327 Rover SD1 Vitesse (1981) Patrick Blakeney-Edwards

Rover 3500 SD1 Vitesse (1981)
3528cc V8- Racing
Race (HTCC) Historic Touring Car Callenge
Race Number 11 Frederic Wakeman, Patrick Blakeney-Edwards
Livery Eloff - Leyland
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In touring car racing, the 3.5 L Rover V8 engine produced approximately 340 bhp (254 kW; 345 PS) by 1986.

The SD1 also saw use as a rally car in 1984 and 1985, contesting the British Rally Championship in the hands of Tony Pond. Pond won the Group A category of the 1985 championship, but the car was retired at the end of the season in favour of the Group B MG Metro 6R4.
The Rover SD1 saw major success as a Group A racecar. Some of its major successes were a Rover Vitesse winning the 1983 RAC Tourist Trophy with drivers Steve Soper and Rene Metge,
Tthe 1984 British Saloon Car Championship with Andy Rouse,
Jeff Allam and Armin Hahne won the Group A class and finished 12th outright at the 1984 Bathurst 1000 in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) Rover Vitesse.
Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy won six rounds (Monza, Vallelunga, Donington, Silverstone, Nogaro and Jarama) of the 1985 European Touring Car Championship driving a TWR Rover Vitesse
TWR Rovers won five rounds (Monza, Donington, Anderstorp, Zeltweg and Silverstone) of the 1986 FIA Touring Car Championship.
Kurt Thiim won the 1986 DTM championship driving a Rover Vitesse

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Shot 05.05.2018 at Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park, Leic Ref 133-327

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