Ah, the Group C Sportscar days!!

[vat_man]

Anyone else fondly remember these monsters?

I think that's the first shot of the old 787 (as opposed to the 787B) being run in anger I've seen.

Just thought I'd share my reminiscing!

 

[-Fred-]

none of them is working...

 

[LoudMusic]

I don't think Geocities allows linking from other domains. I copied and pasted the first one's address into another window and it worked.

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

Here we go ...

Martini

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

Mazda 203 - looks like it's got the rotor logo on it too.


~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

Castrol Silk Cut Jaguar being chased by the Shell Porsche.

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

I have no idea ... but Castrol and Michelin are sponcers.

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

Rothmans Shell ... looks like it says Porsche?

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

ESSO! Followed by his team mate. Who's the manufacturer on these space cars?

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

The best for last ...


Mazda Charge 203 787

~LoudMusic

 

[LoudMusic]

A lot of people trash talk that paint scheme but I've always liked it. It defines a character about the car and makes it very recognizable. When they get back into LeMans (or other big league racing) I hope they continue to use it.

~LoudMusic

 

[-Fred-]

#63 AEG Castrol-Michelin : Sauber Mercedes C9. Michael Schumacher drove it to a 5th place at Le Mans in 1991.

#1 Rothmans Shell: Porsche 956... predecessor to the 962. most winningest car at Le Mans

Esso cars: Peugeot 905...

hope that clears things up...

i'll bring some of my own too...

 

[-Fred-]

1988 Jaguar XJR9LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1988_twr_xjr_9.htm

1990 Jaguar XJR11LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1990_twr_xjr_11.htm

1991 Jaguar XJR12LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1991_twr_xjr_12.htm

1991 Jaguar XJR14LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1991_twr_xjr_14.htm

1983 Lancia LC2M
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1983_lancia_lc2.htm

1989 Mazda 767B
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1989_mazda_767b_lm.htm

1991 Mazda 787B
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1991_mazda_787b_lm.htm

1986 Sauber Mercedes C8LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1986_sauber_c8_lm.htm

1991 Sauber Mercedes C11LM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1991_sauber_c11.htm

1986 Nismo R86V
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1986_nismo_r86v.htm

1989 Nismo R89C
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1989_nismo_r89c.htm

1990 Nismo R90CK
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1990_nismo_r90_ck.htm

1994 Toyota SARD 94CVLM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1994_sard_94_cv_lm.htm

1986 Toyota Tom's 86CVLM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1986_toms_86c_lm.htm

1989 Toyota Tom's 89CVLM
http://tucars24.valuehost.ru/1989_toms_89cv.htm

still searching for the others... (956,962 and 905)

 

[LoudMusic]

Ah, coolness. Nice site - thanks for the info.

~LoudMusic

 

[-Fred-]

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1403/groupc.htm

a long resume of the Group C's history...

 

[vat_man]

Funny - it worked when I linked it - great cars though.

Great pick-up boys - gee I love this site - this would usually be a flame but the people here just pick up the links and fix it.

Jordan - see what great people you have here.

 

[sn00pie]

~

The 767, awesome!!

 

[LoudMusic]

Yeah, the 767 (that one appears to be the "b" model) was pretty cool too. From what I remember it was a pretty good finisher too.

Are there any good LeMans racing games? It seems like there would be lots of material to build from, and the cars are so much fun.

~LoudMusic

 

[made in holland]

I don't care what some people say, i think this car is a beauty

 

[-Fred-]

here's a better pic of the Peugeot 905

 

[-Fred-]

and that is the Porsche 956...

the 962 was an evolution of this 956...

these cars won Le Mans 7 times, IIRC...

 

[Fogelhund]

962's.

and heck not a Group C..but..

Photo's courtesy and Copyright R. Harrington Photography

http://webhome.idirect.com/~rharring/

It's my dad..so it's ok..

 

[Jordan]

Great pictures. Is it just me, or do these cars just seem to have more character than the ones nowadays?

 

[troy]

i dunno, they all pretty much look like the 787B. But they look much more aredynamic

 

[troy]

heres a modern race car. Sorry couldn't find a real pic

 

[vat_man]

Well, the Group C prototype regs were pretty tight - but in the glory days in the late '80s when Porsche, Jaguar and Mercedes were going head to head the cars were quite different.

What I loved about the formula was that the manufacturers had to use a stock engine block from their car line-up (you were free to turbo-charge it or whatever, but the block had to be stock). Porsche of course used the flat six (with a couple of turbos), Jag had the V12 (with much massaging from Cosworth) and Mercedes used their 5 litre V8 with twin turbos.

That was before the 3.5 litre NA regs came in (the Peugeot you see above was built to those regs). We saw the absurdity of the Jag running around with the Ford F1 V8 in it - ended up killing the formula.

 

[Macka]

Excellent post and references!!! The Mazda 767 is my current wallpaper. Another site I found last week, that has some pics of FIA / Lemans cars from 82 thru 2000. Also World Sports Cars from 1978:

http://membres.lycos.fr/wspr/photo.html

 

[Simon Tibbett]

Check out www.lemansspeed.20fr.com, good pics. My site by the way.