What a moment in history - again!

1985 Revisited

Mike Roddy in the 1985 Bathurst winning JRA TWR XJ-S leads the great Jim Richards in his old works BMW which Jim drove at Bathurst in 1985 against the Jaguars. This is the car which Jim spun into the sand trap at Hell corner, quickly followed by The Talmalmo Farmer George Fury in the second works BeeEm, and which ruined Frank Gardner's race plan (to run one less fuel stop than the Jaguars).

The scene is Phillip Island last weekend for the huge historic meeting there pre the AGP.

Mike beat Jim and that is a huge thing as they don't come tougher or more skilled than Jim. Mike said his Jaguar had more power, but Jim's car is more nimble. He added that Jim is a great guy and he enjoyed it immensely too.

They should be out again this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix meeting. The BMW was over from New Zealand.