1983 BATHURST 1000 Hardies Heroes

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1983 BATHURST 1000 Hardies Heroes

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10 жыл бұрын

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More of the "Group C Big Bangers" featuring the horrific Dick Johnson crash missing all those trees that could of killed him plus the surprise qualification from Bobby Morris in a Commodore returning to the mountain after a year off. The Hardies Heroes in it's time was one of the most watched television sporting events of the year attracting so much pre-race interest, it was a credit to Mike Raymond and his team, 1983 featured race cam on the JPS BMW built into the roof of the car producing some amazing shots. Re-live one of the most dramatic top ten shoot outs of all time, with only 9 out of the 10 cars left standing. with Peter Brock, John Harvey, Jim Richards, Allan Grice, Dick Johnson, Bobby Morris,Warren Cullen & Garry Rogers. Soundtrack ICMR's Who's Driving by Blakhatz / blakhatz Credit Channel 7 Sport!
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The Holden Dealer Team took a controversial, but legal victory with the team's second Holden VH Commodore driven by John Harvey, Peter Brock and Larry Perkins. Harvey and Phil Brock qualified the car but after the #05 car blew its engine on lap 8, Peter Brock and Perkins transferred themselves into Harvey's car. Phil Brock never drove the car on race day as was forced to spectate as his three team-mates won the race in the car he qualified in, a decision he claimed was made by Perkins as team manager despite Perkins being the slowest qualifier of the quartet and despite it also being legal for four drivers to drive one car. The car was also the car which Peter Brock and Larry Perkins had won the race in 1982 and updated to 1983 specs, meaning this Holden Commodore became the first and only race car to win the Bathurst 1000 twice. The Holder Dealer Team Commodore finished a lap ahead of Allan Moffat and Japanese driver Yoshimi Katayama in their Peter Stuyvesant sponsored Mazda RX-7. It would be the closest Mazda would get to winning the race. Third was the STP Roadways Racing Commodore driven by 1982 pole sitter Allan Grice and 1969 winner Colin Bond.
Only three cars in the race featured both nominated drivers who had previously won the race. The #05 HDT Commodore of defending race winners Brock and Perkins, the #17 Ford XE Falcon of Dick Johnson and Kevin Bartlett, and the #16 Nissan Bluebird Turbo of Fred Gibson and John French. Ironically, sitting next to the Gibson/French Bluebird on the starting grid was the #50 Mazda RX-7 of future winners Peter McLeod and Graeme Bailey.

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@divad23 Жыл бұрын

The livery of all of these cars is incredible

@barryspicer6782 6 жыл бұрын

Memories of the Group C Big Bangers. Those were the days !!!

@chrispotterp8105 5 жыл бұрын

So sad this is the end of a wonderful era and I’m sad too see the end of the falcons,mt panorama Bathurst will never be the same rip v8 supercars

@dj17q 10 жыл бұрын

That green mean mutha was really screaming up the mountain. What a shame it all fell apart at Forrest Elbow. If I remember it right, Johnson was a tenth quicker than eventual pole sitter Brockie right up to the old Castrol Tower. RIP Falcon 1960 - 2016

@GC8WRX_EJ207 5 жыл бұрын

@@captainkaos754 The XE sedan had 4 link rear suspension with coil springs if I remember correctly.

@sanctuaryism 4 жыл бұрын

don't talk too loud... my 2007 XR8 can hear outside lol...

@darrenparkinson4576 4 жыл бұрын

I cut all that John Sands Commodore to pieces only a few years after Bob Morris put it in the top 10. I still have all the pictures of the gas-axe work.

@CJ-xk7vs 4 жыл бұрын

Dick Johnson ...What a Legend

@NoTaboos Жыл бұрын

He's only a legend in the primary school playground.

@yommmrr Жыл бұрын

that 05 VH was one of the sexiest race cars ever

@Sidewinder1999 16 күн бұрын

Yeah completely agree, the '84 VK gets most of the attention (and it was sexy too), but I have a real soft spot for the '83 VH.

@garymarquett7989 5 жыл бұрын

Group C was Real motor sport not like today's rubbish

@markc1456 5 жыл бұрын

💯💪

@ryanschacht_ 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t think I have ever heard anything more accurate in my life buddy👍🏻👍🏻

@ryanschacht_ 2 жыл бұрын

Group C was the real bangers. Real tough pure Australian made Motorsport

@saltydog888 Жыл бұрын

We’re all stuck in the past for a good reason

@PUNCHARD800ftlb 5 жыл бұрын

what a vid thanks for posting

@MrBlewvane 5 жыл бұрын

Those old Falcons were tough cars, it took them all night to buff the scratches out so Dick could race.

@captainkaos754 5 жыл бұрын

They were no stronger than anything else out there on the day. Six inches back from where the tree struck and Johnson would’ve been dead. The whole car had to be rebuilt overnight with the help of the tafe apprentices. The simple fact was Johnson thought he could cut lap times better than Brocks but the vk was at the time equal to If not better than ANY touring car in the world and had only been built no long before Bathurst. Johnson’s xe was knobbled up to keep ford fans happy but was constantly breaking gearboxes and had other reliability issues.

@simonkevnorris 5 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly sure that it was a replacement car and not the original #17.

@mundullasa223 4 жыл бұрын

@@simonkevnorris you're right Simon. The car raced by Johnson and Bartlett was acquired from Andrew Harris. Fun fact, the green paint was still wet when it left the pits to do a "shake down" lap before the start of the race.

@mundullasa223 4 жыл бұрын

@@captainkaos754 the Commodore in this race is a VH, not a VK.

@simonkevnorris 4 жыл бұрын

@@mundullasa223 Yes, I remember watching the interview on TV before the race started. The interviewer mentioned that the paint work was wet after he'd touched it.

@blumie006 4 жыл бұрын

Some still have the back seats in them now that's racing

@rhino7735 Жыл бұрын

Dick Johnsons green number 7 in the trees was my first memory of Bathurst 1000

@NoTaboos Жыл бұрын

Winfield 25s.

@waynejohnson9993 Жыл бұрын

BROCKY THE MAN.......THE KING................WE MISS YOU PETE...........

@DMT267 4 жыл бұрын

DJ was a very lucky man that day.

@tedsmith6137 Жыл бұрын

The sad part about Johnson's crash is that the tires at the end on the concrete wall, which broke the steering, were not there for the safety of the touring cars, They are on the start of the wall to protect cars competing on the Esses Hillclimb, which starts outside the BLCC rooms and heads back up through Forrest's Elbow, ending at the crest of Skyline. Had they been removed for the 1000km race, then the incident may have been no more than some scraped bodywork.

@dws84 Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah, Dick was a loveable character, but not a great driver haha.

@OzRetrocomp 10 ай бұрын

I love how Bob Morris was sponsored by John Sands and Sega Computors. That tells me nobody had heard of Sega back then, and that computers were so confusing that nobody at John Sands knew how to spell "computer" despite selling the things! lol

@barryphillips7327 5 жыл бұрын

Too Dick Johnson,s credit the team worked ALL night, they got another body shell, i think one of the other Ford teams had a spare body shell, DJR worked ALL night and by morning it was ready looking as new with the other cars components. It competed in the race, but i,m not sure how it did.

@uncletrev71 5 жыл бұрын

D.N.F. From memory the engine was suffering from low oil pressure.

@mattvaughan7245 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Harris sold his falcon to Ross Palmer ( Palmer Tube Mills ) … They repainted it and stuck Dicks running gear in the car overnight .. There is a epic photo of Evan Green leaning against the car in his bright red Channel 7 blazer .. and coming away green .. The big shit storm was the car that was bought to replace The Harris car was a commodore … partly sponsored by a Ford dealership !!!!!! It sat on the grid with ford badges etc …. It finished 10th … Dick DNF

@mundullasa223 4 жыл бұрын

@@mattvaughan7245 yes, and Harris won rookie of the Year. Nice.

@ldnwholesale8552 2 жыл бұрын

They took another competitors entry, Andrew Harris and put Andrew into another entry that was for sale. A lot of work to try and recreate Dicks car from another car not as well developed and it was a compromise. And then the engine went sour.

@barryphillips7327 2 жыл бұрын

@@ldnwholesale8552 Andrew Harris was put a Commodore, DJR did their best with the limited time they had, i forget exactly what stopped the car, IF he had not wrecked the other car, i think his chances in the race would have been reasonably good! Still we never know eh.

@dlampy3023 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a better sound than a good Aussie v8?

@marklowe7431 3 жыл бұрын

These may not have been the most advanced or fastest cars but as a spectator the best to watch.

@simonkevnorris 2 жыл бұрын

The sound of a Ferrari F1 V12 shrieking around Monza and Spa in the early 1990s was something else as well. I left Perth in 1989 and the Sierras were a bit muted.

@NoTaboos Жыл бұрын

Yes. A slut having multiple orgasms.

@bumpstart 3 жыл бұрын

the green falcon was running nos in qualifying engine. the cage was pressurised and leaking when responders arrived

@RtB68 3 жыл бұрын

...and the pyramids were built by aliens. Dickhead.

@marklowe7431 3 жыл бұрын

Geez Johnson squeezed every bit of speed out of that car.

@darrylmackie9184 Жыл бұрын

And his shoot out time was ?

@Holden308 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting that they didn't show Warren Cullen's lap.

@Cruelaid 5 жыл бұрын

DJ dodged a bullet right there.

@woosha10 11 ай бұрын

Johnson’s car was out of control sliding everywhere

@feydespiel. 10 ай бұрын

Edge of adhesion...that's when your at 11tenths....going beyond the limits of the car...the fastest you can be...he wasn't out of control....

@ponyexpress4843 4 жыл бұрын

was there that year my first Bathurst

@shadowgaming6660 Жыл бұрын

What's with all the cuts in the footage?

@theotherwayofstopping4717 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone have a 1983 Sega "Computor"?

@0Zolrender0 Жыл бұрын

The track looks so different without the Chase there.

@ryanschacht_ 2 жыл бұрын

10:22 10:44 10:56 11:08 one of my favourite moments

@ivanjulian2532 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty certain every single panel on Johnson's car was bent after his epic shut.

@markc1456 4 жыл бұрын

No rx7s in top 10 shootout that year🤔

@BruceLee-sw4ms Жыл бұрын

Just listen to the 351 work…..

@jadesmith6823 Жыл бұрын

Robert Morris 🇦🇺❤️

@ldnwholesale8552 2 жыл бұрын

Mike has it wrong,, Skippy was the fastest Tasmanian dairy farmer, Furious Goerge was the fastest farmer!!

@yoesomite2199 3 жыл бұрын

tell me why I loved those cars back in the day ..... and for some reason I just cant get into the V8 super cars of today. they were rudimentary , but they were so relatable ....

@alanjm1234 3 жыл бұрын

Because they were road cars made into race cars. The Fords came out of the Ford factory, the Holdens out of the Holden factory, etc. The things they race today never saw a car factory. They're purpose built race cars with plastic bodies clipped on.

@Kwaka28 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta like dick, would have been a big effort trying to keep that huge falcon on the road..so glad he kept driving, that was one of the worst accident ever at Bathurst..thanks for the memories DJ..

@PlasticAssasin8 Жыл бұрын

Best crash ever, couldn't have been happier to see him in the trees. Only ever watched for Brocky

@robertcameron2808 2 жыл бұрын

The supercar officials today are rubbish a stupid penalty for anything ruined the racing for the paying public yes the group c where great much more action than these equal cars go and have a real go like Russell ingal