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Just re-read the thread, and this is a brief recap of where we're at with Group A Commodores in Europe in 86/87, and the main questions raised by them.
I'll come back to '88 later...
1986
Grice/Roadways- 1 car for most or all of the ETCC season, shared with Graeme Bailey, later with Michel Delcourt, Mark Galvin, David Kennedy etc.
Car sold to Clive Faine/Linden Racing/Mike O'Brien for 1987 BTCC
Brock/Mobil HDT- 1 car in the first few ETCC rounds for Brock/Moffatt. Return at Spa with a new car, the original being run as a second entry.
GM Dealer Sport- one of the Brock/HDT pair appears as a 'GMDS' entry at Silverstone for Cleland/Woodman.
Do the two HDT cars then go back to Australia, or do either stay in Europe- and if so, what happens to it/them?
1987
Mike O'Brien/Linden Racing- ex-Grice VK run in the BTCC by Alan Docking Racing. Subsequently seems to have been sold on (1988/9?), possibly to Chris Maries.
Where did it go after that?
Allan Moffatt- single Rothmans/ANZ-backed HDT-built VL in the first few rounds of the WTCC plus Spa. Car returned to Australia- apparently now owned by a collector, still in Rothmans colours?
Brock- single VL comes over for Spa. Car returns to Australia, possibly used as the team's spare car late in the ATCC season, and as the second-string #10 car at Bathurst
Serge Power- 2xVL used in a mixture of ETCC/WTCC rounds. One for Michel Delcourt/Alex Guyaux/others, appears at the Nurburgring WTCC round, Spa and the TT
The second, for Jeroen Hin with Playboy sponsorship is seen at the Zolder ETCC race, Spa and for Vic Covey/Andrew Jeffrey at the TT
What is the origin of these two cars,and where do they subsequently go?
TWR- According to footage in an Australian TV report from March '87, as many as 4-5 cars, a mix of VKs and VLs...
1-2x VK- Never raced by TWR, but a photo of a white VK testing is published in Autosport.
1-2x VL- one raced at the Nurburgring WTCC. One of these (chassis 022?) becomes the blue/yellow Herbie Clips 'Evolution' VL which debuts in qualifying for the Birmingham BTCC race, then at the TT before going to Australia for Bathurst.
If there are other TWR Commodores built, but not raced in '87, then what happens to them?
Elkron- an Elkron-backed Commodore appears at the final ETCCround at Nogaro for Jarier/Barlesi. Did they just lease one of the Serge Power cars, or is this a different car altogether?
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