Robbie francevic race driver

In fact, hisfirst attempt at the bathurst was behind the wheel of a volvo 240 turbo as teammate to robbie francevic. Following the 1985 wellington 500, francevic, while still living in auckland, contested the 1985 australian touring car championship driving the volvo 240t for owner and friend mark petch. Robbie stanley was born in brownsburg, indiana in 1967. Sep 11, 2014 the touring car championship became a two horse race between volvo dealer racings robbie francevic and fury. This week, american robby gordon was in darwin, australia. The touring car championship became a two horse race between volvo dealer racings robbie francevic and fury. Mark petch motorsport was a motor racing team that competed in australian and new zealand motorsport history. Duncan fox has spoken with gary pederson who confirmed duncans research that this tub ended up in a childrens playground and was eventually disposed of.

Robbie francevic for the first two championship rounds, then sold to avdt australian volvo dealer team avdt drivers. Regular and popular tasman campaigner, if not the luckiest, frank gardner turned up the right cards and won the 19th new zealand grand prix at pukekohe on 8 january at an average speed of 106. Mark petch motorsport was formed in 1985 by former new zealand national championship winner mark petch who by 1985 had become a wealthy designer and manufacturer of industrial seals. Mar 10, 2010 robbie stanley was born in november of 1967 in the indianapolis suburb of brownsburg, just a few miles from speedway, site of the famed indianapolis 500mile race the indy 500. He has a background in motorcross and has a 2005 grp a sti subaru impreza rally car. Always outspoken, robbie francevic was able to back up his words with success on the track. They were a dnf at sandown after the differential in the volvo locked solid underneath bowe at the entrance to the pits on lap 60 the car had to be pushed into the pits with the rear end supported by a trolley jack.

This vehicle is a brand new 2015 model and is being used for the last two rounds of the new zealand offroad championship. At the start, the volvo outaccellerated the skyline in a drag race up the hill to turn 1 and took the lead. List of australian touring car championship winners kytabu. List of australian touring car championship driver records. In his time robbie francevic also won the 1985 inaugural wellington street race and the australian touring car championship in 1985 and 1986. In late 1966, robbie franicevic note, his name was spelt with two is, the first of which he dropped in 1967, when having gone to the us to race, found the americans struggled to correctly pronounce his name appeared at the opening round of the 1967 new zealand saloon car championship in a large, grey, ungainly machine that typically. Race 1987 bathurst was part of the 1987 world touring car championship and was won by peter brock, peter mcleod, david parsons on 19871004 00. Race sunday afternoon featured one of wellingtons gales but, happily, not the rain that had been predicted and, despite the winds, wellington had probably the largest crowd in the fiveyear history of the nissan mobil 500. It was owned by kiwi mark petch and raced by another kiwi, robbie francevic. His biggest wins were the inaugural wellington 500 street race in wellington, new zealand in 1985 driving a volvo 240t, and the 1986 australian touring car championship, also in a 240t. Rod coppins, red dawson, paul fahey, dennis marwood, john riley, robbie. Driver team vehicle poles round wins race wins round podiums race podiums points clinched points margin appendix j 1960.

Petch was initially aiming to codrive alongside belgian jeweller and european touring car racer michel delcour. Jun 22, 2017 this week, american robby gordon was in darwin, australia. The team added a new right hand drive 240t purchased from europe from round 4 of the championship in adelaide for francevic to drive while his 1985 endurance co driver john bowe joined the team full time and drove the original left hand drive car. From bob jane to peter brock to modernday legends mark skaife and craig lowndes, these drivers share natural ability, fearlessness and ambition. Robby gordon racing banned from australia after stadium truck. It was entered for the wellington 500 street race to be driven by robbie francevic and delcourt with backing from skf bearings, but freight delays meant it arrived in nz at the very last minute. Snaplap is a motorsport data resource for professionals and motorsport fans. Nov 18, 2016 next, in car 57 was bryan faloon in his 0 pushrod anglia, car 111 was robbie francevic 1500 pushrod anglia, car 107 was graeme athol harvey in the golden holden a successful australian built fj holden now painted bright green rather than gold, car 108 was bryan harvie in a pushrod cortina, car ian pete geoghegan in his lotus. Francevic took an interest in motor racing at the tender age of four. I did my first two touring car races codriving with robbie at the sandown 500 and bathurst that year. There to compete in a race, hosted by the series he owns, stadium super trucks.

Robert james francevic, is a retired racing driver who featured prominently in new zealand and australia during the 1970s and. However, when petch elected not to race, the call went out to old mate robbie francevic an action which rekindled. Robbie stanley, a bittersweet racing memory funcityfinder. Fury was never able to haul in francevic s early points lead and francevic was crowned. The racing history of brm p261 2614 is shown below including any races in nonformula 1 events. In 1986, robbie won the first two rounds of the atcc before volvo stepped in and created the australian volvo dealer team. The team missed opening practice as a result, but francevic and delcourt went on to win the race by over a lap after starting from the rear of the grid. Rob purchased the vehicle off robbie francevic in dec 2011 and went about putting it back into race trim to comply with current motorsport regulations. Francevics 1985 endurance codriver and dual australian drivers champion john bowe joining the team fulltime for his first atcc campaign, in the teams new second car, a rhd car ex ras in belgium, which arrived just in time for the 4th round of the atcc at adelaide international raceway, were bowe qualified on pole, and lead the race before.

John bowe racing driver wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The race was just as bad for the team with francevic forced to park the car after only 27 laps with transmission failure. He became a household name in 1966 when he and his team designed and built the famous colour me gone custaxie in which he won twenty races and the 1967 saloon car championship. In 2011 if you want to go racing you can start early, in new zealand in the 1950s you had to wait until you had your.

Robbie stanley was born in november of 1967 in the indianapolis suburb of brownsburg, just a few miles from speedway, site of the famed indianapolis 500mile race the indy 500. Castrol gtx production car championship group 2 1973. Francevics win in adelaide would prove to be the only race win for the short lived team. Entries marked with a light blue background denote a record achieved when the driver was employed as an endurance co driver. Profile for racing driver robbie francevic from new zealand. They were a dnf at sandown after the differential in the volvo locked solid underneath bowe at the entrance to the pits on lap 60 the car had to be pushed into the. Next, in car 57 was bryan faloon in his 0 pushrod anglia, car 111 was robbie francevic 1500 pushrod anglia, car 107 was graeme athol harvey in the golden holden a successful australian built fj holden now painted bright green rather than gold, car 108 was bryan harvie in a pushrod cortina, car ian pete geoghegan in his lotus. However, when petch elected not to race, the call went out to old mate robbie francevic an action which rekindled a partnership that had last seen active engagement. This is a list of driver records in the australian touring car championship and v8 supercars since 1960. Drivers were robbie francevic nz car 10 lh drive, and starting a few rounds later john bowe australia in car 4 rh drive. Robbie francevic robert james francevic, born on 18 september 1941 in auckland, new zealand was a racing driver in new zealand and australia in the 1970s and 1980s. For the first time, australias top 40 v8 drivers are profiled in one lavishly illustrated and collectable book and no one is better qualified to write it than.

His usac national sprint car wins for three straight years, 1991, 1992 and 1993, pushed him into the limelight among other famous hoosiers in the news. Frank gardners first nzgp win driving lola t300 chev. It was a privateer team and the car was lefthand drive. Francevic is a well known touring car driver, but he also raced open wheelers. Year, age, races, win, podium, pole, laps, led, earnings, rank, avst, avfn, raf, llf, dnq, wd. Francevic s win in adelaide would prove to be the only race win for the short lived team. Please view this list of definitions which was used when compiling the lists of records. Robbie francevic holds the record for being the oldest australian touring car champion, a title he won in 1986 driving a volvo. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. It was imported by new zealand businessman and former driver. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. These were seventh and ninth, sandwiching the mark petch sierra of gianfranco brancatellirobbie francevic. At the annual bay park easter event, in april 1968, with aussie mini cooper drivers don holland, john leffler, and lynn brown all in attendance, francevic battled with holland, and in cool conditions, scored a much welcomed second place, behind fahey, and in the second heat, in wet conditions, the big machine took its first race win. Graham mcrae, frank radisich, robbie francevic and garry pedersen.

The pair drove at the 500 at sandown, as well as the and whileboth resulted in dnfs, at mount panorama the pair qualified fifth and ran inthe top. After winning the allstar circuit of champions championship in 1989, he began racing in usac. The team brought this car to australia and did the atcc 2 wins, sandown 500, bathurst, and back to nz with 2 and a half engines. Robert james francevic is a retired racing driver who featured prominently in new zealand and australia during the 1970s and 1980s. Driver robbie francevic career statistics race results and. It was the beginning of a successful period for petch team and volvo with francevic winning the 1986 australian touring car championship. The race weekend was just the second time bowe had driven the volvo. Volvo 850 jim richards 1996 australian super touring. On the race track i give no mercy, but off it i am a nice guy who loves to hang with my best buds the turbo twins, dynamite daisy and fireball frankie.

Petch formed a race team partnership with driver robbie francevic, and at the time were the only privateers in the world running a gpa 240 without direct factory support. Robert james francevic, born on 18 september 1941 in auckland, new zealand is a retired racing driver who featured prominently in new zealand and australia during the 1970s and 1980s. Along with my driver jensen i have never lost a race and dont plan to either. Australian touring car championship race number 1 of 10 sunday, march 2, 1986 at amaroo park raceway, annangrove, new south wales 52 laps on a 1.

Ben is the current offroad new zealand utility terrain vehicle champion. This contains all significant races at which this car appeared with the exceptions noted below. Entries marked with a light blue background denote a record achieved when the driver was employed as an endurance codriver. Robbie price is a 21yearold 360 and 410 sprint car driver from cobble hill, british columbia currently running the ascs national tour.

Then to gary pederson and used in the 197273 new zealand gold star. New zealander robbie francevic who ruled the race tracks in australia in the late 1980s will be a guest at the gnoo blas classic car spectacular and enthusiasts dinner at orange on february 7. Engine troubles forced robby out of the race with just 16 laps to go, and robby finished 24th in the alpha energy solutions 250 at martinsville speedway. Robbie francevic racing career profile driver database. In 1987, mark petch motorsport purchased the bigazzi bmw m3 raced by olivier grouillard, altfrid heger and winni vogt at the 1987 bathurst which was a round of that years inaugural world touring car championship. A volvo 240t was imported from belgium and debuted at the 1985 wellington 500 with robbie francevic. It was there that he collected three straight usac national sprint car championships in 91, 92, and 93. From there richards was able to control the race and withstand the pressure from jones fourwheeldrive audi quattro a4 to seal a popular victory, the first for volvo in super touring and their first in australian touring car racing since robbie francevic at adelaide international raceway in 1986. To entertain the crowds and put on a show he elected to do some donuts in one of his show trucks.