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Turbo V8 Marina

Post by locost_bryan » Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:13 am

According to a couple of threads I stumbled across, a West Australian driver by the name of Gordon Mitchell raced a turbocharged V8 Marina during the 70s. Accordng to this forum, it was a "spare" car from the London-Munich World Cup Rally. Appears to have raced 1977-79, after which the turbo V8 was fitted to an Alfa Romeo and won the state championship in 1984.

Here are some of the car's race results :-
Australian Sports Sedan Championship (WA Round) 12 June 1977
  • 1 Chev Corvair Frank Gardner 60.7 17:41.3
    2 Monaro Bob Jane 60.8 17:46.3
    3 Torana Ron Harrop 63.2 18:24.4
    DNF Marina V8 Gordon Mitchell 69.8


12 March 1978
Race 8: Sports Sedans, 5 laps
  • 1 Charger Brian Smith 66.2 5:45.8
    2 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 68.6 5:55.8
    3 Falcon Rod Donovan 69.3 5:56.2
9 April 1978
Race 4: Sports Sedans, 5 laps
  • 1 Alfa Romeo Peter Gillon 67.6 5:48.4
    2 Escort John Glasson 67.8 5:50.0
    3 Torana John Farrell 69.4 5:57.1
    4 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 68.4 6:02.4
    5 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 70.6 6:02.6
Race 12: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports cars, 5 laps reverse grid
  • 1 Chevron B8 BMW Tony McAlinden 66.4 5:47.7
    2 Torana Frank Wilson 69.2 6:00.1
    3 Alfa Romeo Peter Gillon 68.8 6:05.7
    4 Falcon Paul Kelley 70.6 6:12.4
    5 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 72.4 6:21.1
    6 Leyland Cubman Mal Bennett 73.9 6:21.5
Australian Touring Car Championship Round 5, 7 May 1978
Race 3: Sports Sedans, 10 laps
  • 1 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 75.5 12:53.7
    2 Alfa Romeo Gordon Stephenson 78.2 13:30.0
    3 Escort John Glasson 80.2 13:41.0
Race 9: Sports Sedans, 5 laps
  • 1 Alfa Romeo Peter Gillon 67.2 5:47.4
    2 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 68.8 5:52.5
    3 Torana Brian Rhodes 71.3 6:03.9
Race 12: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap
  • 1 Alfa Romeo Peter Gillon 67.0 0:30 6:15.4
    2 Escort Neil Bishop 75.1 Go 6:23.6
    3 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 68.3 0:30 6:23.7
    4 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 66.0 0:40 6:24.0
Race 6: Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Race 1, 20 laps
  • 1 Corvair Allan Grice 61.4 20:58.0
    2 Falcon Jim Richards 61.3 20:58.5
    3 Torana Ron Harrop 61.8 21:12.2
    13 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 70.0 21:33.1 18 laps
    14 Holden Warren Matthews 69.6 21:33.1 18 laps
Australian Sports Sedan Championship 10 June 1979
Race 5: Australian Sports Sedan Championship, heat 1, 20 laps
  • 1 Corvair Allan Grice 58.74 20:25.66
    2 Alfetta Tony Edmondson 59.54 20:41.81
    3 Charger Brian Smith 64.32 21:20.97 19 laps
    4 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 66.59 21:40.15 18 laps
Race 10: Australian Sports Sedan Championship, heat 2, 20 laps
  • 1 Corvair Allan Grice 70.28 24:23.30
    2 Alfetta Tony Edmondson 72.84 25:07.88 19 laps
    3 Holden Warren Matthews 77.77 24:28.45 18 laps
    4 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 81.07 24:56.25 18 laps
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Re: Turbo V8 Marina

Post by dazza2623 » Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:23 pm

Found this article in an old magazine. Thought you would like it.
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Re: Turbo V8 Marina

Post by Kilroy » Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:09 am

He should have gotten it a bit lower...

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