XD Falcon: Ford’s accidental racing hero
Submitted by msr on April 9, 2014
To be true blue is one of the greatest honours an Australian can hope for, and its one which Dick Johnson and his ‘Tru-Blu’ XD Falcon truly earned. It’s also one which nearly didn’t come to be.
Image: www.autopics.com.au via the Shannons Club
In 1980 Ford Australia had no intention to race or homologate its new XD Falcon, and Dick Johnson had just collided with a huge rock which had tumbled onto the track while he was leading the Bathurst 1000, wiping out his home-built XD Falcon. So the story of how it did is a classic.
Check it out over at the Shannons Club in XD Falcon: Ford’s Accidental Racing Hero.
Via the Shannons Club
Image: www.autopics.com.au via the Shannons Club
