Mr Dick Johnson AM
Published Sun 01 Jan 2017
| SPORT | Motor Racing |
| YEAR INDUCTED | 2009 - Athlete Member |
Dick Johnson is one of Australia’s most successful touring car drivers. He began driving an FJ Holden in 1964 but he has since become synonymous with Ford. He took out the Australian Touring Car champion title in 1981, 82, 88 and in 89 he dominated the Series again to score a record-equalling fifth Australian Touring Car Championship title.
Australia’s all-new V8 Touring Car era introduced in 1993 could not have begun better for Johnson when, back aboard one of his beloved Falcon V8s, he won the opening heat of the Shell Championship. In the 1994 season, Dick Johnson claimed motor racing’s grand prize, the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst.
Today Dick Johnson Racing is the longest-established motor racing team in Australia, founded more than 35 years ago.
