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08-02-2010, 11:45 PM
We've been talking with the oganisers for this year's MCM in September re a handicap race as part of the event's celebration of 50 years of the Australian Touring Car Championship and The Great Race.
This is a one-off race in which we're inviting one example of every type of car that has won the ATCC (up to the end of the 1990s) to compete on a handicap basis.
The grid will be made up of four groups each representing a decade of ATCC winners - the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. The 2000s are too recent to justify at this meeting and V8 Supercars do not compete here anyway:
1. 1960s GROUP: Jaguar Mark II, Cortina, '65 Mustang 289 and '67 Mustang 302.
2. 1970s GROUP: HT Monaro GTS, '69 Camaro, XY Falcon GT-HO, LJ Torana XU-1, Torana L34, XB Falcon GT, XC Falcon Hardtop, Torana A9X Hatchback
3. 1980s GROUP: VB Commodore, XD Falcon, Mazda RX7, XE Falcon, BMW 635, Volvo 240T, BMW M3 E30, Ford Sierra RS500.
4. 1990s GROUP: Nissan Skyline GTS-R, Nissan GT-R, EB Falcon, VP Commodore, EF Falcon, VS Commodore, EL Falcon, VT Commodore.
Obviously, Group N cars will make up the entire '60s group and part of the '70s group. The rest will be Group A & C cars and a few early Group A 5.0
litre/V8 Supercars if we can get them.
So, what we would like from the Group A & C classes is one example of each of the following cars:
1. Torana L34
2. XB Falcon GT
3. XC Falcon Hardtop
4. Torana A9X Hatchback
5. VB Commodore
6. XD Falcon
7. Mazda RX7
8. XE Falcon
9. BMW 635
10.Volvo 240T
11.BMW M3 E30
12.Ford Sierra RS500
13.Nissan Skyline GTS-R
14.Nissan GT-R
Obviously this is a Group A&C 'dream list' as it is unlikely we'll get representatives of every one of these cars, but we would like to think that we will get most of them.
We think it will be spectacular for the fans watching each group of cars accelerating away from the standing start, with each group becoming newer and faster.
Race distance (minimum 3 laps - maximum 5 laps) and release intervals are to be worked out based on existing lap times and (ideally) a theoretical close finish between a '60s car and '90s car.
If you're interested reply here or contact Frank Binding or Justin Matthews direct.
This is a one-off race in which we're inviting one example of every type of car that has won the ATCC (up to the end of the 1990s) to compete on a handicap basis.
The grid will be made up of four groups each representing a decade of ATCC winners - the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. The 2000s are too recent to justify at this meeting and V8 Supercars do not compete here anyway:
1. 1960s GROUP: Jaguar Mark II, Cortina, '65 Mustang 289 and '67 Mustang 302.
2. 1970s GROUP: HT Monaro GTS, '69 Camaro, XY Falcon GT-HO, LJ Torana XU-1, Torana L34, XB Falcon GT, XC Falcon Hardtop, Torana A9X Hatchback
3. 1980s GROUP: VB Commodore, XD Falcon, Mazda RX7, XE Falcon, BMW 635, Volvo 240T, BMW M3 E30, Ford Sierra RS500.
4. 1990s GROUP: Nissan Skyline GTS-R, Nissan GT-R, EB Falcon, VP Commodore, EF Falcon, VS Commodore, EL Falcon, VT Commodore.
Obviously, Group N cars will make up the entire '60s group and part of the '70s group. The rest will be Group A & C cars and a few early Group A 5.0
litre/V8 Supercars if we can get them.
So, what we would like from the Group A & C classes is one example of each of the following cars:
1. Torana L34
2. XB Falcon GT
3. XC Falcon Hardtop
4. Torana A9X Hatchback
5. VB Commodore
6. XD Falcon
7. Mazda RX7
8. XE Falcon
9. BMW 635
10.Volvo 240T
11.BMW M3 E30
12.Ford Sierra RS500
13.Nissan Skyline GTS-R
14.Nissan GT-R
Obviously this is a Group A&C 'dream list' as it is unlikely we'll get representatives of every one of these cars, but we would like to think that we will get most of them.
We think it will be spectacular for the fans watching each group of cars accelerating away from the standing start, with each group becoming newer and faster.
Race distance (minimum 3 laps - maximum 5 laps) and release intervals are to be worked out based on existing lap times and (ideally) a theoretical close finish between a '60s car and '90s car.
If you're interested reply here or contact Frank Binding or Justin Matthews direct.