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    Jan 29, 2020 3 minutes
    STORY ANDREW BROADLEY
    PHOTOS
    BEN HOSKING

    BUILDING a race car at home in the shed, taking it to the track and driving it into the eights is an act of considerable bad-arsery for a person of any age. But Tony Rohr, a retired farmer from Mudgee with no formal automotive-related training, has managed to do just that at 77 years young. Sure, you might be cool, but odds are you ain’t that cool!

    Paint, ’cage and transmission aside, Tony tackled the whole process from go to whoa on

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