Damo,
The year you refer to is 1993. A young McConville put 18 into the wall early at the esses. Although the damage was substantial, the team made sufficient repairs and got 18 back out and finished the race in 8th position. Dick later wrote off car 17 when he was T-Boned by Bill O'brien who bounces off the wall at Reid Park. BTW, you are incorrect
HH,
Correct! 1998 was the last time both DJR cars DNF'd at Bathurst. Steve Johnson clipped the wall in 17 going into Forests Elbow avoiding a pile up and broke the rear wing/boot assembly. 18 retired with engine dramas.
Prior to that, in 1991 DJR entered 3 Sierra's and they all DNF's. 17 & 18 were plagued by electrical interference in their Engine Management System all weekend and retired with Piston failures and 19 broke a tail shaft which ripped a hole in the floor in-turn severing the battery cable leaving no power.
Can anyone name the other year a DJR car was not in the shootout prior to 2009?