DICK Johnson's rear wing collapses which sends him spinning through The Chase - that is what comes to the mind of Will Davison when thinking about a sprint race at Mount Panorama.
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The moment came in 1995, but now, 26 years on, Davison is hoping for better luck when he gets his chance to contest a sprint race at Mount Panorama.
"There certainly wouldn't be a driver on the grid that has experienced a [Supercars] sprint race there," Davison said.
"All I remember is Dick Johnson losing a rear wing live on television, that's about all that I remember, losing it at The Chase talking to the commentators."
Just as the Ford EF Falcon Johnson drove when crashing out that afternoon carried #17, so too will Davison's Ford Mustang this season be #17.
It is because Davison is making his full-time return to the championship for Johnson's Shell V-Power Racing team.
Last season it came as a shock when Davison was left without a full-time seat following a sponsor withdrawal. But as he showed when co-driving for Cameron Waters at the Bathurst 1000 and placing second, he was still good enough to be in the main game.
It was something Johnson, who previously had Davison race for his team full-time in seasons 2006-08, was well aware of. His team offered the two-time Bathurst 1000 champion a chance to return to the series and he took it.
"It's a been a lot time since I've been here so there's some strange déjà vu, certainly a lot of water's gone under the bridge since I was last here," Davison said.
"This team has been through a lot since then, but the heart and soul is still well and truly here. It's always an amazing team to be a part of just because of the basic history combined with their recent success - it's a pretty special chemistry here at the moment."
The Shell V-Power Racing team won both the teams championship and drivers championship with Scott McLaughlin last year. That record, along with 38-year-old Davison keen to show he is still a contender, brings with it certain pressures.
I wasn't sure I was going to get myself back into a team environment like this, so I'm certainly going to lap it up and enjoy it.
- Will Davison
But Davison says feeling that pressure is a good thing.
"Clearly expectations are high here and at the end of the day you want every opportunity and the best opportunity to try and win and to get that opportunity again - it's everything you could ever ask for," he said.
"I certainly put a lot of pressure on myself to perform at my best and to have a chance again to genuinely challenge at the front is exciting, I wasn't sure I was going to get myself back into a team environment like this, so I'm certainly going to lap it up and enjoy it.
"It's good that I feel nervous and pressure because I'm still as hungry as I've ever been after all these years."
For the season-opening Bathurst 500 - the first sprint round held at Mount Panorama since 1996 - the goal for Davison is clear.
"It's an amazing track on which to drive the cars and from our point of view the goal is to try and drive fast, qualify well and try and stay there at the front," he said.
"I've learnt to take your first race with a new team with an open mind, anything can happen and we'll just be open minded and do our best and see what happens."
The Bathurst 500 runs February 26-28, with the Supercars on track for opening practice from 12.25pm Friday.
