Make Volvo
Model Volvo 850
Drive Front Wheel Drive
Chassis No 850R5-005
Built By TWR
Date Built 1996
Current Status BEING REBUILT

History

Used by Rickard Rydell and Kelvin Burt in the 1996 British Touring Car Championship.

Loaned to Volvo Australia the following year where it was raced by Jim Richards for a few Australian SuperTouring Championship rounds and shared by Richards and Rickard Rydell in the Bathurst 1000, finishing fourth.

In the Spring of 1998 the car return to SportsPromotion in Sweden where it has remained unused ever since.

As of 2005 the car is currently being rebuilt.

Race History

Volvo #3 Volvo 850 GLT - Volvo 850 Racing
Rickard Rydell
Volvo #8 Volvo 850 GLT - Volvo 850 Racing
Kelvin Burt
Volvo #8 Volvo 850 GLT - Volvo Racing Australia
Jim Richards
Volvo #4 Volvo 850 - Volvo Dealer Racing
Jim Richards / Rickard Rydell