Certainly does. Not that it ever officially existed ....
This was the Group B secret successor to the front engined Audi that dominated WRC. With mid engine developments coming from competitors, against the wishes or knowledge of the Audi board of Directors the guys at Audi Sport were secretly developing this 700hp 750kg mini-monster. When the project was leaked it was immediately canned and hushed up. For many years it was hidden in the corner of the factory, but I know now it has become something that has in recent years been demoed by such notables as Rohrl and Mikkola. Ithink it was fully restored for the 30th anniversary of the demise of Group B and is now proudly part of their history (It featured at the 2017 Goodwood FoS
Certainly does. Not that it ever officially existed ....
This was the Group B secret successor to the front engined Audi that dominated WRC. With mid engine developments coming from competitors, against the wishes or knowledge of the Audi board of Directors the guys at Audi Sport were secretly developing this 700hp 750kg mini-monster. When the project was leaked it was immediately canned and hushed up. For many years it was hidden in the corner of the factory, but I know now it has become something that has in recent years been demoed by such notables as Rohrl and Mikkola. Ithink it was fully restored for the 30th anniversary of the demise of Group B and is now proudly part of their history (It featured at the 2017 Goodwood FoS
This is not something I have ever heard about. Very interesting and reminds me of the Toyota 222D that was being developed for the Group S rally rules, which also got canned.
PTRACER wrote: ↑2 years ago
Maserati Type 64-Écurie SSS République de Venise - (#154 Carlo Maria Abbé / Colin Davis) - Targa Florio, 1962
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This 1962 Tipo 64 (chassis #64004) was formerly a 1961 Tipo 63 (chassis #63004) and was built for Scuderia Serenissima. Driven by Davis and Abate it was entered in the 1962 Targa Florio by the newly formed Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia (ex Serenissia).
It almost looks like the rear end / engine cover has a bit of a Cooper Monaco / Bobtail going on. (Except the Bobtail doesnt have the rear intake sccops))
Cooper Bobtail
Cooper Monaco
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Hiroshi Matsushita’s CanAm car with four-engines (two, 2-cylinder 2-strokes out front, and two out back)
It only did one (unsuccessful) test day, and then tried to qualify for the 1970 Laguna Seca CanAm race.
My parents took 10-year old me and my sister out of school the Friday of that race, and we were sitting in the grandstands across from the pits. Hiroshi would putt out of the pits (in a cloud of blue smoke), motor out of view, until he came down the hill from the corkscrew. Then he would go straight back into the pits. Rinse and repeat many many times during the day until it finally happened… he went past pit-in and around the turn 9 hairpin (original track turn numbers) in front of the grandstands. The entire grandstand erupted in cheers… and then… he pitted the next lap.
There is a bit more information here: https://graham64.wordpress.com/2016/05/ ... -am-racer/
speedcraft wrote: ↑2 years ago
Hiroshi Matsushita’s CanAm car with four-engines (two, 2-cylinder 2-strokes out front, and two out back)
It only did one (unsuccessful) test day, and then tried to qualify for the 1970 Laguna Seca CanAm race.
My parents took 10-year old me and my sister out of school the Friday of that race, and we were sitting in the grandstands across from the pits. Hiroshi would putt out of the pits (in a cloud of blue smoke), motor out of view, until he came down the hill from the corkscrew. Then he would go straight back into the pits. Rinse and repeat many many times during the day until it finally happened… he went past pit-in and around the turn 9 hairpin (original track turn numbers) in front of the grandstands. The entire grandstand erupted in cheers… and then… he pitted the next lap.
There is a bit more information here: https://graham64.wordpress.com/2016/05/ ... -am-racer/
I didn't remember the car ever making it to a race so 'did some research.
Pete Lyons (the Can-Am meister's book "Can Am") says the driver at 'Seca was Fushida, not Matsushita. In a heartbeat, I'll put my money on Pete.
Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end.....
jimclark wrote: ↑2 years ago
I didn't remember the car ever making it to a race so 'did some research.
Pete Lyons (the Can-Am meister's book "Can Am") says the driver at 'Seca was Fushida, not Matsushita. In a heartbeat, I'll put my money on Pete.