Holden fan’s special Bathurst moment

Van Gisbergen and Garth Tander gave Holden’s manufacturing unit Supercars programme a becoming farewell at Mount Panorama the day gone by, successful the Tall Bustle of their Crimson Bull Holden Racing Group Commodore.

Van Gisbergen marked the occasion with an impromptu publish-bustle tribute when he stopped on Conrod Straight and waved a fan retaining a Holden flag out onto the song.

The Kiwi then persisted the slack scramble inspire to parc ferme with the flag proudly flying out the window of his ZB Commodore.

The ‘flag man’ has now been revealed as lifelong Holden fan Dennis King, who used to be understanding to be one of many few spectators allowed at the occasion thanks to a first rate friend proudly owning phase of the trackside property.

King’s been attending the Tall Bustle since 1974, and told the V8 Sleuth internet pages that he relished the opportunity to play a key role in Holden’s Bathurst ship-off.

“The flag used to be my accomplice’s,” King defined. “We watched the cease on TV internal and it occurred to me they had been doing one other [slow down] lap, so I raced down the entrance fence expecting Shane to advance around, stepped out within the inspire of the obstacles and started madly waving the flag – an the next facet he steers the automobile at me.

“It used to be correct reverse a flag marshal publish so I believed I was in anguish. Nonetheless the next minute had had the door open and his hand out and he is waving at me to advance in direction of him.

“He acknowledged ‘can I in actuality salvage your flag?’ and I congratulated him and off he went. Being a Holden fan all my lifestyles, it used to be an gorgeous cease to your entire weekend.”