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This
is the car that was driven by Randy Lanier to win the 1984 IMSA Championship.
It has just finished being totally restored.
The 84G was designed by
Robin Herd and Adrian Newey to compete in the 1984 IMSA series. It has an
aluminum honeycomb monocoque chassis, bolted to a semi-stressed engine. The
bodywork is kevlar/carbon composite, and it has a ground effect under tray.
It is powered by by a 5.7 litre Ryan Falconer Chevrolet V8, which is bolted
to a Hewland 5 speed gearbox. This particular March was run by the Blue Thunder
team of Randy Lanier. He shared the driving in most of the races with Bill
Whittington, a former Le Mans winner. The odds of Lanier being champion in
84 were not good, they were competing against Porsche and Jaguar plus great
drivers like Al Holbert, Derek Bell, John Paul Junior, Brian Redman, John
Fitzpatrick and Peter Gregg. Astonishingly by the end of the season Randy
had visited the winner's circle six times and become champion.
This is one of the most
historically important March's with a fascinating history.
SEBRING 12 HOURS - 2nd
RIVERSIDE 6 HOURS - 1st
LAGUNA SECA 100 MILES - 1st
CHARLOTTE 500 - 1st
LIME ROCK 1 HOUR - 2nd
LUMBERMANS 500 - 2nd
PORTLAND - 1st
ELKHART LAKE 500 MILES - 3rd
POCONO 500 - 5th
MICHIGAN 500 - 1st
NEW YORK 500 - 1st
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