Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale 2023 24th - 25th February 2023

28 Race Retro Classic and Competition Car Sale 2023 - Cars Registration: TBC Chassis No.: TBC Estimate: £35,000 - £40,000 Lot 321 1986 Renault 5 GT Turbo Coupé Historic Touring Car During the mid-1980s, the tenacious little Renault 5 GT Turbo was utilised for racing for with great effect. In the 1990s, Renault specialists Prima Racing started racing in the Harlow race series for the cars that had previously competed in the Renault Cup Series. The latter was disbanded after a couple of years and ended up as BRSCC’s Super Coupe Cup race series with a variety of marques competing together. At this time, Prima Racing ‘rented out’ their own car, so this example was bought from fellow Renault experts Mark Fish Motorsport. It was originally a Radbourne Racing Cup Car, being supplied by Renault in 1986 and badged ‘Coupé’ (only the actual race cars were badged as such and were not road-registered). Prima Racing’s Tony Hart then competed in the car quite successfully with several race wins and fastest laps. The car was then ‘rented out’ to another driver for its last two seasons before, in 2004, Prima sold it to be used in sprinting/hill- climbing. It then changed hands again to another sprint racer before being acquired by Luke Wos (of WOSPerformance) who turned it back into a race car and used it for Future Classics 40-minute races, which were organised by his father. In 2015, in conversation with Luke, Tony bought the R5 back. Around this time, Tony was working with INRacing who specialise in historic cars, and he was subsequently drawn to the Legends series. He entered the car for the 2015 Portimão race in the October and the rest is history - winning the ‘Group A’ class at the first attempt! Over the winter, the car was upgraded to full Group A specification and run in the MRL Historic Touring Car series until 2020, its last race at Silverstone, having notched up a Class win at Donnington. The very capable car achieved several Class wins in this series, as well as an Annual Class win. Tony shared the driving duties with Will Nuthall from INRacing, proving a very capable pairing in a well sorted car. Further developed over its time in Legends, to where it is now, this plucky R5 it is now ready to go racing again. For full specification please see our website. A very accomplished R5 GT Turbo Coupé Group A Historic Touring car suitable for a variety of classic car racing series. . A very well-respected and highly competitive ‘Touring Car’ owned and campaigned for 30 years by one of the best in the business, Prima Racing. Consignor: Joseph Watts Telephone No: 07779 082707 More Details Lot 321 Bid On Lot 321

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