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1997 - In front of the largest crowd ever at Mt Panorama, and the largest field of V8’s to run at the mountain (43 cars) Perkins and Ingall captured the Primus 1000 Classic as their rivals fell by the wayside.
Amidst mayhem and carnage, the Castrol Commodore duo maintained the kind of pace which saw many of the pre-race favourites wilt and perish under the pressure.
Perkins triumphed in one of the most amazing races ever seen at Mt Panorama, his Castrol Commodore surviving while only four of the top ten qualifiers managed to finish the Primus 1000 classic.
1998 - In what really was a victory against the odds, and defying the theory that only years of experience can produce a Bathurst triumph, Bright and Richards brought home their Pirtek-backed Ford Falcon to claim the greatest prize in V8 racing in front of a near record crowd of 47,000.
The Pirtek Falcon shot into the lead on lap 131, and aside from losing it briefly during a pitstop 17 laps later, was never headed again.
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