1991 TVR Tuscan Challenge @ Donington Park

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The 1991 TVR Tuscan Challenge at Donington Park. Drivers include: Gerry Marshall Bob Sands Claus Vart John Kent Colin Blower Peter Wheeler Simon Wayne Steve Cole Officially launched at the 1988 Birmingham Motor Show, the TVR Tuscan Challenge was the brainchild of Peter Wheeler The inaugural Challenge series began in 1989. The first Tuscan that successfully took to the track in pre-season testing that year had 360bhp, slick tyres and more power than grip - a perfect combination guaranteed to provide very fast, spectacular, oversteer-filled and crowd-pleasing entertainment. Built around a spaceframe chassis with all round double wishbone suspension that would form the basis of a new generation of TVR road cars. The Tuscan was powered by a TVR developed, and strengthened, 4.5 litre version of Rover's ubiquitous all alloy SD1 V8 engine, snorting air through a quartet of twin-choke, downdraught Dell'orto carburettors. With an all-up weight of only just over 800 kilos, it was capable of 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds, 0-100mph in 7.5 seconds and a top speed of over 160mph. With such potential the TVR Tuscan Challenge overnight became THE fastest one make series, bar none. Indeed, there was none faster or more action-packed, nothing else came close and it would attract some top name drivers and TVR stalwarts such as the late Gerry Marshall, Jimmy McRae, the late Colin McRae, Steve Cole, John Kent, Colin Blower, Mark Hales and even Nigel Mansell. There were also some top line drivers who <b>...</b>

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