EIGHTEEN years after the yellow Garry Rogers Motorsport Monaro won the first Bathurst 24 Hour race, the iconic Holden will return to Mount Panorama.
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Garry Rogers Motorsport has confirmed it will enter two of its famous Holden Monaros in the highly-anticipated Shannons Holden Bathurst Revival at the Bathurst International in November.
The Melbourne-based team built two of the Monaros to compete in the now-defunct Nations Cup category and the Bathurst 24 Hour race that was held in 2002 and 2003.
The 2002 edition was the first 24 Hour race staged at the Mount and it was the yellow Monaro of Garth Tander, Steve Richards, Nathan Pretty and Cameron McConville which claimed the chequered flag after 523 laps.
The following year the yellow Monaro returned, but it had to settle for second place as the sister red Monaro of Peter Brock, Greg Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly won the race.
That yellow car will be one of two GRM Monaros that will return to the Mount Panorama circuit for the Holden Bathurst Revival, while the other Monaro will be a brand-new the team has been building during its coronavirus down time.
Team owner Barry Rogers says that the revival is the perfect way to farewell the car brand, and give the new Monaro a serious track hit out.
"When COVID-19 first hit, we were looking for some work to keep our guys busy, and there were containers out the back with quite a bit of stuff for the Monaro in there, including a body shell," Rogers said.
"With Holden leaving Australia, we felt this was a great way to say thanks and farewell, and it will most likely be the last Holden ever built in Australia. For our team, we feel that is quite special.
"The Bathurst International event is going to the perfect way for GRM to salute Holden and the recognise the massive role it has played in Australian motor sport and our team.
"The new car is built to the exact same specification as the original car ... we can't wait to get both of them to Bathurst."
The Bathurst International is scheduled for November 12-15.
