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£94,500 (Est: £100,000 - £120,000)

1995 Vauxhall Cavalier BTCC Ex-John Cleland

United Kingdom • 23 Aug 2024

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a championship-winning 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier BTCC race car, driven by John Cleland. It has a rich history in both British and Australian Super Touring Championships, with recent maintenance and demonstration runs, making it a unique piece of motorsport history, accompanied by a spares package.

Condition

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While the car is in running order and has been recently inspected, its history includes racing and subsequent use in various championships. There's evidence of refurbishment and parts replacement, indicating it's not in original 'perfect' condition but has been maintained and updated for continued use and display.

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A couple of significant changes were announced by TOCA for the 1995 Autotrader RAC British Touring Car Championship.

After Alfa Romeo’s creative interpretation of the rules it was decided that for the new season, wings and spoilers were now eligible for all cars and all race weekends were now double-headers, except the British GP support race.

Happily, the Super Touring regulations adopted by the BTCC in 1993 were to continue with the full agreement of all the participating manufacturers.

In February of 1995, predicting the outcome of the season was proving rather difficult as one can see from looking at the runners and riders.

After their domination in 1994, Alfa Corse went back to contesting the Italian Supertouring Championship, TWR Volvo replaced the 850 Estate with the 850 saloon, Frank Williams set up Williams Touring Car Engineering and took over development of Renault’s Laguna, Rouse Sport ran Ford’s works effort for a third season with the V6 Mondeo, Toyota retained Toyot...