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Dick Johnson Racing has released the commemorative livery it volition tally astatine this years Bathurst 1000, wherever the squad volition coincidentally people its 1000th contention successful the championship.
The livery pays homage to the livery the squad carried during the 1998 campaign, spearheaded by Dick and Steve Johnson successful the celebrated No.17, and John Bowe and Cameron McConville successful the No.18.
That contention was the archetypal clip the father-and-son operation shared a car together.
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The squad was founded successful 1980 when Johnson famously struck a boulder rolled onto the track by fans connected the tally retired of the cutting portion starring the race.
Fans from crossed the state past donated to Johnson for him to physique a caller car for the 1981 season. Johnson past teamed up with John French to triumph the 1981 Bathurst 1000 to implicit a fairytale instrumentality to the track.
Since then, DJR has won 147 races, 308 podiums, 143 rod positions, 10 Drivers' Championships, and 3 Teams' Championships.
They're the archetypal squad to execute the 1000-race milestone - a feat Johnson said helium was "incredibly proud" of.
"What a thrust the past 999 races person been," helium said.
"I could person ne'er imagined the grade of what DJR has go today. To scope 1000 races astatine the Bathurst 1000 is simply a beauteous chill milestone.
"I americium incredibly arrogant to beryllium the archetypal Supercars squad to scope this milestone.
"There's been a batch of ups and downs during those 999 races, immoderate good, immoderate atrocious and immoderate perfectly fantastic.
"It's fantastic to spot the livery connected the existent Ford Mustang, it looks incredible. I can't hold to spot it instrumentality connected the Mountain adjacent week."
DJR enforcement president Ryan Story said helium was a 'Dicky' instrumentality arsenic a kid, and his sanction was synonymous with the sport.
"To person joined the contention squad successful an authoritative capableness is thing I americium precise arrogant of. Dick Johnson is the astir synonymous sanction with motorsport present successful Australia and crossed the world," helium said.
"Everything the squad has achieved is due to the fact that of the antheral himself.
"I americium arrogant to beryllium portion of the astir iconic contention squad and I can't hold to spot what the adjacent 1000 races look like."
The team's 2 drivers Will Davison and Anton de Pasquale presently beryllium 3rd and 4th successful the title respectively, down runaway person Shane van Gisbergen and Cameron Waters. They beryllium 2nd successful the Teams Championship, down Red Bull Ampol Racing.
Davison volition beryllium driving with his member Alex, portion de Pasquale volition thrust with Tony D'Alberto.
The squad past won the Bathurst 1000 successful 2019 with Scott McLaughlin and Alex Premat.
Johnson credits his longevity successful the athletics to the radical he's had moving for him.
"You are lone arsenic bully arsenic the radical you person astir you and we person ever had truly bully radical astir who person been precise loyal," helium said.
"When you get radical who similar to travel to enactment each time and privation to beryllium here, that's erstwhile you find occurrence comes.
"Here's to 1000 much races."
Practice for Bathurst 1000 kicks disconnected next Thursday, October 6.
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