In mid-1984 Bap Romano, feeling that he had the fastest sports car in Australia (and having proved so in the 1984 ASCC), challenged star touring car driver Peter Brock, with Brock to drive the Porsche 956 that he was to share with Larry Perkins at the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans, to a series of races on circuits in Australia fair to both cars claiming the WE84 could beat Brock's 956.
1984 | 1984 Winter Olympics | Le Mans | 1984 Summer Olympics | 1984 in music | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Canadian federal election, 1984 | 12 Hours of Sebring | 24 Hours of Daytona | The Karate Kid (1984 film) | 1984 in baseball | 1984–85 in English football | Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics | 1984 in film | United States presidential election, 1984 | North American Soccer League (1968–1984) | UEFA Euro 1984 | Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics | 1984 in television | Liturgy of the Hours | Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics | 1984 Republican National Convention | New Zealand general election, 1984 | Canonical hours | 24 Hours Nürburgring | UK miners' strike (1984–1985) | North American Soccer League (1968-1984) | 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans | 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans | 1984 Summer Paralympics |
Rondeau finished second in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of the American Preston Henn's race team, running with John Paul, Jr. in a Porsche 956B.