Perfect, right down to the Miami Vice soundtrack!

i love the little original ad's,,,,, brill,,,,, cheers mate,,, a good arvo had by all

Really good quality video, i was only 2 years old when this aired.

Loved the early days of Group A. So many different brands...all with unique attributes...but in the end having similar performance.
That was until a track special with a twin turbo charged six, 4WD AND 4WS came along to screw it all up.

Thank you so much for posting this.I never got to see this race when it was televised, as I was on exercise at the time. I loved this era of Australian Touring Cars with so many brands & loads of experimentation. It's a shame that Holden had so much influence over the championship & had the rules changed to suit themselves.

I remember back in 1986 a lot of people expected the new Group A Commodore's to walk all over the turbo's as back then most Aussie fans thought big V8 power was nigh on unbeatable. To most the only thing that held the Commodore's back in 1985 was lack of development against proven Group A winners like the BMW 635, Volvo turbo and V12 Jaguar. It came as quite a culture shock that 1986 marked the start of 7 years of turbo domination. Holden fans never did get used to turbo's mostly because Holden opted to stay with the V8 Commodore as its hero car. Of course, they didn't have the money to start trying to develop things like a Barina or even Commodore turbo so a V8 it was. And it hurt them no end because being beaten on the racetrack save the 1990 Bathurst 1000 wasn't sitting well with fans or buyers.....and then throw in that fans backed Brock first, Holden second and things weren't great for GMH.

The unsponsored white Commodore of Graham Baileys was the car that went to Europe I suspect. Graham had to get himself up to speed in the new car before he and it joined Alan Grice to contest the ETCC. They did incredibly well in their unsponsored Commodore, against the might of the European factory teams. I think Les Small built the car and also looked after it in Europe.

Channel 7 were actually incorrect with their info on the Volvo. It was a 240T, not a 242T. The 242 was never homologated for Group A racing.

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The onboard camera was a masterstroke and how did they get it to move by itself  ?  remote control  ?

28:06 This is Group A. Otherwise known as just good racing with a lot of politics and very different cars. It is also what killed the true privateer, though not necessarily. BTCC (cough). But also, BMW just had the right car for these regulations. Also, it is before Group A was killed by the true monsters which it allowed to sprout. Godzilla, Sierra, Merc C, Calibra and not to forget, the 155 from an Italian manufacturer. But this comment is already too long. So enjoy the racing while it happened.

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DJ Mustang did Not have the power it should have had, Commodores probably had more power, the BMWs had good power/handling/cornering etc, the turbo cars were light good power!! GOOD Racing!!!! 👍👍👍👍 You HAVE too Love DJs humor even when racing a REAL Character!!!!!!
Mike Burgman had a Bad accident at Bathurst 1986?? hit the wall opposite pit entry he lost his life in the accident!!

Those days had spirit and pation. The current sport is as boring as bat you know what!

Give the late great Mike Raymond a Rhode Island accent and who do you have?

LOL guy in Volvo trying to keep up with a 4wd GTR not going to happen lol