Johnson's Rock Accident Tops Bathurst Moments List
Wham! Dick Johnson rides the concrete
wall after smashing into an errant rock while leading the 1980
Hardie-Ferodo 1000 at Bathurst - the moment has been voted the #1 'Most
Awesome Bathurst Moment'.
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7:00 AM Sun 7 October, 2012
Source: BigPond Sport
DICK Johnson’s famous collision with a stray rock at
Bathurst in 1980 has been named as the ‘Most Awesome Moment’ in the
history of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.Part of a month-long promotion run by V8 Supercars and News Limited, the moment was voted by fans as the ‘Most Awesome’ of all time in the history of the Mount Panorama endurance race from a list of 10 assembled by a panel of experts from an original list of 50.
Voting closed last night at 6pm with an amazing 311,202 total votes cast for the promotion by fans all over the world.
While Johnson’s infamous crash with the rock in his Tru-Blu Falcon in 1980 was voted number one, here’s the order in which the top 10 moments were voted overall:
1. 1980, Dick Johnson hitting the infamous rock
2. 2003, Greg Murphy’s ‘Lap of the Gods’
3. 2006, Craig Lowndes winning the first Peter Brock Trophy
4. 1983, Dick Johnson’s crash into the trees in the Top 10 Shootout
5. 1992, Jim Richards’ famous podium celebration speech
6. 2011, Garth Tander beating Craig Lowndes by the closest-ever competitive finish
7. 1977, The Allan Moffat-led Ford 1-2 form finish
8. 1979, Peter Brock and Jim Richards’ record six-lap winning margin
9. 1982, Kevin Bartlett’s Camaro roll-over
10. 1979, The debut of Channel Seven’s in-car ‘Racecam’
The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 revs up today with race start at 10.30am AEDT.
Check back to the BigPond Sport V8 Supercars website throughout the day for updates live from Mount Panorama
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