Dick Johnson and 'The Rock'

[302 XC]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Never saw that interview - was great to see his passion for the sport and the public recognising that and getting behind him to get him back on the track.

Aussies love the under dog ....
To say the rock was the best thing to happen to DJ as mentioned a few posts above,pushed him into the spot light more,fair enuf , but TRU BLU was absolutely sticking it to the more funded teams,
It won the ATCC championship for that year didnt it ....
Not bad for a car/team /driver that many would call 2nd rate to the other well funded over rated team/drivers ....

[2011G6E]

I think the incident where he went off at Forest Elbow was more amazing...kissed the wall, smacked sideways down into the trees in a shower of panels. Everyone honestly thought he was dead. Then overnight the TAFE mechanics rebuilt the car from scratch, and I can still remember the reporter on the grid walking up to the car and mentioning what a fantastic job had been done, touching the bonnet, and saying "Oh...the paints still tacky"...

[davez104]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

I think the incident where he went off at Forest Elbow was more amazing...kissed the wall, smacked sideways down into the trees in a shower of panels. Everyone honestly thought he was dead. Then overnight the TAFE mechanics rebuilt the car from scratch, and I can still remember the reporter on the grid walking up to the car and mentioning what a fantastic job had been done, touching the bonnet, and saying "Oh...the paints still tacky"...

It was a different car, with as much or their own parts incorporated as they could.

As for the rock, this was on the news a while back - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQ5k...=results_video