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you will find some interesting stuff. If anybody would like to
sent me pics of Starion competition cars I would be happy to
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My Cars
My Widebody 1987 Conquest TSI (Starion)
on a practise day at Eastern Creek Raceway
Sydney Australia.
(There are only 2 of these cars in Australia)
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Widebody Starion's
were not imported by Mitsubishi Australia. All cars here are
private imports. Perhaps less than 10 widebodies of all types
in Australia.
(I sold this car in 2007)
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JA Starion 1982
model. Has 4G63 SOHC motor which was standard for our cars. (Note:
After market wheels and non standard front airdam fitted)
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EVO6 TME RS2
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Australian Production Car Racing GroupE ("Showroom
stock")
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Starions were very successful in motorsport. I
was lucky to be part of this back in the 1980's. This a "Production
car" Group E (showroom stock) race Starion driven and owned
by Des Gibbs. I used to prepare and crew on this car. This photo
taken in 1986. This is a JB model with a 2.0 4G63 SOHC with TC06
watercooled turbo. This model was not intercooled in Australia.
We used to run aviation fuel and 1.1 bar boost. |
This car racing at Amaroo Park
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More shots of the
car in an earlier colour scheme (1985).
VERY limited mods were
allowed in this class only free items were drivers seat, exhaust
system after first joint, shock absorbers and safety equipment.
No engine mods were allowed at all.
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Picture
taken during the 1985 Winton300 (300km) endurance raced driven
by Des Gibbs and Denis O'Brien (Denis driving in picture).
We had a good record
in this event coming 3rd in 1985 and winning in 1986. (A bit
of battle damage showing)
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Official results
from the 1986 "Yokohama 300" 300km GroupE endurance
race at Winton raceway in Victoria. As you can see Starions were
very competitive in this class!
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FIA GroupA Touring Cars
What was FIA "GroupA" you
say (this is mainly for our US friends)? It was huge in the 1980's!
National championships run in a lot of countries Europe, Japan,
Australia, etc plus the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
and the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). Many manufacturers
took part in this series.
FIA
web site
GroupA info page
More International races
See the link below (look at the bottom
of the page and you will see a factory Ralliart Starion).
Starion Racing
NOTE FOR US VISITORS TO MY SITE
To my knowledge there were no FIA
GroupA touring car races held in the US. In fact the only US
car to be homologated was the 1984 5 litre Ford Mustang which
was done by Zakspeed in Germany. They lost interest and the cars
were purchased by Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Australia factory
team) and brought to Australia and raced. See the link below
for more info:
GroupA Mustang info |
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1985 All Japan GroupA Touring
Car Championship
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1986 All Japan GroupA Touring
Car Championship
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1987 All Japan GroupA Touring
Car Championship |
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1985 Australian GroupA Touring
Car Championship (ATCC).
Factory Ralliart Australia Car driven
by Kevin Bartlett. Photo taken by me at Winton Raceway the car
qualifying 5th on the grid.
The cars were competitive early on
in GroupA but Mitsubishi failed to homologate the parts required
to put them at the front.
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STARION FIA GroupA Touring
Cars currently existing in Australia (March 2007)
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Dean Crosswell
GroupA Starion This car built in Australia
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Coltspeed GroupA Starion This car built in Australia
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Sallard GroupA Starion
This car built in Japan
(As far as I know this is the only widebody GroupA car in the world) |
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Contact: starion(at)mrbdesign.com.au
Updated August 2016 |
