Dick Johnson Racing and Nissan Motorsport will this year continue the popular trend of running retro liveries in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
DJR, the championship’s oldest team, will mark the 20th anniversary of its most recent Bathurst triumph by campaigning its #17 David Wall/Steven Johnson entry in yellow and blue Shell/FAI colours.
The move marks the third consecutive retro Bathurst livery for DJR, having celebrated Johnson’s famed Tru-Blu XD and Greens’-Tuf XE Falcons in 2012 and 2013.
Nissan is using the second appearance of its V8 Supercars program at Bathurst to hark back to its 1984 Bluebird, which scored pole for The Great Race thanks to the efforts of George Fury.
While the retro schemes come at a compromise for team sponsors, the combination of increased media exposure and revenue earned through associated merchandising ensures that they’ll likely be a fixture of the Bathurst weekend for years to come.
This week’s Pirtek Poll asks: Which retro Bathurst livery has been your favourite?
Scroll through the contenders before casting your vote at the bottom of the page.
2007 Ford Performance Racing – Cobra (1978)
![Owen Kelly and Matt Halliday in 2007](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2007-FPR.png)
2010 Holden Racing Team – Percy/Grice (1990)
![The HRT ran a 1990 throwback scheme on both its cars in 2010](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2010-HRT.png)
2012 TeamVodafone – Marlboro HDT (1982)
![Craig Lowndes campaigned a Peter Brock tribute to much fanfare in 2012](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2012-Lowndes.png)
2012 The Bottle-O Racing – Firth/Gibson (1967)
![David Reynolds and Dean Canto finished second in the 2012 race in their remake of the 1967 winner](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2012-Reynolds.png)
2012 Ford Performance Racing – Moffat Ford Dealers (1977)
![FPR recreated the look of Allan Moffat](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2012-FPR.png)
2012 Dick Johnson Racing – Tru-Blu (1980/81)
![James Moffat and Alex Davison were entrusted with Dick Johnson](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2012-DJR.png)
2013 Dick Johnson Racing – Greens’-Tuf (1983)
![Chaz Mostert and Dale Wood shared Greens](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2013-DJR.png)
2014 Dick Johnson Racing – Shell FAI (1994)
![Steven Johnson and David Wall will share the 1994 remake this year](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2014-DJR-17.png)
2014 Nissan Motorsport – Fury/Scott Bluebird (1984)
![Nissan has entered the retro fray for its Michael Caruso/Dean Fiore Altima](https://speedcafe.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2014-Nissan1.png)