From 1976, the FIA World Championship for Makes would be ruled by the Group 5 regulations as the top category. Essentially, the cars would have to be based on a homologated model from Group 1 to 4 with all modifications allowed … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – Extreme or Aeroheck.
Volvo and the 240T Grp. A car, a brilliant story in the Touring Car history. Not only did the Volvo or should we say, the “Flying Brick” take the 1985 European Touring Car Championship and Deutsche Produktionswagen Meisterchaft (The pre-DTM) but … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The Volvo 240T Grp. A Story.
Back in 1988, the idea to recreate the ProCar series as seen in 1979 and 1980 as support races for Formula One Grand Prix weekends came arround. Back in the days, the idea was put together by BMW Motorsport and Jochen … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The V10 Powered Alfa Romeo 164.
Back in 1966 the British Saloon Car Championship allowed Group 5 cars to join the already colourful field of Group 1 and Group 2 cars. Group 5 allowed almost anything to be fitted to the cars and in 1967 Lotus introduced … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The 1967 FVA Powered Ford Cortina Lotus Mk2.
The two Trans-Am Championships in 1977 and 1978 in the Jaguar XJS’ history actually created international attention and not long after, Group 44 was approached to develop and campaign a car for the new IMSA GTP series. Jaguar wanted Bob … Continue reading #Focus – The 1977 Group 44 Jaguar XJS Trans-Am.
Historic Motor Sport Central. 