11/07/2026
DJR1 🏁🇦🇺
Many of you will be familiar with this car already, but if not, DJR1 was the first of Dick Johnson Racing's legendary Group A Sierra RS500 Cosworths, the most dominant and iconic Touring Cars in Australian motorsport history.
Perfectly preserved and remarkably original, offered at The Iconic Sale at The BRDC Classic, held at , 24th-25th July.
DJR1 is a true survivor of the time with a fascinating history, boasting several pole position qualifying times, top 10 finishes and a win at Round 5 at the Adelaide International Raceway in 1987 and then went onto win the 1988 season outright with John Bowe and Dick Johnson both behind the wheel.
It also saw success here in the UK, with Robb Gravett campaigning the 1989 British Touring Car Championship, winning four races with nine podium finishes, resulting in 4th in the championship overall and some truly epic dices with Touring Car star, Andy Rouse in a similar car.
DJR1 went on to compete more in 1990, in the Malaysian Touring Car Championship, before returning back to the UK to contest a few more BTCC rounds in 1991, its final qualifying year prior to the introduction of the new 2.0-litre BTCC regulations in 1992 and their subsequent global adoption by the FIA in 1993.
Owned by our vendor since 2017, It retains its original bodyshell, engine, gearbox, back axle, Harrop nine-inch rear differential, and the original Eggenberger suspension etc. and is presented as it would have looked in 1987, as raced by Dick Johnson. Today, it 's perfectly preserved and remarkably original, but has not been run in anger for over a decade.
Don't miss your opportunity to bid, own and enjoy one of the greatest touring cars of all time, register to bid today for our upcoming auction - click the link in our bio
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