Mark Walker
Richard CraillVALE: Jeff Mattner, Australia’s ‘Bernie’
I WILL always remember Jeff Mattner first and foremost by the nickname I first heard bestowed on him when I started working in motorsport, at least professionally, in 2004. “Go and find Bernie and see what he wants to do,” “Bernie?” I replied to then Team BRM boss and old Mattner mate-slash-sparring partner Bronte Rundle. Turned out that ‘Bernie’ was the most appropriate nickname possibly for someone who had many of the same impressive abilities to do deals and exert influence as the former boss of Formula 1. Jeff Mattner passed away, aged 90, on Friday night and I
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Andersen, AA Racing link with Johnston Craill for expanded team
SOUTH AUSSIE racer Kim Andersen and his AA Racing team will join the Battery World Aussie Racing Car series at Symmons Plains Raceway this week. Andersen, fresh from a recent campaign at the Bathurst 6 hour where his AA Racing squad fielded two entries, has purchased a Ford Mustang-bodied Aussie Racing Car and will link with Johnston Craill Racing for his maiden season. To be branded 'AA Racing with JCRE', Andersen's car sports the same JCRE livery as his news teammates though in a vivid blue and black colours befitting his major branding and key supporters. Andersen's own
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