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DICK Johnson Racing has produced some of the most iconic liveries in the history of Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercars Championships and will revive one of them for this year’s Bathurst 1000.
Back in 2012 the Queensland-based team has rolled out the Tru Blue and Green’s-Tuf livery on their FG Falcons for the Great Race.
For the 2014 edition of the Bathurst endurance classic a very special milestone will be celebrated by the team which they will mark by sporting a familiar livery at Mount Panorama this October.
In 1994, Dick Johnson and great mate John Bowe steered the EB Shell - FAI Racing Falcon to a faultless win at the Mount.
The battle in the closing stages between Bowe and a young lad named Craig Lowndes has gone down in Bathurst history as one of the truly great battles.
“In my mind there’s no question this was my best win there and I know it’s the one I’ll remember as being something very special,” Johnson said after that race.
“I always felt we had the fastest car out there and the best overall package, but in the wet opening stages we couldn’t show the legs we knew we had.
“This year we really had it right,” Bowe added.
“What a race ... what a result! We could not have picked a better race to win. I have been with Dick for seven years now and this win stands out as something special, the best ever.”
So, it was an easy decision to celebrate the win with a retro livery for the 2014 Bathurst 1000 – the current Ford Falcon to carry the same paint job as they 1994 winning entry.
There will be a Johnson in the famous #17 Ford this October as well, with Steven to co-drive for David Wall.