Most formidable driver combinations.

Mattracer · 11 Jul 2005, 11:51 (Ref:1352483)

With Sandown and Bathurst again looming on the horizon, what are the most formidable driver combinations past and present, regardless of how circumstances played out for or against them? Just the potential, how evenly matched and effective could/would they have been and which ones went further and fulfilled the potential?

Brock/Perkins
Brock/Skaife
Brock/Moffat

Perkins/Ingall

Johnson/Bowe
Johnson/Bartlett

Skaife/Richards (Jim)

Grice/Percy

Lowndes/Seton

Seton/Crompton

Raglanparade · 11 Jul 2005, 12:03 (Ref:1352489)

Steve Richards/Jim Richards

Steve Richards/Greg Murphy

Craig Lowndes/Greg Murphy

adz_34 · 11 Jul 2005, 13:31 (Ref:1352599)

Brock/Moffat has got to be the most potent partnership ever on the mountain

Steve and Jim Richards

Lowndes/Murphy '96

Skaife/Richards obvious this one 4 wins together '91, '92, '02

Walkinshaw/Percy '85 they should have romped home

Johnson/Bowe '89, '94

Brock/Perkins '82, '83, '84

Brock/Richards '78, '79, '80

Brock/Skaife if only

Gibson/Seton

Moffat/Geoghegan

racer69 · 11 Jul 2005, 13:46 (Ref:1352614)

Klaus Ludwig / Klaus Neidzweidz '87

Masahiro Hasemi / Kazuyoshi Hoshino '82 (imagine if they'd been back in 1984)

Mark Skaife / Craig Lowdnes '98 (FAI 1000)

Trev Campbell · 11 Jul 2005, 23:44 (Ref:1353098)

S. Richards/Ingall
Perkins/Ingall
Brock/Perkins
Johnson/Bowe
J. Richards/Skaife
Lowndes/Murphy
Jane/Firth
Brock/Moffatt
Grice/Percy
Niedzwietz/Ludwig

Seton Fanatic · 12 Jul 2005, 02:23 (Ref:1353134)

My all-time great pairings
1. Seton/Smith
2. Seton/Gibson
3. Brock/Richards
4. Brock/Moffat
5. Brock/Perkins
6. Seton/Parsons
7. Seton/Seton
8. Fury/Seton
9. Seton/Bowe
10. Richards/Longhurst
11. Skaife/Longhurst
12. Skaife/Richards
13. Grice/Percy
14. Finnigan/Leeds
15. Willmington/Barnes
16. Taylor/Kennedy
17. Ashby/Reed
18. Perkins/Ingall
19. Seton/Bosworth
20. Holden/Aaltonen

Joe5619 · 12 Jul 2005, 02:30 (Ref:1353136)

Did Seto & Allan Jones ever driver together in the enduro's?? I think they might have done a Sandowm together but not Bathurst

Seto/Lowndes
Seto/Jones (???)
Skaife/Lowndes
Skaife/Brock
Brock/moffact
Brock/anyone (!!!!)
Johnson/Bowe

Henry · 12 Jul 2005, 02:56 (Ref:1353150)

Joe, Seto shared the Falcon with AJ in 1992 at Bathurst.

In addition to the more obvious ones above (Brock.Moffat etc)

Goss/Bartlett
Grice/Percy
Geoghegan/Geoghegan
McPhee/Mulholland, although their strategy was the best part of that combo
Bright/Richards
Perkins/Ingall
Johnson/Perkins
Bartlett/Bond
Richards/Hobbs
Morris/Fitzpatrick
Cecotto/Ravaglia
Percy/Ingall

aj_308 · 12 Jul 2005, 03:00 (Ref:1353153)

when you look back, Skaife/Lowndes and Ingall/Ambrose should have been unstoppable.
just goes to show you I guess.

Aarrgh8 · 12 Jul 2005, 04:51 (Ref:1353181)

In the 75+ nominations so far, Brock/J.Richards gets mentioned only twice, so I'd better add another vote for IMHO, the most formidable combination at Bathurst ever. Although Greg Murphy gets a few mentions, the Murphy/Kelly doesn't get a guernsey, despite winning the thing for the past two years, Marcos gets one mention, but only as 'should have been', and OS drivers get only a couple of votes. Hmm. On the other hand, SF gives Taylor/Reed and Wilmington/Barnes votes for the 'most formidable combination', so anything's possible.

(1) Brock/J.Richards
(2) Skaife/Lowndes
(3) Johnson/Bowe
(4) Moffat/Geoghegan

billy bigtime · 12 Jul 2005, 05:47 (Ref:1353190)

All of the above.
I'd rather like to see a Lowndes/Ingall pairing

chavez · 12 Jul 2005, 06:18 (Ref:1353202)

Janson / Perkins
Cullen / Jones
Bundy / Carr

Marcos Skaife · 12 Jul 2005, 06:44 (Ref:1353216)

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

All of the above.
I'd rather like to see a Lowndes/Ingall pairing

Maybe next year??????..............

Rombles1 · 12 Jul 2005, 06:53 (Ref:1353220)

Quote:

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

All of the above.
I'd rather like to see a Lowndes/Ingall pairing

I'd only want to see that done in a Holden though - but then I like seeing Holden keep winning it!

xrystl · 12 Jul 2005, 06:59 (Ref:1353222)

Moffat & Bond - Brock & Moffat - Johnson & Bowe .

krypto71 · 12 Jul 2005, 07:30 (Ref:1353242)

I know this is not a previous pairing but I would like to see Brighty and Lowndesy paired together. Unlikely I guess but I think it would be a fast pairing...

Rob 18 · 12 Jul 2005, 22:19 (Ref:1354185)

Johnson-French
Bartlett-Bond
Johnson-Hansford
Radisich-Bright

Senna05 · 12 Jul 2005, 23:52 (Ref:1354242)

In terms of most potential, you'd have to add Brabham/Moss from 78.

I think most formiddable, if you went by how much they won by, and with all their victories put together, would be pretty obvious.

GROUPA · 13 Jul 2005, 06:33 (Ref:1354357)

Hansford/Perkins
Bright/Richards
Skaife/Richards
Crompton/Lowndes
Ingall/Perkins
Rydell/Richards
Jones/Bowe

Razor · 13 Jul 2005, 08:32 (Ref:1354412)

Or, what about Rick Kelly and Greg Murphy?

Mattracer · 13 Jul 2005, 10:48 (Ref:1354466)

Johnson/Bartlett would have made a mega combination in '83 if only they had a car worthy for the race. Skaife and Lowndes- forgot that one really. If only for '98 and '00.

The one permutation that seems to have been avoided in the pages of history- Lowndes/Brock- HRT Commodore.

Aarrgh8 · 13 Jul 2005, 10:52 (Ref:1354468)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senna05

In terms of most potential, you'd have to add Brabham/Moss from 78.

I think most formidable, if you went by how much they won by, and with all their victories put together, would be pretty obvious.

Sir Jack and Stirling are absolute legends of motorsport, but a formidable Bathurst combination they weren't. At 50 and 47 respectively in 1976 (not 1978), with no previous 1000 experience (Jack knows his way around Bathurst better than most, but not that race), even in a decent car and team they would have struggled bigtime.

Your second sentence sounds like another vote for Brock/Richards.

aj_308 · 14 Jul 2005, 04:11 (Ref:1355162)

I got a bit confused by that one also.
By my thinking?
Brock/ Perkins.
Brock/ Richards.

Senna05 · 14 Jul 2005, 08:11 (Ref:1355226)

I've gotta say, a Brock/Lowdnes in 1997 woulda have been amazing - and using the #15 commodore, the likelyhood of that damned airbox problem would have been lessened.

Yup - great pick up, Arrgh8. Brock/Perkins were good, but Brock/Richards both went on to prove that they could take other drivers under their wings and do the same thing.

Trev Campbell · 14 Jul 2005, 23:21 (Ref:1355851)

And Perkins hasn't ??????

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