Hoons trash Bobs shop in Melbourne

[Karl_HQ]

Revheads trash Bob Jane T-marts store in Oakleigh

• By Anne Wright and Evonne Barry
• From: Herald Sun
• March 20, 2010 3:49AM

HUNDREDS of revheads trashed a Bob Jane T-marts store and brought the Princes Highway in Melbourne to a standstill.

The police air wing was called in to monitor the crowds after flares were set off and people flooded into the street.
The commotion started after the EasterNats race meet at Calder Park Raceway was cancelled earlier this week, and the crowds last night decided to vent their anger on the sponsor's store, on the corner of Princes Hwy and Warrigal Rd.

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As the angry fans trashed the store, breaking windows and stealing car parts from inside, witnesses and bystanders were forced to take shelter in their cars and nearby restaurants.
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About eight windows were smashed, tyres and batteries were stolen and a ute was turned over by the furious hoons, who ransacked the store.
Franchise owner Neville Smith, who has operated the Oakleigh store for 16 years, estimates the damage to the store is more than $15,000.
The Dandenong Rd side of the store was severely damaged, as the out-of-control attackers terrorised nearby motorists and bystanders.
Murrumbeena resident Cheryl, who was driving her 16-year-old son Jake home from a basketball game, took shelter in the nearby KFC and said she was too scared to leave for an hour.
"It was like something from Beirut,'' she said.
Cheryl said the crowds got progressively violent and aggressive.
"They were letting off flares and driving hotted-up cars on the street,'' she said.
"It was absolute mayhem.''
"Within 10 minutes there were hundreds of high-powered cars. It was like an organised protest and we were trapped in it.''
A police spokeswoman said the riotous behaviour had started some point after 11 and police were clearing the scene.
EasterNats promoter Jon Davison said Bob Jane had cancelled the event "as a result of our inability to finalise a satisfactory contract''.
"There were a lot of people very annoyed about the event not proceeding, but I don't know who is behind this,'' he said.
"I am in no way supportive of any illegal activity. I am staggered this has happened.''

[adp calais]

It's the new media buzz word. "Hoon" Anything to do with cars is now "hooning".

These idiots give real car enthusiasts a bad name, yet we are all tared with the same brush.

"hoon"

A word of advise for people in Melbourne this weekend, If your car has so much as a chrome exhaust tip, leave it in the garage. The cops will be everywhere, trying to catch "hoons" and the media will be all over it.

[evil_ss]

I just watched the footage....,
cowardly, disgusting and totally imature. Where the hell do these clowns come from?
I'm in Melbourne ATM for work, I'm glad I don't have a v8 here, otherwise the police would vd all over it.

[NOS440]

ohhh no. i can tell you who the guy was who was behind this if they dont know. he had a page on facebook under the name on "prinnynats". the page is now gone. i suppose he doesnt want to get charged for organising a riot etc. NATHAN LEWIS you, sir, are now responsible for what will happen to the car enthusiast community. it was because of your blatant stupidity that you have brought this down on us all.
it is because of your little facebook page and its small minded followers that brought this down on us all -

EVERY @#$! WITH A V8, TURBO, 6 BANGA OR A NUGGET LETS CREATE A FKN LARGE GROUP SHOW THIS GOVERNMENT WE ALL MEAN BUSINESS I DONT CARE WHAT IT TAKES WE NEED PRINCESS HIGHWAY CORNER OF WARRIGUL ROAD SHELL ****ING PACKED IM TALKING LIKE OLD DANDY-FRANKSTON DAYS SHOW THIS GOVERNMENT AND POLICE WE ARE SICK OF LOSING OPERTUNITYS ON HAVING AUTOMOTIVE EVENTS IN MELBOURNE :-)

quoted from the facebook before it was removed...

Today is a sad day for us all

[hq74]

a great way to piss off Bob jane and completely screw up what we have left! f**king dumb shits

[Crunchy_NuT]

ohhh no. i can tell you who the guy was who was behind this if they dont know. he had a page on facebook under the name on "prinnynats". the page is now gone. i suppose he doesnt want to get charged for organising a riot etc. NATHAN LEWIS you, sir, are now responsible for what will happen to the car enthusiast community. it was because of your blatant stupidity that you have brought this down on us all.
it is because of your little facebook page and its small minded followers that brought this down on us all -

quoted from the facebook before it was removed...

Today is a sad day for us all

gotta love facebook for this exact reason

[Finalphase111]

lovely..unreal this stuff, and we want the government to tip in $200million for a new race track???
after see that, you cant blame them for constantly brushing the idea under the carpet, i was hopeful for a new venue, but now after seeing that, I'm 120% positive there will never be a new track in Vic, and why would you want to?
Minority, hoons, thugs or whatever you want to call them or class there actions as, it reflects terribily on all of us

[saraco]

We here in SA are far more patient, we wait, like vultures for the day of reckoning. Election day, which reminds me TODAY IS THE DAY!
My sympathies to genuine car enthusiasts in Melbourne/Victoria,also the repurcussions of this farce will probably be felt nationwide, to all you idiots that were there....THANKS FOR NOTHING! YOU LOSERS!!

[kiwisteves68]

Like I said earlier Mr B Jane is known by many to be a bully. As for the rubbish I just saw on the net, "epic fail" This is not the way to highlight a point of possible injustice. Perhaps it is now we begin to police ourselves and identify those we know to be doing the wrong thing.

Dob em in! I say.

This is a copy of a letter issued by the promoter of the EasterNats...Jon Davison. I enclose it here for your information.

[I]After reading a number of inaccurate statements from Ian MacArthur – General Manager of Calder Park in regard to the EASTERNATS 2010, I outline the following.

An Agreement for hire of Calder Park Raceway to host the EASTERNATS was first provided to me on or about Friday the 26th February 2010. For your information I had on a number of occasions inclusive of December, January and early February, requested a copy of the Agreement.

The Agreement as provided was not in line with the terms outlined in the document headed EASTERNATS Summary which was provided to me by representatives of Calder Park in November 2009, particularly in relation to the period of license which was to be “(5 year x 5 year with renewable options)”. Since the 26th February I had been informed on the 9th March by email that the Agreement was “suspended” and then further on the 11th March that the Agreement was cancelled and by further letter dated the 12th March I was advised by Bob Jane of the following;

“So I’m now faced with two options, to maintain the position of the cancellation of the event at Calder Park or alternatively to continue the event under the management of Calder Park and protecting your perceived value of the EASTERNATS ongoing basis in the future”. Bob Jane’s letter 12th March then outlined the basis for a new Agreement, which entailed a new option arrangement at the option of the owner year by year.

As the Promoter I had at all times acted and negotiated in good faith, however under the circumstances I could not accept the terms as proposed and acknowledged that I had been unable to reach any satisfactory long term agreement, and in accordance with Bob Jane’s correspondence, I accepted the cancellation. It is important to note Bob Jane suspended and then cancelled the event.

On or about the 1st March I was provided with a copy of correspondence from Carey Patterson, Manager Building Services & Municipal Building Surveyor advising Calder Park Raceway that, “the owner of the property is required to have an Occupancy Permit issued prior to any event at which admission is charged for the purposes of public entertainment”.

I was advised by Bob Jane that he had this matter under control and that the issue was being resolved by his lawyers and Brimbank Council.


I received from Maddocks solicitors representing Brimbank City Council (BCC) dated 12th March 2010 that Calder Park the Venue had failed to obtain an Occupancy Permit for Calder Park to act as a place of public entertainment. Maddocks threatened legal action against Rapid Corporation as the Promoter of the EASTERNATS, unless an application for a Certificate of Occupancy was made to Council by 4:00 pm on the 18th March 2010. As of Monday 15th March 2010, Calder Park had not made the application to Council.

This issue combined with threatening legal correspondence regarding the Occupancy Permit and the changes to and subsequent uncertainties of the commercial agreement, were totally unacceptable. I had always proceeded on the assurance that the venue Calder Park had all the necessary planning permits and satisfied all regulatory requirements for the conduct of public entertainment.

Under the circumstances as of Monday 15th March I was unable and unwilling to proceed. My case rests.


Yours sincerely


Jon Davison
Promoter EASTERNATS

[shamizzle]

Wow! This is really horrible! Even though those d**kheads are just a pack of retarded people, if they get labelled by media as hoons and especially revheads. Then we can expect some pretty screwed up stuff happening to car enthusiasts around election time!

[RVK 355]

a great way to piss off Bob jane and completely screw up what we have left! f**king dumb shits

i dunno if bob would really care!, all the bob jane stores would be franchies would they??

[xd8you]

To all the coc#heads who trashed the store, great work idiots! the bloke who owns the store is a franchise owner and you have just cost him thousands. Well done on making all responsible car enthusiats look like rednecks and probably ruining any hope of the government building a track.

[FeRgO]

To all the coc#heads who trashed the store, great work idiots! the bloke who owns the store is a franchise owner and you have just cost him thousands. Well done on making all responsible car enthusiats look like rednecks and probably ruining any hope of the government building a track.

Quote from News.com.au
"A police spokeswoman said it's believed a smaller group from the larger crowd was responsible for damaging the tyre dealership."

too bloody right it was. i was watching from a distance and it was peaceful for over 3 hours until 15 people out of 1500 got bored.

like i said on another forum, Disappointed - Yes.... Suprised? - No

stay away from anywhere decent to drive your nice car for a few months... or keep a jar of vas in the glovebox

[Williamz]

To all the coc#heads who trashed the store, great work idiots! the bloke who owns the store is a franchise owner and you have just cost him thousands. Well done on making all responsible car enthusiats look like rednecks and probably ruining any hope of the government building a track.

x2 ****ing stooges

[Williamz]

If you recognize any one, I suggest you beat the ****ing shit out of them. Will it achieve anything - NO. Will it make you feel better - YES