2019 Touring Car Masters - Bathurst Race 1

On board with Andrew in the XE Falcon starting 12th and climbing through the field at Mt Panorama

[@sureshnanu6520]

TV producers take note. This is how to televise a race. No commentators talking over a beautiful sounding engine. In car camera the telementary and pointing out the front. I think they should revert back to the old conrod straight for these guys, that is, no chase. I would love to see them go back to the old endurance racing with no full course yellow. Great to see a large variety of cars too.

[@AmboscottUK]

I love the idea but you know what happens when you get the aero package wrong down Conrod?

[@308V8HZ]

The Toyota's do pretty good in NASCAR , road or track . BMW has a V8 , could go back to the old format .

[@lornawest5616]

Mate , you're carving them up ! Great car and great driving. Thanks for the experience! - Dave W

[@shedwork]

Thanks for posting - great video!! I’m a Holden fan and love the masters and you have turned out fabulous looking and sounding XE Falcon - hats off to you…at the end of Conrod straight on lap 1 it looked like JB was driving the widest Torana on earth! This class need to be the future of Aussie V8 racing - give us something to watch.

[@pinepacracing]

Haha yes Bowe was very 'wide' to pass but we had the legs up Mountain Straight ;-)

[@777hdt]

I thought it was JB due to his dangerous defensive driving. What a tool!!

[@Sledgie555]

@@pinepacracing looked like sour grapes from JB because of the slight power advantage the Kiwi's have due to our rules.

[@bengibson3955]

@@Sledgie555 I suspect JB would do the same in any series against any car. I luuuuuuuuuuurve that XE. No sweeter V8 sound than an angry Clevo.

[@ernestatkins6841]

What A Weapon! I want one. Really awesome video guy's and girls @ Pinepac.. Give'em a taste of Kiwi 🇳🇿

[@davidwoodward4322]

Cant beat the sound of this thing ......OMG

[@CharlesDHall1961]

Good job keeping your composure after having to regain so many positions in the race. I wish this series was in the United States as it is definitely an exciting thing to watch. Who knew you could make such big cars handle so well around a circuit track. But you Aussies are just a little crazy and that's got to help. Keep up the good work and please keep posting videos.

[@pinepacracing]

This car is actually a New Zealand Kiwi built muscle car, we were invited to join the Australian TCM at Bathurst and you cant turn that opportunity down to race at Mt Panorama. ;-)

[@Sledgie555]

@@pinepacracing lol.. call him a canaidian

[@carenbarnet378]

Super race, great racing and having us on board. Love the XE's

[@deke206]

First impressions after a fantastic drive was I love u Aussie racer's ya'll go ham when ya rollin! Love the catch all just before the s curves to harpin that was dope and i like how u learned from ya mistakes and kept the even flow thru the sec run that was beautiful mate cheers!

[@mongrelgarage7035]

Awesome race, had my heart pumping.

[@chriswilkinson9581]

DRIVEN LIKE A BOSS!!! What a weapon!!

[@mattgonzalez4457]

That track is my favorite in the world 👍 I'm going to have to get alllll the way down there from Florida at some point in my life

[@pinepacracing]

Sadly with the outbreak of Covid-19 Andrew had to cancel plans to attend an endurance race at Daytona in June 2020 ;-(

[@mattgonzalez4457]

@@pinepacracing that sucks... I have been to Daytona more times than I can remember lol. Its FAST.... I hope he gets the chance at a drive down here in the future... I'm such a fan of your racing though... I love watching those classics restored to and sometimes past their original greatness 👍👍

[@xr50ute]

Hey Mate im in sydney let me know if you got any questions or help with when you do come down here. I went to Daytona in 2018 for the 500 and i went to the super Sebring in 2019.

[@allmotor2457]

I didn't want it to end!

[@747fa]

That Camaro didn't stand a chance! You had his name, number AND address! Top driving!

[@ScaleRacingChannel]

Awesome video! Thanks for the ride along....

[@DougHanchard]

Awesome run at Panorama. One of my bucket list items, bring my race car to Australia and do a "few" laps at this track.

[@alanmac8807]

It's a public road when race meets aren't on.

[@beagle7622]

@@alanmac8807Yes but there is a 60km/hr limit on it, rigidly enforced . You do get a feel for the track though especially down through the dipper.

[@donmathias1705]

Enjoyed that. Superb watch, really highlights how hard fast cars are to drive on the limit.

[@bayselec]

Beast, love the xe. Plenty of mumbo under the bonnet too...

[@michaelokeefe8935]

Well that got the heart rate going. Thanks for the upload. Liked and subscribed. Cheers.

[@jamielovell4253]

This thing has anger issues, these are the cars we want to see and a great video. Thanks

[@straingedays]

Onboard Telemetry Lap of Bathurst = Mandatory Thumbs Up 👍 It's a tough job building a playlist exclusive to vids with this Gold I'm a Holden owner born & bred, but after driving a VP Falcon V8 Nicknamed "The Chook" by it's owner : I'll always love old Ford's.

[@duncancameron5468]

Coolest XE since the 83 Greens Tuff !

[@pinepacracing]

The 84 Palmer Tube Mills XE was pretty Tuff too ;-) but thanks

[@duncancameron5468]

@@pinepacracing It would be nice if you all in NZ got an invite to compete at the enduro round at Tailem Bend next year

[@mickdejager3910]

Great vid mate, that Torana tried but the blue oval pushed through haha

[@michaelblandford5087]

My 13 year old daughter asked me what my dream car would be. Lambo?,Ferrarri ? etc, I just put this video on.

[@grarob1745]

I Love this!!...a proper racing falcon..keep up the good work people..what performance!!..hats off to the toranas..power to weight is what wins..and driver skill..Henry Ford invented the mass produced V8.. in the 1930's..Go Ford..LoL..I drive an FG XR6..great cars..LoL..Just good to beat all those yank tanks...Lol..

[@Kinsanth_]

Man, thats so tense. Gt7 is no real comparison to this here. Just pure adrenalin

[@dkheke]

This thing has anger issues what an absolute beast, Big ups to the Driver and the Pinepac crew.

[@Kevin-lz7fj]

Sweet sound

[@seanmumford3771]

The way car racing should be!

[@andrgp2]

Salve Pinepac...Spettacolare...Spumeggiante...questa pista con queste AUTO... Grazie...

[@tumate45]

Those brake man, like old people's joints in cartoon. :D

[@adrianalcantara8135]

that is a good racing car with really hp torque thats racing should be

[@jim-qy1mn]

This car is a fucking weapon 👌 Love that sound

[@EugVR6]

Brilliant and that speedo rises real quick!...Still a fast car today 👌🏽💪🏽

[@wazza1183]

Can drive , what a weapon love it.👍

[@washburnroad8816]

Thanks!

[@peolindstrom8570]

Luv it👍

[@ODGgaming1577]

This is GREAT! FPP (cockpit) view is always a winner. Puts everyone inside the car with you._. All of my races are FPP, SIM of course, but it ups the difficulty, but moreover it's realistic. When will you ever drive a car from the outside? RC not included 😎 Chase cam is for the weak...

[@sameaseverybodyelse]

So much fun watching this. Shame it's a Ford (arooga!) but it still sounds the part with that V8 😋 (I've got no interest in following 'brands' like I used to but Bathurst belongs to Holden (😋)). Jokes aside, I appreciate that this series and this video exist in my world 😁!

[@sameaseverybodyelse]

oh! I should say that somewhere along the line, I switched to Valiant (Aussie Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth) but they were held up at Bathurst because they looked so good. I don't understand it either.

[@LSD123.]

What a beast...

[@stanovidiu4767]

super race !!!! super car :) what motor and power it have ? please

[@pinepacracing]

Runs a Nascar RoschYates road race engine 358ci putting out 875bhp @ 8500rpm

[@pagey007]

@@pinepacracing Some serious numbers ! Seen you hit 300 kph in another vid ,,, unreal :-)

[@chrisschneiders6734]

​@@pinepacracingf..ing hell, that's some mumbo.

[@chopswolfe5899]

Great to watch man

[@lpi3]

Impressive! Looks like they only preheat tyres at the fastest speed i'm usually driving

[@davyboy888]

Fantastic to see this, you're doing almost 180mph down Conrod there... that's some lick of speed ! By the way, are the 2019 race telecasts being posted onto youTube ? We've no other way of seeing them here in Europe.

[@pinepacracing]

Have not seen any links yet. FYI in the final race we broke 306kph (190mph) ;-)

[@davyboy888]

@@pinepacracing My God that's unbelievable ! More so given the aero profile of the car. It must be producing some power ! It's so fantastic to see these cars out.

[@pinepacracing]

@@davyboy888 Running the last race unrestricted it's pushing 875bhp from the 358 RoschYates sprintcup engine spinning close to 9000rpm :-)

[@davyboy888]

@@pinepacracing Incredible... are you guys running period motors in that series ? I know Robert Yates is an amazing engine builder, but that's some performance from an 1980s powerplant

[@pinepacracing]

@@davyboy888 NZ Muscle Car rules permit the introduction of Nascar D3 Spec Ford motors, cost effective, reliable and tons of grunt

[@MattyK166]

Awesome in car. Amazed at its outright top speed and acceleration. This car seemed much faster than the others just tricky to keep corner speed high following other cars that are slower. It looks really loose at high speed over those humps on the back and mountain straights. Some of the slower lap traffic...wow...the closure rate is very high. I hope they have someone on coms telling them you're coming and to get off the racing line.

[@pinepacracing]

Cheer, Matty - yes we had a new 3 link rear suspension setup that was a little short of testing given the time to ship cars to Aus, we didn't have enough parts to change so made do with what we had. Next time we bring her to the mountain we will have a better handle on the ideal setup for sure ;-)

[@pinepacracing]

We know what the setup in the rear needs next time, just didn't bring enough bits to change it ;-)

[@natbec01]

I wonder how these cars would go in say a 3 hour race with driver change pit stop, would be great to see or are the built for short rocket races?

[@pinepacracing]

Might need a few fuel stops, even with the 120l tank ;-)

[@natbec01]

@@pinepacracing I'm sure she's a thirsty beast

[@540chevhell9]

290kmh in a 36 year old Falcon. Impressive. Same speed in a 52 year old Camaro, equally as impressive.

[@pinepacracing]

Old in body shape and badge but quite a new build, also broke the 300kph barrier in later races ;-)

[@540chevhell9]

@@pinepacracing amazing mate!! How many horses is that 351 making??? Cheers

[@pinepacracing]

​@@540chevhell9 the team cars both run RoschYates 358ci SprintCup engines, the XE was on the dyno pre this trip and pushed 875hp

[@540chevhell9]

@@pinepacracing impressive! Last question!!! : is it fair to say the engine set ups in this racing are an ‘unlimited’ spec? XF’s back in the 80’s Bathurst days were prob pushing 480 max?

[@pinepacracing]

@@540chevhell9 probably about right, XF's didn't race after the XD / XE's

[@grarob1745]

another comment!! lol..great drive..great car..great driver..well done mate.,

[@aussiesupersnake6642]

Mate orsome driving,that engine is a pearler,what is the specs and horsepower

[@pinepacracing]

Runs a 358ci Rosch Yates road race Nascar engine, at home we run them to 8500 and that's good for 850hp

[@iMartino51]

that falcon hauls some serious ass

[@thesausage351]

Shit I’d love to see a tacho for this thing, it’s got to be almost 9k when it’s hitting 300 on conrod.

[@imZeroedIn]

That car is stupid fast

[@markwhelan9887]

This car has some grunt straight-line speed of the chart passing others like they are in a different class it's mad and im shattered im a holden man but I must say this falcon is next level fast.

[@pinepacracing]

It was hooking up on corner exit and able to put the 875bhp down climbing the mountain ;-)

[@cv8z231]

Pretty sure Kiwi cars putting out a lot more horsepower. The black Mustang is also a kiwi car and an absolute beast.

[@markheather1488]

I didn’t know u could get an xd to go so quick

[@starkalarm]

👍

[@sk_garagelife2411]

if there would still be a tachometer. to monitor engine speed

[@mickpower9208]

What engine is he running in that falcon? Ripper

[@pinepacracing]

358 RoushYates NASCAR road race engine

[@mickpower9208]

@@pinepacracing never seems to run out of legs.

[@flooferpuppy7231]

rocket ship

[@TM-oz2kt]

&$^@ yeh! This XE hauls ass!!

[@jefersonbeltrame6336]

MP or KH ?

[@pinepacracing]

KPH

[@jasonjohnstone686]

She may be a heavy falcon, but boy it can move. Go the fords....

[@vanteal]

Love it!

[@sk_garagelife2411]

The Best 🤘

[@AndrewMitchell001]

I know its racing and all but if someones got heaps more gruntasaurus than you let em by your just slowing you both down.

[@willrobinson4089]

How were some of those drivers even allowed to race? You did well despite the efforts of a few dickheads.

[@v8falcon100]

Awesome, who is the one idiot who hit the dislike?