Let’s face it, Ford’s new racing car is better than GM’s new racing car. It stops a bit better, it goes a bit better, and it seems to handle a bit better – and that, in motor racing is enough.’
This was the assessment of Racing Car News’ Adrian Ryan in his race report of the 1969 Sandown 3 Hour. Given what transpired on the day – a glorious one-two-three for Ford and its new XW model Falcon GT-HO, a car which had shown itself to be both faster and better in the braking department than its Holden Monaro GTS 350 opposition – Ryan’s summation seemed reasonably fair.
Never mind that the new Holden didn’t have the pace to match the Fords, it didn’t even have the braking capacity to simply complete the three-hour journey. On the evidence of what took place at Sandown, Ford was going to Bathurst three weeks later as the firm, if not hot, favourite.
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