{"id":384123,"date":"2026-04-17T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384123\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:37:10","slug":"motorsport-news-bathurst-winner-barry-bo-seton-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384123\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport news: Bathurst winner Barry ‘Bo’ Seton dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarry Seton with son Glenn, pictured in 2016. Image: Glenis Lindley <\/p>\n

Best known as \u2018Bo\u2019, Seton won the Great Race aboard a Ford Cortina GT500 alongside Midge Bosworth in the year of Glenn\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

It was one of 22 starts in the Bathurst classic for Seton, spanning 1963 to 1984.<\/p>\n

They included outings in the factory Ford team and a trio of class victories \u2013 in 1976, \u201977 and \u201980 \u2013 driving self-prepared Capris.<\/p>\n

Long based from Sydney before later moving to Queensland, Seton also enjoyed great success in Sun-7\/AMSCAR competition at Amaroo Park.<\/p>\n

Seton shared his Capri in the 1983 Great Race with son Glenn, marking the then teenager\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n

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Barry Seton with Glenn and Bo in 2022. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

Bo guided his son\u2019s rise through the touring car ranks, including helping to set up Glenn Seton Racing in 1989, where he primarily worked building engines.<\/p>\n

Splitting with GSR at the end of 1995, Seton continued as an engine builder and never lost his passion for racing.<\/p>\n

He later built and raced historic touring car machinery, as well as keeping tabs on the career of grandson Aaron.<\/p>\n

Speedcafe extends its condolences to the Seton family.<\/p>\n

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