The Greatest Team Rivalries

Triple Eight Race Engineering versus DJR Team Penske shapes as a rivalry set to dominate Supercars in the coming years. With this in mind, we take a look back at the greatest team rivalries of yesteryear.

- Adrian Musolino

TOTAL TEAM VERSUS NEPTUNE RACING TEAM

The Improved Production rules came into effect from 1965 and it was the Neptune Racing Team and Total Team who dominated that era with championship wins in the Ford Mustang. While Ian Geoghegan’s Total Team fielded the Mustang for multiple seasons to four consecutive championship wins, Neptune Racing Team ran a variety of machinery for the likes of Norm Beechey.

ALLAN MOFFAT RACING VERSUS HOLDEN DEALER TEAM

The original Ford versus Holden rivalry. The rise of Peter Brock at the Holden Dealer Team provided Ford’s Allan Moffat with his biggest challenger. Their rivalry dominated the 1970s, with Brock in the Torana and Moffat in the Falcon trading Bathurst wins. Colin Bond’s defection from the Holden Dealer Team to Moffat’s Ford squad only increased tensions between the two outfits.

HOLDEN DEALER TEAM VERSUS DICK JOHNSON RACING

Dick Johnson took over the mantle as Blue Oval’s main challenger from Allan Moffat to continue the Ford versus Holden rivalry into the 1980s. The battle reached its peak in the final-round showdown for the 1981 title at Lakeside, when Johnson triumphed over Peter Brock. But Brock ruled at Mount Panorama, scoring three wins on the trot from 1982 to 1984.

DICK JOHNSON RACING VERSUS GIBSON MOTORSPORT