Holden vs Ford: The Birth of Australia’s V8 Supercars - Past Gas

[@jaspercox3706]

this one is good because im Australian

[@kyleburdine6301]

This one’s rad because I’m American

[@riley.s]

Same

[@aarontimm]

that's super cool jaspercox3706. thanks for sharing!

[@batchmotorsport]

You mean strayan

[@skibdenhollander7361]

Fair.

[@FanAtTheFence]

Awesome to see Supercars covered on the show! 🏁🏁🏁

[@Granturismoveloce]

Can we stop James from talking.

[@jamessizemore7103]

V8 super car champion Shane van ginsbergen came over state side and whooped the nascar boys on their first street course. It was awesome

[@FizzaMC]

Oh and just a note that the Torana in 72 was a 3.3 ltr 202ci straight six and the GTHO was a 351ci powerhouse but the efficiency and lighter car with better braking durability helped to be the Falcon in the little Toranas with only just over half of the engine capacity. Worth checking out some more info on the great little Holden GTR XU1 Toranas to see what they were racing against. 🤙

[@alexiasewastenko4082]

100% Good to see someone mentioning the XU1’s - their power to weight ratio is insane. Very underrated little beasts ❤

[@doriankeating1963]

In the wet yes, great car, but had it been dry,im sure it would of had a different result.

[@batchmotorsport]

52:00 you tools still made some tears appear that win by Lowndes after Brocks death was just beautiful.

[@angeloah]

Laura is a legend, I dig when someone gets in and learns. You gents are great, thanks for the great episode and look into v8 super cars. I was a young buck watching gtr madmen destroy Bathurst, that was my first foray into the Aussie nascar series. Cheers.

[@lesflynn4455]

Jermaine Clement is a new Zealander.

[@irfandupovac8628]

To add som context to the 1977 Bathurst 1000. Moffat and Bond were a lap ahead of everybody else. because Ickx was an F1 and sportscar driver, he was used to smashing the brakes which were designed for racing. At Bathurst, the cars used the brakes from the standard car, so he wore them out eventually. Bond was the number two driver in the team and was asked by Moffat if he wanted to enter his car to claim the victory. At that time it was very common and legal for the main drivers of one team to enter the race as participants in both cars. They raced their car of course, but if something were to happen to it, then they could switch to the other car and continue on. Peter Brock won two Bathursts by doing that. However Bond refused. When he came to Moffat's ailling Falcon, he knew he had to hold position, even though he was tempted to floor it and leave Allan behind. But he stayed behind, and that's how we got that iconic finish.

[@WHDRWN]

Never forget that GM bought Holden because they were competing with gm's euro sales. Essentially holden had it's wings clipped and was kept at arms reach for the next 50 years.

[@re5onance244]

GM: the killer of great car companies, as long as you’re not Chevy, Buick, or Cadillac

[@Mr.Scootini]

Sounds like what America does to other countries too 😊

[@alexanderarmstrong1039]

As someone who follows v8 supercars i see this and insta click

[@oxxysaurus]

Pity it's ruined by the ignorance of these three.

[@siggy6044]

I miss the episodes opening with Nolan's dramatic reads, other than that this was a great episode! The bants were funny as heck, especially Nolan fighting back laughs trying to get the show back on track

[@stevie_Unibrow]

“Gimme my spaghetti and meatballs, cracka!” 😂😂 I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@PurestBollocks]

That's the most Irish sounding Australian accent I've ever heard. You made the Simpsons Australia episode sound legit. But you make it up for mentioning the Barra engine

[@shanebarker3131]

Fk it got old after about the 38th time he did it

[@croweater6814]

Worst thing they ever did was ban the Godzilla's, Ford and Holden should've been forced to compete with the foreign imports lifting their game.... They might still exist today.

[@maestro4287]

That was the best fan mail ever

[@joeschmoe5009]

Holden commodore was shipped to the u.s. and rebadged as pontiac g8, then gm closed pontiac, and the face lift commodore became the chevy ss. Holden also made the monaro, rebadged as the pontiac gto

[@Bilko367]

52:15 this is only half correct, when Triple 8 had moved to Holdens, Skaife had been retired from full time driving for a year at that point only doing the enduros with Greg Murphy in 2009, Skaife joined Triple 8 as a co-driver in 2010 and 2011 for the enduros alongside Lowndes where in the 4 races the two shared a car they finished an incredible 4/4 times on the podium, 3 of which were wins and 1 being a 2nd place finish. Since then Skaife has not done any driving in the V8 Supercars.

[@joeyslats31]

19:14 THe ATCC racing was only for absolutely bone stock cars. So yes, literally STOCK racing cars. Also, the change to 1000km is probably because Australia changed from the imperial to metric system as well as from pounds to dollars.

[@moralesernesto556]

some how boys you mist the mark on this one ,

[@irfandupovac8628]

Just to addone mor thing. 44:36 Yes, it was during the race.

[@thatstocktsx]

You guys should consider doing an episode on Helge Meyer and the Ghost Camaro. From the little I know about it, it seems like a pretty lit story

[@astonwards7236]

2013 saw the introduction of the Nissan Altima and AMG customer supported Mercedes E55, then in 2014 Volvo joined with the mad sounding S60. The Holden and Ford engines were extremely well developed by that stage and only Volvo was competitive, largely due to the skills of Scott McLaughlin.

[@jaspercox3706]

that ascent though

[@dth2brny121]

Just got done watching and listening...The Commodore name that was used by Holden, was originally used by Opel. At the time, the Opel Commodore was the 6-cyl. version of the Rekord (in the U.K. the Vauxhall versions were the Carlton--which was the 4-cyl. model, and the Viceroy, which was the 6-cyl. model, respectively), and the Holden Commodore started out as the Australian version of the Opel Commodore, but with Holden 6-cyl. and V8 engines, however. THE MORE YOU KNOW (cue the NBC logo)...

[@danielpeak9676]

Lads, ya accents are absolute dogs**t and you should be ashamed 😂 BUT the spirit, enthusiasm and passion shines through and it’s bloody brilliant! Good on ya champions!

[@bradjames9123]

Give up with trying to sound Australian every 20 seconds and get on with it, hard watch

[@MadDuckofAus]

Nah my kids and I were pissing ourselves. It was so bad we had to laugh

[@jimbongos8541]

SHOUTS OUT LAURA GOOD JOB GIRL LETS GET IT

[@matthewcochran3325]

Bathurst is when thousands of Holden fans meet up to fight Ford fans and every now and then a race breaks out.

[@ryanhoffmann9341]

The first two minutes of this episode reminds me of me and my idiot friends sitting around completely wasting time talking about nonsense!

[@joeschmoe5009]

Worlds longest race track, nurburgring. So a 75 mile cirvuit would have been crazy! Haha

[@StretchyMCAU]

me: hah, Australians sure do sound funny... me: wait im Australian!

[@jamessizemore7103]

What is the first 2 minutes of this podcast😂

[@Joshtube911]

James is trying way too hard this episode.

[@HOLDEN1856]

decent, been waiting for this to happen

[@markfield6897]

I was at Wal-Mart and Kroger and saw Dunkaroo's at both

[@nothinghere7391]

Small correction for Nolan and James. Ford MADE sick cars that you didn't get. American trend of SUVs and crossovers killed them off

[@Ben2346v]

this is so funny to watch as a aussie

[@sick8890]

Cover the studebaker story🤙🏽

[@Psych0Matt93]

I like james but the constant accent annoying

[@BigMoneyWaste]

No that was the best part bruv

[@ChrisFellows87]

James 2019 - Beatles are overrated James 2023 - Beatles have a few bops. 😂

[@nothinghere7391]

James 2027 - Beatles fckin ROCK dude

[@moralesernesto556]

why post this vidoe of Australia Racing cultute if you spend all the time putting it down,

[@taquito1561]

2:16 Drive to Survive journalist be like:

[@aaronmills4238]

Can you guys do a video on BTCC please

[@DGKOP72]

Despite all the heat for the bowtie boys, Chevy V8 supercars are the dankness

[@benholley4978]

Was James drunk? Too much british accent.. So many great stories missed. Needed to touch on why they went ford and holden only after the godzilla dominated '92

[@astonwards7236]

That's only partially true, Group A as a formula was dead, the world had moved to 2L Supertourers at that point.

[@funksta5424]

some images and lil clips would help but good vid

[@kennethwehrs8924]

Nolan, I'm with you. Marshmallow Mateys for the win.

[@18dubz]

that was a dope Australian accent hahahahaha

[@Swerval]

I wish james would keep his mouth shut and let nolan talk

[@DazDiablo]

this got weird fast, just the way I like it

[@ButterfieldEric]

Wondering how many comments are that Jermaine Clement is from New Zealand, not Australia. Here’s one.

[@Ray-lx4wo]

just curious, where's Bart?

[@Some_Scott]

My first guitar was a Hohner. Sadly I still can't play it with my butt.

[@SirNecro]

I love it when Americans try to understand us. BTW, Holden was the correct answer.

[@kylewaddington1983]

V8 Supercars are in the past day nowadays

[@andrewsots]

Flogs !

[@vulcanizedanthony145]

do an oil change on a 2017 ford edge and you'll stop being a ford fan

[@jeremyr7196]

Nothing more painful than James’s attempt at an Aussie accent 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@bigrigham1651]

I loved it 😊

[@ohitsfoxx]

imma be that guy lol Germaine is from New Zealand lol

[@lesflynn4455]

Come to think of it, maybe this is what finished donut media. James and Co. trying to do Australian accents for an hour. They sound like pirates or pretend Englishmen. I'm surprised they didn't say Aargh! after every sentence.

[@baker967]

I LOVE YOU

[@Wamboshield007]

Yes well I have a ford falcon with a 351 and I am a big offended being a Aussie but it is ok also I know someone who have a v8 supercar

[@williamking8684]

Less james please

[@SKitty1732]

Exactly, I came here to learn about a motorsport I enjoy and all I hear is James being insufferable with an overly exaggerated Aussie Accent.. I like him but sometimes I'd wish he'd shut up

[@tylercastles7024]

James is starting to get to much

[@bullhornzz]

What kinda nipples does almond milk come from?

[@MadDuckofAus]

They only call it milk because Nut Juice is not as palatable

[@barbarabutterbaugh9721]

Team ford ,i cant back someone whos ancestors who are convicted prisoners who were put on an island!!

[@rodneymcgiveron7494]

Toyota rejoining in 2026 via Walkinshaw Andretti Racing...

[@jimbojones247]

thats the worst imitation australian accent i have ever heard

[@barbarabutterbaugh9721]

Beetles suck period

[@Buzzkill-dk3gk]

3:19 f the Yankees

[@justajabronie]

I like that @thehoonigans did a Ford vs Holden episode same day. 🤌

[@NetmanOnline]

If you like the TruBlu Falcon team, Look up the Greens-Tuf Falcon XE. Best looking Australian Race Car EVER!