These two Chargers were having a right tussle -– here Robert Braune leads Garry Treloar.
The Group N Biante race was swamped up front by the more potent Mustangs, Falcons and Camaros most of the time, but Robert Braune in a silver Charger managed to sneak a second spot in one race on the day. Most of the time despite the vast differences in power and handling there was a lot of nose to tail action that put a wide grin on most spectators’ faces.
 Unlike the Americas, the state and federal Police departments in Australia didn’t have specialised Highway Patrol cruisers made by the big car manufacturers, so they used everything from Morris Minis to the best Chrysler could offer. |
During the week the large concrete area behind the pits is used as a skid pan for defensive driving courses, but on this weekend it was covered in the finest examples of muscle cars from Australia and America.
In the Mopar section there were all kinds of cars including Pacer hardtops, a Police Highway Patrol Charger and other variations on the Charger theme.
About four o clock a huge black cloud appeared in the western sky and spectators and car owners alike took to their cars and left the track in a vain effort to make it home before the storm hit. Fortunately the worst of it was dumped to the north of the track with only a light rain shower dappling the very few cars left at the track.
The event ended rather quickly when a huge storm cloud came over. Luckily it skirted the track and left a double rainbow in its wake.
As I exited the facility a double rainbow appeared and to me this meant that the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was indeed the Muscle Car Masters.
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