Not so quick in those days o sung, don't forget these were stock standard production cars that raced in the 500 in those days. They were doing something between 128 & 132 miles per hour.

A funny little story from then. We were so worried about them having to be absolutely stock we were not game to remove the little bit of black carpet in the center console.

No water supply for the driver, or anything like that in those days, & some drivers did most of the race. I did 121 laps in the Monaro.

To keep our mouths moist we carried a few Granny Smith apples in the console, putting them back after a bite, where bits of black carpet stuck to the bitten bit. Unfortunately after a few bites they had bits of black carpet all over them.

I don't know who started it, but an apple fight ensued, with drivers chucking bits of used apple, covered in carpet hairs, at each others cars, & a few flag wavers, until the ammunition ran out.

That was the great apple fight of 68, previously only known to the people involved & the pit crews, many of them no longer with us.