▁its ▁first ▁season : ▁K rac o ▁Racing ▁( Bob by ▁Rah al ) ▁and ▁Dick ▁Simon ▁Racing ▁( Ar ie ▁Lu y end yk ), ▁and ▁its ▁development ▁was ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁reg ain ▁domin ance ▁of ▁the ▁sport . ▁At ▁Ind y , ▁neither ▁car ▁qualified ▁in ▁the ▁front ▁two ▁rows , ▁but ▁both ▁started ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten . ▁On ▁race ▁day , ▁both ▁drivers ▁dropped ▁out ▁with ▁engine ▁fail ures . ▁Rah al ▁won ▁one ▁race ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁at ▁the ▁M ead ow lands . ▁However , ▁the ▁K rac o ▁team ▁merged ▁with ▁Gall es ▁at ▁season ' s ▁end , ▁dropped ▁the ▁program , ▁and ▁switched ▁to ▁Che v ro lets . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁the ▁factory ▁development ▁was ▁continued ▁by ▁Scott ▁B ray ton ▁and ▁Domin ic ▁Dob son , ▁but ▁neither ▁won ▁any ▁races . ▁The ▁engine ▁was ▁util ized ▁by ▁other ▁C ART ▁teams ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 – 1 9 9 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁retired ▁after ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁Ford ▁Cos worth ▁X B ▁with ▁only ▁one ▁victory , ▁that ▁being ▁Rah al ' s ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁D FL ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁a ▁variant ▁of ▁the ▁D F V ▁named ▁the ▁D FL ▁( for ▁long - distance ) ▁was ▁produced ▁specifically ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁Group ▁C ▁sports ▁car ▁racing ▁class . ▁The ▁engine ▁was ▁modified ▁to ▁larger ▁capacity