1989 was Allan Moffat's last race in the Bathurst 1000 before retiring shortly afterwards, it was also Peter Brock's mum Ruth Brock's last Bathurst, as she passed away the following year in 1990, followed by Peter Brock's dad, Geoff Brock, a few years after Ruth.
Loved the Tooheys 1000 name a 1000 times more than the James Hardie 1000 in the Bathurst 1000 race 🏁 The James Hardie company name will be forever remembered of absolute shame for what they did to so many workers for putting profit at the expense of the workers well-being & lives. Bastards the James Hardie company forever are!!
After a long time between drinks good to see a Ford win ( 88/89 ) with Dick Johnson/John Bowe, he ( DJ ) had a few years, with Peter Brock taking victory many times, i am not denying P/Brock is good, as well as Larry Perkins. By 92 the DJR Sierra's were up to aprox 650hp ( about 90hp without the turbo is running in, with the turbo 650++hp, they did not give an exact figure ). I went in 1999 almost seen a Ford victory, but a flat tire put an end to that!
I think the Rs500 power figures are abit exaggerated tbh. T4 turbo in even a modded state is not seeing 600bhp. I think the best Group A Yb’s would of been around the 520/540bhp mark in honest conditions. I’m not doubting DJR probably ended up developing last of the great Sierra’s but power figures from 2ltrs & Group A regs is not as high as what people state/think.
@@stephenking9271 I have been watching ATCC/V8 Supercars since the start pretty much, DJR said many times in fact those engines were capable of producing MORE HP but the problem was getting the exhaust gases out quickly enough!! In the 91 or 92 car 17 going up mountain straight changing into 4th gear 200kph++ WHEELSPIN in 4th gear!!!!! JB himself and DJ said they were over 650hp to be honest i tend to believe them these were after all $100 000++ engines, and they BEAT ALL other Ford Sierra,s etc BTCC Andy Rouse etc, the two DJR were purchased and stayed in the UK!!
@Barry Phillips The x2 DJR cars DJR 1&2 where prepared for BTCC next village down from me here in the UK. Absolutely no knocking DJ here but the engines especially in those x2 cars where not where they needed to be. IMO DJR prepared produced fantastic cars & the Sierras where well up there to beat ARE & Eggenhb cars actually my favourite cars are DJR 1&2 in Trackstar colour scheme. Chassis’s are awesome & DJR roll cages look mega. I’m a fan for sure but DJR relied on ARE @the start & bought suspension parts off Eggenbh so was a mixture of bits from across the world. After falling out with Rouse over Zytek engine management chips Dick got hold of a guy who was involved in the Rs200 management & he got him where he needed to be. My statement was not to doubt anything more than the quoted outputs of Grp A Yb engines, T4 modified & all Grp A trim in 2ltr form your not seeing that output but still what they achieved back then was amazing. Yes they achieved some great speeds I’ve read around the 180mph mark Conrad straight!!!! That’s insane lol. Great era great cars & huge fan of DJ.
Yeah > 600bhp on a T4 is a tad optimistic. No idea how they can get them to flow enough, even the bent ones...! Gp.A YBs were £20k in 1988. Not sure how that translated to AU$ back then...
@@stephenking9271Yeah, they'll dyno a true 560bhp with the 'breathed on' T4s that everyone used back then. Eggenberger used to wind the boost back a bit as he was tight and wanted the engines to last a bit so generally they ran a bit less unless the drivers tweaked the boost controller (it happened...!)
Huge Rouse fan & great to see him in his ARE car with Brock. DJR developed great cars & really was a great era with ARE Eggengh Msport & DJR all fighting it out! Really was a great era & Rd car relevance/connection, cannot think pre Sierra anything that did what the Sierra did & Mitsubishi/Subaru followed suit with the Grp A rally era. Road car special model that could become the competition car is exactly what it should be, unfortunately end of an era for sure!
@Mark Mark Hi If you are referring to there meeting when DJ visited ARE regarding sorting out the Zytek software I would not say he was a P…k more to the point of looking after his asset tbh.
@Mark Mark Absolutely no doubt DJ did a fantastic job on those Sierras & no doubt about that. He obviously used parts from Eggenbh & bits of his own, cars were quick for sure. They all did very well with the Fords but I don’t think anyone specifically holds who had the fastest Sierras. The Bhp levels quoted Tbh were a bit on the optimistic side. Great era great character drivers & for me Rouse for many reasons is top of the list especially with the Sierra.
@ Mark Mark I’m aware for sure. In the MSport world it’s not all roses, it’s a business & Rouse did it his way. DJR went on independently his route & did extremely well so falling out with Rouse proved to work well for him.
@channel 7 why you no do epic intros like this anymore? Always gives me chills now when I watch older stuff like this. I mean actual intro gives me tingles. I learnt the other day it's called frisson. It just ha0ppens but it's usually epic music that causes it or good feelings.
The car 10 pit stop was a mystery late in the race - the ANZ car was under 30 seconds behind and closing by 1.5 to 2 seconds per lap . Ruined a great close finish.
Here he comes in the 05 HOLDEN COMMODORE will he take top spot Did anyone else hear that as BROCK rounded the final corner on to the front straight I have not read the comments Just Saying
The Sierra just looks so great on track. What a car!!!
Awesome field of cars...! Love Gp.A and the RS500 - The most successful racing car variant of all time...!
1989 was Allan Moffat's last race in the Bathurst 1000 before retiring shortly afterwards, it was also Peter Brock's mum Ruth Brock's last Bathurst, as she passed away the following year in 1990, followed by Peter Brock's dad, Geoff Brock, a few years after Ruth.
As Alan said himself, I haven't retired, just do know when I will race again.. his words
First Bathurst I watched on TV at 7 years old! My dad had a Sierra Wagon! I want one now!
1989 was My first visit to The Mountain. 17yr old on red P plates in a Holden Gemini. Reminiscing.
DJ and JB led very lap , and hasn’t been done since
Lapped the Nissans before half distance!
Really enjoyed this. Much appreciated ✌
Loved the Tooheys 1000 name a 1000 times more than the James Hardie 1000 in the Bathurst 1000 race 🏁 The James Hardie company name will be forever remembered of absolute shame for what they did to so many workers for putting profit at the expense of the workers well-being & lives. Bastards the James Hardie company forever are!!
If you didn't race a Cossie back then, you were nowhere!
Who knew Peter Griffen was racing commentator
After a long time between drinks good to see a Ford win ( 88/89 ) with Dick Johnson/John Bowe, he ( DJ ) had a few years, with Peter Brock taking victory many times, i am not denying P/Brock is good, as well as Larry Perkins.
By 92 the DJR Sierra's were up to aprox 650hp ( about 90hp without the turbo is running in, with the turbo 650++hp, they did not give an exact figure ). I went in 1999 almost seen a Ford victory, but a flat tire put an end to that!
I think the Rs500 power figures are abit exaggerated tbh.
T4 turbo in even a modded state is not seeing 600bhp.
I think the best Group A Yb’s would of been around the 520/540bhp mark in honest conditions.
I’m not doubting DJR probably ended up developing last of the great Sierra’s but power figures from 2ltrs & Group A regs is not as high as what people state/think.
@@stephenking9271 I have been watching ATCC/V8 Supercars since the start pretty much, DJR said many times in fact those engines were capable of producing MORE HP but the problem was getting the exhaust gases out quickly enough!! In the 91 or 92 car 17 going up mountain straight changing into 4th gear 200kph++ WHEELSPIN in 4th gear!!!!! JB himself and DJ said they were over 650hp to be honest i tend to believe them these were after all $100 000++ engines, and they BEAT ALL other Ford Sierra,s etc BTCC Andy Rouse etc, the two DJR were purchased and stayed in the UK!!
@Barry Phillips
The x2 DJR cars DJR 1&2 where prepared for BTCC next village down from me here in the UK.
Absolutely no knocking DJ here but the engines especially in those x2 cars where not where they needed to be.
IMO DJR prepared produced fantastic cars & the Sierras where well up there to beat ARE & Eggenhb cars actually my favourite cars are DJR 1&2 in Trackstar colour scheme. Chassis’s are awesome & DJR roll cages look mega.
I’m a fan for sure but DJR relied on ARE @the start & bought suspension parts off Eggenbh so was a mixture of bits from across the world. After falling out with Rouse over Zytek engine management chips Dick got hold of a guy who was involved in the Rs200 management & he got him where he needed to be.
My statement was not to doubt anything more than the quoted outputs of Grp A Yb engines, T4 modified & all Grp A trim in 2ltr form your not seeing that output but still what they achieved back then was amazing.
Yes they achieved some great speeds I’ve read around the 180mph mark Conrad straight!!!! That’s insane lol.
Great era great cars & huge fan of DJ.
Yeah > 600bhp on a T4 is a tad optimistic. No idea how they can get them to flow enough, even the bent ones...! Gp.A YBs were £20k in 1988. Not sure how that translated to AU$ back then...
@@stephenking9271Yeah, they'll dyno a true 560bhp with the 'breathed on' T4s that everyone used back then. Eggenberger used to wind the boost back a bit as he was tight and wanted the engines to last a bit so generally they ran a bit less unless the drivers tweaked the boost controller (it happened...!)
Huge Rouse fan & great to see him in his ARE car with Brock.
DJR developed great cars & really was a great era with ARE Eggengh Msport & DJR all fighting it out!
Really was a great era & Rd car relevance/connection, cannot think pre Sierra anything that did what the Sierra did & Mitsubishi/Subaru followed suit with the Grp A rally era.
Road car special model that could become the competition car is exactly what it should be, unfortunately end of an era for sure!
You know Dick ended up with the fastest Sierras in the world because Rouse was a prick to him, yeah?
@Mark Mark
Hi
If you are referring to there meeting when DJ visited ARE regarding sorting out the Zytek software I would not say he was a P…k more to the point of looking after his asset tbh.
@Mark Mark
Absolutely no doubt DJ did a fantastic job on those Sierras & no doubt about that.
He obviously used parts from Eggenbh & bits of his own, cars were quick for sure.
They all did very well with the Fords but I don’t think anyone specifically holds who had the fastest Sierras.
The Bhp levels quoted Tbh were a bit on the optimistic side.
Great era great character drivers & for me Rouse for many reasons is top of the list especially with the Sierra.
@@stephenking9271 Clearly you aren't aware of the whole story, there are articles and videos on the net about it.
@ Mark Mark
I’m aware for sure.
In the MSport world it’s not all roses, it’s a business & Rouse did it his way.
DJR went on independently his route & did extremely well so falling out with Rouse proved to work well for him.
This is what we, real, fans wamt. Nit the SC shit. Let TCR gave the 1000
Was up there with my father and brother at Reid Park 34 years ago 😮
9:01 Someone will know what kind of computer that is, what a machine! 😄
Looks like a 1980's Epson, not sure the model.
Epson PX-4B
Just goes to show, never knew Brocky drove a Ford. Great race,
Raced the Sierra in '89 and '90. Raced the BMW in '88 and went back to the Commodore in '91
He refused to put a ford badge on his car anywhere
@@MrFordmanandrew That is very true! His Sierra never had a Ford badge on the car
Those Sierra Cosworths were something special. 500÷ bhp.
@@colinstewart1432 yep, totally agree, loved the Bathurst race when it had all the different cars racing all together
@channel 7 why you no do epic intros like this anymore?
Always gives me chills now when I watch older stuff like this.
I mean actual intro gives me tingles.
I learnt the other day it's called frisson.
It just ha0ppens but it's usually epic music that causes it or good feelings.
Ahh yes when sponsorship was simple...u got the 'winny red' car, the B&H's car, the PJ's car, the longbeach 40's, tooheys car, mobil, shell, done.
The car 10 pit stop was a mystery late in the race - the ANZ car was under 30 seconds behind and closing by 1.5 to 2 seconds per lap . Ruined a great close finish.
The smoke that was coming out of the back looked concerning but once the car was in the pits, it seemed to be ok.
@@TouringCarsofAus yes it was strange . There was talk of a lose wheel or oil on the exhaust. Either way - it cost them the race
spectacular
I love DJR
Its shocking how much safety standards have changed over the years.
The good days before the v8 land barges
Ahh the 80's.
I hear ya. No social media. No woke lunatics. Halcyon days 🤔
Here he comes in the 05 HOLDEN COMMODORE will he take top spot
Did anyone else hear that as BROCK rounded the final corner on to the front straight I have not read the comments
Just Saying
$15K in 1989 is a dang lot of money for pole at Bathurst. That is the equalivent of near on $36K in today's money. Now they get a poultry $5K.