Source: News Corp Australiaġ993: Although Johnson and Bowe won the first race and round of the new era the year wasn’t entirely smooth, culminating in a Bathurst 1000 campaign that saw the team leave with two badly bent cars. De 812 Superfast gaat alweer zes jaar mee. Source: News Corp Australiaġ992: Johnson’s first V8 Falcon in almost a decade carried Shell’s yellow corporate colours, with a splash of blue on the tail. Source: Suppliedġ991-92: Shell’s name sat alone on the cars through the final years of the Sierra, before a colour change helped to usher in a new era. The 2023 season will be the first for Dick Johnson Racing with its new ownership and new CEO. They qualified on pole, comfortably ahead of Europe’s best, and were in with a shot of winning the race until a water pump problem.

Source: News Corp Australiaġ988: Their backing even followed Johnson and John Bowe overseas, when the pair tackled the Silverstone Tourist Trophy. Esteemed engineer Campbell Little this weekend has begun a new role in V8 Supercars sporting director at Dick Johnson Racing. Pic: Graham Tidy Source: News Corp Australiaġ988-1990: Johnson’s red rockets were the fastest cars in the sport, sweeping Shell and its Ultra-Hi petrol brand to two championships and a Bathurst victory. Although it was a tough season with the new Sierra, Johnson managed a pair of wins in Adelaide. 1987: Shell stepped up and became title sponsors of a two-car DJR campaign.

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