VIDEOS and
ARTICLE COLLECTION:
VOLVO 240 TURBO GROUP A
RACING PROGRAM
During my research, I
was able to assembled a collection of
entertaining videos and articles from the
1980's covering the Volvo 240 Turbo Group A
racing programs. They were only available in VHS format, so I had them all
converted to DVD. They are
all available below. These
videos
provide
a wonderfully entertaining history
of Volvo's Group A racing
effort.
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Article Collection Below
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DVD's are available individually or in
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DVDs have ONE video and some have TWO
videos.
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1984
ETCC
(bias toward
Rover) (32 min.)
1984 ETCC (bias
toward Jaguar)
(46 min.)
1985 ETCC (bias toward Rover)
(31 min.)
1986 ETCC (general coverage of season)
(40 min.)
1986
Nissan-Mobil
500 (Wellington,
NZ) (47 min.)
1987 World
Touring Car
Championship (29
min.)
1985
Donington
500 (ETCC) (24
min.)
1985 Istel
Tourist Trophy
(Silverstone)
(ETCC) (27 min.)
1986
James
Hardie 1000 at
Bathurst (61
min.)
1985
James
Hardie 1000 at
Bathurst (59
min.)
1986
ETCC
(comprehensive
coverage) (90
min.)
Volvo in ETCC
(produced for
Volvo) (15 min.)
1986
Australian
Touring Car
Championship
(Amaroo Park)
(59 min.)
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ALSO
AVAILABLE SEPARATELY
Digital CD Book
Volvo 240 Group A Article
Collection 1982-1987
This Article Collection Book is
available on CD and all color images are in FULL
COLOR
More than 400 pages
with searchable text!
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When I
began this project many years ago the first version was a printed book shown above.
I later discontinued having this
book printed because of the high
cost and very few people were willing to pay that
high cost.
DIGITAL
BOOK
ON CD: $8.00 ea.
(May be ordered below)
 This is a serious collection.
Over many years I acquired a large number of
European and Australian racing publications and official racing
programs related to the ETCC
and ATCC Volvo 240 Turbo racing effort.
I originally put this together for my own research
and enjoyment of racing 240's. I
have now made it available to anyone. You may read
about the Group A racing preparation and results,
finger pointing by competing teams, rumors of
cheating by Volvo with finger-pointing from
disgruntled competitors, and getting FISA
sanctions for getting caught. Excellent
Reading!
Customer
comment: "I have received the article
book. It is fantastic, a really great
resource.
It
will take me years to read through
it!" M.H., Australia
Reading these articles will
give you a unique understanding of how the
ETCC programs worked. You will read how in
1983-84 Volvo entered an evolution 242
Turbo for Group A under FISA homologation
rules. It was later modified over and
above the original requirement of the
first 5000 street car minimum which began
in 1981. The new evolution version was a
new 500 production car requirement. These
cars would become the 500 1983
flathood 242 Turbos imported to
the USA that we know of today. FISA rules
intended them to be real production street
cars that would be sent to dealers and
sold to the public. The rules stated they
had to be built by the manufacturer with
the same homologated equipment as the
Group A race cars, including, but not
limited to: a bigger turbo and intercooler,
better exhaust manifold, better intake
manifold, water injection and a rear
spoiler. Some other items
found on the racing versions were not
subjected to these strict rules, such as
transmissions (these race cars got 5-speed
Getrags), or big brakes (Most used big AP
brakes). Race cars could use any brakes as
long as they fit inside the 16 inch wheel.
It is now
common knowledge that none of these 500
cars, when sold to the public, actually
came with any real racing parts (except
for possibly a few legendary rear spoilers
that were reportedly found in trunks).
Competitors learned about these cars being
sold without the racing parts and filed
grievances with the FISA. Volvo was called
to answer in the middle of the 1985 season
while FISA investigated. After Volvo
initially remained silent, FISA suspended
the Volvo teams completely from all races
after Sep 1, 1985, but then another FISA
official reversed and allowed the Volvos
to continue racing "under
suspension" pending the final
outcome of the investigation. They raced
half the season under suspension and won a
LOT of races during that time.
In
October 1985 FISA was then shown a
loophole in the rules which revealed there
was no actual requirement that the 500
cars could not be stripped of the race
parts after the FISA inspected the cars,
but before being sent to Volvo dealers and
sold to the public. On Oct 11, 1985, The
FISA announced they had no choice but to
exonerate Volvo and remove the
suspension. Soon afterward FISA
revised the rules to eliminate this
loophole in the future. Two days after
their exoneration, on Oct 13, 1985, Volvo
took first place at Estoril, giving them
the points needed for the 1985 ETCC
championship.
In the
words of an "anonymous" Volvo Group A
racing insider I interviewed a number of
years ago:
"If you weren't pushing the
rules to the breaking point, you
weren't winning. Every team knew
it. Winning teams did it."
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