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The Cougar C28 was a
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 (motorspor ...
sports car prototype build by
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. It was used in the World Sports-Prototype Championship
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series in 1992. Power came from a 3.0-liter Porsche 6-cylinder turbocharged engine. It managed to achieve 3 podium finishes and 1 class win. Highlights include an overall 6th-place finish at that year's prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, two third-place finishes and a sixth-place finish for Tomas Saldaña at the
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races in
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,
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, and
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, respectively, and a third-place finish for
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at the
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race in Mugello.


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