Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 (Group A)

[thundersaloon]

martin is definetly the guy to chat to the listerine car he bought was mine chassis num 88001 [not 8801 as on a previous post]hes had a few now i know personally the eggenberger car was 99269 and he did go over and meet rudi to sort out the cars history.

[thundersaloon]

forgot to say if you need contact details for martin pm me as he only lives 30 mins from me hope this is of some help

[bdwoody]

i'll have a chat with martin and point him in this threads direction when he pops round for coffee tomorrow . he is definitley the man you need for this info .thundersaloon hi i think i know who you are ;-) b b ?

[Bown]

Thanks Guys. Would love a chat with Martin.

[Bown]

Hi Guys,
Rouse chassis ARE RSCA 007 88 is now in Australia. It raced in the JTCC up until the InterTec in 1990, then purchased by a wealthy motorsport fan for light duties, who we purchased it from. Always #3 or #13, sponsored by Dunlop Tyres and Shimizu (Shimz). Mostly raced by Jeff Krosnoff and Marco Martini. It is in very good, original condition and it still has its aluminum cage.
Cheers, Chris.

[TCS]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Graham Goode Racing
GGR 8701
Built from ARE kit by GGR. Raced by Graham Goode in 1987 BTCC, metallic grey in colour. Main sponsor Listerine, (also Texaco). Written off in practice accident (almost straight on at Stowe!) for 1987 Tourist Trophy at Silverstone where Ray Bellm would have co-driven.
GGR8801
Rebuild and update by GGR of 8701 into new GGR shell, raced by Graham Goode in 1988 BTCC (co-driven by Alastair Lyall in 2 driver races). White with black bumpers, main sponsor Listerine.
Car re-painted in FAI colours and driven by Sean Walker in 1989 BTCC, co-driven by Damon Hill in 2 driver raceat Donington Park.
GGR8802 built from new GGR shell for Mike Newman for 1988 BTCC. Red White and Blue colour scheme and sponsored by Burlington Wallcoverings. Co-driven in 2 driver races by Robert Speake.
Car updated with roll cage changes etc and change of colour to black for 1989 (and 1990) BTCC where Mike Newman also received sponsorship by Listerine.
GGR8901 Built from new GGR shell raced by Graham in 1989 (and 1990) BTCC, black in colour and main sponsor Listerine. Also raced by Graham in selected 1992 & 1993 South East Asian and Malaysian Touring Car Championship races, main sponsor Petronas.
GGR9401 Built from new GGR shell (spare from the 2 litre non turbo car raced in BTCC by Andy Middlehurst) and raced by Graham Goode in Malaysian Touring Car Championship. Car white in colour, main sponsor Petronas.

chassis 91 001 is with me currently , this was the Non turbo 2 litre Car driven by Andy Middlehurst .
I believe it was the last 3dr Sierra built specifically for the BTCC can anyone confirm this ?

[TCR]

Originally Posted by Bown

Hi Guys,
Rouse chassis ARE RSCA 007 88 is now in Australia.

Good to see another one in the collection Chris

Can anyone help me work out which car this is? At first I thought it was DJR#1 as it's obviously in it's early 1987 RS Cosworth spec (pre RS500 upgrade) but that is RHD. I know that DJR#2 was LHD and ran at the same time but I thought it always ran as #18 with Gregg Hansford at the wheel?

[William Dale Jr]

Looks RHD to me, it's just the shading and the side-on angle that's making it look ambiguous.

I reckon that's DJ steering DJR1 through the first corner at Adelaide International Raceway.

[TCR]

I found a larger version of the photo and I think you're right

DJ on his way to his first win in the Sierra at AIR in '87.

[VIVA GT]

I thought it was about time to bump start this thread again!
Here's three pictures of Graham Goode's Group Sierra Cosworth from 1987:

[GTRMagic]

The 1988 Bathurst winner... before it turned mustardy..

[Wireless]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

Advantage Racing

Peter Brock bought 2 Andy Rouse cars at the end of 1988, ARE RSC 0188 as suggested above and one other.

ARE RSC 0188 & ARE RSC 0xxx

Purchased by Peter Brock at the end of 1988. During the 1989 ATCC one was driven by Brock as #05, the other by Brad Jones as #105. The Jones car was damaged in a testing accident by Barry Sheene. Brock & Brad Jones shared the remaining car in the Oran Park 250. This was driven by Jones with Mark Larkham at Sandown, Paul Radisich at Bathurst and Tony Noske at Wellington and Pukekohe.

For the 1990 ATCC Miedecke raced the 2nd Brock car, this could have been either Brock’s 89 car or Miedecke’s own 89 car, one way or the other a 3rd car for Tony Noske appeared at round 2 of the ATCC, being one of the ex Rouse cars.

The car Miedecke had been using was damaged in a rollover at round 7, and Miedecke moved to the car Noske had been using. At Sandown and Eastern Creek it was entered for Charlie O’Brien and David Parsons, with Miedecke joining them for Bathurst. It was raced by Parsons & Kevin Waldock at Wellington.

AR1*

A new car was debuted at Sandown with Brock joined by Radisich before Andy Rouse came out for Bathurst. Brock again shared the car at Wellington and Pukekohe with Radisich. Brock raced it throughout 1990, being joined by Andrew Miedecke at Sandown, Eastern Creek and Wellington and at Bathurst by Rouse.

Following anthony81901's post I can confirm that the two Rouse cars run by Advantage Racing for Brock in 1989 were ARE KAL 00188 and ARE KAL 00288.

Both cars were in the Kaliber colour scheme (an alcohol free lager produced by Guinness). ARE KAL 00188 was run by Guy Edwards and ARE KAL 00288 by Andy Rouse himself. Both cars were sold to Brock for the 1989 season where they were run by Advantage Racing.

I own ARE KAL 00288 and have official documentation from Advantage Racing relating to the car stating that it was driven by Brock in every touring car and endurance event in Australia in '89 and New Zealand in the Nissan Mobil series and that in 1989 it was the car driven by Brock and Rouse at Bathurst. The car was driven by Brock in the 1990 ATCC prior to a new car being built for the endurance events. The car's last two races for the Brock Racing Team were the Nissan Moble Series in New Zealand with David Parsons and Kevin Waldock.

As ARE KAL 00288 was Brocky's car, perhaps ARE KAL 00188 was Miedecke's car...? I believe that ARE KAL 00188 was the car that Barry Sheene famously put in the wall at a press day. This begs the question, was ARE KAL 00188 doubly unlucky and the car that Miedecke rolled at Mallala...?

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

Glenn Seton Racing

Glenn Seton formed a team in 1989 with the Philip Morris sponsorship that Nissan no longer wanted.

GSR1* & GSR2*

Built for the beginning of the 89 ATCC. The car was heavily damaged at Round 3 Lakeside. A new car (chassis RS155 log book V7467 issued 19 May 89) was built in time for round 6. Seton was joined for Sandown by John Goss.

From here the chassis history becomes a bit cloudy. For Bathurst there were 2 cars, whether the original was rebuilt or a 3rd chassis is unknown. Seton was joined by Alain Ferte and Goss by Tony Noske in the 2nd car.

Seton campaigned one car in the ATCC in 1990 although he did use both chassis during the course of the year. The 2nd car was raced by Drew Price in rounds 6 & 7 and by George Fury in round 8.

For Sandown Seton & Fury drove one car to victory, while for Bathurst Seton was paired with Price and Fury with David Sears. Seton was joined by Colin Bond for Eastern Creek with Fury & Price driving the 2nd car.

In 1991 Seton again only ran one car. Seton ran with Gregg Hansford at Sandown and Bathurst, with the 2nd car entered at Bathurst for David Parsons & Wayne Park.

In 1992, Seton expanded to run 2 cars for the full year with Park running the 2nd car throughout the ATCC. For the enduros, Seton moved to the new Falcon, with Parsons rejoining Park for Sandown and Bathurst. Both appeared at the Adelaide GP race at the end of 1992, #35 for Alan Jones and RS155 having been sold to Bob Tweedie as #79. Tweedie would go on to race the car in the sports sedan category.

The ex Jones car was sold to Steven Ellery who converted it to 2 litre non turbo specs and raced it in the 1993 enduros and 1994 2 litre championship. At the end of 94 it too was sold to Tweedie who campaigned it in the 1995 2 litre championship.

So.. there is a group in Tasmania who reckon they have a THIRD GSR Sierra chassis, the one accident damaged at Lakeside in 1989...



...currently undergoing restoration..

[Wireless]

Another update on the Rouse cars that went to BRT for 1989.

Andy's 1988 Kaliber car (ARE KAL 00288) became Peter Brock's 05 Mobil car for the 1989 ATCC.

The second Rouse car to be sold to BRT was not in fact the Guy Edwards Kaliber car as I previously thought, but was the 1988 ex-Pete Hall ICS car driven briefly by Pete himself then subsequently by Robb Gravett during 1988. This car became Brad Jones' Mobil car for the 1989 ATCC. Chassis number is either ARE 00188 or ARE 00588 (I will confirm when I can).

The ex-ICS car was indeed the car stuck into the wall by Sheene in 1989 and then rolled by Miedecke at Mallala in 1990. The car was subsequently stripped and the shell crushed to avoid paying deferred import duty.

[bent65]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

So.. there is a group in Tasmania who reckon they have a THIRD GSR Sierra chassis, the one accident damaged at Lakeside in 1989...



...currently undergoing restoration..

Sorry replying to an old post but contemporary article says they definitely reshelled Seton the car from lakeside.
The footage shows the floor etc creased so makes sense. Shells were cheap and available at that time.
Obviously the Miedecke car was also lost in same incident.
Cheers Ben

[PeterJ.]

Some recent photos of the 1990 Bathurst Pole Moffat #10
Pictured with Allan Moffat at the 2017 Phillip Island Classic and later in the year at SMP

[BrixtonSaint]

Dear all.

I work for a TV production company in Melbourne, Australia and this week our distributors are attending the MIPtv conference in Cannes to drum up interest in a documentary pitch featuring the racing Sierras of the late 80s.

In fact our story ends at the end of the all conquering 1988 season. Now this is a long shot, as I doubt very much whether you would be allowed through the gates with a video or cine camera back then, but we're putting the call out for any footage of any teams worldwide that raced the Sierras up until the end of 1988.

We're looking for anything whatsoever. Teams at work on a Sierra in the paddock or pit lane would be fantastic and if anyone was lucky enough to visit a team workshop during the week and has some footage, we'd welcome that too.

If you can help or know someone that can, please do not hesitate to contact me at david@carpentersmess.com