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Originally Posted by chunterer
Yeah I seem to recall that as well. 300 odd horses through the litle fwd Astra must've been a bit of handful!! The Super touring engine was about 100hp more than the Group A lump wasn't it?
So there were 4 DCRS run cars in '89 in the end then? 2 pukka circuit cars and 2 rally cars converted. Would be interesting to know how these cars differed in build and spec to the DTM Kadett's from the same period.
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AFAIK just 3 cars:
1:- RHD race car, started the season with Cleland-
possibly then passed on to Louise Aitken-Walker mid-season
2:- LHD rally car- started the season with Louise Aitken-Walker, still in rally team colours, like this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/howiendlynne/4112751741/
IIRC at first using adapted tarmac rally-spec suspension, including 5-stud hubs and white (OZ or Speedline?) rally wheels.
Later fitted with full race-spec suspension etc, then passed on to Jeremy Rossiter once Louise had got a 'proper' race car. From the evidence of this pic
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimag..._800.jpg1..jpg
it seems to have been reliveried to match the other two cars by the end of the season.
3:- RHD race car. Debuted mid-season- Either used by Cleland, with LA-W getting his original car, or LA-W getting the new car