The other man: co-drivers

[Henry]

You guys are damn good with your depth of knowledge regarding Dick and his team. Since we've been focussing on the "good ol' days" and you've had the answers so quickly, I thought my next topic might involve a bit more research and time (gives me a bit of breathing space too!).

Name all of the great men (and any of the others ) who have co-driven with Dick at Bathurst, and their best individual finishing positions in the Great Race

 

[Wazza]

John French drove solo to finish 2nd in the 1972 Hardie Ferodo .He is the only one of Dick's co-drivers to have a individual race result. Or did you mean individual as in not driving with Dick?

 

[Henry]

I guess I meant independent of Dick and DJR: while Frenchy was a winner with Dick, as you say, he finished second n 1972, in possibly his finest drive.

 

[Wazza]

OK. First thing I have to correct my self, I've been doing more reading .Both John French and Kevin Bartlett drove solo in 1971. So you mean:
Larry Perkins ,Gregg Hansford and Kevin Bartlett have all won the Great race.

 

[Bigcol]

Ok Henry does that include driver's that he drove with or just the driver's in DJR car's In 73 Dick drove with Bob Forbes in an XU1 to 5th.Forbes best result was 2nd in 74.Dick drove with John French in 74 Alfa DNF.80 Falcon XD DNF.81 Falcon XD 1st.82Falcon XE DNF.84 falcon XE DNF.French's best result was 2nd in 72.In 76 he shared a capri with Graham Moore and finished 10th.Graham's best result 5th in 87.In 77 Dick shared his first Falcon with Vern Schuppan and they broke it for a DNF.He was back for more sultana's in 78 and they finished 5th which was Vern's[V] best and only finish at the mountain.In 79 was with Gary Scott for a DNF.Gary's best result was 3rd in 82 and 86.Greenstuffed was with big rev Kev Bartlett[}] in 83 for a DNF.Kev's best result was 1st in 74 with another Ford legend John Goss[8D].In 85 he had one of the red team in Larry Perkins[)], they finished 7th in the Mustang.The rolling roadblock won in 82,83,84,93,95,97.In 86 and 87 he partnered the late Gregg Hansford[xx(] to a 4th in the Mustang and a DNF in the Sierra.Gregg won with Larry in 93.Dick's longest co driver is of course John Bowe[8)] the rest is history.88 2nd,89 1st,90 DNF,91 DNF,92 2nd(should have been 1st),93 DNF,94 1st,95 DNF,96 2nd, 97 DNF.Bowey's best outside of DJR was 11th in 86.Dad and son paired up in 98 DNF and 99 4th.Steve's best result were all 4th placing's in 97 and 00.So henry how did i go????[?]

 

[Henry]

Big Col you totally rock!. The only one I would amend would be JB's best, as I think he was classified 2nd in 87. I re-read Bill Tuckey's 87 book on the Great Race, and it was a VERY confusing year.

 

[Wazza]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

Big Col you totally rock!. The only one I would amend would be JB's best, as I think he was classified 2nd in 87. I re-read Bill Tuckey's 87 book on the Great Race, and it was a VERY confusing year.

Yes very confusing . Page 260 under List of performances Glenn Seton /J.B. are listed as 2nd.Further on in the book in the Lap Chart it has them listed as 5th behind Fury/Shiel ,Brock/Parsons/McLeod and the 2 Texaco Sierra's that were eventually excluded from the results. So where was JB placed ?

1988 is just as confusing with the Shell teams 3 cars . Who qualifed the 18 and 28 cars,who started the race in them and was a driver change done on the 17 car before it retired on lap 22. The records show Dick/Neville Crichton as pole sitters and J.B/Rob Gravett 2nd.

 

[Henry]

Nobody mentioned the late Gregg Hansford, 1993 Bathurst winner, and Dick Johnson's 1987 co-driver! (only just thought of him myself -- 1987 wasn't a year to remember)

 

[Doug]

Gregg Hansford also co-drove in 1986, and received high praise from Johnson, including some nice comments on racecam.

 

[Bigcol]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

Nobody mentioned the late Gregg Hansford, 1993 Bathurst winner, and Dick Johnson's 1987 co-driver! (only just thought of him myself -- 1987 wasn't a year to remember)

Have another look in my short story on co- driver's regarding the late Gregg Hansford

 

[Wazza]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

Nobody mentioned the late Gregg Hansford, 1993 Bathurst winner, and Dick Johnson's 1987 co-driver! (only just thought of him myself -- 1987 wasn't a year to remember)

I did mention Gregg Hansford but I was thinking that Gregg co-drove with Dick in 1986 in the Mustang.

 

[Henry]

I'll put it down to brain fade: now there's one: for which ex-DJR co-driver was the term "brain-fade" allegedly coined?

 

[Seton Fanatic]

John Bowe was placed second in the 1987 Great Race. It may be a typo, or the rolling lap chart that was in the book. I'll double-check that. John Bowe qualified #18 in 1988, and only a guess, but based on my Great Race grid from 1988, Alfredo Costanzo did the duties for #28. The rem 'brain-fade' was invented for Neville Crichton.

 

[Seton Fanatic]

John Bowe was placed second in the 1987 Great Race. It may be a typo, or the rolling lap chart that was in the book. I'll double-check that. John Bowe qualified #18 in 1988, and only a guess, but based on my Great Race grid from 1988, Alfredo Costanzo did the duties for #28. The rem 'brain-fade' was invented for Neville Crichton.

 

[Henry]

Actually, for Allan Grice, many years before he drove car 18... he had just-about cured it by then

 

[Henry]

Actually, for Allan Grice, many years before he drove car 18... he had just-about cured it by then