Holden Commodore (VK) SS Group A Race Car 1985

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The Commodore made it's racetrack debut in 1980 as a new era of Group C touring cars. Gone were the Holden Toranas and Ford Falcon hardtop 2-doors that had dominated Group C since it's inception in 1973.
The Commodore found instant success, taking out the 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship in a dominant display led by the Holden Dealer Team & it's owner/driver Peter Brock. The domination continued in the annual long-distance races with Brock winning the Sandown 400 & Bathurst 1000. It was a sign of things to come.
At Bathurst, the Commodore would be on the podium in all races until 1985, the first year of the new International Group A regulations. Victories in 1980, 1982, 1983 & 1984 and a runner-up placing in the crash-shortened race of 1981.
The new Group A era would be very different and was off to a bad start before the cars were even built. In order to save 75 kg (165 lbs), the 5.0 litre V8 was reduced from 5044cc to 4987cc so that it came under the 5000cc limit.
Delays in parts supply meant that the Holden Dealer Team had not produced the required 500 homoligation cars to pass the 1st August 1985 inspection, delaying the track debut until 1st January 1986 and resigning the Commodore teams to an almost standard fare model for the biggest race of the year.
Peter Brock recalled that after the 1985 Bathurst 1000, longtime
HDT driver and Brock's right-hand-man at the Special Vehicles operation, John 'Slug' Harvey, had remarked that their personal road cars (the SS Group A) were in fact faster and more reliable than the 1985 race cars.

300 bhp
1325 kg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(VK)

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_holden_commodore.htm
 
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You can't just put the info in the OP when you create the thread because...?
 
Azure Flare
You can't just put the info in the OP when you create the thread because...?
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Because I don't make threads to impress you Azure Flare.
Have you never heard of the saying "If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all."
I've got to the stage where if I see a comment from you, it's of a bitchy nature. Your latest comment reinforces that theory. Why am I not surprised?
In future, if you see a thread or comment made by me, try and control your negative urges to bitch, moan, winge, or whine about it and leave the space for someone that has something positive or constructive to say.
 
I don't care who you make the thread for, an OP with no info in it, only to be added much later and you bump it by saying that you added the info that you should have put there in the first place makes you look lazy and trying to promote them.

Look at all the cars that @StarLight has posted, the OPs are so well put together with the info and pictures already there.
 

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