Dick Johnson Racing
Australian motor racing team
Dick Johnson Racing (At one time known as DJR Team Penske) is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team's drivers have won ten Australian Touring Car Championship titles (five of them by Johnson himself) and the team has taken four victories in Australia's premier race, the Bathurst 1000.
The team has raced as the Shell V-Power Racing Team since 2017, when Viva Energy Australia — the exclusive licensee for the supply of Shell fuels in Australia — became the team's Naming Rights Partner.
Located in Stapylton on the Gold Coast, the team currently runs two Ford Mustang GTs for Brodie Kostecki in the No. 17 car and Rylan Gray in the No. 38 car.
History
After being only a sporadic entrant during the early 1970s, Johnson first reached prominence after his crash caused by a rock on track at Bathurst in 1980. Over $70,000 was donated by the public and Ford Australia to return him for the following season.
Early years and Group C
The longest-established motor racing team in Australia, Dick Johnson Racing was founded in 1980. The team was originally based out of Johnson's home in Daisy Hill in Brisbane's southern suburbs, before moving to facilities within sponsor Palmer Tube Mills' factory.
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