Bathurst 500: Steve Johnson to steer blue XD Ford Falcon dubbed Tru Blu 2 at the Mount | Western Advocate

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A BRIGHT blue XD Ford Falcon with a Johnson behind the wheel will return to Mount Panorama this weekend in search of success four decades on from the original etching the family into Bathurst folklore. Dubbed ‘Tru Blu 2’ by the team, Steven Johnson’s Falcon – a tribute to Dick Johnson’s iconic Bathurst Ford of the early 1980s – will make its Mount debut as part of the Touring Car Masters series. Though not the first XD Falcon to tackle TCM races at Mount Panorama, it will be the first time that the Team Johnson example will race in Bathurst. “It’s going to be pretty cool to bring a Tru Blu Falcon back to Bathurst,” Johnson said. “Whether they were fans or not, so many people have memories of watching the…