!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE !!! Bob Jane Slandered on Wikipedia

[ScoopED]

G'day,

Now, I dont really know much about Bob Jane. I saw an ad on TV a few minutes ago for Bob Jane T marts, and thought that it would be worth looking him up on Wikipedia.org

What I found was disgusting!!!
He may or may not be all the things mentioned on the web page page. But either way, I do not think that it is an appropriate place to 'advertise' the fact!!!

Read and you will know what I am going on about.....

I mean, it is terrible, but a bloody crack up at the same time!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil_laug :evil_laug :evil_laug

An excerpt... "Goodness knows he will be in very good company and we all hope is slowly roasted over an extremely hot fire for 10,000 to 20,000 million years. However it will probably take that long just to cook his massive swollen head."

I'll let the article tell the rest of the story.....

Bob Jane
(wikipedia)

Mike

[pauly85]

that is one of the funniest things i have ever read on the net...i dont care if its true or not, that made my decade!!

"It's not exactly determined when his homosexual interests came to a head, however he like to try a wide range of homosexual interactions with numerous men of different ages."


HAHAHA

[Auslandau]

Someones obviously got it in for him and managed to 'slightly' alter what was there. I am sure Bob knows who it would be and have fun in the following cival action! Must say though, very clever way to get someone back!



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[Ford_V8]

lol just goes to show how easily wikipedia is edited :P They actually have people that patrol edited articles, searching for spam and defamation. They also have a list of "serial offenders" IIRC

[Peter T]

Sounds like somebody married his ex wife , and then got a set of "Rubbish tyres " from him as well, !!! pmsl

[WASP]

I know alot of SA locals have been unhappy with the lack of support Bob Jane has given Adelaide International Raceway, but that taking it to an extreme. Obviously a hacker job.

[ScoopED]

History of edits to the page

It gets quite vile.... Somebody is REALLY not happy with him.

You can read the edits if you select them.

Mike

[big_pete]

but it must be true......its on the internets!

[dave351cid]

hmmmmmmm...... sounds like a familly member that has been left out of the will,.....or missed out on a root from the big guy

[T_Terror]

most car people arent happy with him due to him sitting on alot of major racetracks andnot doing anything`with them letting them rot.

Anyone whos gone up the calder park return rd will know what im tlking about.

[XRchic]

Never believe everything you hear/read on internet. But then again, who knows? One defence to defamation is truth...

And as far as defamation is concerned, it would be libel, not slander.

[kyro_02]

someone edited it already? i could only find this...

Bob Jane won the first two of these races in 1963 and 1964, the first with Firth and the second with George Reynolds as co-driver. It's not exactly determined when his homosexual interests came to a head, however he like to try a wide range of homosexual interactions with numerous men of different ages.

[XRchic]

Originally Posted by kyro_02

someone edited it already? i could only find this...

Look in the history.

[MikeJ]

Originally Posted by kyro_02

someone edited it already? i could only find this...

Even that's been edited now.

[kyro_02]

Wiki will probably lock it as they usually do.. cause of improper edits..

[uranium_death]

Frankly, Bob Jane's homosexual interactions throughout his life are his own business.
That ex-wife, based on the Herald Sun's report a couple of weeks ago appears to be a nut.

Bob Jane has done a lot of good for himself and racing.

People should get a life and leave him alone.

[XR8 Uterous]

Originally Posted by dave351cid

hmmmmmmm...... sounds like a familly member that has been left out of the will,.....or missed out on a root from the big guy

I dont think i'd be that disapointed if i missed out on a root from one of my family members... not sure about you by the sounds of it :P :monkes:

[aussiblue]

Things have been getting interesting in the Jane household see http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...81-661,00.html and
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...2-2862,00.html and
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...84-661,00.html

As I recall he also had a falling out with his old racing mate (raced an E49 Charger at Bathurst) and WA Tyre retailer/franchiser Ian Diffen a few years ago just before Ian died (heart attack 2003). They apparently had an agreement that they wouldn't compete in the same states (Ian would remain in WA and Bob would have the east coast) and this fell apart when Bob Jane opened stores in WA.

I met Ian Diffen when I was at UWA doing an MBA in the early 80's and he was invited along to talk to us about business management how he developed his business. As I recall as Ian told it Bob Jane and Ian Diffen both got into the tyre game at the same time after working for Ford and they realised the potential of importing and selling imported Japanese Tyres (an idea that Ford had apparently rejected). It was a while ago and my memory is perfect so some of this detail may be wrong.

Regardless of who is at fault the Wikipedia thing is bad form.

[aussiblue]

See http://www.fordforums.com/showthread...ghlight=Diffen for more on the Ian Diffen history.

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by T_Terror

most car people arent happy with him due to him sitting on alot of major racetracks andnot doing anything`with them letting them rot.

Anyone whos gone up the calder park return rd will know what im tlking about.

Like myself.

Mr Jane let the best race venue in Vivtoria rot into something less than a place to race. No wonder people don't go there.

[Aaron_EF8]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

Bob Jane has done a lot of good for himself and racing.

Good for himself yes, good for racing no.

He's closed Adelaide International Raceway down to drag racers for 3 years now, and is still getting further court orders to stop them ever going back. So now if anyone from SA wants to race a 1/4 mile, Heathcote Park is only 700-ish km from Adelaide....

[KaptnKaos]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

Like myself.

Mr Jane let the best race venue in Vivtoria rot into something less than a place to race. No wonder people don't go there.

Calder Park fell into disrepair because Bob Jane had a "political" falling out with Shell in the old ATCC days.
Later, when V8SC was formed Shell remained a major player so Calder was never considered as a venue for championship rounds.
The subsequent loss of income was the reason the place fell into such a poor state.
The reason the place remains in a poor state is down to his son Rodney, who now has control of all of the Bob Jane companies.

Originally Posted by Aaron_EF8

Good for himself yes, good for racing no.

He's closed Adelaide International Raceway down to drag racers for 3 years now, and is still getting further court orders to stop them ever going back. So now if anyone from SA wants to race a 1/4 mile, Heathcote Park is only 700-ish km from Adelaide....

Adelaide International - in particular, the dragstrip - was closed due to the constant noise complaints from all the morons who were dumb enough to build their houses next to a racetrack.
Don't blame Bob Jane for it remaining closed. Blame the succession of State Governments who have agreed with them!

[Scott]

Search Rick Kelly.

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by KaptnKaos

Adelaide International - in particular, the dragstrip - was closed due to the constant noise complaints from all the morons who were dumb enough to build their houses next to a racetrack.
Don't blame Bob Jane for it remaining closed. Blame the succession of State Governments who have agreed with them!

This isn't correct there is a court case that has been going on for sometime about AIR.
Bob took a deposit for the AIR he was selling it to a big name wrecker over in S.A. when it was time to settle, the deal was a dispute over the land.
Bob was keeping some of the land which they say was never in the deal. The guy buying it says the deal was the all the land.
Now its in the courts so who knows when its finished.

[Lukeyson]

Originally Posted by big_pete

but it must be true......its on the internets!

They have internet on computers now ?

[TZAKHAMMER]

Originally Posted by KaptnKaos

The reason the place remains in a poor state is down to his son Rodney, who now has control of all of the Bob Jane companies.

Bingo!!

[Scott]

Originally Posted by KaptnKaos

Calder Park fell into disrepair because Bob Jane had a "political" falling out with Shell in the old ATCC days.
Later, when V8SC was formed Shell remained a major player so Calder was never considered as a venue for championship rounds.
The subsequent loss of income was the reason the place fell into such a poor state.
The reason the place remains in a poor state is down to his son Rodney, who now has control of all of the Bob Jane companies.

Agreed - except I don't think RJ has an evil plan to keep it rundown, simple economics keep it that way.

BJ's bad blood with CAMS is the most telling factor. It is this that has given BJ a big input to AMRS (who frequent Calder) and the great hope is that AMRS will get big enough to hold full field national events and potentially weaken CAMS. I'd say if the AMRS is supported, Calder will improve but it will take time.

The only way facilities will improve at any track is with bums on seats so get out and support racing at the lower levels!

[Rev28K]

And not a word about ill-gotten gains being used to fund his racing or having to rely on big horsepower cars to cover a lack of driving talent?

On Calder the fees for club track hire have gone way up in the past year or two. A pity seeing as it is close to Melb.
Re: Residents complaining about noise from adjacent racetracks (cheap land) – Winton copped it and now Sandown are copping it.

[KaptnKaos]

Originally Posted by Rev28K

And not a word about ill-gotten gains being used to fund his racing or having to rely on big horsepower cars to cover a lack of driving talent?

Assuming you are correct (for the sake of argument), Bob Jane was certainly not the only one of that era to be guilty of it.

Anyone remember a bloke by the name of Geoghan? Big Pete couldn't drive to save himself, but he could build killer cars!

And what about "Gelignite" Jack Murray? He had to rely on gimmicks to get by.

The Beechey boys were great drivers & engineers but used to supplement their income with some "driving" of a different kind.

[Rev28K]

Originally Posted by KaptnKaos

Big Pete couldn't drive to save himself, but he could build killer cars!

I expect a lot of interesting replies to this statement.