Father's Day gift suggestions

The good people at V8Sleuth.com.au offer an extraordinary range of books, DVDs and posters for the main man in the family – particularly if that man is a huge fan of tin-top racing in Australia.

In a slight departure from the site’s bread-and-butter content, however, the latest product covers a decade of the Bathurst 12 Hour, Australia’s sole race for GT3 cars. Named ‘Bathurst: Going Global – 10 Years of Australia's International Enduro’, the new book has been written by noted motorsport presenters and journalists Richard Craill and Aaron Noonan. The book features over 500 images, from 2011, when the race admitted GT3 cars for the first time, right through to this year’s race. Each year gets its own chapter and a full list of the results.

Craill and Noonan have also interviewed some of the major players taking part in the race over the years, and obtained their thoughts and feelings for publication. If it’s in the same league as Noonan’s excellent work, ‘Ford at Bathurst’ – now sold out, unfortunately – the new book promises to be a fabulous addition to Dad’s library. The book can be purchased online for $99.95.

If the budget for Father’s Day doesn’t quite extend to $100, V8 Sleuth sells a vast array of other items that are more affordable, including Grant Rowley’s ‘The Annual – Australian Motorsport 2006’ and the 2008 counterpart, each on sale for just $19.95.

For not much more ($29.95), there’s the ‘Bathurst 1992 Toohey’s 1000’ DVD – that infamous race which culminated in Jim Richards’ oft-quoted remark to the crowd at the end of the race (a blunt remark, but fair), and was the swansong for the Nissan GT-R in Australian touring car-racing.

The V8 Sleuth bookshop also sells a number of prints and posters, mostly by artist Peter Hughes, including one for Grandpa, the knockout print of Norm Beechey and his HT Monaro GTS 350 for the 1970 season ($45).

V8 Sleuth is working right through the covid-19 lockdown in Victoria and will mail your purchases out without you needing to leave the comfort of your home.

Pictures courtesy of an1images.com