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Originally Posted by Henry
The ex-HP XD was stripped after the crash. The shell went to John Donnelly, and much of the other stuff went into the 1981 Bathurst winner, which was sold to Alf Grant in mid-1982. Good car that one. Donnelly also at one stage co-drove the John English (ex-Allan Moffat) XD which eventually knocked a big piece of concrete out of the wall at the Esses at Bathurst.
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Close Henry, but no cigar
Donnelly didn't drive the ex-Moffat car. English drove Donnelly's car.
The shell of the 1980 "Rock Car" was given to Donnelly who pulled it straight and rebuilt it.
In 1981, English was the lead driver in John Donnelly's ex-DJ 1980 "Rock Car" at Bathurst. Primary reason for this was that he was more experienced at that time and had been to Bathurst previously. They finished a strong 10th Outright.
I'd like to one day write a book about the backstabbing and bulls$%t that occured at Bathurst that year and the debacle afterwards, but Australian libel and defamation laws and other legal issues may prevent me doing so........
