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Make
Volvo
Model
Volvo S40
Drive
Front Wheel Drive
Chassis No
98-001
Built By
TWR
Date Built
1998
Current Status
MUSEUM
History
Built in 1998 and used by
Rickard Rydell
to win the
British Touring Car Championship
. At the end of the season the car was shipped to Australia and won the
Bathurst 1000
driven by Rydell and
Jim Richards
.
The following season the car remained in Australia and was driven in the
Australian Super Touring Championship
by Jim Richards and at
Bathurst
by Richards and
Cameron McLean
.
In 2000 the car returned to Europe and put on display in Volvo's Göteborg museum where it remains to this day.
Pictures
Race History
1998 Australian Super Touring Championship
#
40 Volvo S40
- Volvo Racing Australia
Jim Richards
1998 Bathurst 1000
#
40 Volvo S40
- Volvo S40 Racing
Jim Richards
/
Rickard Rydell
1998 British Touring Car Championship
#
4 Volvo S40
- Volvo S40 Racing
Rickard Rydell
1999 Australian Super Touring Championship
#
3 Volvo S40
- Volvo Dealer Racing Australia
Jim Richards
1999 Bathurst 500
#
3 Volvo S40
- Volvo Dealer Racing
Cameron McLean
/
Jim Richards
Super Touring Register