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Hot Holdens star at UK Festival of Speed

Damion SmyBy Damion SmyJuly 14, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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A pair of legendary Holden race cars have starred on the Goodwood Festival of Speed, knocking off rivals including the Ford Mustang GTD, TWR Supercat and Porsche 911 GT3 R in the ultimate of the timed shoot-out.

The fastest Holden was the 2008 Holden Racing Team (HRT) VE Commodore driving by current British Touring Automobile Champion Jake Hill, who clocked a 48.35-second run up the narrow 1.86km course. 

That was adequate to return home fifth overall within the 20-car field, won by the 43.22 second run set by a 1030kW electric Ford Supertruck driven by Romain Dumas, who set an unofficial lap record around Bathurst in an electrical Ford Transit in 2024. 

The VE Commodore V8 Supercar that Hill drove at Goodwood ran HRT’s 2008 livery and, while it was originally built by the factory Holden team, the automotive was first raced that season by sister outfit, the HSV Dealer Team, by Rick Kelly.

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Recent Zealand Supercars star Greg ‘Murph’ Murphy – a four-time Bathurst 1000 winner – was also in top form on the wheel of the Holden Monaro 427C which he co-drove with Peter Brock, Todd Kelly and Jason Vivid to win the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour. 

The Monaro 427C was built by Garry Rogers Motorsport for the Australian Nations Cup Championship, with its crown jewel event a 24-hour race at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

It was so-named because the road-going Monaro’s 5.7-litre V8 was replaced by a 7.0-litre version – which is 427 cubic inches – with the wild Monaro winning each 24 Bathurst races held in 2002 and 2003 and spawning a limited-edition ‘HRT 427’ showroom model.

Running it in its 2003 Bathurst race livery, including Peter Brock’s famous ‘05’ racing number, ‘Murph’ took the red Monaro up the Goodwood hill greater than two seconds faster in his last run for a 50.37 time. 

The trouble saw the Kiwi jump from eleventh in provisional runs to storm home seventh overall, pipping the Ford Mustang GTD of Dirk Muller in the method.

Making it three antipodean top ten results, fellow Recent Zealander Steven Richards – a five-time Bathurst winner – got here home tenth within the Nissan Skyline GTS-R which took the 1990 Australian Touring Automobile Championship by his father, Jim.

Position Driver Automobile Time (sec)
1 Romain Dumas Ford Supertruck 43.22
2 Scott Speed Subaru Project Midnight 45.03
3 James Wallis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 46.73
4 Alex Summers Shadow DN4 47.88
5 Jake Hill Holden Commodore 48.35
6 Sarah Bovy Porsche 911 GT3 R 49.50
7 Greg Murphy Holden Monaro 427C 50.37
8 Dirk Muller Ford Mustang GTD 50.78
9 Laurent Hurgon Alpine A110 R Ultime 52.01
10 Steven Richards Nissan HR31 GTS-R Skyline 55.73
11 David Hornsey TWR Supercat 55.98
12 Eddie Norfolk Ferrari Roma Coupe 56.03
13 Harry Barton Lister Storm 56.07
14 Mark Gillies ERA A-Type R3A 61.29
15 Gareth Graham Alfa Romeo P3 65.90
16 Julian Majzub Maserati Tipo 26M 66.57
17 Duncan Pittaway Fiat S76 75.49
18 Archie Collings Mercedes 120hp 77.91

This Article First Appeared At www.carexpert.com.au

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