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Robbie Francevic was the winner of the 1983 Benson & Hedges touring car series in NZ. Following the 1985 Wellington 500, Francevic, while still living in Auckland, contested the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship driving the Volvo 240T for owner and friend Mark Petch.
The team added a new right hand drive 240T purchased from Europe from Round 4 of the championship in Adelaide for Francevic to drive while his 1985 endurance co-driver John Bowe joined the team full time and drove the original left hand drive car. Francevic's win in Adelaide would prove to be the only race win for the short lived team. [1] [2] [3]
Robbie Francevic: Volvo Dealer Team: Volvo 240T: 1987: Jim Richards: JPS Team BMW: BMW M3: 1988: Dick Johnson: Dick Johnson Racing: Ford Sierra RS500: 1989: Dick Johnson: Dick Johnson Racing: Ford Sierra RS500: 1990: Jim Richards: Gibson Motorsport: Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R: 1991: Jim Richards: Gibson Motorsport ...
The championship was won by Auckland (New Zealand) resident Robbie Francevic driving a Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240T, the first time the championship had been won by a non-Australian resident and the first ATCC won by a turbocharged car.
A Volvo 240T was imported from Belgium and debuted at the 1985 Wellington 500 with Robbie Francevic and former Works Volvo driver Michel Delcourt taking victory despite the car not arriving in time for qualifying and only turning in a small number of laps in the final practice session.
* Walkinshaw's Jaguar was recorded at 274 km/h (170 mph) on Conrod Straight during the runoff. The fastest non-Jaguar was the turbocharged Volvo 240T driven by Bathurst Rookie Robbie Francevic which recorded 260 km/h (162 mph). The once dominant V8 Holden and Fords were slower still, topping out at around 250 km/h (155 mph).
Swedish marque Volvo also joined the winners list when Kiwi Robbie Francevic won Round 3 at Symmons Plains in Tasmania in his Volvo 240T. Still a resident of Auckland, Francevic's win also saw him become the first non-Australian resident to win an ATCC race. The big Kiwi's win in Tasmania in the turbo Volvo was also the first of what would be ...
The two B&H cars had been acquired from the Wolf Racing Australasia team formerly run by Robbie Francevic and his long-time patron Mark Petch. Colin Bond also expanded his Caltex-backed Sierra team to two cars, running a second for Sydney car dealer Ken Mathews who had purchased the Bathurst winning Sierra from Longhurst. For the first time in ...