Harry Firth
Harry Firth, known as the "Old Fox" for his wily tactics, was a Ford works driver in the mid 60's. He was responsible for developing the XR Falcon GT in 1967 and won Bathurst that year with Fred Gibson. Soon after he left to take up managing the Holden Dealer Team. In 1969 he introduced two youngsters into the team, Colin Bond and Peter Brock, and set about developing a new mid sized race car, the Torana XU-1. Firth's long distance driving adage was to nurse the car along by being sympathetic with the machinery. Considering his outstanding record in enduro racing it paid dividends on many occasions. He retired from the HDT and Motor Sport after the 1977 Great Race.
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