Stax has its own posters and even its own Facebook page with more than 3100 followers.

The impressively shiny truck is among the throng of transporters perched on the Mount for Race Week, and its driver has a story to tell.

Paul Eddy, who has driven the Team BOC/Freightliner Racing truck for the past eight years, is a man who is proud of his rig.

Stax has been washed four times in the past week, and Mr Eddy spent more than an hour polishing the petrol tanks on Wednesday morning.

“I take pride in how it looks and make sure it’s shiny,” he said.

Stax is one of three transporters for the Albury- based team of six drivers and more than 60 people.

On paper, Stax is impressive: fully loaded, the combination tips the scales at 57 tonnes.

It is fitted with a 15-litre Detroit six-cylinder diesel that pumps out 560 horsepower.

Mr Eddy said he could have chosen a fully automated transmission, but decided to keep his gear-changing skills polished with an 18-speed Eaton Road Ranger non-synchro manual.

Running the three Argosy transporters is a logistical challenge and gear is loaded like a “game of Tetris”, according to Mr Eddy.

All up, the three trucks set out from Albury loaded with six V8 Supercars, 66 wheels, 24 bumpers, 12 complete doors, 12 bonnets, 30 front brake sets, 18 rear brake sets, 48 sets of suspension dampers, 15 door mirrors, 10 sets of headlights, six tailshafts, three steering racks, four gearboxes and four spare engines.

The team has booked out 14 homes in Bathurst this week and will spend $30,000 on accommodation alone.

Over the six-day period leading up to and including the race weekend, the team’s catering outfit will prepare an incredible 1080 meals.

It’s thirsty work, too: the race team also goes through 80 slabs of water and 50 slabs of soft drinks and energy drinks.

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