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Ok before you all flame me with your holden crap :( just remember that Mark Skafe was the one who drove the R32 GTR around bathurst and absolutely crushed all the competition (holdens & fords) and subsequently created an untouchable legend of bathurst, so i think he sould be mentioned in these forums.

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Asshole or not ... I still wouldn't mind the racing career he had. No denying it.

Being one of the first to hammer a GTR on bitumen in Oz and not have cops trying to defect you is a dream :(

Skaife has a big piece of the HRT pie, so I'm sure we'll still see him around.

i was in the nissan tent at mallala the first time the gtr raced there was awsome to see the car in the flesh . if i remember correctly the car failed to finish that day tho due to brake probs i think .

but i remember all the v8 guys saying wtf how is this thing so fast lol was the start of a era

cheers midlife crisis

finally the self obsessed wanker is gone, we can finally watch a v8 race without having to have him attack other innocent drivers due to his inability to drive in his old age.

now we just gotta get rid of the other 2 wankers, murphy and tander :(

I met him at gold coast indy 2006 and we were allowed to ask him questions. I was selected and I asked him about the time he drove the GTR I got it on video too I guess I can upload it to youtube or some place if people are interested.

I guess he is just a lucky guy living the dream of what most of us would kill for haha.

I met him at gold coast indy 2006 and we were allowed to ask him questions. I was selected and I asked him about the time he drove the GTR I got it on video too I guess I can upload it to youtube or some place if people are interested.

I guess he is just a lucky guy living the dream of what most of us would kill for haha.

yes please

put it into the "My Favourite Youtube Clip" thread

was entirely murphy's fault yet he had the arrogance to attack ambrose, that is just one example of how much an idiot that kiwi is

+1, ambrose was a great racer, and its good to see him finally getting positive attention and good race results in the US

Edited by rhys5169
Anyone remember the Murphy - Ambrose encounter before Ambrose left for Nascar? Murphy cut him off or something. They both got out the cars and were yelling at each other in the middle of the track!

YES I remember that...i was at work watching it cracking up

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