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Merry Christmas Everyone, and a Holden New Year!

Little about myself....became interested in motorsport when I went to my first race meeting at Lakeside in Nov 1969. Watched Colin Bond hurtle himself around in a Monaro GTS 350.....and started my lifelong passion for all things Holden. During the 70's and 80's, I was a scrutineer for CAMS, and got to meet many of the drivers and see the cars up close. Hence the photo....it was great to have some one on one with Bondy during the Legends aspect of the Surfers SuperGP. Still passionate about touring cars, and still a parochial Holden supporter. My treasured collectable is my HRT cap with five Bathurst winning Holden driver signatures on it. And I catch up with V8DailyDump every day, and sometimes contribute under my name as Bondman.

Whilst not exactly V8 Supercars ... Harry Firth is a living treasure (& if he isn't, he should be) of this sport ... as for how we managed to get the photos of young Riley T, watched on by proud dad HDT_05, with Harry Firth ... let's just say that the witch works in mysterious ways and leave it at that ...

Motorsport, Puzzles, Stamp Collecting and good ole country and western

Have always followed the bikes over the years but only really got involved in the V8s a few years ago when my daughter dragged me to the finale one year at Eastern Creek. It had to be the hottest day on earth but it was great. Since then my daughter and I have travelled to an event or two and have stayed in the HRT Suites where we are able to meet and greet some the drivers and have a birds eye view of the race. Bathurst is always fun when a group of us pile into a mini van and away we go. Now I find myself in conversations not only on the V8s but on Moto GP, Nascar, Indy, F1s and the drags !!!! My daughter and I have been to Clipsal the last few years but next year we might just head down to Melbourne and see the F1s in action just for something different

I was first introduced to motor racing at a young age and have loved it since. I first went to Bathurst in 1987 and will never forget it (the year of the rain and the Texaco Sierras). I love most forms of motorsports, and have obviously taken a much greater interest in the Nascar series since Ambrose moved across. Apart from the wife and daughter, my pride and joy would have to be my 2003 BA XR6 Falcon - 5 years on and has not skipped a beat.

My other interests include Cricket, Rugby Union, Rugby League, a bit of AFL and of course a nice drop of red or two.

I first got the motorsport bug back in the late 60's going to the speedway with my Dad and Uncle. My Dad used to do a lot of spannering for some of the drivers, and also later on helped with the construction and development of the Bathurst Pacers and Chargers in the 70's. I attended my first touring car event in 1976 with Charlie O'Brien, (he was going out with my next door neighbour), at the now defunct Amaroo Park Raceway. Though I try to get to as many events as possible these days, my main event is of course Bathurst. My first time was the Saturday of the 1979 event, and my first full weekend was 1982. Since then I have racked up 23 visits, having missed 1987, 1988, 1999, and 2001 due to family and/or overseas work commitments. I currently organise the FOLDEN Bathurst Campgroup each year which had its 5th anniversary at Bathurst last year, and it was the 2nd get together with the V8DD's for the spit roast on the Saturday night.

Lastly, I collect die-cast model cars, of which I have over a 100, and also play lawn bowls, golf, enjoy a little fishing, and now spending quality time with my family. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible this year at Bathurst.

My dad had Fords, including an XW Fairmont and a bronze XA Falcon with the tan vinyl roof. Pity about the vinyl seats in summer… I've had my own share of Fords: XRGT replica, XT Fairmont, XD Fairmont 351, XF Fairmont and now the BA XR8.

My racing memory goes back to the Ford 1-2 finish in 1977, which Ford then used in their ad campaigns. I finally got hooked after watching Dick Johnson drive around Bathurst in the Tru-Blu XD Falcon.

My allegiance is with SBR and DJR. They were one big happy family a few years ago, so there's no struggle following both.

Born in Canberra but have lived/worked all around this beautiful country thanks to my job. They have even sent me overseas. Let me tell you, we have it good in this country compared to some. That being said, if I could get a posting to the UK for a couple of years I'd be gone.

I've been in the same job now for 19 years and have no real intentions of leaving. They have looked after me pretty well and the variety has been the equivalent of starting new jobs every couple of years.

A single lad. It's just me and the fish at home. They're easy to bath and easy to walk. They also don't talk much but geeze, they know how to drink. So why don't I have a good woman? If I knew that, I'd probably have one!