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Colin Bond OAM

Colin Bond OAM is an Australian former racing driver. Colin reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team. He quickly found success, winning the 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 mile race, now the Bathurst 1000. He was Peter Brock’s team-mate in Holden’s 1974 Australian Touring Car Championship-winning team. Colin won the 1975 Australian Touring Car Championship himself, for Holden, before defecting to Ford to support Allan Moffat’s championship dominance. Colin was Australia’s most versatile driver, winning the Australian Rally Championship in 1971, 1972 and 1974. Colin is a prominent member of the Supercars Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002) and in 2016 became an inaugural inductee into the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame.

John Smailes

John Smailes is a journalist, motorsport commentator and publicist. His speciality is the automotive industry and motorsport. He has covered and broadcast rounds of the World F1 championship (Australia, Singapore, India, Monaco), the World Rally Championship (Australia, New Zealand, Greece), MotoGP, the Le Mans 24 hour race and Goodwood Festival of Speed. John was part of the commentary team for the first live broadcast of F1 in Australia - along with Sir Jack Brabham. His bestselling books include Climbing the Mountain (with Allan Moffat), Mount Panorama, Race Across the World and Formula One. He is chair of the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame.