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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.
The Porsche 935 is a race car that was developed and manufactured by German automaker Porsche.Introduced in 1976 as the factory racing version of the 911 (930) Turbo and prepared for FIA-Group 5 rules, it was an evolution of the Carrera RSR 2.1 turbo prototype, the second place overall finisher in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Toyota Celica Liftback Turbo was a Group 5 Special Production racecar version of the 3-door liftback first generation Toyota Celica GT built by Schnitzer via Toyota Deutschland to compete in Division 1 of the DRM. It competed in the German series in 1977 and 1978. Plagued by reliability problems, it finished twice and won a non-championship ...
It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories: Group 5 Special Production Cars; Group 4 Special Grand Touring Cars; Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars; Group 2 Touring Cars; Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars; The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976, and comprised seven races in total.
Car Picture Class 1973 Dallara 1300: Group 5 Sports Cars 1974 Dallara 1600: Group 5 Sports Cars 1975 Dallara Icsunonove: Group 5 Special Production 1976 Dallara/Wolf WD1: Can-Am: 1978 Emiliani 380: Formula 3: 1981 Dallara 381: Formula 3: 1982 Dallara 382: Formula 3: Lancia LC1: Group 6: 1983 Dallara 383: Formula 3: Lancia LC2: Group C: 1984 ...
The new Group 5 Sports Cars, together with Group 4 Grand Touring Cars, would contest the FIA's newly renamed World Championship for Makes from 1972 to 1975. From 1976 to 1981 the World Championship for Makes was open to Group 5 Special Production Cars and other production based categories including Group 4 Grand Touring cars and it was during ...
Group 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 5 Special Production Cars became the premier form of "sports car" racing from 1976, with prototypes going into a general decline apart from Porsche 936 domination at Le Mans and a lower-key series of races for smaller two-litre Group 6 prototypes.
Group 5 Special Production Cars [3] [4] Porsche was awarded the overall championship [ 5 ] and the Division 2 title for cars with an engine capacity of over 2 litres. [ 6 ] BMW was awarded the Division 1 title for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2 litres [ 6 ] and Porsche won the GT Cup.