Biante - 1/18 Ford EB Falcon 1994 Johnson/Bowe

#17 Drivers: Dick Johnson / John Bowe
1994 Sandown 500 Winner

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the 1:18 Scale Ford EB Falcon driven to victory by Dick Johnson and John Bowe at the 1994 Sandown 500.

VICTORY in the annual Sandown endurance classic eluded Dick Johnson for many years, since the mid-1970s in fact, however he and long-time teammate John Bowe finally conquered the 500-kilometre race in 1994 aboard their #17 Shell-FAI Racing Ford Falcon EB.

The victory was also special given it was the beginning of a unique endurance double as Johnson and Bowe also went on that year to win the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst, becoming the first combination in 10 years (since Peter Brock and Larry Perkins in 1984) to win the Sandown 500/Bathurst 1000 double.

But the duo’s path to victory in the Sandown classic in 1994 (also the 30th anniversary event given the first Sandown touring car endurance races was in 1964) was one that began for them well outside the top 10 - from way back in 15th on the grid in fact.

A rain-affected Saturday qualifying jumbled the order of the grid given drivers that got onto the circuit early and set a time (before further showers arrived) were best-placed and those that headed out later had a wetter circuit to contend with.

So that left Bowe 15th on the grid in the field of 29 starters in a field consisting not only of five-litre V8 touring cars but also production cars that were used during the early 1990s at the event to bolster the thinner touring car fields.

But that proved no obstacle to the Tasmanian star, who sliced his way through the field to assume the lead by lap 30. A long brake pad change in the first pit stop cost the #17 Falcon time when Johnson climbed aboard the car, however a Safety Car period soon after allowed him to regain the lost ground easily and Bowe jumped back in to finish off the race and take a strong victory.

Features:
- Scale: 1/18
- Stand-out model
- Produced in die-cast
- Autoart with their usual high attention to detail and finishing
- Fully opening parts
- Highly detailed engine bay and faithfully replicated interiors
- Interior and exterior colour options have been finished beautifully
- For die-cast model car collectors
- Model should not be missed.