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Volvo Dealer Racing
Volvo Dealer Racing, known originally as the Volvo Dealer Team and occasionally as Volvo 850 Racing or Volvo S40 Racing was an Australian motor racing team that first appeared in 1994 racing in Group E production car racing and at the Bathurst 12 Hour before stepping up to the new Australian Super Touring series in 1995 and continued racing through to 1999.
History.
In 1994, Volvo contracted George Shepherd's Roadsafe Motorsport to manage a Group E production car programme. The team first appeared at that year's Bathurst
Volvo Dealer Team
The Volvo Dealer Team was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car racing in 1986 winning the Australian Touring Car Championship.
The team was managed by John Sheppard and had its base at the Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne.
History.
New Zealand based driver Robbie Francevic won the opening round of the opening two rounds of the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, driving the Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T that he had campaigned in Australia throughout 1985. Auckland based millionaire businessmen Mark Petch