All pictures © Rémi Dargegen Photography Group 5 or “Special Production Cars” as the FIA defined it back in 1976 and up to 1982 is well known or remembered for the all mighty Porsche 935, BMW 320 and Ford Zakspeed … Continue reading #RemiDargegen – I like big butts and I cannot lie.
All pictures © Rémi Dargegen Photography It’s #TouringCarTuesday so let’s have a little bit of German #TouringCarMadness with the lovely 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E Evolution II, a car which has been on my dream short-list of cars, although, people that know … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – Das Evolution II.
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.
The Selangor Grand Prix which was actually known as a race held at the end of the year at the Shah Alam Circuit in Malaysia. Something rather special but something to be known as it was quite an unusual place … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The Selangor GP Mystery.
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.
© All Pictures – Copyright Rémi Dargegen Photography. You certainly know about it, we’re big fans of Touring Car racing… Unfortunately for us, this year we couldn’t attend the second running of the Goodwood 73rd Members Meeting and we missed … Continue reading #RemiDargegen – The #73MM & Gerry Marshall Trophy Best Of.
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.
A look back on the Heritage Touring Cup first round at the 2014 Spa-Classic event. Rémi Dargegen was once again the man behind the lens. © All copyrights to Rémi Dargegen Photography. Continue reading #RemiDargegen – Looking Back on Spa-Classic.
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.
Onboard with E.Mestdagh & P.A.Thibaut for the first round of the Heritage Touring Cup at the 2014 Spa-Classic event. Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – Onboard – BMW 3.0 CSL – 2014 Spa-Classic.
