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19/06/2009
Biante Collectors Club Newsletter
Next Weeks Releases.
The latest release from Biante Model Cars will be made available for website customers at 2pm Perth time on Wednesday the 24th of June.
B180401D - Holden VR Commodore - #1. Mark Skaife/Jim Richards - 1995 Tooheys 1000.
Mark Skaife and Jim Richards’ assault on the 1995 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst was perhaps best described as ‘the one that got away’.
Skaife qualified the #1 VR Commodore second fastest in the Top 10 Shootout on Saturday morning, beaten to pole position by the man who would later be his team-mate at HRT – Craig Lowndes.
Come race morning and the team sprung something of a surprise on their rivals as Richards was behind the wheel to start the race. Many had assumed Skaife would line-up to start the 1000-kilometre event, but the expat Kiwi was more than up to the job despite a bad season on the score sheet.
Richards and Lowndes were beaten from the front row of the grid by Wayne Gardner’s Coke Commodore. Richards settled into a comfortable second place and took just six laps to work his way into the lead. From there the #1 Holden eased away from the former world motorcycle champion.
Such was the superior fuel economy of the Skaife/Richards car it would not pit for fuel until lap 38, meaning that they were within a few Safety Car laps of being able to do the race on just three pit stops – a sizeable advantage.
Skaife emerged from pit lane with nearly half a minute back to Dick Johnson and he had Perkins’ co driver Russell Ingall (desperately trying to get back on the lead lap) formed up behind him when the first Safety Car came out on lap 47.
When the race restarted, Skaife simply blazed away from the field. But on lap 64 he limped to the pits. The tailshaft had snapped, breaking the back of the gearbox and punching a hole in the floor.
1987 Brock Bathurst VL Commodores.
Order quantities for the #10 Bathurst winning and #05 VL Commodore models as mentioned in last week newsletters will be closing soon. Please ensure that you have your order confirmed with your retailer or the model on your watchlist to help make sure the total quantities produced are what is required for the market.
B182703B - Holden VL SS Group A - #05. Brock/Parsons. DNF, 1987 Tooheys 1000.
B182703C - Holden VL SS Group A - #10. Brock/Parsons/McLeod. Winner, 1987 Tooheys 1000.
B642703D - Holden VL SS Group A - #05 and 10 - Bathurst twin set.
Biante Model Guide.
In another new initiative for Biante, readers of Australian Muscle Car magazine will be able to browse the included 16 page 'Biante Model Guide' showing a huge selection of models available in our range.
Website Customers - Offline Payment.
All customers who order through the website and make payment direct into our bank account please ensure your payment is made into the new ANZ account details as shown on the completed order form. The existing account will be closed in the next few weeks and payments made to that account, once closed, will be rejected and charges will be made to you by your bank.
