Good old Frenchie is almost as much of a legend as Dick himself in my opinion. The great stories you read about him are quite unbelievable like filling up the centre console of the GT with oranges so he could eat while racing around Mt Panorama. I think I heard about him taking hamburgers with him to eat while doing the lunch time stint with DJ one year..[8D][8D]
To let you know how much Dick Johnson thought of his old mate Father French, here is part of an interview with DJ before the 1981 James Hardie 1000.
"I have had a few offers of good sponsorship to put someone else in the car but last year I promised Frenchie that we were going to come back & win Bathurst & that's what we plan to do."
When you look back now after nearly 25 years, I think DJ had a fair bit of admiration for his old mate & I'm sure he still does to this day. Does anybody know how John is going these days?? I haven't seen any sign of him since DJ launched the AU in 99 on the True Blue video. He must be about 70 odd now wouldn't he???
To let you know how much Dick Johnson thought of his old mate Father French, here is part of an interview with DJ before the 1981 James Hardie 1000.
"I have had a few offers of good sponsorship to put someone else in the car but last year I promised Frenchie that we were going to come back & win Bathurst & that's what we plan to do."
When you look back now after nearly 25 years, I think DJ had a fair bit of admiration for his old mate & I'm sure he still does to this day. Does anybody know how John is going these days?? I haven't seen any sign of him since DJ launched the AU in 99 on the True Blue video. He must be about 70 odd now wouldn't he???