 As of 2016 this is believed to be the only touring car victory for a Japanese car on the high-banked Thunderdome.For 1988, Dick Johnson Racing hired Bowe, replacing Gregg Hansford as the teams number two driver in their Ford Sierra RS500's.Team manager Neal Lowe had completely re-engineered the cars after an embarrassing 1987 endurance season and the Shell backed cars proved to be the class of the field.