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Holden’s own four-wheel-drive

Hot on the heels of Ford’s Falcon-based Territory SUV, Holden decided to develop a Commodore-derived rival to conquer the growing market space

An abandoned race track still intact

Catalina Park has laid abandoned for some time, but remains open as a walking track enabling motorsport fans to reflect on an amazing piece of history

Where it all began for HDT Special Vehicles

The Holden Dealer Team was founded as a factory racing team in 1969, but a change in its structure entering the 1980s led to some of the most desired and high performance Commodores entering showrooms

Toyota’s touring car pioneer

Pre-dating Toyota Team Australia’s factory MA70 Group A attack at the end of the 1980s and into the 1990s, there was a plan to enter the outright class in touring car racing in Australia

When Tom Cruise raced. Yes, really

Tom Cruise has been a film star for more than 40 years and starred in one of the most memorable motorsport movies of all time in Days of Thunder, but prior to this he did actually race

Ford’s Baja 1000 success

An Australian-built Ford XF Falcon ute and the legendary Baja 1000 desert race in Mexico are quite an obscure mix, but Jim Hunter experienced success in his local creation at the event

New Zealand’s season of endurance

Australia’s Sandown and Bathurst double is well known, with the Gold Coast added later on, but New Zealand also had its season of endurance