Queensland’s premier “Kustom Kulture” festival had outgrown its previous home and moved into new digs at the Rocklea showground. The result was a massive house warming party that laid a great foundation for the future of the event. A year later, and the 2011 running of Greazefest showed that the biggest rockabilly, hotrod and custom car event had well and truly settled in and was ready to let its hair down.
When Gary ‘Buddah’ Brett’s LJ Torana crashed in a nasty top end accident at Willowbank in 2008, he was lucky to escape with his life. A tie rod end tore off in the traps, taking a wheel with it and sent the car into a roll that flipped the car over twelve times. Whilst the car was obviously a write off, Gary emerged with minor injuries, and rated the scariest part of the incident as when he had to face his wife Jody! It was a sad end for the car, as Gary had raced it for twelve years, won an ANDRA gold Christmas tree by winning the Australian Nationals at Willowbank in 2006, secured club and track championships at his Palmyra home track and almost cracked into the eights with a 9.03 at 140mph. When it was decided to return to the track with a new car, Buddah and his crew set out to build one that was going to make an impact!
