Australian Muscle Car

Paul Newby

Writing Muscle Man profiles on Max Stewart and Hans Tiepermann brought me in contact with a driver whose light shone brightly briefly but is now merely a footnote in the history of our sport. Paul Bernasconi lives not far from me in north western Sydney and over a couple of coffees and a car club presentation that we did recently I learnt about his short but promising racing career.

With his flowing blonde locks, he

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