{"id":613279,"date":"2026-04-17T16:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:38:34","slug":"how-dick-johnson-racing-has-fared-in-previous-supercars-milestone-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613279\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dick Johnson Racing has fared in previous Supercars milestone races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DICK Johnson Racing this afternoon becomes the first team to chalk up 1100 Supercars Championship starts.<\/p>\n<p>It will star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1301-Brodie-Kostecki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brodie Kostecki<\/a> on the front of the row of the grid for the occasion, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2773-Rylan-Gray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rylan Gray<\/a> 16th when the start lights are extinguished at 2:35pm AEST (4:35pm local).<\/p>\n<p>So, how has DJR fared in previous milestone occasions? V8 Sleuth looks back at each 100-race interval.<\/p>\n<p>100th race: 1992 Amaroo Park, Race 2<\/p>\n<p>#18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-149-John-Bowe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Bowe<\/a> 10th (started 6th)<br \/>#17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-250-Dick-Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dick Johnson<\/a> 12th (started 5th)<\/p>\n<p>200th race: 1996 Mallala, Race 2<\/p>\n<p>#18 John Bowe 2nd (started 2nd)<br \/>#17 Dick Johnson 9th (started 8th)<\/p>\n<p>300th race: 2000 Perth, Race 2<\/p>\n<p>#18 Paul Radisich 5th (started 6th)<br \/>#17 Steven Johnson 8th (started 9th)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-falcon-chronicles-eb-ef-el-au-book?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/falcon-chronicles_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>400th race: 2003 Queensland Raceway 300<\/p>\n<p>#17 Steven Johnson 12th (started 15th)<br \/>#18 Max Wilson 24th (started 18th)<\/p>\n<p>500th race: 2006 Phillip Island, Race 3<\/p>\n<p>#17 Steven Johnson 22nd (started 15th)<br \/>#18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-4-Will-Davison\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Davison<\/a> DNF (started 7th)<\/p>\n<p>600th race: 2009 Homebush, Race 2<\/p>\n<p>#18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-15-James-Courtney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Courtney<\/a> 1st (started 2nd)<br \/>#17 Steven Johnson 10th (started 24th)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"254282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DK-2009-Courtney-Homebush-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254282\"  \/>Pic: an1images.com \/ Dirk Klynsmith<\/p>\n<p>700th race: 2013 Austin, Race 4<\/p>\n<p>#12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-330-Chaz-Mostert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chaz Mostert<\/a> 15th (started 20th)<br \/>#17 Tim Blanchard 23rd (started 28th)<\/p>\n<p>800th race: 2016 Phillip Island, Race 1<\/p>\n<p>#12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-18-Fabian-Coulthard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabian Coulthard<\/a> 3rd (started 9th)<br \/>#17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-45-Scott-Pye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Pye<\/a> 26th (started 10th)<\/p>\n<p>900th race: 2019 Queensland Raceway, Race 2<\/p>\n<p>#17 Scott McLaughlin 1st (started 1st)<br \/>#12 Fabian Coulthard 18th (started 11th)<\/p>\n<p>1000th race: 2022 Bathurst 1000<\/p>\n<p>#100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1264-Anton-De Pasquale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton De Pasquale<\/a>\/Tony D\u2019Alberto 7th (started 11th)<br \/>#17 Will Davison\/Alex Davison DNF (started 5th)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/News_ADPBath2022Wong-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123464\"  \/>DJR ran a special one-off livery to celebrate its 1000th championship race. Pic: Nathan Wong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DICK Johnson Racing this afternoon becomes the first team to chalk up 1100 Supercars Championship starts. 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