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Sizzling Holdens star at UK Competition of Pace


A pair of legendary Holden race vehicles have starred on the Goodwood Competition of Pace, knocking off rivals together with the Ford Mustang GTD, TWR Supercat and Porsche 911 GT3 R within the remaining of the timed shoot-out.

The quickest Holden was the 2008 Holden Racing Staff (HRT) VE Commodore driving by present British Touring Automobile Champion Jake Hill, who clocked a 48.35-second run up the slender 1.86km course. 

That was ok to return house fifth general within the 20-car area, received by the 43.22 second run set by a 1030kW electrical Ford Supertruck pushed by Romain Dumas, who set an unofficial lap document round Bathurst in an electrical Ford Transit in 2024. 

The VE Commodore V8 Supercar that Hill drove at Goodwood ran HRT’s 2008 livery and, whereas it was initially constructed by the manufacturing unit Holden workforce, the automobile was first raced that season by sister outfit, the HSV Seller Staff, by Rick Kelly.

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New Zealand Supercars star Greg ‘Murph’ Murphy – a four-time Bathurst 1000 winner – was additionally in prime type on the wheel of the Holden Monaro 427C which he co-drove with Peter Brock, Todd Kelly and Jason Vivid to win the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour. 

The Monaro 427C was constructed by Garry Rogers Motorsport for the Australian Nations Cup Championship, with its crown jewel occasion a 24-hour race at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

It was so-named because the road-going Monaro’s 5.7-litre V8 was changed by a 7.0-litre model – which is 427 cubic inches – with the wild Monaro profitable each 24 Bathurst races held in 2002 and 2003 and spawning a limited-edition ‘HRT 427’ showroom mannequin.

Working it in its 2003 Bathurst race livery, together with Peter Brock’s well-known ‘05’ racing quantity, ‘Murph’ took the purple Monaro up the Goodwood hill greater than two seconds sooner in his final run for a 50.37 time.