Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to limited production Sports Cars restricted to 5 litre engine capacity.

Mar 21, 2022 · Group 5 was a motor racing classification created by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) that was widely used from 1966 until 1982. Over this relatively long period, the Group 5 regulation changed several times: in 1970, 1972 and 1976. Group 5 was introduced fresh from the oven in 1966.

Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was …

Feb 21, 2018 · Group 5 was conceived as a way of reinvigorating international sportscar racing at a time when interest in the prototype class was waning in an era of three-litre, Formula 1-engined machinery.

This mercurial class of GT racing produced what were also known as the “silhouette cars”. The Group 5 category was created by the CSI (predecessor to the FIA) for the 1976 World Championship of Makes. In the USA, the Group 5 regulations were mirrored by …

Jun 5, 2008 · The Porsche 935 is of course the most famous and successful Group 5/IMSA GTX car of them all. This particular example is the Joest 935-78/81 which raced at Le Mans in 1982. It’s a replica of the famous "MobyDick" Martini Porsche 935-78 that famously clocked an epic top speed of 227 mph on the Mulsanne straight in 1978.

Group 5 — FIA, WMC and Prototypes What We Race: These cars are closed-wheel, normally sports racers which are prepared to the standards which were used in the “series the car raced in.”

Mar 19, 2018 · Between 1976 and 1982, the rules for the Group 5 international sports car category were changed — or rather slackened — to accommodate ‘special production’ cars. These off-the-wall racers shared extremely little with their road-going counterparts, however.

Richard Opie expertly tells the story of this Porsche killing Ford Capri turbo from the golden age of Group 5 touring cars. A legendary car.

Jul 7, 2014 · Group 5 Racing—Still in Good Shape. LONG-DISTANCE sports car racing has enjoyed a chequered career to say the least since its great days in the early Fifties, but six months ago endurance racing for the Group 5 prototypes seemed set for its worst ever year in 1975.