Mazda Savanna RX7 group 4 (1979)

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Homologation number: 5713, A5195, B255, B289
Homologation start: 1/8/1978, 1/2/1984, 1/2/1984, 1/1/1987
Homologation end: 31/12/1981, 31/12/1986, , 31/12/1988

12A engine
1146 cc
165 HP

length, 4293 mm (169.0")
Width, 1774 mm (65.9")
Height, 1270 mm (50.0")
Wheelbase, 2421 mm (95.3")

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Results in WSCC

1979Season

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Daytona	Mugello	Dijon	Silver stone	Nurb	Pergusa	Watkins Glen	Brands Hatch	Valle lunga
Team	24h	6h	6h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	6h	6h
Mazda Technical Center	#7, 5th
Mazda Technical Center	#77, 6th
Mazda Technical Center	#T, spare car
Racing Beat	#17, dnf
Sports Ltd. Racing	#79, dnf
Total points 11	11
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 4/2	4/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Mazda Technical Center
Yoshimi Katayama	7, T
Yojiro Terada	7, T
Takashi Yorino	7, T
Walt Bohren	77, T
Amos Johnson	77
Roger Mandeville	77, T
Jim Downing	T
Racing Beat
Jim Mederer	17
Don Sherman	17
Jeff Kline	17
Sports Ltd. Racing
Bob Bergstrom	79
Brad Frisselle	79

1980Season

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Daytona	Brands Hatch	Mugello	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Mosport	Valle lunga	Dijon
Team	24h	6h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	24h	6h	6h	6h	1000km
Racing Beat	#17, dnf								#17, 10th
Racing Beat									#7, 32nd
JLC Racing	#39, acci dent
Alfred Cosentino	#60, in entry list
Alfred Cosentino	#61, in entry list
Herman Racing	#70, dnf
Z&W Enterprises	#73, 12th				#12, 9th				#73, 13th
Z&W Enterprises	#74, in entry list
Roger Mandeville/ Jim Downing/ Brad Frisselle	#77, 8th
Sports Ltd. Racing	#79, dnf							#79, in entry list
Trinity Racing	#81, 17th
Trinity Racing	#82, 20th
Heinz Becker/ Theo Körner						#87, dnf
Brad Frisselle Racing									#47, 12th
Total points 6	3				2				1
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 14/9	8/4				1/1	1/0			4/4
Driver	Team entries and car number
Racing Beat
Walt Bohren	17								7, 17
Dennis Aase	17
Jeff Kline	17								7, 17
Jim Downing	17								7
JLC Racing
Allan Moffat	39
Amos Johnson	39
Stu Fisher	39
Alfred Cosentino
Bob Speakman	60, 61
Al Cosentino	60, 61
Herman Racing
Chris Doyle	70
Charles Guest	70
Mike Meyer	70
Z&W Enterprises
Mark Hutchins	73				73
Pierre Honegger	73				73				73
Fred Apgar	73, 74
Chester Vincentz	74
Carlos Ramirez	74
Ernesto Soto					73				73
Sports Ltd. Racing
Bob Bergstrom	79							79
Pat Bedard	79							79
Trinity Racing
Lyn St. James	81
Mark Welch	81
Tom Winters	81
John Casey	82
Steve Dietrich	82
Lee Mueller	82
Brad Frisselle Racing
Brad Frisselle									47
Roger Mandeville									47

1981

Season

13B

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Day tona	Seb ring	Mugello	Monza	River side	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Pergusa	Day tona	Watkins Glen	Mosport	Road America	Brands Hatch
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	1000km	24h	6h	6h	6h	6h	500mil	1000km
Loud Car Racing		#7, dnf			#7, 21st						#47, eng ine
Kent Racing	#7, 10th	#92, dnf			#92, dnf							#92, 9th	92, 8th
Kent Racing	#98, 7th	#98, 9th			#98, dnf
Corp Racing Ltd	#16, 23rd
Faza Squadra	#49, dnf	#49, 16th
Downing/Maffucci Racing	#50, 11th	#50, 15th			#50, 19th								#50, 21st
Mandeville Racing Ent	#55, 9th	#55, transm ission			#55, 15th								#55, 14th
Dunham Trucking	#66, dnf	#66, 39th			#66, dnf
Doyle Racing	#70, 27th
Z&W Enterprises		#73, 8th		#9, acci dent		#44, acci dent	#61, 19th	#39, spare car				#39, acci dent
Z&W Enterprises	#75, differ ential	#75, fuel
Ralph Sanchez Racing	#76, in entry list	#78, in entry list
Trinity Racing	#81, 26th	#81, 28th			#81, 39th
Trinity Racing	#82, dnf	#82, dnf			#82, dnf							#82, in entry list	#82, 25th
Autohaus Becker							#62, in entry list
Corp Racing Ltd													#12, 19th
Total points 17	7	5										2	3
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 41/24	11/7	11/6		1/0	8/4	1/0	1/1				1/0	2/1	5/5
Driver	Team entries and car number
Loud Car Racing
Jim Mullen	7	7			7						47
Michael Zimicki		7
Rick Knoop					7
Kent Racing
Walt Bohren	7	98			98						47	92	92
J. Kurt Roehrig	7
Lee Mueller	98	98			98							92	92
Kathy Rude	98				92
Philippe Martin	98
Kathy Rude		92
Divina Galica		92			92
Corp Racing Ltd
Jim Burt	16
Douglas Grunnet	16
Steve Paquette	16
Faza Squadra
Bob Speakman	49	49
Alfred Cosentino	49	49
Downing/Maffucci Racing
Scott Hoerr	50	50
Irv Hoerr	50	50			50								50
Jim Downing	50	50			50								50
Mandeville Racing Ent
Roger Mandeville	55	55			55								55
Amos Johnson	55	55			55								55
Diego Febles	55
Dunham Trucking
Jack Dunham	66	66			66
John Maffucci	66
Stanton Barrett	66
Tom Sheehy		66
Luis Sereix		66
Mike Meyer					66
Doyle Racing
Chris Doyle	70	70
Hubert Phipps	70	70
Robert Overby	70
Z&W Enterprises
Jean-Paul Libert	75	75		9
Dirk Vermeersch	75	73						39
Eddy Joosen	75	73
Pierre Honegger		75		9				39				39
Pierre Dieudonné		75
M. L. Speer		73		9		44
Ray Ratcliff						44	61	39
Fred Stiff						44	61	39				39
Sam Posey												39
Ralph Sanchez Racing
Ralph Sanchez	76
Armando Ramirez	76	78
Chiqui Soldevilla	76
Diego Febles		78
Trinity Racing
Tom Winters	81	81			81
Steve Dietrich	81	81			81
Carter Alsop	81
Bob Bergstrom	82	82
John Casey	82	82			82							82	82
Jim Cook	82	82			82							82	82
Hugh McDonough		81
Autohaus Becker
Heinz Becker							62
Hans Stoffelsen							62
Armin Hahne							62
Corp Racing Ltd
Douglas Grunnet													12
Jim Burt													12

1982Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Spa	Mugello	Fuji	Brands Hatch
Team	1000km	6h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	6h	1000km
Mazda Rotary Racing - Autohaus Becker (group GTU)			#71, 6th
Manns Garage (group GTU)								#60, acci dent
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/0		1/0						1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Mazda Rotary Racing - Autohaus Becker
Heinz Becker			71
Armin Hahne			71
Manns Garage
Les Blackburn								60
David Palmer								60

1983Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Nurb	Le Mans	Spa	Fuji	Kyalami
Team	1000km	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km
Pat Coles							#84, 17th
Aloes Motors group 4							#93, acci dent
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1							2/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Pat Coles
Clarrie Taylor							84
Chris Swanepoel							84
Aloes Motors
Ben Morgenrood							93
Willie Hepburn							93

1984Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Le Man	Nurbur	Brands Hatch	Mosport	Spa	Imola	Fuji	Kyalami	Sandown Park
Team	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km	1000km
Randfontein Panel Beaters (12A)										#33, dnf
Randfontein Panel Beaters (12A)										#34, 4th
Dave Le Roux/ Derek Irving (12A)										#20, in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1										2/1
Randfontein Panel Beaters
Willie Hepburn										33, 34
Robby Smith										33
Ben Morgenrood										34
John Coetzee										34

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