Absolutely LOOSE climb of Mount Panorama - VT Holden Commodore - SENDS IT
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2022
- Check out this VT Holden Commodore absolutely sending it around Mount Panorama with the Bathurst Light Car Clubs events at the venue.
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Very proud of our son Riley driving here. He is only 18 years old in this video from 2 years ago. Yes, we are on a budget, might not have everything it ‘should’ but wow he loves it! Oh and yes, it is a VX
Getting out there and doing it! Riley's a credit to the Grass Roots Motorsport community! Making sure he uses what's under him to the best of his ability and puts on a show we all love!
and what was his lap time?
@@mattjacomos2795 wasn’t a full lap man, was a hill climb um mountain straight and a super sprint down Conrod 👍🏼
Shoulda named him lightning with that last name lmao
@@rBlake original, first time I’ve heard that🙄
Kudos to doing a lap without losing the fuel cap.
🤣🤣
Smirked
Lol yea ..can't deny that..
Hey it's better than not being sure if the engine needs checking or not...VE..
Lmao
Indeed 😁
This is what touring car racing was and still should be.
You mean production or improved production that gets bugger all crowds compared to supercars?
@@batchmotorsport it gets bigger so crowds because it’s not the main event. If this was the main series with the main sponsors and drivers, it would pull good crowds. Especially for those who think a skin of a car stretched over controlled chassis with engines you can’t even buy any more in a car is just boring.
Why I don't care about v8 Super Bullshit!
@@batchmotorsport real cars having a real race not a fake composite model race car ??!!
@@GMans-World wtf. So any car with composite panels isn't a real race car?
Looks cool seeing one of this model commodores that looks basically standard flying around the track. Bloody sounds fantastic too. For some reason I love seeing car's racing the aren't painted up. 🙂👍
it's not a standard car it's been modified quite a bit.
@@jasonswift7098 Hence why he said LOOKS, not IS...
It’s nice seeing one being pedalled by someone who knows what they’re doing, instead of doing skids in a maccas car park or wrapped around a lamp post. 😂
@@jasonswift7098 what’s been done to the engine
@@Klutchylol he said it looks cool have that older model VX commodore out on the track.
As the much missed and legendary Mike Raymond would say, “not much need for any commentary. Just listen to that awesome V8 !”
Thanks for cheering me up on an otherwise crappy, winters Monday afternoon 😀
That's what it's all about! We just love the sound of a strong motor at full noise!
Glad we could be part of making a winter day good.
So true Frazer Guest...yeah he was "THE VOICE OF V8'S" the kids of today have no idea what they have missed !!
@@BlendLineTV I tell you mate, you've done us all a favour to think and listen to what a real raw V8 car sounds like hitting it hard...... thanks mate
@@GMans-World : 100%. Even as a Pom, for me it’ll always be Mike Raymond & Garry Wilkinson, plus Murray Walker for everything else we had in the UK.
The 1980’s really were a magical time to be a car mad kid.
That’s my boy, sold his go-kart & bought this when he was 15 & haven’t been able to get the smile of his face since
& He's putting smiles on thousands of faces now!
Grass Roots Motorsport is great!
Riley is a credit to you and Kerry, talented driver and a nice kid.
What a sound. Looks like he was having real fun out there too
Those downshifts are bliss
Love that pure sound of the V8!!! Brought tears to my eyes!
Tf are you crying for
@@thatonenigeriansformula yo mama. Yo mama makes him cry.
@@ThySickn3ss dont care
Sticking to the 60 zones nicely.
This is how it should of stayed... rip the true commodore/falcon aus missing you greatly
maybe this is the real reason Holden and Ford died in Australia. because we all knew in the back of our heads that all the Corporate money and profits went into financing and racing fake Commodores and Falcons ??
@@GMans-World no, GM stole money from Holden then shut them down, Holden was in process of making V8 Colorado and new Holden commodore to come after the VF
@@FiendishlyDelightedSefto whatever the case there , our politicians are as guilty as hell in the death of our car industry .
The fact that every car manufacturer in Australia either went bust or left for greener pastures is stark reminder of that fact , and you could see it coming for decades , and both the big parties had a hand in it.
And it wasn’t just the car makers that took a hit either.
Gotta be insane to buy the contraptions sold as Holden nowadays. Look and sound atrocious.
We didn’t buy enough commodores or falcons, the tax payer tried propping them up and they still failed, there is a little more to it than that but that’s pretty much it.
Pretty impressive. I know from first-hand experience that these cars handle about like a wheelbarrow full of water. He must have some really good tires on that car.
@@carguynewb7856 it's not a giant v8🤣
@@carguynewb7856 nor is it a muscle car
@Blake Whitehouse it's an LS so it's a big v8
@@carguynewb7856 not really, ls1 is only a 5.7, thats a small v8 by todays standards
@Blake Whitehouse you win sorry about my minimal knowledge I don't know about all the commodore generations
I wish that kind of racing came back 🤙🔥🇦🇺
way more spectacular and better vibes than ultra high performance super fast laptimes ultra expensive spaceships on rails
It cant, sedans are dead..they could race SUV's..thats all consumers are buying.. BMW or Mercedes is all you have for large sedans.
Car is quick and sounds great. The driver is no slouch either.
Ain't that the truth
Driver has big balls 😊
@@Rey00045 Found the illest jdm swagboi.
Go vape a civic exhaust.
Y'all need to chill
Kind of makes sense that the car is only going quick, cos the driver isn't a slouch! Usually how it works, aye!
The driver has a nice pair of stones there,not scared one bit.Even us Ford boys can appreciate a wicked sounding Commodore and someone who knows how to drive.Top Notch ;
oh you own a ford , i bet your wifes boyfriend (a holden fan) told you to type that and you said yes daddy
Cheers man, appreciate it 🤙🏽
@@oudonbail what the fuckin shit, thats 1 of the funniest payouts I've read in a while hahahahahahahhaha 🤣🤣🤣
@@bully962 not really, was just stupid hahahah, dude was admitting old mates car and driving was very nice and he still had to act like a douchebag just because he said he was a ford guy?
@@rBlake that's why it's funny, because of how disproportionate his response was 🤣🤣🤣.
I’m loving the sound of the old VT
Didn't see a VT but definitely seen a tuff VX pushing the limits did that even have a roll cage? Good vid 👌
Vx front bar with a vx calais boot garnish, dunno where the vt came from aye 😂😂
FINALLY! Pisses me tf off when people call it a vt 😂
@@jackmckenna343 its just a commodore who cares?
Yes can see roll cage
You can actually see a roll cage. But I'll agree on the model call
Thats how my Mum would drive us lot to school but we were in a Bongo Van, took years off my life with her behind the wheel Dad was no better. Im on my 6th Lic now so I guess its in the blood. Best track in the world!!!!! Drive it like a rental.
Bloody brilliant!!! That gives a good reason to flash back to 1999 when the VT Commodore cranked the Mountain with Murph/Richo, with Lowndes/McConville and Skaifey with Morris to give the VT a 1,2 and 3 on the podium. Fantastic race, with a fantastic car and to this day, still a fantastic Holden product.
if the rear end is trying to go around the corner faster than the front, then you don't have to deal with understeer :)
Oversteer: am I a joke to you?
Rear tyre wear for the win.
The heel and toe work was on point. Just sounds so good too!
Agree on all points... Car handling & timing of braking & throttling out of corners was very nice to.. Not sloppy really considering the tires prob aren't proper slicks and are dealing with heaps of grunt (HP & torque). Looks like a VX to me but sounds like a 5 litre V8 Holden to me! (right or wrong?)
Thanks for posting :)
Definitely a vx. Tear drop headlights and clear lenses on the tail lights
Reflectors, in rear bumper
Not saying it's not a vx, but my 2002 Vx has different headlights than this one
@@DKing-lh9cmdepends on the model if it's a cheap base model it won't have those headlights or a clubsport or something doesn't either.
That sounds amazing. It is a smooth yet gruff motor at the same time.
This generation of Commodore was sold here in Brazil as the Chevrolet Omega, became known as the "Australian Omega" for obvious reasons. Comfortable, luxurious, but not particularly a fast car with its Buick-derived 3.8L V6 and 200 hp. Things only got better years later, already in the next generation, when the Alloytec 3.6 V6 was introduced. It transformed the car.
I wish the V8 was sold here too. But goddamn, seeing this thing flying around the track really makes me see the epic potential of this platform.
@@SMR311SMR Funnily enough, according to some research I did, GM brought 5 examples (!) of the V8-powered model, supposedly as a gift to dealership owners. And supposedly, there are only 3 left, but in the Denatran website (our national DMV), only one is registered.
Here's one of the cars.
ua-cam.com/video/A899owLjNUk/v-deo.html
I wouldn't do the matte black treatment, would leave the car all-stock in the appearance and keep the mods (stainless steel exhaust + cold air intake).
Here, the same car, no longer with the matte vinyl (these photos were taken in early 2020, so almost 5 years after the video).
instagram.com/p/B7rIrMOHMME/
facebook.com/794480340685634/posts/chevrolet-omega-ss-1999-com-motor-v8-57l-e-322cv-a-chevrolet-trouxe-apenas-5-uni/1890558044411186/
Beautiful dark blue paint.
The vehicles are registered as Omega SS, have a 5.7L V8 engine in the document and the chassis is from Holden.
Interesting how they went on and registered them as a proper SS, instead of just an Omega or Omega CD, which was the trim level officially sold here.
I'd love to get my hands on one of these. 😁
Another fun fact: it's in Manaus, capital of Amazonas, largest city of the state and literally in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. 😄
3.8 wasn’t fast but by god was it a dream to work on compared to the later alloytecs.
One step forward in power, a hundred backwards in reliability and user friendliness.
@@Zonda1996 Ironically, the Buick V6 had fame of complicated maintenance here, but I guess it's due to it not being a popular engine, not many mechanics knew how to work on them, etc.
I know a collector who owns a few of the Alloytec cars (and dozens of other cars, he's a big Mopar fan) and the highest mileage one was above 250k km, I think.
Surprisingly, apart from a fuel pump issue @ some 80-100k km, he never had any issues with the car. But I guess 90-95% of that mileage is highway drive, so that may have been the difference.
I remember reading about the Alloytec's problems, specially with the timing chain, if I'm not mistaken. Very sad.
In any case, the Buick-powered ones are are decently cheap, I'd be tempted to get one with that engine as well.
For more power, there's always a supercharger build. 😁 I know they had supercharged versions from factory too, in Australia, and even Buick itself offered supercharged versions of many of its models in America.
Either I'd simply take the stock parts to build mine or go with an aftermarket supercharger, maybe even a centrifugal compressor like a Rotrex...
Or...turbocharger. Get some inspiration from the Buick Grand National/GN-X, haha!
It from the Opal omega and from years later on vectra it all gm but European made it still American company it just that the cars are made in Europe or Australia like ford
In the UK we had the Omega 2.5 V6, 170hp. I did 100k miles in one, nice car, enjoyed it. Then got Jag XJ 3.2, 240 hp but seemed slower, lasted me 20 years. Now have F Pace SVR, blistering performance for an SUV. Love it!
Out there doing what she was built to do, and loving it
Bloody sounds tough!
Nice Brown Pants moment there. He was pushing it, and doing quite well.
I have been a Ford fan for over 55 years now, But I can still enjoy watching a highly skilled driver in a well set up car regardless of brand. One brand/model racing is normally pretty boring so just imagine what the World would be like if there was only one brand of cars available for road use. Full marks to the driver.
100% agree. There's brilliant cars / drivers / events from all sides of brands throughout the history of motorsport. All can be celebrated for their success and enjoyed for their competition.
A full Bathurst 1000 with these cars would be amazing
It's completely doable and would be soooo much more entertaining and interesting than fuckin Camaros vs Mustangs.
Love the crumpledoore, beautiful sound and that bloke can surely drive, in the words of my old footy coach, Mr Sit-On-The-Esky (Sadokierski) "Pretty to watch boys, pretty to watch!"
What a great thing that is! Sounds like a touring car on street tyres. Nicely done 👍
a dinky di true blue aussie hero. Thanks mate for the show.
Unsophisticated suspension = huge fun
Series 1 rear end..... Absolute abomination.
lacking of just like a normal P plater lol
too bad these were not sold in Canada ,good looking car and great ROAR !
Wow. Can drive. That bloke is no amateur. Car sounds purposeful too.
I revisit this vid once in awhile for a smile…
Great driving.
What could he do in a supercar,?
Nothin better than watching a full send. Drivers got skill and that VT sounds mint.
Vx lol
Yeah vx
Just love it - that music is unreal!
Great to watch, loved the slide!
Awesome 👍🏽
Reminds me of the good old V8 Supercar Days 😊
Yep, you’ve got that oversteer dialled in. 👍
That’s the definition of giving her all she’s captain. Nice one 🤌🏻
This track looks very fun
That’s drivin’ it like ya stole it!
Damn that VX SOUNDS mint!! 🙌
Damn that sounds epic
I saw this car years ago on a car trailer it had vx5700 on the number plate sick car love the calais garnish and the tow sticker thats how i know its the one :)
That’s the one mate haha 👌🏼👌🏼 vx5700 was the plate when it was registered
@@rileymacqueen765 thats sick i have a pic of it man being towed by a red crewman i remember taking the pic and thinking i wonder if it was 6 speed now i know 👌
@@mitchcooper5801 hahah yeah man, not long after that we bought an Isuzu mux cause the towing was fucked with the crewman hahah
@@rileymacqueen765oh nice man did you have instagram bro? Was gonna send you the pic i have of it all good if you dont tgough buddy 👍
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Sounds pissed off 😤
I love it !!!! Bring back the 90s vibes
What a gorgeous sight and sound…
Wow excellent work.
The first lap must have been on a razor's edge coming over the crest just before skyline. The car held on by traction alone, no throttle. 👏
Somebody sponsor this person some better tyres for next time
Pst - it's a VX :)
Exceptional run & sound!
VU sedan
@@yommmrr everyday of the week
FULL SEND!!! Roosting it. Yesss
Great stuff 👍🏽
Gotta love Aussie cars!
VT looks the best in my opinion, beautifully rounded smooth edges
It’s a vx.
@@spikesta3593 same kind of styling tho
Vy-vz better
Ve or vs or maybe vl
i agree, its a timeless shape , a bit like the HQ holden
Well done young man 👍 car sounds great and looks and goes like a rocket .
Sounds fabulous and looks like a real Commodore. If this was what V8 Supercars were running I would go back to watching it. Great drive mate.
Supercars need to get back to cars that can be achievable by those who truly dream to build one.
But that's where Grass Roots Motorsport is great, we can inspire each other!
Give us more of that V8 roar❤️
How every holden driver see's themselves
@Automobile Addict Funny you should say that, saw a VT commodore smashed into a pole a couple of hours ago in Logan lol
@Automobile Addict pmsl, holden commodores and p platers are a match made in heaven for crashes, the one you described sounds like a classic for sure lol!
@Automobile Addict lol
thats a sick send....what a mad carnt aye
Subscribed ofter watching this video... That's some nice Power, & Driving
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Awesome car, great tyre squeal 😀
Surely that's a VX Commodore? Regardless, that was a really nice run. Awesome driving.
That thing sounds , looks an moves amazing! As erupean i wish we had that kind of sleepers around
What a lovely track.
Sounds heaps good i wanna know whats been done to it? Sounds better than a V8 supercar
Hey man, nothing crazy engine wise, just a cam, otr, headers, exhaust and a tune pretty much 👍🏼
What suspension are you running?
@@rileymacqueen765 might have go get a cam in my caprice soon if thats what it sounds like
@@liamhealy4511 highly recommend bro hahah
More entertaining than Supercars
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Great video!!!
Glad you liked it!
It’s a VX 🤠
Better than the actual touring cars to watch🤣
That’s awesome!
that is cool, sounds awesome too
That was fully sent.
That looked pretty tidy. I wouldn’t call that “absolutely loose”
Glorious sound ❤️
Love the sound
I hear whine, is it coming from the gearbox?
Fella can wheel.
During any other day of the year when its just a road me and dad went for a fang around bathurst in his regular v6 commodore and though we didnt go as quick as this guy, it was quick enough to give us a serious shit panting moment flying down the SS's only to almost collide with a kingswood packed full of abos sending it up the other direction.
Sounds mint👍🏻
Sounds like a I'll fu#kin show you run after a bit of loose talk in pits before hand 💪
*loose
Actually a VX commodore not a VT
Heck yeah! What a unit! :)
Mate was committed!
Vx not vt.
It's a VX though.
no it's not bud
It's a VX- just by looking at the front bumper and headlights is where anyone can tell the difference, also the back bumper on the VT's don't have the reflecters and completely different tail lights from a VT
Nice. Really nice.
The sound of street tires screaming for mercy. Love it.
That was a vx Calais or berlina not a vt if it was a vt the reverse lights would be at the bottom at the tail lights and the headlights have a a drop in it so it’s not a vt
A VX S or VX SS.....
1 way to tell them apart- the calais and berlina model have shiit front bumpers & the headlights are still VT shaped
That’s a VX with the 350 Chev LS motor. A VT still had the old cast iron Holden 308.
Only series 1 vt had a 5 litre. It's also an LS is a 346 cube GM motor.
@@hayden6056 series 11 vt dropped the the 5.0l for the ls1.
VT never had 308, they had 304 and LS.
car in the vid looks like a vx but could just be kit swapped
@@79series hence why I said only the series 1 had a 5 litre ? Lol.
You are all wrong had a 4.9 v8
That looks pretty cool, not sure what mods are done to that car, it looks fairly standard and sound only slightly modified in the engine department. The thing I do not like about the cars that have been racing at Bathurst over the last 30 odd years is that one cannot buy the car that won on the race day and drive it on the street, not to race, just to know that it is good quality, Holden or Ford. Also, that is a VX, unless they have changed the front and rear bumpers and head and tail lights. a good video, none the less. Good gear changes, up and down, an awesome sound. I have a silver VX SS, so this video is very close to home. 😀👍
Beste Szene bei 2:19 !! Da kommt der Commodore durch die Kurve geflogen und am Fahrbahnrand sitzt, noch vor dem Fangzaun, ein scheinbar gelangweilter Farmer mit Strohhut! Wie cool ist der denn ?? :-) :-)
Thats a VX.. not a VT 😅
Yep... This IS how it should be. An honest looking street race car without the sponsorship bullshit and political nonsense.
This ride was absolutely Bitch'n.. 👍😀.
That was not loose, that was well driven right to the edge of his skill....
Nicely done 🤘
Absolutely fantastic