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There are some details on this that I need to tidy up,
but as we'd discussed Red Bull being a viable 80s Touring Car option
I thought I'd put a version together.
There are some details on this that I need to tidy up,
Changed gears like VerstappenYou went from no Red Bull to Red Bull livery?
Always been a fan of Group A ,and especially the Spa 24 from that era. Welp, time for my team to shine! A fictional SONY VHS-Sponsored Ford entry for 10TNTHS, and driven by BTCC driver of the era Graham Scarborough, and JTCC drivers Kyoshi Misaki and Jeff Krosnoff (who was racing in Japanese F3000 and where the Suntec sponsor comes from!). With the Le Soir banners on the windows, above the sunstrip and SECA-100 Octane, the main sponsor of the race at the time.
I was surprised to look it up and see that Red Bull started in the late 80s. Had no idea.You went from no Red Bull to Red Bull livery?
I thought it was a 90s drink because I remember it on Sauber in F1 but it snuck in thereI was surprised to look it up and see that Red Bull started in the late 80s. Had no idea.
From 1980 - 1990, yesDoes BTCC included too?
I thought of the delivery van today and that sealed the deal on this car over the other I made which can be seen in my media. Funny thing is I don't care for red cars in general now everything is red.FINAL ENTRY
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I used to love watching the start of the Lombard RAC Rally in Chester city centre when I was a kid so I decided to do a car that would’ve competed in that
Almost changed my car to a Corvette Challenge car last night because most my liveries are IMSA cars. Adidas were big but Vans were my thing as a skater kid of the 80's.The Corvette Challenge was a racing series in '88 and '89, an interesting read if you are interested is linked below. As for the adidas sponsorship... was there anything bigger in the 80's? Seriously, RUN DMC turned them into a movement. If you are too young to know what I'm talking about then just google "My Adidas". Anyways, I tried to stay true to the 80's simplicity, special thanks to @Gingerale for the Techline decal!
Corvette Challenge article
I had some dark blue suede Airwalks back in those days!Almost changed my car to a Corvette Challenge car last night because most my liveries our IMSA cars. Adidas were big but Vans were my thing as a skater kid of the 80's.
Impressive!FINAL ENTRY
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1989 Labatts ford siera rs500. Raced in the BTCC and driven by Tim Harvey.
This is a Renault 5 Turbo for the R5 Turbo European Cup which was held between 1981-1985.FINAL ENTRY
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Well executed, but unless I'm reading the specs on this competition wrong, it is original liveries only - no replicas.1989 Labatts ford siera rs500. Raced in the BTCC and driven by Tim Harvey.
Livery:https://www.gran-turismo.com/us/gt7...39-a1a615d3d112/gallery/All/19422546446247541
This is a Renault 5 Turbo for the R5 Turbo European Cup which was held between 1981-1985.
Already its predecessor, the R5 European Cup, wich was held with stock R5s, was a legendary racing series, that brought mostly true amateur racers to the biggest racing tracks at the time(as side events for Formula 1 and 2 races), where they provided chaos, mayhem and loads of pure racing action for big audiences.
After the first race in Hockenheim in 1976(where a lot of the drivers had their very first real car race of thier live in front of an audience of 30 000 peoples in an sold out Hockenheim autodrom) the officials at Renault wanted to shut down the series already, because half of the field crashed their cars...luckily they changed their opinion.
In 1981 the the R5 Turbo replaced the older model, and there were 4 more editions of this popular racing series(and one of the first international one-make racing series in an affordable car!)
Reanult-Elf decals seemed to be mandatory, as were Dunlop decals (since Dunlop provided the tires), although there seemed to be no fixed rules where to apply those decals...the number board(white) only contained the racing number(black) and a stripe with the drivers nationans flag above it(no writings...) and was applied on the sides and central on the hood.
Most cars in the field had additional sponsors(but not all)
I choose an Austrian option, with Felix as main sponsor(a swedish/austrian food manufacturer , highly popular in austria since the 1970ies up to this day), and Sebring(an austrian company for racing exhaust systems), Zgonc( the first big hardware store in austria, highly popular in the 1970ies-1980ies, that were sponsoting all kind of sport events in their prime time) and SEV Marchal(not austrian, but very present in motorsports in the 80ies...and not out of the place since it is a french company and it is a french car) as side sponsors
Here is a great video about the series...unfotunatly only in german, but worth your time just for all those vintage racing scenes(some great footage from the above mentined first race at Hockenheim)...I don't know if the youtube translator works but you should give it a try, since all the guys in the video provide great and funny stories (about partying, cheating, fistfighting and,of course, racing...)
Here's some racing action from the R5 Turbo Euro Cup
I am hooked, and can't wait until the R5 shows up in the UCD again, to buy 16 more(i have 5 already) for a full custom grid...It will take some hours to do all the liveries, but I'll keep the cars barely stock with just some very minor tuning allowed, to stay true to the original spirit of the series: afforable costs, maximum fun!
Sorry didn't realise thatWell executed, but unless I'm reading the specs on this competition wrong, it is original liveries only - no replicas.
I've been through digging around the videos about JTC in the mid-80s. So I choose fictional Pocari Sweat Supra JTC because this brand was born in the mid-80s, and I want to make it into a JTC race car, and it was driven by Takao Wada and the legendary driver Keiichi Tsuchiya some of the sponsors may appear around the mid-80s JTC events around the decades and I did put it correctly