1992 Bathurst 1000 - Finish [HD]

1992 Bathurst 1000 - Finish

[@muckman5509]

This has to be one of the most iconic moments in racing and Australian history.

[@raceace]

"Pack of arseholes" the perfect description for one of the most embarrassing public displays in this nations motorsport history.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Get over it.

[@Pazernator]

let's not forget that sometime prior to walking out to that disgusting display Jim had also been informed of his dear friend Denny. dying at the track earlier, ... despite what Jim said, I still believe that the infamous line he delivered was still him showing supreme restraint and control. The pack of arseholes label was a fraction of what the drunken mob deserved... Denis Clive Hulme OBE (18 June 1936 - 4 October 1992) RIP

[@Lazbotable]

It was about 5 mins prior to the podium ceremony.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Disgusting display. Drunken mob. FFS. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂.

[@Spudchucker92]

I understand that the fans wanted a Ford or Holden win, but some grudging applause would have been much better....

[@Deevo037]

A well deserved bollocking from a true Antipodean legend of the sport.

[@m598lmr]

R.I.P. Hulme

[@AndyNZ1983]

Exactly. Jim was already emotional because of Denny's death, no wonder he reacted like he did. R.I.P. Denny.

[@jonb3500]

Jim was all ready upset 100% - Jim was a great racer and another NZer.

[@jeffparryncc1701]

I hope the get rid of the boring V8 super cars and g oback to this format, so much more entertaining.

[@joshuahann7596]

@Mr Calcium you just don't understand bathurst mate

[@motleydude73]

Never happen. So many regulations now.

[@daniellennon4275]

so do i, both ford and holden have fucked off and abandoned this country anyways now so bring back the touring cars, id love to see BMW’s jags nissans going around again

[@joelbibleman9648]

Well, this was the only time I went to Bathurst. Being a Ford man was quite excited when Dick Johnson stuck his arm out his window in victory. Was slightly under the champagne at the end. There was no loudspeakers to hear Jim Richards have a go at the crowd so we didn’t know what he had said until I got back to Sydney and watched the news. The TV cameras didn’t pick up the amount of bear cans that were being thrown while Jim Richards was giving his victory speech. Personally I felt really bad for the abuse that Jim Richards received that day. The Nissan was the better car on the day

[@k-aw-teksleepysageuni8181]

He completed his laps in less time, and one of his best friends died on the same race day...Twas a very sad victory for Jimmy.

[@andrewphillips4897]

I love this car. I have had one since 1992. It now has 880 hp.

[@bluebird8004]

So you've ruined it I bet

[@wncpaexb]

loving how fast you used to be able to drive down pit lane!!

[@AllRound_GG]

You rather drivers do 100km/hr??

[@r3tr0nic]

Can never forget that ending :O

[@scarrollnz]

Really interesting how there was so much animosity towards the GTR because it was Japanese. If it was an "Aussie" brand it would have been different I imagine. The irony was that you could actually but the GTR in Aussie, you could never buy the Sierra in Australia, or the Mustang that Johnson used to race. Ford fans really were blinded for a brand and cars they couldn't even buy.

[@jaredturner4089]

Yeah it is like they think Ford and Holden are Australian

[@ldnwholesale8552]

The Sierras and the Nissans were never in the spirit of GpA. And as is well known they all cheated anyway. Eggenberger Sierras anyone! Plus the Nissans were supposed to be a Touring Car,, but were a Sports Car. Yet Porsches were and still are banned. The FIA should never have allowed them, or any AWD cars. Nor Sports Cars!

[@iizben]

Umm you could always buy a gtr in Au

[@woopimagpie]

@@iizben Uh, yeah, that's what he said. Read it again.

[@woopimagpie]

Yeah I never understood that either. I asked a few bogans once what their problem was with the GTRs, they said because it wasn't a V8 they hated it, all whilst waving a Dick Johnson Sierra flag. Realising I was about to embark on a pointless mission I shrugged and returned back to civilisation.

[@kingbrenty]

even on three wheels...that GTR was still faster than a Commodore

[@StuFletch68]

3 wheel is better then 2

[@ldnwholesale8552]

What a load of utter garbage. When he crashed first time he should have stopped. As for faster than a Commodore? Yeah faster than one on a tilt tray maybe. And a thousand percent more dangerous! First time out at Mallala wheels fell off and they did on several other times as well. Nissan have NEVER played a straight game. And the Confederation have been snowed everytime. Look at the current pieces of shit,,,, quad cam and uses more fuel so the rest have to use smaller tanks.

[@axeman6560]

@@ldnwholesale8552 Nissan gtr are legendary, the Holden's and fords were just not up to the job period. After the GTR left we were left with the most boring 15 years of motor sport, cookie cutter cars... Snore.

[@livenloud6697]

I would love to be as ignorant as you mate the world would seem like a perfect world

[@nelsonschumacher7956]

that ain't hard though :)

[@daniellennon4275]

isnt it funny that after all these years i can still remember the gtr’s and jags winning when i was a kid, but none of the holdens or fords winnimg? the supercars have been boring for years, bring back the touring cars

[@Jellybeantiger]

Jimmy Richards gold.

[@JoshuaHardie]

most memorable finish to an australian car race ever

[@uruterus7849]

JR, u are a legend! Loved those old days when i was 11 and watched this race, it really was great viewing, thanks

[@scotthatton8687]

The last Bathurst I ever watched start to finish... and the best. After this year the race turned into a guaranteed excuse for the bogans to feel good about "Aussie V8's", while being too dumb to realise that the cars' "important bits" are all foreign anyway.

[@justaname1862]

Me to...well said

[@justaname1862]

Strange how all the other races that were red flagged at Bathurst over the years and the winner announced with the same rules....No Bogans sceaming out at those that the rules sucked and should be changed

[@arthurneddysmith]

They never complained about the V8 Torana having dominance or the GTHOs. Suddenly it's a foreign car winning and all they did was moan, complain, and then ban. Bogan motorsports fans deserve their reputation.

[@ChoomDexieB]

How is it that in 92’ the broadcast is more professional and far more entertaining and the racing!!!

[@broadytaylor9493]

that quote is up there with svg saying "whats my dad doing on tv"

[@johno9507]

I'm sick of people complaining that the GTR's we're unfair and had an advantage! Why do you think most of the teams ran Sierras...because they thought it would give them the advantage! They also could have chosen to homologate the 4WD version of the Sierra but didn't!

[@new1ru]

They've got a point as R32's are really a whole other century compared to Sierra's design. The thing they should understand is it's *not* the drivers' fault they had a faster car. Race orgs/judges/whoever responsible of sorting the balance out- they should've thought of it. They didn't so that's what happened.

[@boss54l]

4WD worked well in the GTR in the wet didn't it 😂😂😂

[@arthurneddysmith]

Frankie -You saw one small aspect of a video, ignored the rest of Nissan's wet performance, and ignored all the other cars that had already crashed out that were not Nissans. Not much of an opinion.

[@ScribbleVEVO]

@@boss54l I see a lot of people having misconceptions with the Nissan GT-R's ATTESA-ETS system. To put it bluntly, the GT-R is NOT 4WD, it's actually RWD until the computer detects slipping on the tyres, where it becomes an AWD. The way the ATTESA system works is that when it detects slippage, the computer transfers power to the other wheels. Of course with the R32 being the first car to feature the ATTESA-ETS system, it's not a perfect system. But technologically, the Nissan Skyline GT-R was completely lightyears ahead of the aging Sierra and Commodores.

[@boss54l]

@@arthurneddysmith i actually watched the whole race and DJ's Sierra was a whole second quicker than the GTR in the rain

[@Dax893]

With context, I can't argue with the man. And he was rather restrained. Told his friend died, didn't blub, and still took the podium to tell a bunch of c***s that he'll never forget. Legend!

[@damarfadlan9251]

Remembered this 1 a lot especially when the corolla says "wait for me guys" 😂😂😂

[@freefall0483]

Love Jim Richards. It's funny that it took another Kiwi to top his performance when McLaughlin made the fucking jandal statement at Adelaide.

[@rickmantell8152]

Jim Richards got it pretty right I reckon. It certainly wasn't the Nissan's fault it one. Would have loved to have seen the race finish in the dry it would have been very interesting, but being a lap up you'd think the Nissan would have won it anyway. But that's racing!

[@jeffrey8361]

Lap up because everyone knew the rain was coming so pitted for wets. The Nissan team thought with their 4WD they didn't need wets so kept going but foolishly crashed big time, no way they should have won, you drive to the conditions

[@tysoncrow8071]

Jeffrey Arthur shut the fuck up they won because of the position they were in and the lap time it was decided after a good deal of discussion and analysis from the stewards so you can't bitch like a little girl like you are

[@008rip9]

BIG DRAGON he’s right. You wreck because of your own fault your out of the race. Pretty simple

[@hon3yweed]

isn't it always like that? If the red flag comes out the last lap counts which means they won. These are the rules and if you want to cry about that then you are childish. Look at the Nürburgring 24h 2016, there were cars stuck in snow. When they restarted the race they placed the cars how they were one lap before the red flag. How else would you want this to be ruled? Try to find out who was where at the time of the red and then decide by that? That was purely down to luck if you were in the area of snow or not. You do realise that that would be very unfair?

[@Zonda1996]

That’s a terrible analysis that refuses to look at the conditions. Even without the SC and pit time, the GTR was still well clear of the next competitor. Look at the condition of the track when the race was flagged and tell me the cars on wets would’ve fared any better. If it wasn’t flagged there the race would’ve finished with the entire field contributing to that pileup after Forrest’s Elbow. The rules weren’t made to keep the GTR in the contest and it certainly never needed assistance in gaining its victories.

[@itsdano3569]

Class racing needs to come back

[@woopimagpie]

It never went away. It's called Production car racing. They even have their own Bathurst race, the Bathurst 6 Hour.

[@billsy7680]

@@woopimagpie yeah but its just not the same is it?

[@woopimagpie]

@@billsy7680 How do you mean? It's modified production cars racing in their own classes. The race within the race with lots of differing performance levels, just like it always was. How is it not the same?

[@billsy7680]

woopimagpie I mean in the sense of the cars. Modern cars just aren’t as enjoyable to watch as the old stuff. The new cars are pretty much all dictated by traction control and other driver aids, whereas back in the days of the old R32 GTR’s and the old Walkinshaw’s it was more about driver skill

[@R4M_Tommy]

@@billsy7680 GT and Touring cars have no ABS, no TC, no ESP. What are you talking about?

[@lordshankracing4724]

If you guys are angry about the new regulations, you should thank Mark Porter for getting killed in the 2006 Bathurst. They had to improve safety people.

[@jonassundkvist4063]

After this we got the V8 supercar shit....

[@NxDoyle]

There were more swears from Jim Richards caught on mic that day, more explicit than "arseholes". But history has left them behind.

[@noelwebb6843]

The Skylines were by far the best cars on the day. As the only 4wheel drive car on an extremely wet track so they should of been

[@billsy7680]

I think the Sierras were AWD too but yes the GTR's were best

[@noelwebb6843]

Sierra's were 2wd

[@gerardcrabb4556]

Sierra had 4wd roadcars...

[@noelwebb6843]

@@gerardcrabb4556 the Sierra's that raced at Bathurst were 2wd

[@gerardcrabb4556]

@@noelwebb6843 yes and they banned Nissan otherwise Ford could have developed awd but ran Falcon with new class...

[@Aunini]

That R32 engine note

[@matton36]

I was on the mountain that day. I couldnt believe Richards won. race was called too early.

[@anfnifarr]

The one and only place on the track where laps and times are recorded for the final result is the start/finish line. Once a race is red flagged, perhaps even from the very moment of a red flag incident though I'm not sure of that detail, no subsequent line crossings are recorded. They can't make judgements like, "but this driver who didn't crash passed that other driver who was stopped in the crash." The result can only go by each drivers last crossing of the start/finish line before the red flag. So, it was never going to be Dick Johnson's race win because his final green flag crossing only brought him up to equal completed laps with Jim Richards, and Jimmy did them in less time.

[@sg0238]

Johnson's fans will never see it that way...and he didn't help by inciting the crowd.

[@benpasquale6353]

thats correct but the problem was that dick had passed the crashed nissan then crossed the finish line before the red flag came out...so technically he completed the next full lap...thats what all the drama was about

[@aussiefirie]

ben pasquale no, Dick passed Jim and crossed the line which put him on the same lap as Jim. He needed to pass the crash again before the red flag in order to be in front of Jim. The red flag came out before he could pass Jim which is how Jim and Mark won the race

[@benpasquale6353]

yeah your right but the thing i dont get and even dick said it on the podium was why bring out the pace car then the red flag and if that was a aussie touring car round the shell team wouldve won

[@anfnifarr]

It's possible that the red flag was 'counted back' to the time of the incident that caused it. Otherwise it'd be too easy for a corrupted official to put a crash affected race under a full-course yellow just long enough to let his 'silent partner' in the race pass the previous leader. If a crash merits a red flag, it should be called then and there.

[@TweedSuit]

Became a race between taxis after this.

[@mdrumt]

Haha

[@Alan_Hans__]

The last of the proper racing at Bathurst.

[@janosmolnar1]

That made me ashamed to be australian.

[@CG-kw3th]

What the fans failed to understand was that the weather conditions where to dangerous to continue racing it also didn't help that johnson and bowe rarked up the crowd before Richards and Skaife came out

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

Janos Molnar bogans mate,trash

[@benjjamin5547]

Sorry, always love Bathurst. The great race that should stop the nation. This crowd are nothing but POS, no doubt they have in one time driven a VL Commodore.... surely they realize this is a NISSAN engine. I Love all cars, 4,6,8 couldn't give a fk unfortunately the R32 was at least two decades ahead of holden...as I'd the barra

[@Mikeb1001]

@@benjjamin5547 2 decades? More like 3! The R32 is still superior to the American based Ford and GM cars, I'd like to see BTCC spec cars with 2 litre turbo's race against the current V8's, I bet the Civic Type R would kick their arses

[@SquareEarth1]

Yep, that was pretty typical Bathurst crowd in those day. It was always Ford V Holden. I was there in 96 and most ppl were a pack off arseholes as well. Bogan city.

[@Sim.L]

7:14 "he just went A over tit" hahaha

[@Sandman-bs3if]

First laughed at the VN wagon....then that guy goin down 🤣😂

[@zetecryt]

Not to condone the crowd's behavior, but I for one couldn't believe they stopped the race, and a driver that didn't manage to keep control was given the win. Conditions weren't that different to 1987, in fact the track wasn't even blocked like it was then. Right call would have been to deploy the pace car.

[@formulafish1536]

What I find hilarious is that even once the race was called, the 17 car still hadn't passed the Nissan, so Dick and John where never gonna win anyway

[@jeffrey8361]

You do realise that part was missing, he did drive past the crashed car, if the Nissan pitted for wets he wouldn't have been a lap up and also wouldn't have crashed no doubt, the whole point of why it was such a bullshit finish. Their glorious 4WD didn't live up to expectations in the wet with slicks, just made them look like fools really

[@aussiefirie]

Jeffrey Arthur it wasn't a 4wd. It was an AWD that had it disconnected. It was essentially a fwd car. Johnson passed Richards, which meant Johnson was on the same lap as Richards and needed to pass him again before the red flag in order to be in front. Surely you can't be that stupid to figure that out

[@colinpenrose8275]

@@aussiefirie you're the stupid one. The GTR has a centre diff as well as a transfer case. It drove all four wheels with torque split 40% font 60% rear. It wasn't disconnected. The GTR also had 4 wheel steer. Gibson Motor Sport disconnected that because it was to hard to get a decent set up

[@woopimagpie]

@@colinpenrose8275 Nope, wrong again. Fred Gibson and Mark Skaife have both repeatedly stated in interviews that the GTR ran in rear wheel drive most of the time once they got it fully sorted out. You may remember when the GTR was first introduced it broke a lot of driveshafts? This was because with the locked diffs they ran on the racecar the drive system would "bind" when running in full 4WD, load the shafts up and break them because with the locked diffs there was no slippage. They had the ability to shift some drive to the front wheels, but they only ever did this for race starts and in the wet, otherwise the shafts would break. Gibson Motorsport removed the 4 wheel steer function as you say, but they also significantly altered the drive system for the racecars too, it was quite different from the road cars. aussiefirie is essentially correct, the only part he got wrong was about it being fwd. It was rear drive most of the time.

[@colinpenrose8275]

@@woopimagpie no idea. The GTR also ran a centre differential. no binding up with them

[@H3avyHaul3r]

the last true bathurst

[@gregstarkey3586]

Skaife ❤

[@toast47624]

This was the last Bathurst I ever watched. Jim Richards had it almost spot on. Personally I would have said "You are all a pack of FUCKING arssholes!" Given how boring the super cars have been I think that would have been a fair statement. I have no idea who or what won this year and frankly could careless. Sold my HSV a few months back and brought a BMW. I'll never ever go back!

[@joseefrainmendoza3376]

Como eran de malos nadie creia y nadie queria que el pequeño moustro japones creciera mas de lo que lla era

[@dougallitt]

Track wasn't blocked. Yellow flag clean up the wrecks, and finish the race. They panicked.

[@johngoogle8635]

race changed forever in 87 when pace cars introduced, it was never a real race after that

[@feydespiel.]

Too dangerous to have even a yellow flag...you would need at least 30mins to clear those cars..and the oil on the track...they did the right thing in calling the race over and giving the win to the car that was in the lead on the last FULL LAP...

[@BruceLee-sw4ms]

They should have had a full course yellow as soon as the rain came down . The weather cleared within 5 minutes. I’m not a big DJR fan , but the performance of the Sierra was the best I’d seen in 6 years by the Ford Cosworth - it was bulletproof.

[@johnnyjrotten59]

LOL - all that tech and all they needed was wet tires - idiots crashed into each other!!

[@definitelynotafurryatall8618]

Does anyone know what the song is in the background at 9:55 to 12:08 ?

[@jamiesonscott7577]

So all the drivers headed off to the Dailey Planet for a root after the presentation 🤣

[@namiboosterhuizen6610]

One way to make sure Aussie's win is to only have Aussie cars ;)

[@JB-vd8bi]

Except for those pesky kiwis eh

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

Despite the winning car was a Japanese Nissan :/

[@danielbrealey2924]

I remember watching this at 12 years of age. Was a Skaife fan his whole career. How funny was Jimmy and Mark at the end there!!!! Your a bunch of arseholes!!! LOL, what a legend Still, I understand why the crowd was dirty- the GTR's were a totally different platform with some serious advantages. Really, the race officials were at fault, they needed to allow the RWD V8 guys some more room to move with engine mods to make it all fair against the 4WD turbo Skylines. Fuck, the GTR's were even 4WS and all. Even the Sirreas should have been allowed more hp when the Skylines hit the scene, they were RWD too. I reckon if the V8 guys were allow 358 cubes like the NASCAR guys and the Fords allowed more boost and cubes everyone would have been happy. Maybe a 100 shot of gas and a 20lbs bottle that has to last all race, THAT would have been interesting... ;)

[@jakesaddo]

+Daniel Brealey Mark Skaife had stated that they disconnected the 4 wheel steering from the GTRs

[@danielbrealey2924]

+Jake Saddington That actually doesn't surprise me, they do it to modified street/track GTR's still 3day. Weird, but common. I've had mates that own them, both of them left it active. They actually pull the steering rack out of the rear and replace it with a straight bar... I own an R31 built for street/drags, so I wouldn't know what benefit it has in removing said rear steering

[@jakesaddo]

Daniel Brealey I'd say disconnecting the rear steering gives the rear tyres less to do. I'm only guessing that by removing rear wheel steering reduces the tyre wear on the rear which would be why Gibson Motor Sport would have done this

[@Artecius92]

It's a bit of a late comment but I'd thought i'd touch on this anyway considering I've experienced the flaws with the 4 wheel steer system. Effectively it's fantastic for low speed corners with no worry of the back end getting loose on you. Problem with the system itself is once the back end lets loose it is extremely easy to over correct and even if you do it does jack sh!t. Effectively you try to tell the front tyres to go left to counteract the over steer but the back tyres still want to go right. Which causes the car to snap violently in the opposite direction. I had this when I went around the corner in the wet with my R34 GTT with the hicas system. Over corrected slightly and proceeded to snap back in the complete opposite direction that I wanted the car to go.

[@thumpertorque_]

7:12

[@connorbarnett7599]

And the dog

[@thisguy1890]

10:16 rip tofu car

[@pauldevenish]

Nissan Skyline GTR. Twin-turbo, 3 wheel drive...

[@uncle_iroh4839]

Godzilla godzilla

[@STRIDER_503]

Well wish Holden will never make wrong pit decisions in the future race, because that will put all of you fans who argue for Nissan's faulty pit strategy in deep shame. I've never liked Aussie V8 Opel's but I've never hated them, either. Then there was this video along with the comments, heh.

[@aussiefirie]

OniZetto6666 you do realize they were Ford fans booing, and not Holden fans don't you?

[@ungurdani8346]

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[@bornyesterday1895]

Hmmmfff. The car that couldnt reach the finish line won?

[@slickstrings]

Technically it had already crossed the line the lap before. The race was red flagged and back dated. If another car was in the lead on the previous lap it would have won. Thems the rules

[@noelwebb6843]

Had happened before & has happened since in many categories

[@gerardcrabb4556]

They should have cleared track then called it if was still too wet...

[@GTFORDMAN]

last last of "production" car racing and the start of the V8 super cars!

[@TweedSuit]

V8 Super Taxi's.

[@fredzephire4071]

GTFORDMAN Start of the BOGAN shitboxes

[@noelwebb6843]

What production cars? All cars were full race cars & the skylines & sierras couldn't be bought in Australia

[@T1000AX]

crowd was too drunk and stupid to know what was what. nissan won. get over it.

[@TheMrVicist]

You're right. And so was Richards - pack of arseholes.

[@008rip9]

You wreck out of the race and it was 100% your fault you don’t win

[@anfnifarr]

008 Rip The track conditions were dangerous and unraceable and a red flag was merited under the circumstances. You can't decide that it's dangerous for some drivers but not others just because a crowd favourite might get up and win if you bend the rules for him. Crash or no crash, the declared winner had completed more laps in less time under the green flag than anyone else. His race miles actually completed before the weather turned dangerous and multiple crashes started happening were what won the race for Jim Richards.

[@livenloud6697]

It was Dick Johnston who crossed the line

[@anfnifarr]

live loud Johnson was behind Richards on the final 'green flag' crossing of the finish line. It doesn't matter who crossed first the next time around, because that line-crossing occurred after the race had been 'red flagged'.

[@andrewphillips4897]

The Nissan, and I have had a few of them was a four wheel drive vehicle, just like the Ford Sierra. In the wet a four wheel drive vehicle is way ahead. In the dry the four wheel drive is heavier and there loses its advantage. Do any of you know what you are talking about. I have the advantage of sixty five years of driving and my body is still competitive.

[@woopimagpie]

Completely incorrect. 4WD will have an advantage everywhere, just ask Audi. Their Quattro rally cars were significantly faster regardless of the surface when they were first introduced, and held their advantage easily until other manufacturers started developing lighter mid-engined 4WD cars. Even on the tarmac rallies they totally smashed the 2WD opposition. When Audi withdrew from rallying they took their 4WD tech to touring car racing in Europe, where they also had a significant advantage and enjoyed many successes. In 1996 Audi A4 Quattros were entered in the British, Belgian, Spanish, Australian (Super Tourers) and South African Touring Car series - and won them all! 4WD was subsequently banned because it gave too much of an advantage. In most race categories there is a set weight limit that the cars cannot be under, most race cars are built too light and carry ballast to bring them up to the required category weight so the supposed extra weight of a 4WD system isn't even a factor. Even in categories where the 4WD cars are heavier the increased traction and grip balance easily outweighs the extra weight, the GTRs in 1992 ATCC are a perfect example of this. They were the heaviest cars in the field by 250kg and yet they still took 1st and 2nd in the championship easily.

[@slickstrings]

Further, the sierras were not 4wd, the skyline had an intelligent 4wd torque split system, and while having a heavier 4wd system, they were able to make better use of tyre life by pushing power through yhe front wheels and not just frying the backs like the sierras did. Also, much of the additional weight by this stage was success ballast, added because whining sooks like dick johnson couldnt win against gibsons slylines, despite dick having the fastes sierra in the world.

[@markmark5269]

I don't mind they call the race at the end of the previous lap when the red flag comes out, that's simple and logical, but I have always contended that any cars that cause the stoppage should not be included in that result. In this case Richard's car was one of the reasons it was stopped.

[@janreznak881]

Er no the race had already been flagged by that time.

[@noelwebb6843]

I didn't know jim richards made it rain, how did he do it?

[@RtB68]

@@noelwebb6843 ...he didn't. It was the Japanese. It was racist rain.

[@joshuahann7596]

What's with all the nerd comments? Bathurst is still great and always will be.

[@jadesmith6823]

These millennials in 2022 for the top ten. 🤦🤡🇦🇺🤣

[@warrenharrison6661]

I know the rules regarding a red flag but I think they should review them. It doesn't sit right with me that a wrecked car can be declared the winner. What if Richards car caused the red flag in a massive pile up like the 81 race? He'd still get the chocolates. If you can't drive it into victory lane due to your own ineptitude of crashing your car - i'm sorry you shouldn't be rewarded for it. Just my view.

[@indyandherjones]

The amount of surface water there - and Richards' car damage - was to blame for him crashing there. Not his driving skill. He didn't cause the red flag, he was merely a victim of it. Plus, the 1 car was a full lap ahead of the next car. The point of rolling back the results due to the red flag is to undo what caused the red flag (and also any incidents caused by it) to make the results fair. I don't see how awarding the win to the 1 car wasn't fair.

[@fr-novice8095]

Who really deserved to win: Nissan, Holden or Ford?

[@lukegamer167]

No one ever mentioned that toyota corolla in the comments

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

The Toyota.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Crompton would have won even if Jim didn't.

[@woopimagpie]

Good point.

[@putonewhiskey]

still dont like this finish. Im not ford or holden but I think dick won it. Poor pit options on Nissan behalf

[@sandwichoffunk]

It's how racing works. Once a driver who had died on the track won a race as the race was red flagged after he died. Surprisingly there were no arguments about that decision.

[@benpasquale6353]

which driver was that?

[@WhoopityDoo]

Wow, you Aussies didn't even have fucking window nets? Jesus Christ.

[@stephenireland3816]

They came in a few years later!

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

Mr. Stupid! Window nets weren’t added back then!

[@benpasquale6353]

somethings abit dodgy here..i remember watching this race and the second the nissan hit the wall then the red flag came out..prior to that there were wrecked cars everywhere on the track and the pace car had already come out to slow the field down so they could clear up the track...its obvious

[@Zonda1996]

Even if the GTR hadn't crashed and they cleared the debris, Forrest's Elbow was clearly an ice rink. There would've just been more carnage the moment the safety car pulled out.

[@benpasquale6353]

i hear you...i just think the red flag came out little bit premature to help the nissan out cause they were leading all day...there were alot of accidents because alot of cars were on slicks when the down pour came...they knew the weather was coming..its not like it was a suprise it rained all day..many pace cars had come out on occassions especially when the fog appeared....it would have to be the most challenging bathurst ive seen to date...unfortunately they spoiled it at the end....iam sure the crowd agreed

[@warrenharrison5052]

obviously they wouldn't pull the safety car off the track until it was safe to resumer racing. It could have finished under the safety car if the rain continued.

[@warrenharrison5052]

Even Richards was surprised they gave him the win. His team got caught out because the all wheel drive nissan was advantaged in wet conditions compared to the 2 wheel drive competition - thought they'd take advantage and it bit them on the 'pack of arseholes' - Got the rewards despite the gamble backfiring - very lucky in my view and a bit rich for him tpo expect all the fans to give him a big cheer. Have to remember the Nissan wasn't a loved car by all - many thought it had too many unfair advantages - all wheel drive, massive power - all wheel steering - not a fair fight i'm afraid.

[@jeffrey8361]

Spot on, but the GTR tragics cant see it like that. Its kind of like overtaking a slow driver and yelling abuse and giving him the finger while looking at him then crashing yourself right in front of him. Who has gets the last laugh

[@tysoncrow8071]

warren harrison well then perhaps the other teams should have got a Nissan hey fuck face

[@johno9507]

warren harrison. Actually the rear steering was disabled and not used as according to Fred Gibson it didn't work well with slick tyres.

[@blyndrotor]

If you want to have a racing series that runs under international rules then you need to bring an appropriate machine. Ford did it with the sierra as did nissan. Some teams used the rules to their full advantage. I know I would. The point is that nissan had a superior car (based on the international rules) and I doubt the crowd would have reacted the same if the ruling (hypothetically) came down to a sierra because it was a ford. The bogan blood was thicker back then than now.

[@008rip9]

BIG DRAGON so they could wreck out? Pretty simple concept if you wreck out of the race you lose. I don’t care if the 2nd place car is 20 Laps behind. You wreck your out

[@lumber543]

Crash your out

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

the track was clear enough. should have raced on under yellow flags.

[@coldark9972]

This is what makes this series so backward a red flag doesn’t and should mean the race is over. It means it’s stopped, the track should have been cleared and final laps raced. Richards could have stopped in the pits before his accident he clearly lost the race and before he told he “won it” had thought he had lost it. Backward sport that lost its heart that day

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

Just so you know there is 2 things. 1. Red flags can either mean the race is temporarily stopped or permanently stopped. 2. Jim Richards and Skaife won because they added up lap times and scores. So maybe do some research before running your mouth.

[@feydespiel.]

The rules state that once so many laps have been completed there can be NO RESTART...those rules stand in many different classes around the world. As a sierra fan...I wanted DJ to win..but he was a lap down anyway when they called the race as over...that's motorsport..

[@haydengault2568]

Never forget that race of how could you get beaten by a crashed car.

[@slickstrings]

Because that was the rules. The race was red flagged and as per the rules the positions are back dated 1 lap. The skyline lead the entire race and had a comfortable lead when the race was red flagged.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Bullshit,,, crashing while under DOUBLE yellows should mean disqualification. Slowly,,,,, accelerating towards a accident. Car should have stopped as it was NOT under control.

[@bremCZ]

LDN Wholesale They were locked up te whole way down. What magic do you want?

[@008rip9]

Brem should have put on wets. Their fault

[@ldnwholesale8552]

@@bremCZ Drive to the conditions. He crashed under double yellows accelerating on 3 wheels.

[@bremCZ]

@@ldnwholesale8552 He was locked up, he was accelerating due to gravity. You want them to turn off gravity?

[@vesnabernjak-ord8674]

@@008rip9 he did put wets on. Sometimes wets don’t help if it’s literally pissing rain.