John Bowe (racing driver)
John Bowe
Bowe is a multiple Australian Champion, having twice won the
Racing Cars
Bowe began racing at the age of sixteen in Formula Vee Elfin 500 in 1971, winning the Tasmanian state title on debut.[1] The following year, he also won the Tasmanian Formula Ford title.[2]
After graduating from domestic Formula Ford racing Bowe moved into the Australian Drivers Championship in the late 1970s, racing Elfin Formula 5000s for the most prestigious team of the era, the factory Ansett Team Elfin run by Elfin Sports Cars founder and chief designer Garrie Cooper. The pinnacle of his Formula 5000 career was finishing runner up in the 1979 Australian Grand Prix driving one of Cooper's Chevrolet V8 powered Elfin MR8s. In the same year he also came second in the Australian Formula 2 Championship.
Bowe would finish third in the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship driving the MR8, and would finish fourth in the Formula 2 title. He would finish fourth in 1981 driving the Elfin MR9, the only Ground effects F5000 ever built. He also dropped to ninth place in the Formula 2 championship driving an Elfin Two-25 Volkswagen.
After playing second fiddle to Alfredo Costanzo for several seasons, Bowe broke through for his first Australian Drivers' Championship in 1984, backing it up the following year with his second title in his Ford powered Ralt RT4 for Chris Leach. The 1984 and 1985 championships were run under Formula Mondial regulations.
Bowe qualified on the front row for the
Bowe's last open wheeler race was in the Formula Mondial support race at the
Bowe was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to motorsport as a touring car driver" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[3]
Sports Cars
John Bowe drove the Bryan Thompson–owned Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC-Chevrolet twin-turbo in Sports Sedan and GT events during the early 1980s when Thompson was in retirement, which stopped when Thompson came out of retirement in 1983. The Mercedes with its 4.2-litre Chevrolet engine put out a reported 1,100 bhp (820 kW; 1,115 PS), but was somewhat unreliable due to the use of smaller turbo's.
In 1985 while still contesting the Australian drivers' Championship, Bowe was approached by
Bowe and the Veskanda finished second in the three round 1987 ASCC after engine reliability troubles saw him retire from the first race at a very wet Calder Park in Melbourne. He then easily won the final two rounds at Amaroo and Sandown Park to finish nineteen points behind Andy Roberts in his self-designed Roberts SR3. Following the season the car was parked as Bowe was moving full-time into Touring Car Racing in 1988.
Van Elsen entered the Veskanda in the
Ultimately the Bowe / Johnson Veskanda, the only Australian car in the 18 car field, was disqualified for using more fuel than the rules allowed.
Touring Cars
Bowe's two
Prior to 1985, Bowe had never driven the Bathurst circuit and before practice started enlisted the services star driver Allan Grice to show him how to drive the track. Grice was only too happy to show the Bathurst rookie the fast way around the daunting circuit, something Bowe continues to be grateful for.
During the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship the new factory-supported Volvo Dealer Team replaced the Mark Petch Motorsport outfit and expanded to a second car and Bowe joined Francevic in the team full-time at round four. Bowe proved he could match it with the likes of Francevic, Peter Brock, Dick Johnson, George Fury and Jim Richards by qualifying on pole and easily leading the 5th round of the championship at Wanneroo in Perth until the new Volvo's engine went off song and forced him to retire.[4] Francevic went on to win the championship, with Bowe taking eighth place in the series including a pair of third places at Calder Park and also at Oran Park in Sydney. Also in 1986, Bowe raced the Veskanda-Chevrolet Sports car owned by Bernie van Elsen and used it to dominate the Australian Sports Car Championship, along the way setting outright lap records at various tracks around the country.
Bowe became the lead driver of the Volvo team after Francevic was fired from the team shortly by team boss John Sheppard after his refusal to drive a newly built car at the 1986 Castrol 500 (he was also fired for comments made to the media on race morning which Francevic claimed was aimed at the race officials, but Sheppard took as criticising the team). Once again though, the Volvo proved fragile and unable to effectively threaten for the 1986 endurance races, though Bowe was able to qualify the Volvo in fifth place for the 1986 James Hardie 1000. The team closed at the end of the season leaving Bowe without a drive for the 1987 season.
He was picked up by the
Bowe's first major touring car win came in the
car on the high-banked Thunderdome.For
After the 1988 ATCC, DJR took one Dick's championship winning Sierra to the Silverstone Circuit to contest the RAC Tourist Trophy. DJR proved they had the fastest Group A Sierra's in the world when Dick Johnson easily won the pole by just under half a second against the best European and British opposition. Johnson and Bowe led the race early on and were pulling away from the Eggenberger and Andy Rouse Sierra's, with Johnson setting the circuits Group A lap record, until the water pump in the car failed and had to be replaced. Rouse would go on to win the race, with the DJR Sierra eventually finishing 21st.
The
Over the next three seasons his 1987 team Nissan, now running the formidable
V8Supercar
Supercars Championship career | |
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Championships | 1 (1995) |
Races | 469 |
Wins | 31 |
Podiums | 92 |
Pole positions | 23 |
DJR fortunes reversed in 1993 with the advent of the V8 based regulations that in 1997 would become known as V8 Supercar. The team's new Ford Falcon V8s returned to the front with Bowe winning the first round under the new regulations at Amaroo Park. Bowe would narrowly miss out on second place in the championship. For the 1994 season DJR was initially off the pace until the Sandown 500 where in a race of mixed fortunes Bowe and Johnson won, taking the team's first Sandown 500 win after over 15 years of disappointment. Four weeks later in one of the most dramatic Bathurst 1000s of all time Bowe and Johnson held off a pursuing pack of five Holdens late in the race to win, with Bowe memorably fighting for the lead with teenage debutante Craig Lowndes in the final laps.
The team continued their good form into 1995 where not even the destruction of tyre suppliers Dunlop factory in the
Bowe continued to race for DJR for the next three seasons, taking a second sprint victory at Bathurst in 1996, Lakeside in 1997 and Winton in 1998, the last of his 15 Touring Car round victories. Bowe also finished runner up in the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 to his young rival from two years prior, Craig Lowndes.
Bowe moved on to
From 2002 to 2006 Bowe and new team-mate Brad Jones had mixed fortunes. As with Briggs Motorsport early promise faded as the team struggled to find the resources to regularly threaten the front running teams. Always a threat at Bathurst, Bowe and Jones finished third in 2004 and won the second race in the 2005 Australian Grand Prix non-championship event.
Retirement
Announcing his retirement, Bowe raced a final season in 2007 for
and Wilson Security. Bowe also runs the number 18 on his Mustang, the same number he used when driving for Dick Johnson Racing.Bowe's name has been lent to the John Bowe Trophy, awarded to the winner of the
Driving a
.Career results
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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1978 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 10th | Chevrolet
|
Ansett Team Elfin |
1979 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Elfin MR8 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin |
1979 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 2nd | Elfin 792 Volkswagen | Ansett Team Elfin |
1980 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 3rd | Elfin MR8 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin |
1980 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 4th | Elfin Two-25 Volkswagen | Ansett Team Elfin |
1981 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 4th | Elfin MR9 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin |
1981 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 9th | Elfin Two-25 Volkswagen | Chris Leach Racing |
1982 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Ford
|
Chris Leach Racing |
1982 | National Panasonic Series | =4th | Ford
|
Chris Leach Racing |
1983 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 6th | Ralt RT4 Ford | Chris Leach Racing |
1984 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Ralt RT4 Ford | Chris Leach Racing |
1985 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Ralt RT4 Ford | Chris Leach Enterprises |
1985 | Australian Sports Car Championship | NC | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | Bernie van Elsen |
1985 | Australian Endurance Championship | NC | Volvo 240T
|
Mark Petch Motorsport |
1986 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 8th | Volvo 240T | Volvo Dealer Team |
1986 | Australian Sports Car Championship | 1st | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | Bernie van Elsen |
1986 | Australian Endurance Championship | NC | Volvo 240T | Volvo Dealer Team |
1987 | Australian Sports Car Championship | 2nd | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | Bernie van Elsen |
1988 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford Sierra RS500
|
Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1988 | European Touring Car Championship | NC | Ford Sierra RS500 | Redkote Racing |
1988 | Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship | NC | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1988
|
World Sports Prototype Championship
|
NC | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | Bernie van Elsen |
1989 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1990 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 5th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1990 | Australian Endurance Championship | NC | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1991 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 7th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1991 | Australian Endurance Championship | NC | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1992 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 4th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing |
1993 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 3rd | Ford EB Falcon
|
Shell Racing |
1994 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 6th | Ford EB Falcon | Shell FAI Racing |
1995 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Ford EF Falcon
|
Shell FAI Racing |
1995 | Australian GT Production Car Series
|
16th | Mazda RX-7 | |
1996 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EF Falcon | Shell FAI Racing |
1996 | Australian GT Production Car Championship | 5th | Ferrari F355 Challenge | Ross Palmer Motorsport |
1997 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EL Falcon
|
Shell Helix Racing |
1997 | Australian GT Production Car Championship | 2nd | Ferrari F355 Challenge | Ross Palmer Motorsport |
1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 5th | Ford EL Falcon | Shell Helix Racing |
1998 | Australian GT Production Car Championship | 5th | Ferrari F355 Challenge | Ross Palmer Motorsport |
1999 | Shell Championship Series
|
13th | Ford AU Falcon
|
PAE Motorsport |
2000 | Shell Championship Series | 16th | Ford AU Falcon | Briggs Motor Sport
|
2001 | Shell Championship Series | 22nd | Ford AU Falcon | Briggs Motor Sport |
2001 | Australian GT Production Car Championship | 5th | Ford Mustang Cobra RA | Prancing Horse Racing |
2002 | V8Supercar Championship Series
|
12th | Ford AU Falcon | OzEmail Racing |
2002 | Australian Nations Cup Championship | 3rd | Ferrari 360 N-GT | Prancing Horse Racing |
2003 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 11th | Ford BA Falcon
|
OzEmail Racing |
2003 | Australian Nations Cup Championship | 2nd | Ferrari 360 N-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS
|
Prancing Horse Racing |
2004 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 9th | Ford BA Falcon | OzEmail Racing |
2005 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 18th | Ford BA Falcon | Team BOC |
2006 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 23rd | Ford BA Falcon | Team BOC |
2007 | V8Supercar Championship Series
|
30th | Ford BF Falcon
|
Paul Cruickshank Racing |
2007
|
Australian GT Championship | 12th | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | Team Lamborghini Australia |
2008
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Australian GT Championship | 5th | Ferrari 360 GT Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 |
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2008 | Touring Car Masters | 2nd | Chevrolet Camaro
|
Sunliner RV |
2009 | Touring Car Masters (Group 1) | 3rd | Chevrolet Camaro | Sunliner RV |
2010 | Touring Car Masters | 3rd | Ford Mustang | John Bowe Racing |
2011 | Touring Car Masters (Class C) | 1st | Ford Mustang | John Bowe Racing |
2011
|
Australian Production Car Championship | 19th | BMW 335i
|
GWS Personnel |
2012 | Australian Touring Car Masters Series (Class A) | 1st | Ford Mustang | WesTrac Cat/Wilson Security |
2013
|
Touring Car Masters | 2nd | Ford Mustang | John Bowe Racing |
2013
|
Australian GT Championship | 4th | Ferrari 458 GT3
|
Maranello Motorsport |
2013 | Australian Production Car Championship | 23rd | BMW 335i | GWS Motorsport |
2014
|
Australian GT Championship | 3rd | Ferrari 458 Italia
|
IL Bello Rosso |
2014 | Touring Car Masters (ProMasters class) | 1st | Ford Mustang | Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Security |
2015 | Australian GT Championship | 36th | Bentley Continental | Flying B Racing |
2015 | Touring Car Masters (ProMasters class) | 1st | Holden Torana SL/R 5000
|
Dunlop Super Dealers / Wilson Security |
Complete Australian Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987
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Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
|
MNZ | JAR | DIJ | NUR | SPA | BNO | SIL
|
BAT ovr:2 cls:2 |
CLD | WEL Ret |
FJI | NC | 0 |
† Not registered for series & points
Complete World Sports Prototype Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988
|
Bernie van Elsen | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | JRZ
|
JAR
|
MON
|
SIL | LMS | BRN
|
BHT | NUR | SPA | FJI | SAN DSQ |
NC | 0 |
Complete European Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Redkote Racing | Ford Sierra RS500
|
MNZ
|
DON | EST
|
JAR | DIJ | VAL | NUR | SPA | ZOL | SIL 21 |
NOG | NC | 0 |
Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500
|
BAT 2 |
WEL Ret |
PUK | FJI | N/A | 15 |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Mark Petch Motorsport | Robbie Francevic | Volvo 240T
|
B | 122 | DNF | DNF |
1986 | Volvo Dealer Team | Alfredo Costanzo | Volvo 240T
|
B | 113 | DNF | DNF |
Graham McRae Neville Crichton |
Volvo 240T
|
156 | 11th | 4th | |||
1987 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Glenn Seton | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
|
1 | 157 | 2nd | 2nd |
1988 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
A | 22 | DNF | DNF |
Robb Gravett Neville Crichton |
Ford Sierra RS500
|
27 | DNF | DNF | |||
John Smith Dick Johnson Alfredo Costanzo |
Ford Sierra RS500
|
160 | 2nd | 2nd | |||
1989 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
A | 161 | 1st | 1st |
1990 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
1 | 94 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
1 | 123 | DNF | DNF |
Paul Radisich Terry Shiel |
Ford Sierra RS500
|
152 | DNF | DNF | |||
1992 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
A | 143 | 2nd | 2nd |
1993 | Shell Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EB Falcon
|
A | 96 | DNF | DNF |
1994 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EB Falcon
|
A | 161 | 1st | 1st |
1995 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon
|
110 | DNF | DNF | |
1996 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon
|
161 | 2nd | 2nd | |
1997 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EL Falcon
|
L1 | 17 | DNF | DNF |
1998 | Dick Johnson Racing | Cameron McConville | Ford EL Falcon
|
OC | 80 | DNF | DNF |
1999 | PAE Motorsport | Jim Richards | Ford AU Falcon
|
82 | DNF | DNF | |
2000 | Briggs Motor Sport
|
Jim Richards | Ford AU Falcon
|
147 | DNF | DNF | |
2001 | Briggs Motor Sport
|
Simon Wills | Ford AU Falcon
|
124 | DNF | DNF | |
2002 | OzEmail Racing Team | Brad Jones | Ford AU Falcon
|
158 | 16th | 16th | |
2003 | OzEmail Racing Team | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
160 | 10th | 10th | |
2004 | OzEmail Racing Team | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
161 | 3rd | 3rd | |
2005 | Team BOC | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
125 | 21st | 21st | |
2006 | Brad Jones Racing | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
161 | 11th | 11th | |
2007 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Jonathon Webb | Ford BF Falcon
|
160 | 14th | 14th |
Complete Sandown 500 results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Mark Petch Motorsport | Robbie Francevic | Volvo 240T
|
B | 60 | DNF | DNF |
1986 | Volvo Dealer Team | Alfredo Costanzo | Volvo 240T
|
B | 112 | DNF | DNF |
1987 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Glenn Seton | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
|
B | 86 | NC | NC |
1988
|
Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
A | 125 | 3rd | 3rd |
1989 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
A | 159 | 5th | 5th |
1990 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
Div.1 | 18 | DNF | DNF |
Jeff Allam Paul Radisich |
Ford Sierra RS500
|
60 | DNF | DNF | |||
1992 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
3A | 31 | DNF | DNF |
1993 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson Cameron McConville |
Ford EB Falcon
|
V8 | 147 | 6th | 6th |
1994 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EB Falcon
|
V8 | 161 | 1st | 1st |
1995 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon
|
161 | 1st | 1st | |
1996 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon
|
159 | 6th | 6th | |
1997 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EL Falcon
|
108 | DNF | DNF | |
1998 | Shell FAI Racing | Cameron McConville | Ford EL Falcon
|
147 | 3rd | 3rd | |
2001 | Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia | Tom Waring | Ferrari 360 Challenge | N | 161 | 1st | 1st |
2002 | Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia | Steve Beards | Ferrari 360 N-GT | G1 | 160 | 3rd | 3rd |
2003 | OzEmail Racing Team | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
141 | 4th | 4th | |
2004
|
OzEmail Racing Team | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
160 | 7th | 7th | |
2005 | Team BOC | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
160 | 9th | 9th | |
2006 | Team BOC | Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon
|
161 | 5th | 5th | |
2007 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Jonathon Webb | Ford BF Falcon
|
160 | 12th | 12th | |
2011 | GWS Personnel | Peter O'Donnell | BMW 335i
|
B | 131 | 6th | 1st |
Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Mazda Motorsport | Gregg Hansford | Mazda RX-7 SP | T | 245 | 5th | 3rd |
1994 | Neville Crichton | Alan Jones Neville Crichton |
BMW M3
|
X | 120 | DNF | DNF |
19951 | Mazda Motorsport | Dick Johnson | Mazda RX-7 SP | X | 409 | 1st | 1st |
2007 | Century 21 | Chris Delfsma Jack Elsegood |
Ford BF Falcon XR8
|
D | 244 | 9 | 1 |
2008 | Century 21 | Chris Delfsma Paul Stubber |
Ford BF Falcon XR8
|
D | 181 | 24 | 4 |
2009 | Johnson Window Film | Jim Hunter Gavin Bullas |
Subaru Impreza WRX
|
C | 85 | DNF | DNF |
2010 | Eastern Creek International Karting
|
Paul Morris Garry Holt |
BMW 335i
|
B | 202 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | Maranello Motorsport | Peter Edwards Tim Leahey |
Ferrari 430 GT3
|
A | 161 | DNF | DNF |
2012 | Maranello Motorsport | Peter Edwards Dominik Farnbacher Allan Simonsen |
Ferrari 458 GT3
|
A | 114 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | Maranello Motorsport | Peter Edwards Mika Salo Allan Simonsen |
Ferrari 458 GT3
|
A | 111 | DNF | DNF |
2014 | Maranello Motorsport | Craig Lowndes Peter Edwards Mika Salo |
Ferrari 458 GT3
|
A | 296 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | Flying B Motorsport | David Brabham Peter Edwards |
Bentley Continental GT3 | AA | 254 | DNF | DNF |
- Notes
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia | Brad Jones Paul Morris John Teulan |
Ferrari 360 N-GT | 1 | 96 | DNF | DNF |
2003 | Prancing Horse Racing |
References
- ^ "John Bowe – Australian Motorsport Champion". John Bowe Racing. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "John Bowe | Wilson Security Racing | Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series Team". Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Mr John Bowe". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ 1986 ATCC Barbagello Round 5
- ^ 1987 Calder Park 300 Highlights