Motor racing dynasties person been made celebrated implicit the years connected location ungraded and abroad. Here, Wide World of Sports takes a look astatine immoderate of the astir iconic names successful Australian racing, wherever the pome ne'er falls acold from the tree.
By Simon Chapman|1:32am Feb 26, 2023
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Australian motorsport's legendary sons of speed
Australian motorsport has a plethora of 2nd and third-generation racers, galore who person succeeded connected the satellite stage. From the Brabhams to the Johnsons and successful between, occurrence has ever been the sanction of the game.
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Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson is arsenic Queensland arsenic they come.
Although his sanction is synonymous with Ford, helium began his vocation racing with Holden.
In the precocious 1970s, helium made the power crossed to the Blue Oval and stuck with it.
It was successful 1980 that helium truly roseate to fame erstwhile helium deed a stone astatine Mount Panorama portion starring the Bathurst 1000.
What followed were teary scenes and a flood of donations to get Johnson backmost connected track.
He returned a twelvemonth aboriginal successful his 'Tru-Blu' Ford XD Falcon and took the archetypal of 3 Great Race wins.
ATCC titles: Five (1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989)
Bathurst 1000 wins: Three (1981, 1989, 1994)
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Steven Johnson
Son of Dick, Steven Johnson is among the fistful of father-son combinations successful the Bathurst 1000.
The brace raced unneurotic successful 1998 and 1999, the second seeing them decorativeness conscionable shy of the podium successful fourth.
'Junior' was a staple of Supercars, racing full-time for his father's Dick Johnson Racing squad from the precocious 1990s to the mid-2000s.
In 2007, helium finished connected the podium astatine the Bathurst 1000 with Will Davison.
Johnson has since featured prominently successful Touring Car Masters, winning the rubric 3 times.
Best Bathurst 1000 finish: Third (2007)
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Jett Johnson
Jett Johnson is the newest sanction successful the Johnson dynasty.
A comparative newcomer to tin-top racing, the teen has been plying his commercialized successful the National Trans Am Series arsenic portion of the SpeedSeries program.
This year, he'll instrumentality for different tilt successful his Ford Mustang which pays tribute to his grandfather's iconic 'Tru-Blu' Ford XD Falcon.
He'll besides contention successful the third-tier Supercars improvement class, the Super3 Series.
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Allan Moffat OBE
Allan Moffat (pictured left) is Australia's favourite Canadian.
Born successful Saskatoon, Moffat moved to Australia erstwhile helium was 17 years aged and began an illustrious racing career.
He was a fable of the athletics successful the 1970s and '80s, beating the likes of touring car legends Peter Brock, 'Pete' Geoghegan, Colin Bond, and more.
Between 1965 and 1989, helium won 32 of his 100 starts successful the Australian Touring Car Championship.
Moffat won the Australian Touring Car Championship 4 times and is simply a four-time Bathurst 1000 winner, famously starring a signifier decorativeness for Ford successful 1977.
ATCC titles: Four (1973, 1976, 1977, 1983)
Bathurst 1000 wins: Four (1970, 1971, 1973, 1977)
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James Moffat
Son of Allan, James Moffat (pictured right) looked to proceed his father's bequest successful the aboriginal 2000s.
He shone successful the second-tier Supercars series, placing 2nd successful 2009 to Jonathon Webb.
A twelvemonth aboriginal helium made his Bathurst 1000 debut and is present a three-time podium finisher.
In 2023, helium volition contention full-time successful the National Trans Am Series.
Best Bathurst 1000 finish: Second (2014, 2021)
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Allan Grice
'Gricey' was 1 of Australian motorsport's astir recognisable faces of the 1980s and '90s, not lone for his occurrence but for his iconic Akubra.
The Australian cowboy doubly won the famed Bathurst 1000 with Holden.
He took retired the 1986 variation arsenic a privateer successful the iconic Chickadee Commodore and past successful 1990 the Holden Racing Team colours.
A vocation successful authorities followed, becoming a subordinate of the Queensland Parliament arsenic a subordinate for Broadwater.
Bathurst 1000 wins: Two (1986, 1990)
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Allan Grice and Ben Grice
Second-generation racer Ben Grice is keeping the V8 taxable successful the family, albeit with different brand.
He races successful the National Trans Am Series, driving a Ford Mustang.
It's expected Grice volition beryllium a front-runner successful the 2023 title.
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Jason Bargwanna
A stalwart of Supercars passim the 1990s and 2000s, Jason Bargwanna was a household sanction of the time.
In 2000, helium won the Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander for Garry Rogers Motorsport.
His Supercars vocation spanned much than a decade, which saw him assertion 7 contention wins.
After stepping distant from Supercars, helium raced V8s regularly successful New Zealand.
He returned to Australia successful 2021, contesting a play of the TCR Australia Series wherever helium won a contention conscionable shy of his 50th birthday.
Bathurst 1000 wins: One (2000)
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Ben Bargwanna
Having a celebrated begetter wasn't each it was cracked up to beryllium for Ben Bargwanna.
Growing up, helium had small involvement successful the sport, but successful the twilight of his dad's career, Bargwanna began getting invested.
He soon began racing karts, past entry-level tin tops, and present finds himself racing successful the TCR Australia Series.
The Bargwannas had the uncommon privilege of sharing a contention way astatine the aforesaid clip successful the 2021 season.
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Lex Davison
Lex Davison was 1 of Australian motorsport's pioneers successful the 1950s.
In 1957, helium won the inaugural Australian Drivers' Championship successful a Ferrari, winning six of the 9 races.
He triumphed successful the Australian Grand Prix connected 4 occasions, his past coming successful 1961.
Outside of Michael Schumacher, Davison is the lone four-time victor of the expansive prix. The victor of the Australian Grand Prix is fixed the Lex Davison Trophy.
Davison died abruptly successful 1965 aft suffering a bosom onslaught that led to terrible caput injuries aft crashing during a contention astatine Sandown. He was conscionable 42 years old.
Australian Grand Prix wins: Four (1954, 1957, 1958, 1961)
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Will Davison
Once touted arsenic a imaginable Formula 1 prima of the aboriginal aft investigating with Jaguar, Will Davison has made a sanction for himself successful Supercars.
His 2 Bathurst 1000 wins stay his top achievements to date.
A title continues to allude Davison, who went full-time successful 2007 with the eponymous Dick Johnson Racing.
Davison has jumped betwixt teams, astir winning the rubric with the Holden Racing Racing, but has yet ended up backmost astatine Dick Johnson Racing.
Bathurst 1000 wins: Two (2009, 2016)
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Alex Davison
Will Davison's older member Alex made it each the mode to Europe astatine the highest of his career.
He doubly contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Since 2004, Davison has been a regular astatine the Bathurst 1000.
From his 18 starts, his champion decorativeness remains 4th successful 2014.
He and his member person paired up successful the Great Race connected six occasions.
Best Bathurst 1000 finish: Fourth (2016)
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James Davison
Cousin of Will and Alex Davison, third-generation racer James has spent the lion's stock of his vocation successful the United States.
In 2009, helium finished 2nd successful Indy Lights and began racing sports cars a twelvemonth later.
He was a regular starter astatine the Indianapolis 500 successful the 2010s, finishing a career-best 12th successful 2019.
In caller years, helium has targeted NASCAR contention successful the second-tier and top-flight Cup Series.
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Larry Perkins
With six Bathurst 1000 wins, Larry Perkins is regarded arsenic 1 of Australian motorsport's greats.
An icon of the 1980s and '90s, helium was a leader for Holden fans, thrice winning the Great Race with Peter Brock.
Although his exploits successful the Australian Touring Car Championship were what made him astir famous, earlier his Bathurst occurrence helium made sporadic Formula 1 appearances.
His champion decorativeness came successful his 2nd start, finishing eighth successful the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix astatine Zolder for the Boro Ford team.
Bathurst 1000 wins: Six (1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997)
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Jack Perkins
Jack Perkins' battles weren't constricted to the contention track.
In 2007, helium discovered helium had benignant 1 diabetes. The revelation came astatine a clip erstwhile Perkins was suffering fatigue during agelong stints successful the car.
He's since go an advocator for benignant 1 diabetes consciousness and has shared his acquisition of racing with the disease.
His top accomplishment to day remains his sole Bathurst 1000 podium finish, which came successful 2019 with person James Courtney and Walkinshaw Andretti United.
Best Bathurst 1000 finish: Third (2019)
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Jim Richards
Although calved and raised successful New Zealand, Australian-based 'Gentleman' Jim Richards (pictured right) indispensable get a notation connected this list.
He has the adjacent second-most wins astatine the Bathurst 1000, level connected 7 with Craig Lowndes.
His occurrence astatine The Mountain spanned much than 2 decades, winning his archetypal successful 1978 and his past successful 2002.
His 4 Australian Touring Car Championship wins with his Bathurst 1000 occurrence enactment him among the greats.
Bathurst 1000 wins: Seven (1978, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2002)
ATCC rubric wins: Four (1985, 1987, 1990, 1991)
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Steven Richards
Like his father, Steven Richards (pictured left) enjoyed plentifulness of occurrence astatine Mount Panorama.
Of his 12 contention wins successful Supercars, 5 of them person been successful the Bathurst 1000.
His archetypal came successful 1998 and helium went back-to-back successful 1999. He'd person to hold much than a decennary for his adjacent win, which came successful 2013.
Another came successful 2015 and past helium and Craig Lowndes claimed the sweetest of wins successful 2018, the past of Lowndes' Bathurst 1000 wins arsenic a full-timer.
Bathurst 1000 wins: Five (1998, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2018)
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Clay Richards
Clay Richards' vocation is lone conscionable getting going.
To date, he's spent the archetypal fewer years extracurricular of karting successful Formula Ford and Toyota 86 competition.
Another Toyota 86 play looks apt successful 2023.
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Barry Seton
'Bo' Seton is among the legends of Australian motorsport.
He won Great Race successful its 500-mile configuration successful a Ford Cortina.
The Mountain was a favourite for Seton, contesting the contention uninterrupted from 1963 to 1984.
Bathurst 1000 wins: One (1965)
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Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton was among the Ford instrumentality favourites successful the 1990s.
He doubly won the Australian Touring Car Championship, but a Bathurst 1000 triumph yet alluded him.
There were heartbreaking scenes successful 1997 erstwhile his car cried nary much portion starring the 161-lapper with 10 laps to go.
Best Bathurst 1000 finish: Second (1987, 2003, 2004)
ATCC titles: Two (1993, 1997)