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The Group B referred to a set of regulations for competition vehicles in sportscar racing and rally racing regulated by the FIA. Group B was introduced by the FIA in 1982 as replacement for both Group 4 (modified grand touring) and Group 5 (touring prototypes) cars. Ford RS200. ...
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GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ...
Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ...
The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established on June 20, 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...
Group 4 Lancia Stratos HF. The Stratos helped Lancia win the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976. ...
Group 5 is a FIA classification for cars in sportscar racing. ...
Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed technology and overall cost. The base model had to be mass produced (5000 units/year) and had to have 4 seats. Group A was aimed at ensuring a large number of privately-owned entries in races.
By contrast, Group B had few restrictions on technology, design and the number of cars required for homologation to compete (only 200).Weight was kept as low as possible, high-tech materials were permitted, and there were no restrictions on boost, which turned out to mean almost unlimited power. The category was aimed at car manufacturers by promising outright race victories and the subsequent publicity opportunities without the need for an existing production model. Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos (ομόλογος) for agree, which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ...
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Group B was initially a very successful concept, with many manufacturers joining the premier World Rally Championship, and increased spectator numbers. But the cost of competing quickly rose, and the performance of the cars proved too much, resulting in a series of fatal crashes. As a consequence Group B was cancelled at the end of 1986 and Group A regulations became the standard for all cars until the advent of World Rally Cars in 1997. The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
World Rally Car refers to the racing automobiles built to the specification, set by the FIA and used to compete in the outright class of the World Rally Championship (WRC). ...
In the following years Group B found a niche in the European Rallycross Championship, with cars such as the MG Metro 6R4 and the Ford RS200 competing as late as 1992. For 1993, the FIA replaced the Group B models with prototypes that had to be based on existing Group A cars, but still followed the spirit of Group B, with low weight, 4WD, high turbo boost pressure and staggering amounts of power. The European Rallycross Championship is a rallycross competition that was established in 1973. ...
The Rover Metro is a supermini car that was produced by the Leyland Cars division of British Leyland and its successors. ...
An RS200 seen in California in 2004. ...
Group 2 and Group 4
Until 1983 the two main classes of rallying were called Group 2 and Group 4. Major manufacturers competed in Group 4, which required a minimum of 400 examples of a competition car. Notable cars of the era included the Lancia Stratos, Ford Escort and Fiat 131 Abarth. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
The alkaline earth metals are the series of elements in Group 2 of the periodic table: beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium (not always considered due to its very short half-life). ...
Group 4 Lancia Stratos HF. The Stratos helped Lancia win the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976. ...
Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos for agree, which is used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ...
1974 Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 Lancia Stratos 1974 The Lancia Stratos was an automobile made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. ...
The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ...
Fiat 131 Volumetrico Abarth Fiat 131 Abarth The Fiat 131 was a small/medium family car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1974 to 1984. ...
In 1979 the FISA (then the name of the FIA's motorsport regulatory division) legalized four-wheel drive (4WD). However, at the time it was generally felt that the extra weight and complexity of 4WD systems would cancel out the performance benefits, so the car companies were not keen on using it. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
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This belief was shattered when Audi launched the 4WD Quattro in 1980. While the new car was indeed heavy and cumbersome, its levels of off-road grip were staggering: That year a Quattro was used as an opening (zero) car and driven by professional driver Hannu Mikkola in some rallies. At one particular rally its combined time for all the stages was nine minutes quicker than that of the rally winner. {{Infobox Company | company_slogan = Vorsprung durch Technik (Advancement Through Technique) | Never Follow | company_name = Audi AG | company_logo = | company_type = Public (Xetra: NSU) | | foundation = 1909 | location_city = Ingolstadt | location_country = Germany | key_people = August Horch, Founder Rupert Stadler, Chairman | industry = Automotive | products = Luxury Automobiles, Engines | revenue = € 28. ...
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Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
A Zero car (or opening car) is a car used in rallying to open the road for the competing cars. ...
Hannu Olavi Mikkola (born 24 May 1942 in Joensuu, Finland) is a retired world champion rally driver. ...
The Quattro was officially entered in the 1980 Janner Rally in Austria and easily won. Audi kept on winning throughout 1980 and 1981 seasons, although lack of consistent results meant that Ford took the driver's title in 1981 with Ari Vatanen driving a rearwheel-drive Escort. The team's victory at the 1981 Rallye San Remo was particularly historic: Piloted by Michèle Mouton, it was the first time a woman won a World Championship rally. Mouton placed second in the drivers' championship the next year, behind Opel's Walter Röhrl. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Ari Vatanen (born April 27, 1952) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. ...
Michèle Mouton is one of the most well-known female rally drivers. ...
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Walter Röhrl (born March 7, 1947 in Regensburg) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with famous victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW. At the age of 16, Röhrl began working for the Bishop of Regensburg, and soon became...
Groups N, A and B The FISA decided to separate the rally cars into three classes: Group N (production cars), Group A (modified production cars), and Group B (modified sport cars). These groups were introduced in 1982. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3030x1984, 997 KB) Peugeot 205 T16 Group B car winning the 1984 1000 Lakes Rally driven by Ari Vatanen Peugeot press photo] This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or...
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In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N referred to a set of regulations providing a set of rules for standard production vehicles for competition, often referred to as the Showroom Class. This contrasts with the Group A all-out competition production-derived vehicles. ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...
Group N and Group A cars were the same cars with different amount of race preparation allowed (In Group N almost no modifications, in Group A significant modifications). The cars had to have 4 seats (although the miminum size of the rear seats was low enough that some 2+2 cars could qualify) and be produced in large numbers. This was 5000 cars/year between 1982 and 1991. It later changed to 2500 cars/year if the version being homologated was derived from a mass-market car (25000 cars/year for all versions). In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N referred to a set of regulations providing a set of rules for standard production vehicles for competition, often referred to as the Showroom Class. This contrasts with the Group A all-out competition production-derived vehicles. ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
Group B cars could be 2-seaters and the minimum production was only 200 cars/year. Manufacturers were allowed to homologate an evolution each year by producing only 20 cars of that evolution. The cars entered in the races were further modified (same modifications allowed as in Group A). Group B could in theory be used to homologate production sport cars, which could not be homologated in Group N or A, because they did not have four seats or were not produced in large enough numbers. (Cars like the Ferrari 308, the Porsche 911, etc.) The designation used in the regulations "Sports Grand Touring Cars") show this intention. The Ferrari 308 GTB (and similar 208 and later 328) were mid-engined sports cars that made up the lower end of the companys range. ...
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But the big manufacturers used them in a different way: they designed a rally car, of which 20 were produced and designated the evolution model, and then built a limited series of only 200 street cars, just for homologation. (Similar things have been done before in Group 4, for instance the Lancia Stratos.) In some cases these cars were sold at a loss and journalists rewiewing them now acknowledge that their development was not quite finished. 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 Lancia Stratos 1974 The Lancia Stratos was an automobile made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. ...
In each group there were classes, based in engine displacement (with a 1.4 equivalence factor for forced induction engines). Each class had different weight limits, maximum tyre sizes, etc. The most important classes for Group B were the 3000cc class (2142.8cc with turbo or supercharger), 960 kg minimum weight (Audi Quattro, Lancia 037) and 2500cc (1785cc), 890 kg (Peugeot 205 T16, Lancia Delta S4). This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. ...
The Lancia Rally (also known as the Lancia Abarth #037) is a mid-engine rally car built by Lancia in the early 1980s purely for FIA Group B World Rally Championship. ...
The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French Car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1996. ...
The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car that competed in the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986, until Group B cars were banned from competition by the FIA. The car replaced the Lancia 037 Monte Carlo. ...
The original Renault 5 Turbo had only a 1.4l engine so it was in the 2000cc class. The Ferrari 288 GTO and the Porsche 959 were in the 4000cc (2857cc), 1100 kg class, which would have probably become the normal class for track racing, if Group B had seen much use there otherwise they existed for old Group 4 cars which was competing until 1985. The Renault 5 Turbo or R5 Turbo was a high-performance coupé automobile produced by the French manufacturer Renault in the early 1980s. ...
The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) was an exotic homologation (thus the O) of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced in 1984 through 1986. ...
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Audi was in the 3000cc class probably because the displacement of the street car happened to be in that class and, as a car derived from the street version, it would have been difficult to get to the minimum weight anyway. For the 037 Lancia decided that the lower class might be too light (= too fragile) for gravel rallies, and they happened to have a good 2000cc engine. This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. ...
The Lancia Rally (also known as the Lancia Abarth #037) is a mid-engine rally car built by Lancia in the early 1980s purely for FIA Group B World Rally Championship. ...
The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French Car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1996. ...
The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car that competed in the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986, until Group B cars were banned from competition by the FIA. The car replaced the Lancia 037 Monte Carlo. ...
The Renault 5 Turbo or R5 Turbo was a high-performance coupé automobile produced by the French manufacturer Renault in the early 1980s. ...
The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) was an exotic homologation (thus the O) of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced in 1984 through 1986. ...
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When these rules were decided it was felt that these displacement restrictions would be enough to control power, but in the early and mid-80s engineers learnt how to extract almost unlimited amounts of power from turbo engines (the same thing was happening in F1). Nowadays the power of turbo engines is limited by mandating a restrictor in the intake (in World Rally Car, Group A and Group N). Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
Artist rendering of a NASCAR restrictor plate A Restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power. ...
World Rally Car refers to the racing automobiles built to the specification, set by the FIA and used to compete in the outright class of the World Rally Championship (WRC). ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N referred to a set of regulations providing a set of rules for standard production vehicles for competition, often referred to as the Showroom Class. This contrasts with the Group A all-out competition production-derived vehicles. ...
1983-1985 Although the Audi Quattro was still in essence a Group 4 car, it carried Hannu Mikkola to the driver's title in 1983. Lancia had designed a new car to Group B specifications, but the Lancia 037 still had rear wheel drive and was thus less consistent than the Audi over different surfaces (generally the Lancia had the upper hand on tarmac, with the Audi remaining superior on looser surfaces such as snow and gravel). Nevertheless, the 037 performed well enough for Lancia to capture the manufacturers title with a rally to spare, which was generally considered more prestigious at the time. In fact, so low was Lancia's regard for the Drivers Championship, they did not enter a single car into the season finale RAC Rally, despite the fact that driver Walter Röhrl was still in the hunt for the title. Lancia (Lan-cha) is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat group in 1969. ...
The Lancia Rally (also known as the Lancia Abarth #037) is a mid-engine rally car built by Lancia in the early 1980s purely for FIA Group B World Rally Championship. ...
Rear wheel drive was a common form of engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout the 20th century. ...
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Walter Röhrl (born March 7, 1947 in Regensburg) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with famous victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW. At the age of 16, Röhrl began working for the Bishop of Regensburg, and soon became...
The low homologation requirements quickly attracted manufacturers to Group B. Opel replaced their production-derived Ascona with the Group B Manta 400, and Toyota built a new car based on their Celica. Like the Lancia 037 both cars were rear drive, but unlike the Lancia they met with little success, although Toyota won the 1983 Ivory Coast Rally after hiring Swedish desert driving specialist Björn Waldegård. This article is about the European car manufacturer. ...
The Opel Ascona was a midsized car produced by Opel, the German subsidiary of General Motors. ...
The Opel Manta was a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé motor vehicle built by Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors, from 1970 to 1988. ...
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The Rallye Côte dIvoire is a rally race held annually in the Ivory Coast in Africa. ...
Björn Waldegård (born November 12, 1943) is a Swedish rally driver. ...
In 1984, Audi's Stig Blomqvist beat Lancia to the driver's title, although the victory was bittersweet: Midway through the year Peugeot had joined the rallying scene with its Group B 205 T16. The T16 also had four wheel drive and was smaller and lighter than the Audi Quattro. At the wheel was the 1981 driver's champion Ari Vatanen, with future Ferrari Formula One team manager Jean Todt overseeing the operation. A crash prevented the T16 from winning its first rally but the writing was on the wall for Audi. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...
Stig Blomqvist, born July 29, 1946, is a rally driver from Sweden. ...
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ...
The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French Car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1996. ...
Ari Vatanen (born April 27, 1952) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. ...
Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. ...
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 The Metro 6R4 was developed to compete in the 1986 World Rally Championship Despite massive revisions to the Quattro, including a shorter wheelbase, Peugeot dominated the 1985 season. Although not without mishap: Vatanen plunged off the road in Argentina and was gravely injured when his seat mountings broke in the ensuing crash. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 2727 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): WilliamsF1 Rover Metro Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used...
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Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...
Although the crash was a sign that Group B cars had already become dangerously quick, a rash of new Group B cars entered the rallying world in 1985: Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...
- Late in the year, Lancia replaced their outclassed 037 with the Delta S4, which featured both a turbocharger and a supercharger for optimum power output.
- Ford returned after several years away with the Ford RS200
- Citroën developed and entered the BX 4TC, which ultimately was too heavy and cumbersome to be successful.
- Rover created the distinctive Metro 6R4, which featured boxy bodywork and a large spoiler mounted on the front of the car.
The Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car that competed in the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986, until Group B cars were banned from competition by the FIA. The car replaced the Lancia 037 Monte Carlo. ...
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1986 The stage was set for 1986 to be a very exciting season. Defending champion Timo Salonen had the new Evolution 2 version of Peugeot's T16 with ex Toyota driver, Juha Kankkunen. Audi's new Sport Quattro S1 boasted over 600 hp (450 kW) and a huge snowplow-like front end. Lancia's Delta S4 would be in the hands of the Finnish prodigy Henri Toivonen and Markku Alen, and Ford was ready with its high tech RS200 with Stig Blomqvist and Kalle Grundel. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
Timo Salonen (born 1951) is a rally driver from Finland. ...
Juha Kankkunen, born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. ...
Henri Toivonen (August 25, 1956 – May 2, 1986) was a Finnish rally car driver. ...
Markku Alén is a race car driver born in Finland. ...
Stig Blomqvist, born July 29, 1946, is a rally driver from Sweden. ...
However, everything was to go tragically wrong on the "Lagoa Azul" stage of Portuguese Rally near Sintra. Portuguese national champion Joaquim Santos crested a rise to find the road blocked with spectators crowding to see the fastest cars come through. Trying to stop, he lost control of his RS200 and plunged into the crowd. Thirty-one people were injured and three were killed. All the top teams immediately pulled out of the rally and Group B was placed in jeopardy. The Rally of Portugal is a rally that was part of the WRC from 1973 until 2001. ...
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Disaster struck again in early May at the Tour de Corse. Lancia's Toivonen was leading the championship, and once the rally got underway he was the pace setter. Seven kilometres into the 18th stage, Toivonen's S4 flew off the unguarded edge of a left hand hairpin bend and crashed into a ravine. The car's under-slung fuel tanks immediately ruptured and set fire to the dry undergrowth. Only a cloud of smoke and the lack of Toivonen's car at the finish indicated that something was very wrong. By the time rescue workers made it to the remote spot (some 30 minutes, by some accounts) all that remained of the car was a blackened frame with the bones of Toivonen and co-driver Sergio Cresto inside. With no witnesses to the accident, it was impossible to determine what caused the crash. Some cite Toivonen's ill health at the time (he reportedly was suffering from flu); other suggest mechanical failure, or simply the difficulty of driving the machine. The Tour de Corse is a rally race held since 1956 on the Corsica island. ...
Henri Toivonen (August 25, 1956 – May 2, 1986) was a Finnish rally car driver. ...
Sergio Cresto(USA) born in 1956 was the co-driver for Henri Toivonen in Group B Rally. ...
Incidentally, the crash came exactly a year after Lancia driver Attilio Bettega had crashed and died in his 037. While that fatality was largely blamed on the unforgiving Corsican scenery (and bad luck. His co-driver, Maurizio Perissinot was uninjured), Toivonen and Cresto's death in a survivable crash, combined with the Portugal tragedy, compelled the FIA to act: Group B cars were immediately banned for 1987. Audi decided to quit Group B entirely after Corsica. Attilio Bettega (b. ...
Maurizio Perissinot (1 February ,1951 - 12 December, 2004) was a Italian rally codriver mainly for Attilio Bettega. ...
The final days of Group B would also be controversial. The Peugeots were disqualified from the Rally San Remo by the Italian scrutineers as the 'skirts' around the bottom of the car were deemed to be illegal. Peugeot immediately accused the Italians of favouring the Lancias. Their case was strengthened at the next event, the RAC Rally, when the British scrutineers passed the Peugeots as legal in identical trim. Eleven days after the final round in America, FISA annulled the result of the San Remo Rally. As a result the championship title was passed from Lancia's Markku Alen to Peugeot's Juha Kankkunen. The Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia is the seventh rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2006. ...
The RAC Rally is the best-known motor rally in the UK. It is a round in the international rallying championship. ...
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the Peugeot 205 T16 in the 1989 Dakar Rally Although 1987 saw the end of the Group B cars on the world stage, they did not disappear from motor sport. Peugeot adapted their T16 to run in the Dakar Rally. Ari Vatanen won the event in 1989 and 1990. Improved Peugeot and Audi cars also competed in the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado. Audi used their Group B experience to develop a production based racing car for the Trans-Am and IMSA GTO series in 1988 and 1989 respectively. Ford sold off their RS200s to private buyers, with many being used in Rallycross events. The Metro 6R4 also became a frequent sight in Rallycross and the car was also entered in British and Irish national championship events. Porsche's 959 never entered a World Rally event, although it did compete in the Middle East championship and swept the Dakar. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2520x1779, 871 KB) Peugeot 205 T16 Group B car in the 1989 Dakar Rally Peugeot press photo] This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such...
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A support truck during the 2004 Dakar The Dakar Rally (or simply The Dakar; formerly known as The Paris Dakar Rally and now as The Lisbon Dakar Rally) is an annual off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
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(front to rear) Tommy Kendall and Wayne Taylor (both driving an Intrepid RM-1) leads eventual winner Davy Jones (Jaguar XJR-16) and Chip Robinson, followed by Geoff Brabham (both in Nissan NPT-91), Raul Boesel (XJR-16) and James Weaver (Porsche 962) in the Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio...
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The category as a circuit never in fact took off as the cars were proved to be too expensive for privateer teams which they were intended for. At US$325,000, for 959's sister car, the 961, many privateers would rather opt for a clone 962 or for less a Spice and were never expected to win in the face of the factory teams. The 961's career was proved to be short as Porsche only built only one prototype car which was burnt down in the 1987 Le Mans race. The Ferrari F40, although intended to be used for Group B circuit, never saw action in its category as WSPC grids as it was intended for was filled up by a batch of Group C cars, but was used on a limited basis in a IMSA GTO race in 1989 and would start to appear in various GT races after the demise of the Gr.C category, but only for a good few seasons as it was to be outmoded by the new generation GT1 cars such as the McLaren F1 The Porsche 961 is a type of racing car. ...
Spice Engineering was a British racing car manufacturer founded by Gordon Spice in the late 1980s, but struggled when sportscar racing ran into difficulties. ...
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(front to rear) Tommy Kendall and Wayne Taylor (both driving an Intrepid RM-1) leads eventual winner Davy Jones (Jaguar XJR-16) and Chip Robinson, followed by Geoff Brabham (both in Nissan NPT-91), Raul Boesel (XJR-16) and James Weaver (Porsche 962) in the Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio...
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In recent years the popular Colin McRae Rally computer racing game series has brought the extinct Group B cars to the attention of younger generations by including many of them as un-lockable 'bonus cars' to reward progress in the game. Group B cars are also featured in the Gran Turismo series and the Rallisport Challenge series of games. Colin McRae Rally is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters for the PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, and N-Gage. ...
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Group S As well as the cancellation of Group B, the tragedies of 1986 also brought about the scrapping of Group B's proposed replacement: Group S.
Group S rules would have limited car engine power to 300 hp (225 kW). To encourage innovative designs, only ten examples of a car would have been required for homologation, rather than the 200 required for Group B. By the time of its cancellation, at least two Group S prototypes had been built: The Lancia ECV and the Toyota MR2, and new cars were also planned by both Audi (the 002 Quattro) and Ford (a Group S development of the RS200). The cancellation of Group S angered many rally insiders who considered the new specification to be safer than Group B and more exciting than Group A. Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologos (ομόλογος) for agree, which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority. ...
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External links
References - ^ FIA Regulations, Appendix J 1986, Art. 256 - Specific regulations for Sports Cars (Gr.B): http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/991499716__Hist_App_J_86_Art_256_a.pdf
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