holden has won bathurst more than ford.
holden has won bathurst more than ford.
who has won bathurst more ford or holden?
holden
concerned at the ongoing development of rival ford's v8 powered xw falcon gtho phase i, in 1970 firth opted to run a much smaller race car based upon the holden torana with a 6-cylinder engine. the lc torana gtr xu-1 was a match for the larger and more powerful falcon gt-ho at most circuits, but at bathurst, with its long straight and steep 'mountain' climb, the car was less competitive, and ford's allan moffat dominated both the 1970 and 1971 bathurst events. however, in the wet 1972 hardie-ferodo 500 the holden dealer team with its lj torana gtr xu-1 broke through ford's domination, with peter brock winning the first of his nine bathurst victories in a solo drive in the last of bathurst's 500-mile series production race formats during firths time at hdt. brock had his day winning bathurst in 1975 on a dry track in his no. 5 holden l34. this was a win for hdt as well for they masterminded the fastest holden ever built the l34. the hdt developed l34 got 1st 2nd 3rd that year and the first 7 places in 1976. never has holden been so dominant at the mountain. the a9x used the l34 motor for its victories as well as the hdt commodores. the big brake light car concept brought about by firth with high performance small motor dominated holden's thinking moving from the cumbersome kingswoods to the torana-like fleet of foot commodore of the eighties.
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