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Cougar C22
The Cougar C22 was a Group C Sports prototype, sports car prototype used in the World Sportscar Championship, World Sports-Prototype Championship sports car racing series, from 1988 to 1989. Development history and racing record The Cougar C20, a closed Group C prototype, was developed by Yves Courage in 1987 and prepared for the respective races by his own racing team, the Courage Compétition. Powered by a 2.8-liter Porsche flat-six engine, Porsche 6-cylinder turbocharged engine, where it made its debut at the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and retired after 30 laps. The car's best result was a 6th-place finish at 1989 480 km of Dijon, which was also its best overall finish, being driven by Pascal Fabre and Jean-Louis Bousquet. It was driven by Ukyou Katayama, François Migault, Paul Belmondo, Pascal Fabre, Hervé Regout, Jean-Denis Delétraz, Fabien Giroix, Oscar Manautou, Alessandro Santin, Jean-Louis Bousquet, Bernard de Dryver, Denis Morin, Bernard Santal, Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group C
Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with ''Group A'' for Touring car racing, touring cars and ''Group B'' for Grand tourer, GTs. It was designed to replace both Group 5 (motorsport), Group 5 special production cars (closed top touring prototypes like Porsche 935) and Group 6 (motorsport), Group 6 two-seat racing cars (open-top sportscar prototypes like Porsche 936). Group C was used in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship, World Endurance Championship (1982–1985), World Sports-Prototype Championship (1986–1990), World Sportscar Championship (1991–1992) and in the European Endurance Championship (1983 only). It was also used for other sports car racing series around the globe (All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship, All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, Supercup, Interserie). The final year for the class came in 1993. Broadly similar rules were used in the North American International Motor Sports Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
