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unusual facts about Holden Dealer Team


Holden Dealer Team

The team continued under the direction of Alan Gow under the banner of Advantage Racing, with continued support from Mobil, but without the assistance of Holden, new automotive partners had to be found.


1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

The pair drove a Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana to a single lap victory over another Torana, that of Allan Grice and Formula 5000 driver John Leffler.

1985 Australian Grand Prix

As the Group A race was scheduled for late on the Saturday afternoon after F1 qualifying had finished, Berger had to obtain permission from the FIA, FOCA and his Arrows team to race the BMW (as it turned out, his touring car race lasted 3 laps before he was punted into the gravel trap at the end of the pit straight by the Holden Dealer Team Commodore V8 of local star John Harvey).

1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

The championship was won by Peter Doulman, driving a 2.0 litre version of his old Group A BMW M3 (the car was an ex-JPS Team BMW and Mobil 1 Racing team car).


see also

Tom Walkinshaw Racing

TWR also undertook work for other manufacturers including development of the Renault Clio V6, as well as establishing a partnership with General Motors' Australian division Holden, re-creating the former Holden Dealer Team performance and tuning division, Holden Special Vehicles.