RaceCam

When Channel 7 put a camera inside the Toyota Celica of Peter Williamson at the Bathurst 1000 in 1979, it was one of the first times that television viewers got a driver’s eye view of the action on the car racing circuit. RaceCam was born, and the pictures from a single giant camera mounted over his left shoulder, along with sound effects from within the cabin, were sensational.

Forty years later, cameras are much smaller, cheaper and easier to mount in any racer car. So for the amateur race driver like me, it is now far easier to get footage of my time on the track. I have a GoPro camera that I mount on the roll cage behind my left shoulder. I can download the footage and edit it to make some great videos when I get home.

Ride with me on a lap of some of my favourite race tracks:

1. Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
2. Sandown Raceway

Unfortunately, the videos don’t provide the viewer with the sensation of the cornering forces and the true thrill of driving a car on the limit. Believe me when I say I am driving the car as hard as possible, even though it might not appear that way in the video.