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Old 29-09-2018, 12:27 PM   #1
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Default Bob Jane loses his fight with prostate cancer aged 88.

A number of news outlets have confirmed.

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp....a9e69794335e7b

No matter how you look at him, he was a prominent figure in racing that shaped our motorsports culture & promotion.
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Old 29-09-2018, 12:45 PM   #2
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I can only imagine the **** fight that is going to go on re his assets.

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Default Re: Bob Jane loses his fight with prostate cancer aged 88.

Loved the way he used to stick two fingers up to Cams.
Some things he did were right, and some were wrong.
He had his ideas and was tough enough to give them a go.
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Another great Aussie icon gone, contributed so much to our motorsport.....RIP
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Old 29-09-2018, 12:58 PM   #5
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I can only imagine the **** fight that is going to go on re his assets.

RIP

He was cleaned out years ago by his family..... enough said.


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Enjoyed watching him race against Norm Beechey and others of that era.

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What a dead set legend of Australian motorsport and the Automotive industry as a whole.

RIP Bob Jane had some legendary race cars.
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Old 29-09-2018, 01:58 PM   #8
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Condolences to his friends and family ,except the ones that reemed the poor bloke,clearly they were assholes
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Default Re: Bob Jane loses his fight with prostate cancer aged 88.

Looking at the derelict state of Calder Park shows that his maverick attitude didn't always serve him well.
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Default Re: Bob Jane loses his fight with prostate cancer aged 88.

Now the old boys gone $50 on Calder Park turning into a new suburb of Melbourne and the main thoroughfare will be called 'Bob Jane Drive' in some sick warped ode to 'respect'.

That land has to be worth 9 figures as a suburb.
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Old 30-09-2018, 03:10 PM   #12
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calder and AIR is full of old tyres and asbestos...
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calder and AIR is full of old tyres and asbestos...
I'm aware of that, but whats $50M or so cleaning it up when the neighboring suburbs all around Calder Park are selling 450m2 properties for $400K+ in Australia's fastest growing city?

Median house price in Melbourne is $880K bud and theres a LOT of land thats only 22km out of Melbourne CBD, thats right next to a major freeway, with the Bendigo rail line running right by, theres some asbestos and tyres kicking about and that won't be a significant issue for someone to clean up.

Who remembers a decade ago when they built a new housing estate next to a tip in Cranbourne that ended up causing issues with dangerous levels of methane in their houses? Local council tried to block it and VCAT overturned their decision.

Whats some tyres and abestos in those banks of the Thunderdome?

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You do realise you cant dump all this crap as spectator mounds @ your next race track build??
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You do realise you cant dump all this crap as spectator mounds @ your next race track build??
What next race track build? You can't even race cars at Sandown properly anymore because they built houses around it.

They built a few suburbs around Calder Park.

They won't build another race track, motorsport is dead in Australia.
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calder and AIR is full of old tyres and asbestos...
And planes lots of planes.

Only after they move in do they hear the noise and start writing.
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What next race track build? You can't even race cars at Sandown properly anymore because they built houses around it.

They built a few suburbs around Calder Park.

They won't build another race track, motorsport is dead in Australia.
Makes me glad to live close by Winton raceway. V8 big bangers and Super trucks yesterday, tractor pulls next month.
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Another great Aussie icon gone, contributed so much to our motorsport.....RIP

Too true...
Just a pity that (like a lot of Blokes) thinking with the "wrong" Head cost Him so Much over the years..
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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/bl...8c712e03cf4c3d

Champion racing driver, team owner, track builder and one-time business titan Bob Jane has died at 88.

At his 1970s peak, Jane was a remarkably combative and aggressive individual, even by the hyper-masculine standards of the day. Something of his attitude was evident in Jane’s forward-leaning boxer’s stance behind the wheel.

Along with thousands of other kids at racetracks around Australia, I sought Jane’s autograph. His tough-guy image wasn’t so evident in those moments. He was always up for a friendly – and occasionally argumentative – chat, even with us dumb nine-year-olds.

On the track and in business, however, Jane was one serious player. Through a combination of enormously hard work, financial and physical daring and sheer toughness, Jane eventually built a multi-million dollar tyre empire.

John Harvey, who drove for Jane during the late 1960s and early 1970s, tells a beautifully illustrative tale of his former boss. Seriously injured in a crash at Bathurst, Harvey spent some weeks in hospital before Jane undertook to drive him home.

At one point Jane stopped at a café to order some food for his still-frail team member. Harvey watched in astonishing at Jane gave precise and rapid-fire details of a health-boosting multi-ingredient milkshake to a flustered counter attendant. When the poor girl gave up in confusion, Jane jumped the counter and made the drink himself.

Bob Jane throughout his career made probably as many enemies as he did friends, including – sadly – among his own family. In recent years he declared bankruptcy with only a few dollars to his name.

Yet Jane’s achievements remain undiminished. Farewell, Bob.
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What next race track build? You can't even race cars at Sandown properly anymore because they built houses around it.

They built a few suburbs around Calder Park.

They won't build another race track, motorsport is dead in Australia.
Guys at TailemBend might dispute that?
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may he rest in peace and we should be thankful for his contribution to motorsport. the family stuff and some of the other comments are not necessary imho. condolences to his family
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may he rest in peace and we should be thankful for his contribution to motorsport. the family stuff and some of the other comments are not necessary imho. condolences to his family
When a well known figure passes away it is normal for people to reflect upon their life, and note both their achievements and their failures.
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yep I hear you but sometimes people lose sight that someone has died and he was loved, irrespective of his fortune and public airing of dirty laundry so to speak
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