Bathurst 1000 - 1982: Breaking the Ton
Bathurst 1000 · Season 1 · Episode 10
The outright speed barrier is broken as Mount Panorama enters the high-tech era of live broadcast television. Privateer master Allan Grice stuns the mountain by recording the first-ever lap averaging over 100 mph around the circuit. However, the race belongs to Peter Brock and Larry Perkins in their revolutionary VH Commodore. Carrying a heavy, pioneering live "Racecam" inside the cockpit, they deliver viewers a historic first-person view of a masterful, flag-to-flag victory on the mountain.
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Season
1
Episode
10
Air Date
03/Oct/1982
Air Time
—
Runtime
410 min
Overview
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The outright speed barrier is broken as Mount Panorama enters the high-tech era of live broadcast television. Privateer master Allan Grice stuns the mountain by recording the first-ever lap averaging over 100 mph around the circuit. However, the race belongs to Peter Brock and Larry Perkins in their revolutionary VH Commodore. Carrying a heavy, pioneering live "Racecam" inside the cockpit, they deliver viewers a historic first-person view of a masterful, flag-to-flag victory on the mountain.
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