With only 2 brands in the championship,it would be hard to have it any other way. whats wrong with going from holden to ford and back again?Its all gotten a bit monotonous since they turned it into a 2 horse race.Ive been attending Bathurst since the days when the pepsi and channel nine camaros, the JPS BMW 6 series even Volvos /Barinas were racing and it was fun.Spose back then the corporate buck wasnt the almighty ruler as it is these days and the thrill was in negotiating not only the mountain but the different class of car from Barinas through RX7's upto the V8's.I remember the first year they put audio into the cars and they were chatting to DJ across the top of the mountain and he asked them to hold a second while he passed a Volvo,or as he called it,"a house brick with brakes". Now,the only negotiating that takes place is what posi your in when the safety car comes out!
As for Lowndesy going back to Holden,he was spotted and mentored by Brocky and had a massive carreer ahead of him at HDT and was really starting to show his potential and all of a sudden he moves to Ford ?(some may argue with me here) but i definately feel and from what i remember hearing while in various pit crews, one of the other HDT youngins at the time kicked up a stink (feeling threatened by Lowndes) and Lowndes was really left with no choice.
