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Originally Posted by William Dale Jr
Ward converted them to 2 Litre Supertouring trim for 1994, and were sold off for use in the North American Supertouring series in 1995/6.
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One car appeared at the first NATCC round at Lime Rock Park in May 2006 under entered under the 'Ecurie Atlanta' name, driven by none other than Martin Stretton- always been curious how he came to get involved, although he was still appearing occasionally in modern GTs in the late 90's as well as his involvement in historics. He finished 6th in race 1, crashed in race 2 and the team wasn't seen again AFAIK. Presumably the money ran out- certainly from the pic I've seen there didn't seem to be much sponsorship in evidence on the car.
According to the NATCC yearbook (published by Haymarket/Autosport) in the same format as the UK 'Touring Car Year' annuals of the period:
'Two Mercedes 190E Super Tourers were imported from Australia by this team founded by Rodney Butterfield, a veteran engineer with a background in F1 with McLaren, March, Shadow and Surtees, before establishing a race preparation and restoration business and later moving to the USA. The team lasted just one race, British historic racing star Martin Stretton crashing the car at the opening meeting. The team was not seen again'
There's only one small pic of the car, showing a livery of white over red, split diagonally with red and grey striping, and prominent 'Ecurie Atlanta' lettering across the doors between the red lower part and an upper red and grey stripe from the front wing across the windows to the c-pillar