It was a grey Sunday 32 years ago when Mark Skaife and Jim Richards stood on the top step of the podium. It was an emotional moment; not only had the Bathurst 1000 been cut short by a torrential storm, the drivers had learned only hours earlier that Denny Hulme, who was racing a BMW in the event, had died of a heart attack while at the wheel.
Richards and Skaife had piloted Nissan's Skyline GT-R to victory but that did not sit well with many of the fans below, having been led to believe – wrongly – that any other car in the race stood a chance of beating 'Godzilla'. As they booed, Richard retorted; “You're a pack of arseholes!”
