Another interesting historical fact about the 1973 B1000 was that the latest XB Falcon range was launched in September that year, which was the same month in which the race was held (Sunday September 30). So Ford won with the XA GT which was effectively an outdated model when the chequered flag fell. John Goss won the race the following year in his ageing XA GT (below), making the XA the only Falcon GT model to win two Bathurst 1000s.