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The great-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford has penned a deeply personal private letter to Australian racing legend Dick Johnson.
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Dick Johnson’s extraordinary 50-year love affair with Ford has been honoured by the very top of the Blue Oval dynasty, with Henry Ford’s great-grandson penning a deeply personal letter to the Australian racing legend.
News Corp Australia has exclusively obtained the private letter, sent by Edsel B. Ford II from Dearborn, Michigan.
It reveals the remarkable bond between the American heir and the Queensland battler whose career he helped save.
Bathurst shocks again as Golding paces practice
James Golding will enter Boost Mobile Qualifying as the man to beat at the Repco Bathurst 1000, topping Practice 4 at Mount Panorama.
After a chaotic Practice 3, teams made their final preparations for qualifying with 60 minutes of green flag running, however one of the fancied combinations will be in a race against time before qualifying.
The Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood Ford will undergo a pre-qualifying engine change, the decision costing Kostecki a final qualifying simulation before the 40-minute session on Friday afternoon.
Practice 3 began with news that both Ryan Wood and Rylan Gray would both miss Boost Mobile Qualifying, as Walkinshaw TWG Racing and Dick Johnson Racing got stuck into major rebuilds of the #2 Toyota and #38 Ford.
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Golding set his session-best time on his last lap with a 2:04.6490 to lead Matt Stone Racing’s Jack Le Brocq by 0.1123s.
Team 18 driver Anton De Pasquale was third ahead of Jayden Ojeda (PremiAir Racing) and Cooper Murray (Erebus Motorsport).
Chevrolet threatened to sweep the top four until Golding’s last-gasp lap.
Aaron Cameron (Blanchard Racing Team), Zach Bates (Matt Stone Racing), David Reynolds (Team 18), Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) and Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG) completed the top 10.
Grove Racing looked like it was keeping its powder dry with Matt Payne and Kai Allen down in 12th and 13th respectively.
Brodie Kostecki pulled up stumps with 20 minutes to go in the session. Dick Johnson Racing confirmed the #17 would undergo an engine change before qualifying.
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