HOONS ON THE HILL

DECEMBER 1995

FOR the Great Race in 1995, Glenn Torrens headed to Mount Panorama with his mates as usual, but this time he took his camera and notebook with him. The resulting story is a precious time capsule of a mostly bygone era – when ‘pit specials’ were specifically brought up the mountain to be sacrificed in a Thunderdome-style arena and then set on fire for the entertainment of the masses. All this at the biggest and most prestigious motorsport event Australia has to offer!

Even at the time, this was pretty hairy stuff, and the story resulted in threats of legal action from parties that will remain nameless. Imagine what would happen these days!

To judge for yourself, scan the code and transport yourself back to another time.