Later Ford Involvement in Racing
In 1977 Ford supported a two-car team, the Moffat Ford Dealers Team, in the Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 with Allan Moffat and Colin Bond as drivers. Moffat and Bond finished 1-2 in both the Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 in 1977 but when Moffat and Bond split at the end of 1978 Ford again withdrew factory support from Australian touring car racing.
In rallying, in 1977 a very competitive Ford works rally team was formed with Colin Bond as team manager and driver and Greg Carr as the other team driver. Carr won the 1978 Australian Rally Championship for Ford in a Ford Escort BDA. The team was wound up at the end of the 1980 season.
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