Group A Ford Sierra RS500

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Originally Posted by racer69

It's interesting to look at how many RS500s there were being used, especially in the BTCC, but there were very few teams/drivers to really get the hang of them properly to be competitive.

In the BTCC there was only really Andy Rouse Engineering (encompassing the Labatts cars & the Kaliber/ICS cars) & Trackstar who were consistently competitive, although Jerry Mahony did get a win to open the 1988 BTCC

Thoughts?

I would slightly disagree with this as Sean Walker in the FAI car was very good, Karl "boyo" Jones in the Duckhams car was fantastic at times, Laurence (sp) Bristow did bloody well and Dave Brodie (or his brother..) did very well too.

Quick question; where did the Trackstar Cosworth come from and who did ROBCO race with before?

As an aside and not meaning to turn this thread; my late Dad was promised a Cossie in '86 from Ford and it never happened, he kept trying for '87 too but someone somewhere said no; I wonder why/who......