Spice SE89 group C1 (1989)

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11 units built
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Ford Cosworth DFZ/Nicholson, V8 (90º) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
aluminium alloy block and head
3,491 cc
90.0 x 68.6 mm
12.0:1
549 bhp / 410 KW @ 9,500 rpm
4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Aspiration, Natural with multipoint electronic Bosch Fuel Injection
Dry sump

Ford Cosworth DFL 90º V8
aluminium alloy block and head
3,223 cc
90.0 x 64.8 mm
465 bhp / 347 KW @ 8,500 rpm
420 Nm / 310 ft lbs @ 7,250 rpm
4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Aspiration, Naturall with multipoint electronic Fuel Injection
Dry sump

Chevrolet/Katech, V8 cyl, 6300cc

C1: 900kg
C2: 750kg

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Results in WSCC

1989

Season

DFZ engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Suzuka	Dijon	Jarama	Brands Hatch	Nurbur	Donington	Spa	Mexico
Team	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km
Spice Engineering, SE89C-004	#21, water leak	#21, 14th	#21, fire	#21, gear box	#21, eng ine	#21, elec trics	#21, eng ine	#21, acci dent
Spice Engineering, SE89C-003	#22, elec trics	#22, exhaust	#22, 4th	#22, acci dent	#22, igni tion	#22, elec trics	#22, 5th	#22, 10th
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-006 (DFL 3.3 C2)		#101, 11th	#101, 13th	#101, 8th	#101, elec trics	#101, 15th	#101, 13th	#101, 14th
Total points 17			7	3			6	1
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 23/10	2/0	3/2	3/2	3/1	3/0	3/1	3/2	3/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Spice Engineering
Eliseo Salazar	21		21	21	21	21	21	22
Ray Bellm	21	21	21	21			21	21
Thorkild Thyrring	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Wayne Taylor	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Costas Los		21
Tim Harvey					21	21
Bernard Jourdain								21
Chamberlain Engineering
Nick Adams		101	101	101	101	101	101	101
Fermin Velez		101	101	101	101	101	101	101

1990

Season

DFZ engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Suzuka	Monza	Silver stone	Spa	Dijon	Nurb	Doning	Montreal	Mexico
Team	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km	480km
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001	#28, dnt qualify	#29, acci dent	#29, 17th	#29, gear box	#29, disqua lified	#28T, fuel	#29, 18th	#29, 12th
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001 (DFR)									#29, elec trics
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-006			#28, suspe nsion	#28, 19th		#28, susp ension in practice	#28, acci dent	#28, suspe nsion in practice	#28, practice
The Berkeley Team London, SE89C-004	#40, acci dent	#40, acci dent	#40, 19th	#40, 23rd	#40, 25th	#40, eng ine	#40, elec trics	#40, dnt qualify	#40, gear box
GP Motorsport (PC Automotive), SE89C-009							#31, elec trics
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 27/7	2/0	2/0	3/2	3/2	2/1	3/0	4/1	3/1	3/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Chamberlain Engineering
Cor Euser	28	29	28	28
Fermin Velez	28
Mario Hytten		29	28	28
Nick Adams			29	29		28, 28T	28	28
Richard Piper			29				31	29	29
Charles Zwolsman				29		28T		28	29
Philippe de Henning					29
John Williams					29
Robbie Stirling							29
Bernard Thuner							29		28
Will Hoy							28
Alfonso Toledano									28
The Berkeley Team London
Ranieri Randaccio	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Stefano Sebastiani	40		40	40	40		40		40
Pasquale Barberio		40				40		40	40
GP Motorsport (PC Automotive)
Mike Youles							31

1991

Season

DFZ engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Suzuka	Monza	Silver stone	Le Mans	Nurb	Magny Cour	Mexico	Auto polis
Team	430km	430km	430km	24h	430km	430km	430km	430km
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001			#60, eng ine	#45, elec tric
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-006				#44, elec tric
Berkeley Team London, SE89C-004				#38, in entry list	#7, brakes
Graff Racing, SE89C-002				#39, eng ine
PC Automotive, SE89C-009				#43, OTL
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/0			1/0	4/0	1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Chamberlain Engineering
John Sheldon			60	44
Mercedes Stermitz			60
Ferdinand de Lesseps				44
Charles Rickett				44
Nick Adams				45
Richard Jones				45
Robin Donovan				45
Berkeley Team London
Ranieri Randaccio				38	7
Stefano Sebastiani				38
Mirko Savoldi				38	7
Graff Racing
Michel Maisonneuve				39
Xavier Lapeyre				39
Jean-Philippe Grand				39
PC Automotive
Jean-Louis Ricci				43
Olindo Iacobelli				43
Richard Piper				43

1992

Season

DFZ engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Monza	Silver stone	Le Mans	Doning	Suzuka	Magny Cours
Team	500km	500km	24h	500km	1000km	500km
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001	#22, OTL		#22, 14th	#22, 6th	#22, 6th	#22, 7th
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001 (DFR)		#22, 3rd
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-006			#36, OTL		#41, 7th
Total points 26		8		5	9	4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/6	1/0	1/1	2/1	1/1	2/2	1/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Chamberlain Engineering
Bernard Thuner	22
Ferdinand de Lesseps	22	22	22	22	22	22
Will Hoy		22		22
Olindo Iacobelli			22
Richard Piper			22
Kenta Shimamura			36
Tomiko Yoshikawa			36		41
Jun Harada			36		41
Nick Adams					22	22
Masahiro Kimoto					22
Divina Galica					41

Results in Endurance races

1992

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Suzuka
Date	2/2	21/3	21/6	30/8
Duration	24h	12h	24h	1000km
Team\ Championship	IMSA	IMSA	WSCC	WSCC
Tom Milner Racing, SE89P-003 (Chevrolet 6.3)	#4, eng ine	#4, pinion bearing
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001 (Cosworth DFZ)			#22, 14th	#22, 6th
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-006 (Cosworth DFZ)			#36, OTL	#41, 7th
Total points 6				7
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/3	1/0	1/0	2/1	2/2

Teams and drivers entries

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Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Suzuka
Wayne Taylor	4	4
Jeff Purner	4
Hugh Fuller	4	4
Hideshi Matsuda	4
François Migault		4
David Tennyson		4

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Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Suzuka
Kazuo Shimizu	48
Ruggero Melgrati	48	48
Bob Lesnett	48
Costas Los	48	48
Parker Johnstone	49	48, 49
Steve Cameron	49
Jim Vasser	49
Dan Marvin	49	49

+ Show Chamberlain Engineering Team

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Suzuka
Ferdinand de Lesseps			22	22
Olindo Iacobelli			22
Richard Piper			22
Kenta Shimamura			36
Tomiko Yoshikawa			36	41
Jun Harada			36	41
Nick Adams				22
Masahiro Kimoto				22
Divina Galica				41

1993

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans
Date	31/1	20/3	20/6
Duration	24h	12h	24h
Team\ Championship	IMSA	IMSA
Graff Racing, SE89C-002 (DFL 3.3)			#24, 20th
Chamberlain Engineering, SE89C-001 (DFZ)			#27, eng ine
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1			2/1

Team and drivers entries

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Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans
Jean-Bernard Bouvet			24
Richard Balandras			24
Bruno Miot			24

+ Show Chamberlain Engineering team

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans
Andy Petery			27
Nick Adams			27
Hervé Regout			27

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Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans
Date	6/2	19/3	19/6
Duration	24h	12h	24h
Team\ Championship	IMSA	IMSA
Auto Toy Store, SE89P-001 (Chevrolet 6.3)		#9, 2nd
Total points 9		9
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/2		1/1

Teams and drivers entries

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Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans
James Weaver		9
Derek Bell		9
Andy Wallace		9

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