@gavism, yes brother i agree this is better than porn..... i watch this naked while sitting in a bean bag with a fist full of engine assembly lube..... at pullin past that R32 @2:39 bring on the money shot!!!!
didnt formula 1 use simular 4 cylinder cosworth engines? they had them run up to 1500 bhp in qualifying in 1986 F1. but im guessing this is diffrent to those cosworth engines
No he doesnt, unless he recently bought it back from the Bowden family. If they still have it and i dont believe for a minute they would sell it, it will be still in Buderim sitting next to the Tony Longhurst Sierra.
Yep, it was perfect for it eh. One way around it, if you have the song ( Animals by Nickleback for those that dont know ) you can just play it in Winamp at the same time you watch the video...
haha yeah ive actually been playing it in itunes while playing the video, but still its a bitch cos i always replay the part when hes alongside the gtr on mountain straight, makes me sad i wasnt around to see this great era of australian motorsport.
Maybe the VERY far side, i was lead to believe by a member of the Bowden family that in qualifying trim they could get up to 1,000 BHP, but the engine would fail by the time they got back to the pits, im not sure on the specifics, i got told the story when i went to look at the Bowden's collection of race and classic cars about 3 years ago with a car club, they had this car seen in the video, as well as the Longhurst Benson & Hedges Sierra, which is left hand drive. Got some pics of them too ;)
Try Chaters (UK book shop), look it up on the web, great Videos of Bathurst, BTCC, ETCC. I have Bathurst 75-94 BTCC 87-20 ETCC 85-89. Great vids with great cars and drivers.Dick Johnson,Alan Moffat,Andy Rouse & others.
Bloody awesome mate - I have got an RS500 road car and love it to bits. Nice to see you on here Andy. If you wanna sell that DJR machine one day, look me up first...!
As A POME, a bloke called Dick Johson turned up at the TT (Tourist Trophy) at Silverstone in 1988, beat the Eggenberg's, Rouse's and anything else that was on the the track, until a water pump went west. If you ever see the video have a look at Eggenbergs face....He was upset...I miss group A. Sierra's are now band from vintage race meetings...pity I would love to see them in action again. Oh, Bloody good vid mate, keep up the good work.
The best RS500 video on here, These cars really are as good they look, I drive the car from 2min 1sec going into the cutting, I have owned it for 10 years, it amazes me every time I put my foot down.
Again duckoes Dicky Johnson stands the youngboy by far those sierras were great(looked really fast) to watch really enjoyed those years and I'm a Holden fan wow!!!
Very nice compilation, I am a big DJ fan myself and I remember watching Dicks Bathurst Qualy lap live back in 1992, it was one of the greatest single laps of all time, by 92 the sierra was past its useby date with too small tyres and the introduction of the 4WD Nissan Skyline , Dick was still getting plenty of HP out of it though with close to 700hp for his 92 Bathurst qualifier lap, it was too bad he was beaten by a crashed car in the race.
I want this video on my Xenium 9@9q unit.
lavernlarsen48 1 month ago
DJ's Sierra is the best, a bullet.
BRAD123FUN 9 months ago
@gavism, yes brother i agree this is better than porn..... i watch this naked while sitting in a bean bag with a fist full of engine assembly lube..... at pullin past that R32 @2:39 bring on the money shot!!!!
vincart2010 11 months ago
them little suckers went hard but gimmie a aussie built ford v8 anyday
holdensareshitboxes 2 years ago
didnt formula 1 use simular 4 cylinder cosworth engines? they had them run up to 1500 bhp in qualifying in 1986 F1. but im guessing this is diffrent to those cosworth engines
secretRBRman 2 years ago
i cant belive it, i only live down the road from this machine aswell. dicky's got it near yatla pies near beenligh.
secretRBRman 2 years ago
No he doesnt, unless he recently bought it back from the Bowden family. If they still have it and i dont believe for a minute they would sell it, it will be still in Buderim sitting next to the Tony Longhurst Sierra.
redSKORPION50 2 years ago
Yeah that is a great bit that, not many cars on the race track in that era could pull up beside the GTR like only Dick could. ;)
redSKORPION50 2 years ago
oh BULLSHIT
they took away the audio?
it suited the visuals so well!
burgy2590 3 years ago 4
Yep, it was perfect for it eh. One way around it, if you have the song ( Animals by Nickleback for those that dont know ) you can just play it in Winamp at the same time you watch the video...
redSKORPION50 2 years ago
haha yeah ive actually been playing it in itunes while playing the video, but still its a bitch cos i always replay the part when hes alongside the gtr on mountain straight, makes me sad i wasnt around to see this great era of australian motorsport.
burgy2590 2 years ago
love this video! my 1 year old son goes nuts every time we play it.
glennandmel 3 years ago
bit before my time .. turbo 4 or 6 ? and what cc ?
muddwell 3 years ago
2L or 1996cc Turbo, Twin Cam, Cosworth head Pinto block (much modded) DJ was said to have seen the far side of 700bhp from these road rockets.
Mick1929 3 years ago
Maybe the VERY far side, i was lead to believe by a member of the Bowden family that in qualifying trim they could get up to 1,000 BHP, but the engine would fail by the time they got back to the pits, im not sure on the specifics, i got told the story when i went to look at the Bowden's collection of race and classic cars about 3 years ago with a car club, they had this car seen in the video, as well as the Longhurst Benson & Hedges Sierra, which is left hand drive. Got some pics of them too ;)
redSKORPION50 2 years ago
I wasnt quite as cool as dick with my Mazda turbo and blublockers,but man i loved that era of racing.
Group A for the win!
spadgm 3 years ago
Dick Johnson is the coolest man ever, Aviator shades and an RS500, what more can you want
StavGTR 3 years ago
LOL, very true
crazeydaisy 3 years ago
oh man, sierra vs gtr.. i watch that in car shot of him along side the skyline on mountain straight over and over again..
burgy2590 3 years ago
johnson sure wasn't short on mumo
79rpm 3 years ago
I love it how hes trying to control 700hp and snapy over steer at bathurst 1992 while talking to race cam!
secretRBRman 3 years ago
one of the most amazing rwd machines ever produced! even used in rallying. Dick drove a sierra at the manx rally aswell! hehe
secretRBRman 3 years ago
damn really good video..
BmwEmil 3 years ago
One of the best videos on Youtube, and one of the coolest cars and drivers ever.
StavGTR 3 years ago
excellent video! that was real racing, the supercars these days are about as interesting as watching grass grow..
burgy2590 3 years ago
RS 500 Cosworths are an awesome machine, looks wise and performance wise - pity they didn't import them into Australia in the late 80s.
80sOldSkool 3 years ago
Cossies. 45 to 55k on e-bay and it would be the best spent money ever! geez they are stunning cars!
rightinthefriggineye 3 years ago
never a truer word said - 55 grand on ebay and it would be worth every cent.
skystravelling 3 years ago
hi guy , what this song name pls ?
cosic1 4 years ago
this is better than porn.
i love cossies.....
gavism 4 years ago 11
Id agree with that!!!!
skystravelling 3 years ago
does ne1 no where i could by a dvd or video of the rs500s racing in the btcc? ne 500 or ne season?
mellorscos 4 years ago
Try Chaters (UK book shop), look it up on the web, great Videos of Bathurst, BTCC, ETCC. I have Bathurst 75-94 BTCC 87-20 ETCC 85-89. Great vids with great cars and drivers.Dick Johnson,Alan Moffat,Andy Rouse & others.
RIP Brocky
from a POME
Mick1929 4 years ago
sorry the car robb had in 1989 was the D.J.R preped car and the 1990 car was built by trakstar.
rs250nut 4 years ago
Hi rs250nut, my car is the Gravett '89 BTCC car, it is DJR1, Dick's first sierra.
Andy
racertwo 4 years ago
I used to go racing with Robb Gravett and his D.J.R preped car in 1990 when it destroyed everything in its path.
rs250nut 4 years ago
I hope you dont mind but who did you buy the car from and what number is it?
rs250nut 4 years ago
Bloody awesome mate - I have got an RS500 road car and love it to bits. Nice to see you on here Andy. If you wanna sell that DJR machine one day, look me up first...!
33Hz 4 years ago
Or you can look up 'BTCC Ford Sierra' to get a video of Andy Rouse and Steve Soper's battles in the 1988 season....great stuff
jezroller3 4 years ago
The Sierras' a little rocket!
winupstrip 4 years ago
I Love that MAN soooooooooooooo much!
Those were the days!
FordOhMighty 4 years ago
superb , have a look at this video see what us english were up to in 89 , Search for RS 500 Superprix 1989 , Street racing in GP A RS 500s
StuDubs 4 years ago
Nice video, fucking shit music though.
ninjainabowlerhat 4 years ago
Awesome video!!!
leadfoot123 4 years ago
Great video mate, thanks for putting it up.
The Sierra is still my favourite Bathurst race car!
neris27 4 years ago
As A POME, a bloke called Dick Johson turned up at the TT (Tourist Trophy) at Silverstone in 1988, beat the Eggenberg's, Rouse's and anything else that was on the the track, until a water pump went west. If you ever see the video have a look at Eggenbergs face....He was upset...I miss group A. Sierra's are now band from vintage race meetings...pity I would love to see them in action again. Oh, Bloody good vid mate, keep up the good work.
Mick1929 5 years ago
The best RS500 video on here, These cars really are as good they look, I drive the car from 2min 1sec going into the cutting, I have owned it for 10 years, it amazes me every time I put my foot down.
Andy
racertwo 5 years ago
Again duckoes Dicky Johnson stands the youngboy by far those sierras were great(looked really fast) to watch really enjoyed those years and I'm a Holden fan wow!!!
stevok777777 5 years ago
Love this video ! Thanks for uploading ! Got more GTR action and Australian race track action from that time ?
NomuK3n 5 years ago
why the hell would u add music to this video, uve ruind half the point of these cars, THE NOISE
s0015 5 years ago
If it wasn't for the Turbo lunching itself in 1988 they would have won everything in 88 and 89 (Another Sierra did win in 88).
MHJanson 5 years ago
FGreat Video Great Video. Dick is the master, a pionieer in the world racing scene. Doing it all from the ground up and making it happen.
I'll never forget the days of the mighty BLUE Ford and the GREENS TUFF machine. Amazing times
duckoes 5 years ago
That ROCKS! You have to love Group A! I think you got all 6 of his Sierra's in there too. Top effort.
nedwob76 5 years ago
when i see this i get sad because car racing just isnt as amazing as it used to be. retro fords rule!
dougster84 5 years ago
some of tricky dicky at his best. what a machine too!! and for a short time brocky saw the light and joined the blue oval!! GO THE FORDS!
onyaambrose 5 years ago
im lucky enough to know the guy who now owns this car!! and its fantastic to see it still running in the uk
cossies4eva 5 years ago
Very nice compilation, I am a big DJ fan myself and I remember watching Dicks Bathurst Qualy lap live back in 1992, it was one of the greatest single laps of all time, by 92 the sierra was past its useby date with too small tyres and the introduction of the 4WD Nissan Skyline , Dick was still getting plenty of HP out of it though with close to 700hp for his 92 Bathurst qualifier lap, it was too bad he was beaten by a crashed car in the race.
YODA801 5 years ago
all RS fords rule COOL VID nice editing great song
RSGAZ 5 years ago
Hi, Great edited video. See my Aussie stuff that I have uploaded
aussieracers 5 years ago
its soooo good to see oldschool touring car footage. wiked video. go the fords
wpsracing108 5 years ago
that was a sick ass video thanks.
FenderBender2 5 years ago
Great work of a racing icon
Rinmax 5 years ago
Love the choice of song, really suits the clip. Gotta love DJ in his aviator sunnies and seeing the Cossie cruise past the winfield gtr!
Scattershot05 5 years ago
Great video mate!
They were an animal of a car, bring back Group A!
neris27 5 years ago
go on the cossie! good vid m8
retroal 5 years ago
You know you've built an awesome car when another manufacturer builds a car soley to beat yours, awesome
mattj79 5 years ago