Norm Beechey

1965 and 1970 Australian Touring Car Champion

Norm Beechey was the Peter Brock of the 1960's and early 1970's. He was particularly popular in his home state of Victoria.

He was Australia's first touring car hero.  He had an eager crowd of fans follow him where ever  he went, causing the term "Beecheymania" to be coined.

"Stormin Norman", as he was to become known, raced cars that were mostly powered by big American V8s and mostly cars from the General Motors range. He did however race Hillman and Chrysler cars, as he was a Chrysler dealer for a time.

 He even raced a Ford factory provided Falcon GT HO for two glorious race meetings just prior to his retirement .

This made Norm probably the only driver in Australia (the world?) to have factory support at various times from the 'Big Three' manufacturers , GM, Chrysler and Ford.  

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