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Originally Posted by ART Racing
I am pretty sure that there was a Dolly Sprint converted to Group A in Australia, which raced a few times in 1985, hence why it might be pictured with Gary's XJ-S Group A car (which still exists, I saw it last year). There were also 3 combined Group C and A events, Sandown 84, Bathurst 84 and the Touring Car support race for the 1984 Australian GP. I used to own and race the only Mk 2 Escort converted from Group C to Group A, it did 5 events in Group A in 1985 at the hands of Ken Harrison before being 'banned' because everyone wanted 'new' cars in Group A, not old 70's Escorts. There was also an ex Peter Williamson Group C Celica converted to Group A which raced for a couple of years, but by the end of 86 all these small old cars had gone. Lots of 'one offs' raced in Group A here, a Fiat Uno which I think is still in WA, a Mk 3 Escort which I think went to NZ and other interesting oddities.
John
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The one-offs are one of the things I've always found interesting in touring car racing, and there were quite a few of them over the Group A period. The Mark 3 Escort you mentioned- if that's the car that appeared at Bathurst 86, then I think it was an ex-BTCC car- the Mk3 in RS1600i and RS Turbo form was fairly common in Group A in the UK and Europe