[@LurcherVonPapsmear]

Bloody hell - where'd you guys find this footage?!

[@watkart]

cool

[@livinlifetothefullest2750]

Now how about the 2s please!

[@DrewKruck]

This is great . Why is Australian motor racing now so weak to look at ?

[@rowlyburns1964]

F5000 with a body ..

[@JoelSmithR1]

Where’s the corvair these days?

[@kerrykelaher2607]

Moffat " swearing his head off " trying to catch. " wolf in sheeps clothing f 5000! !" ( fuck man. " fuck man " and " im wringing the. " cobra s neck ?" Ahh ahhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Oh fuck 😳 ) laugh 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣