Group A Rover 3500 SD1/Vitesse - History & Whereabouts

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by chunterer

I remember that one, missed the coverage of the race that the Beeb apparently showed that year (1984 International Trophy support race) but it wasa helluva shunt.

I might have referred to it earlier but Peter Lovett tried to overtake Andy Rouse and accidentally helped poor Rouse off to the right, into the pit wall - the unsighted Phil Dowsett then clattered into the stricken Rover.

How's that?

Rouse's car was nearly written off and I think they only slavaged the engine and built a new rolling chassis!

It was a whopper alright. Funny if you ever ask people of their Grandstand memories, that piece always sticks out.

Speaking of Group A SD1 crashes, I got my dad the 1986 [I think ?] James Hardie 1000 book for Christmas one year in the 1980s and there's quite a lot of detail about Tim Slako's shunt with that pink one. They've got plenty of images detailing the shunt being 'straightened out' by hydraulic pullers at somewhere nearby the circuit [a panel beater ?]. Not the best feature to have on your car in the event you were trying to sell it I'm sure.