54-491: Bob Jane T-Marts is a chain of tire stores founded by former race car driver Bob Jane in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia in 1965. The company has grown to encompass over 100 franchises across Australia. The company remains an independent, family-owned business to this day with Bob's son, Rodney Jane, the current CEO. However, in 2011 the then 82-year-old Bob Jane resigned as chairman of Bob Jane T-Marts citing difficulties in
108-542: A bad start and a collision another car, with de Cesaris putting in the drive of the race to finish 3rd after starting early from the pit lane and being almost half a lap down when he took the green flag. Jane is credited with bringing stock car racing to Australia. Long resistant to oval racing (seeing it as dull and monotonous when compared to circuit racing, although speedway ( Dirt track racing ), held on smaller ¼ or ⅓ mile oval tracks, has been popular in Australia since
162-591: A big-block sibling to the small block 302, the Boss 429 , also produced in only 1969 and 1970. It revived the Boss 302 name for another two year production run in 2012 and 2013. The Camaro/Mustang rivalry had begun in 1967 with the introduction of the Chevrolet Camaro by General Motors . The Camaro was the largest threat to the lead Ford had in the " pony car " field, a market segment largely created by Ford with
216-444: A canted valve design allowing for larger valves being developed for the planned 351 Cleveland (which debuted the following year). Though the two engines shared a common cylinder head bolt pattern, coolant passages were slightly modified in the heads on the Boss 302. The engine was only available in a complete Boss 302 package, which included a four speed manual transmission and handling and aerodynamic aids necessary to compete on
270-485: A front spoiler , and a rear deck wing, making the Boss 302 one of the first production cars to feature both. Black horizontal rear window shade and a blackout hood were both options. The name "Boss", popular 1960s slang for "excellent" or "very cool", got attached to the car when Shinoda was asked what he was working on, answering "the boss's car", referring to new Ford president Semon "Bunkie" Knudson , who had brought Shinoda over from GM's Chevrolet Division. Changes for
324-409: A kitchen knife. In a Victorian County Court, on 22 January 2009, a jury found Laree Jane not guilty of five charges, including assault, related to the domestic dispute. Jane met Laree when he performed Grand Marshal duties for the 1986 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst. Jane declared bankruptcy on 8 July 2016. On 28 September 2018, Jane died from prostate cancer, 21 years after his diagnosis. He
378-416: A race track. In addition to a lower ride height, standard equipment included front disc brakes , larger sway bars, heavier duty spindles, reinforced shock towers. This "G Code" engine was rated at 290 hp (216 kW). The Boss 302 Mustang was styled by Larry Shinoda , a former GM employee, who deleted the fake air scoops in the rear quarter panel fenders of the regular production 1969 Mustangs, added
432-481: A retreaded tyre blowing out. Having lost control of Bob Jane T-Marts, Jane attempted to create a new tyre business using his name. It was blocked by son Rodney in court which also ruled Jane pay legal costs. In May 2015, his Diggers Rest farm was seized by the state sheriff in order to settle the outstanding costs. From 1980 to 1984, the Australian Grand Prix was held at his Calder Park Raceway in
486-409: A total of 7,013 were sold. The 1970 model could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 6.9 seconds, and cover the quarter mile (~400 m) in 14.6 seconds at a top speed of 98 mph (158 km/h). Ford also had an option for Boss 302's and 429's for deluxe interior rather than standard interior The SCCA Trans-Am series was popular in the late 1960s, especially after the birth of
540-641: Is located at 471 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne . From 2002 to 2004, Bob Jane T-Marts held the naming rights sponsorship for the Bathurst 1000 , the race Jane dominated early in his career. The company also held the naming rights to what was then known as the Bob Jane Stadium, now known as Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park, Victoria home of South Melbourne FC . Bob Jane Robert Frederick Jane (18 December 1929 – 28 September 2018)
594-401: Is recognizable by the "hockey stick" side stripe, rear louvers and chin spoiler (although those features can also signify a Boss 429 Mustang ). The 1970 is available, but there are also some 4-headlight 1969 models as well. Many "Boss 302" replicas been created out of regular fastback Mustangs, with varying degrees of accuracy, including efforts to dishonestly clones vehicles to capitalize on
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#1732797644406648-468: The 429 cu in 385 series engine in the Boss 429 Mustang as a similar big block-powered alternative. The 428 Cobra Jet was also offered as a high-performance stand-alone option on regular Mustangs. The specific impetus for the 1969–70 Boss 302 engine in 1968 was meeting the SCCA 's homologation requirements for qualifying to race in the 1969 305 C.I.D. (5.0L) and under Trans-Am road racing series, with
702-547: The Adelaide International Raceway which features the only other paved NASCAR type oval in Australia with its half mile Speedway Super Bowl, which, unlike the Thunderdome, is a permanent part of the road circuit. In 1992, Jane and Sydney based speedway promoter and Channel 7 television commentator Mike Raymond also announced plans to turn the old half mile harness racing track that surrounded
756-577: The Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island , Victoria , driving a Mercedes-Benz 220SE . Jane and Firth, driving a Ford Falcon XL , won the race again the following year, the last before the event moved to Mount Panorama at Bathurst , New South Wales , retaining the Armstrong 500 name. Jane, driving for the Ford works team , won a further two Armstrong 500s at the new venue, the first with Firth in 1963 and
810-660: The Parramatta Speedway in Sydney into a paved oval for NASCAR and the Australian AUSCAR category, giving Australia a third paved oval speedway. However, the project never got past the planning stage. On 23 February 2007, Jane was granted a 12-month intervention order against his estranged wife, Laree Jane (born 1967). At the time, she was 39 years old and they had been married for 20 years. He accused her of threatening to shoot him and threatening him with
864-571: The Winston Cup's Pontiac Excitement 400 at the Richmond International Raceway the previous weekend, and Allison, who had won the 1988 Daytona 500 just one week prior to that, dominated the race, swapping the lead several times on a hot summer afternoon in which cabin temperatures were reported to reach over 57 °C (135 °F). Bonnett won the 280 lap race from Allison with Dave Marcis finishing 3rd. The race
918-418: The naming rights sponsorship for the Bathurst 1000 , the race Jane dominated early in his career. The company also held the naming rights to the former Bob Jane Stadium , home of South Melbourne FC . Bob Jane T-Marts is the only major tyre retailer in Australia who do not sell retread tyres. Jane's personal reason for this is that his second eldest daughter Georgina had died in a car accident in 1991 due to
972-435: The standard GT. It came with a 6-speed MT-82 manual transmission and a solid rear axle with a 3.73:1 carbon fiber plate limited-slip differential ; a Torsen differential was available as an option. The quad exhaust system was made up of two standard Mustang GT outlets and two side pipes that exited on either side of the rear crossover. The side pipes sent the exhaust through removable metal "attenuation" discs to reinforce
1026-468: The " pony car ". A type of " stock-car " racing usually held on road courses , the series limited maximum engine displacement to 5 L (305.1 cu in). In an effort to be competitive, various Detroit car manufacturers produced some a number of variants of their usual "pony car" lineups in both road and track trim (for homologation purposes), equipped with high-performing variants of their small block 300-inch class V8 engines. The Boss 302 program
1080-461: The 1920s), Australian motorsport fans finally had their own NASCAR -style high banked superspeedway when Jane spent A$ 54 million building the Thunderdome on the grounds of Calder Park Raceway. The 1.801 km (1.119 mi) Thunderdome, with 24° banking in the turns, was built as a quad-oval with Jane modelling the track on the famous Charlotte Motor Speedway . Opened on 3 August 1987,
1134-401: The 1970 model year included side " hockey stick " stripes, and a front end which replaced the outer pair of headlights with vents and moved the headlights inside the grille opening. The dual exhaust system and suspension were designed, and a Hurst shifter became standard. The intake valves were slightly smaller, and cast aluminum valve covers replaced the chrome. With a suggested price of $ 3,720,
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#17327976444061188-533: The 7 liter big block Boss 429 developed likewise for the higher limit of the NASCAR circuit at that time. Available only in the Boss 302 Mustangs of 1969–70, the engine differed substantially from stock Ford 302s, being based on a unique thin-wall, high nickel content small block casting. Other performance upgrades included solid lifters, much stronger 4-bolt rather than 2-bolt main crankshaft bearings, threaded rather than simple compression freeze plugs, and heads using
1242-562: The ATCC, he finished on the podium 21 times. Jane also won the 1963 Australian GT Championship at the wheel of a Jaguar E-type , and the Marlboro Sports Sedan Series, in both 1974 and 1975, at his own Calder Park Raceway driving a Holden Monaro GTS 350 (at times he also drove his Repco V8 powered Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 which was mostly driven by John Harvey ). Jane retired from competitive motor racing at
1296-733: The Australian. The 1983 race was the last time the Grand Prix was included as a round of the Australian Drivers' Championship. During 1984 it was announced that from 1985, the Australian Grand Prix would be held on the Streets of Adelaide and would be the 16th and final round of the 1985 Formula One season , giving the Grand Prix "World Championship" status for the first time in its history. Despite this, Jane
1350-402: The Boss 302 nameplate for 2012. The standard 2011 Ford Mustang GT's 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine was enhanced with a forged crankshaft , CNC ported heads , revised camshafts , and a high flow "runners in the box" intake taken from the 302R racecar. It produced 450 PS (444 hp; 331 kW) at 7400 rpm and 380 lb⋅ft (515 N⋅m) at 4500 rpm, 32 more hp and 10 less lb-ft than
1404-553: The Mustang in the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) from 1969 to 1972. Although he failed to place in the top 10 in 1969, he finished 6th in 1970, 2nd in 1971 and 3rd in 1972. As of December 2012, this car has been fully restored to original, and is owned by Queensland based collector David Bowden who regularly shows the car at historic events throughout Australia. Since its restoration,
1458-610: The Thunderdome played host to the first ever NASCAR event held outside North America on 28 February 1988 with the Goodyear NASCAR 500 . Several prominent drivers from the United States came to Australia for this race including Alabama Gang members Bobby Allison and Neil Bonnett , along with Kyle Petty , Michael Waltrip , Dave Marcis , and others from the Winston West Series . Bonnett, who had won
1512-424: The best Formula One drivers of the era. Each race from 1981 to 1984 was won by those driving the popular Ralt RT4 - Ford . The 1981 Australian Grand Prix was won by future F1 driver Roberto Moreno from Brazil . Finishing second, also in an RT4 was 1981 World Champion Nelson Piquet (Brazil) with Australian Geoff Brabham finishing 3rd in his RT4. Alan Jones and Ligier's Jacques Laffite also participated in
1566-508: The circuit in 1971, and again Follmer in 1972, leading to back-to-back AMC victories. The Boss Mustang platform experienced racing success in Australia, with Canadian-born driver Allan Moffat , driving his Coca-Cola -sponsored Mustang to a recorded 101 wins from 151 starts. Moffat's car was a gift from Ford 's American in-house race car fabrication and engineering facility, Kar Kraft, and finished off by Bud Moore Engineering . Moffat raced
1620-456: The early 1950s as a champion bicycle rider, holding many state records before turning to four wheels. In the later 1950s, he started Bob Jane Autoland, a company that distributed parts for Jaguar and Alfa Romeo . Through this venture, a love of cars and motor sport blossomed and he first entered competitive racing in Australia in 1956; by 1960, he was racing with some of Australia's top sedan drivers. In 1961, Jane and co-driver Harry Firth won
1674-565: The end of 1981 due to sciatica . At the time of his retirement he had been driving a 6.0 litre Chevrolet Monza in the Australian Sports Sedan Championship . After giving up driving, Jane asked touring car star Peter Brock to drive the Monza in the re-formed Australian GT Championship . Brock raced the car in 1982 and 1983 before Jane sold the car in early 1984 to Re-Car owner Allan Browne. In 1965, Jane opened
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1728-480: The exhaust sound. The Boss 302 suspension supplemented the Mustang GT's with higher-rate coil springs, stiffer bushings, and a larger diameter rear stabilizer bar, and was dropped by a bit less than 1/2" in the front to evoke the stance of the original. An intermediate sport mode was added to the standard Mustang traction control system and electronic stability control programs to allow for more flexibility on
1782-423: The factory effort was headed up by Bud Moore , who fielded two cars in the 1970 season running on Goodyears and edged out Team Penske's Javelins, with lead Penske driver Mark Donohue losing out to Bud Moore driver Parnelli Jones . Ford dropped the Boss 302 after 1970. In 1971 AMC came out with a redesigned Javelin and returned to the track with Donohue and ex-Mustang driver George Follmer . Donohue dominated
1836-721: The first Bob Jane T-Marts store in Melbourne. The company remains an independent, family-owned business to this day; Bob's son, Rodney Jane, is the current CEO. In 2011, 81-year-old Jane resigned as chairman of T-Marts citing difficulties in the relationship with his son Rodney. From 1984 To 1997 Bob Jane formed a cross shareholding partnership with Ian Diffen. Bob Jane operated in Queensland and Ian Richard Diffen operated Ian Diffen's World of Tyres and Mufflers in Western Australia. From 2002 to 2004, Bob Jane T-Marts held
1890-452: The introduction of the Mustang in mid-year 1964. The performance of the Mustang with Ford's stock 289 cu in small block and 390 cu in big block V8s was not up to the Camaro's with equivalent Chevy engines. In an effort to improve the Mustang's image, Ford developed the Boss 302 engine and offered it in a complete performance package in 1968 mid-year and 1969 models as the Boss 302 Mustang, and
1944-427: The only person Bowden has allowed to drive the car (other than his son Dan) is its former owner Allan Moffat. Moffat has said that the car is his favourite car of his 30 years in racing, and that the gift of the car from Ford in 1969 was a pivotal moment in his career. The Boss 302 is reproduced as a model and toy, with diecast models including Hot Wheels , Matchbox , and Ertl's "American Muscle", and many others. It
1998-483: The outer suburbs of Melbourne, Jane taking over the promoting and staging of the Grand Prix in the hope of Calder Park being granted a round of the Formula One World Championship (an ambitious plan at best as Calder was a 1.6 km long circuit which the faster cars lapped in less than 40 seconds). The 1980 Grand Prix was open to Formula 5000 , Formula Pacific and Formula One cars and
2052-583: The race, though both failed to finish. The 1981 race was the first time since 1968 that the AGP had two or more, current or past World Champions, on the starting grid. On that occasion, Jim Clark (1st), Graham Hill (3rd), Denny Hulme (9th), and Australia's own triple World Champion Jack Brabham (DNF) participated as the race was part of the popular off-season Tasman Series . For the 1982 Australian Grand Prix , Jane again attracted F1 drivers in Piquet, Laffite,
2106-425: The relationship with his son. Bob Jane would later attempt to establish another tyre business using his name, but was blocked by his son in court. Bob Jane T-Marts is the only major tyre retailer in Australia which does not sell retread tyres. Bob Jane's personal reason for this is that his second eldest daughter, Georgina, had died in a car crash in 1991 due to a retreaded tyre blowing out. The company's head office
2160-477: The relative rarity and expense of existing examples of the original automobiles, especially race-prepped models. In 2007 a pair of restored 1969 Boss Mustangs sold for $ 530,000. Also in 2007 Saleen and American racing legend Parnelli Jones created a limited-edition S302PJ version of the Mustang designed to pay homage to the legendary 1970 Boss 302 that Jones had raced in the Trans Am series. Ford revived
2214-507: The second in 1964 with George Reynolds as co-driver. Despite the change of venue, Jane is officially credited with winning Australia's most famous endurance race four times in a row, something no other driver, not even nine-time race winner Peter Brock , has ever done. Jane won the Australian Touring Car Championship (now known as the V8 Supercars Championship ) in 1962 , 1963 , 1971 and 1972 . His 1971 ATCC win
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2268-664: The standard Boss 302 named after the famed northern California race track. Designed to bridge the gap between the base Boss 302 and the track-only Boss 302R and 302S,. it came with Recaro sport seats, a Torsen limited-slip rear differential, revised suspension tuning, and a larger rear stabilizer. Ford Racing ducts were fitted to the front brakes. Rear seats were replaced by an X-brace to increase lateral structural rigidity approximately 10%. Light-weight alloy wheels are 19x9-inch in front and 19x10 inch rear, fitted with R-compound ultra high-performance 255/40-19 / 285/35-19 tires. The 2012 Laguna Seca Boss 302 came in black or Ingot Silver, with
2322-727: The then retired Jones, plus future Formula One World Champion Alain Prost . Frenchman Prost won the 100 lap race from Laffite and 1981 winner Roberto Moreno. When Prost later won his second AGP in Adelaide in 1986 to win his second of four Formula One World Championships, he became the only driver to ever win the Australian Grand Prix in both World Championship and non-championship formats. The 1983 race , while only attracting one current F1 driver in Jacques Laffite, as well as Alan Jones, who had made an abortive F1 comeback earlier in
2376-412: The track. The aero package (i.e. spoilers , splitters , etc.) was almost entirely copied from the Boss 302R race car. The 19-inch black-alloy racing wheels were 9-inches wide in the and 9.5-inches in rear, and came with 255/40-19 / 285/35-19 Pirelli P-Zero tires. Ford produced just over 3250 Boss 302 base models in both 2012 and 2013. The Boss 302 Laguna Seca edition is an upgraded version of
2430-608: The year, did attract 24 entries (mostly the Ford powered RT4), including former winner Moreno, Geoff Brabham and future F1 driver Allen Berg . Moreno won his second AGP from local drivers John Smith and Laffite. Geoff Brabham finished 4th with Jones in 5th and Charlie O'Brien . Reigning Australian Drivers' Champion Alfredo Costanzo led the race early in his Tiga FA81 before suffering a differential failure on lap 25. Moreno would later claim that had 'Alfie' not retired then he would likely have won as he didn't believe he would have caught
2484-597: Was 88. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Ford Boss 302 Mustang The Mustang Boss 302 is a high-performance 302 cu in (4.9 L) H.O. V8 -powered variant of the Ford Mustang originally produced by Ford in 1969 and 1970. Developed to meet homologation requirements to compete in Trans Am racing , it
2538-501: Was Ford's response to the success of the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 in the 5 L (305.1 cu in) and under SCCA series since 1967. While substantial modifications were required to the stock Boss 302 to be competitive on the track, many thousands were sold to the public in a street-legal form that included a refined high-performance motor and upgrades to the suspension and brakes over base Mustangs. Ford offered
2592-595: Was an Australian race car driver and prominent entrepreneur and business tycoon. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion , Jane was well known for his chain of tyre retailers, Bob Jane T-Marts . Jane was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2000. Bob Jane grew up in Brunswick , an inner-city suburb of Melbourne . His passion for racing began in
2646-415: Was in a Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 with a 427 cubic inch engine. Jane was forced by a rule change to replace the 427 engine with a 350 cubic inch engine for the 1972 championship but the Camaro still managed to beat the opposition, which included Allan Moffat 's Ford Boss 302 Mustang , Ian Geoghegan 's Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III , and Norm Beechey 's Holden HT Monaro GTS350 . Of the 38 races he started in
2700-549: Was marred by an early multi-car crash in turns 3 and 4 involving 8 cars including the Ford Thunderbird of local touring car champion Dick Johnson , and the Oldsmobile of Allan Grice who, after running out of brakes, couldn't slow down coming off the back straight and ran into the wreck at speed. Grice, whose car was a write-off , suffered a broken collarbone and was taken to hospital for x-rays. Jane also owned
2754-669: Was part of an effort by Ford to win the coveted SCCA Trans-Am Championship in 1969-1970. Penske Camaros had triumphed in 1968 and 1969, but team Penske switched to American Motors ' Javelin the following year, so in 1970 the Boss 302's direct competition were the AAR Cudas , the Pontiac Firebird , the Team Chaparral Camaros , and the Penske AMC Javelins. The Ford entry for 1969 and 1970
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#17327976444062808-533: Was still able to successfully attract current Formula One drivers to participate in the 1984 Australian Grand Prix . Headlining the 'imports' was three time (including 1984 ) World Champion Niki Lauda , and 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg . Joining them were 1984 Ligier drivers Andrea de Cesaris and François Hesnault and 1981 and 1983 AGP winner Roberto Moreno to face off against local stars Costanzo and 1984 Gold Star champion John Bowe . Moreno would win his 3rd AGP in 4 years from Rosberg, who fought back from
2862-401: Was the Boss 302 Mustang, which was dogged by non-mechanical problems in '69 but won in '70. In 1969, tire trouble and slow pit stops were major factors limiting the Ford team's success. With Roger Penske as Chevrolet's racing team manager, pit stops were choreographed to maximize efficiency, far outperforming the Mustang team's efforts. Ford's Firestone brand tires also proved inadequate. In 1970
2916-536: Was won by Australia's 1980 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones driving his World Championship winning Williams FW07B - Ford . Second home was fellow F1 driver Bruno Giacomelli driving his Alfa Romeo 179 , with Ligier F1 driver Didier Pironi finishing 3rd, driving an Elfin MR8 Formula 5000 for leading Australian team Ansett Team Elfin . From 1981 until 1984 the races were run under Formula Mondial regulations and Jane succeeded in attracting many of
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