Bathurst Drama: Dick Johnson's monumental crash during Hardies Heroes. Johnson emerged from the left hand side door remembering nothing about the crash, or the wild ride into it, or being picked up by Brock. The car was rebuilt overnight by TAFE using a second car Johnson's sponsor, Ross Palmer acquired (buying a third to replace to the team car) Johnson would joke later that the warm up lap of the race would be used to dry the paint which wasn't far wrong.