Make
Volvo
Model
Volvo 850
Drive
Front Wheel Drive
Chassis No
850R6-005
Built By
TWR
Date Built
1996
Current Status
History
Used by Rickard Rydell and Kelvin Burt in the 1996 British Touring Car Championship.

Loaned to Volvo Australia the following year where it was raced by Jim Richards for a few Australian SuperTouring Championship rounds and shared by Richards and Rickard Rydell in the Bathurst 1000, finishing fourth.

In the Spring of 1998 the car return to SportsPromotion in Sweden where it has remained unused ever since.


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2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event Jim Richards / Rickard Rydell Jim Richards / Rickard Rydell 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event Jim Richards / Rickard Rydell 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event 2012 Halmstad Sportscar Event
Race History
Volvo
#3 Volvo 850 GLT
Team: Volvo 850 Racing
SwedenRickard Rydell
Volvo
#8 Volvo 850 GLT
Team: Volvo 850 Racing
Great BritainKelvin Burt
Volvo
#8 Volvo 850 GLT
Team: Volvo Racing Australia
AustraliaJim Richards
Volvo
#4 Volvo 850
Team: Volvo Dealer Racing
AustraliaJim Richards
SwedenRickard Rydell
Race Results
Date Venue Driver Vehicle Pos
1997 Bathurst 1000
05 Oct 1997 AustraliaMount Panorama Richards / Rydell #4 Volvo 850 4
1997 Australian Super Touring Championship
09 Nov 1997 AustraliaAmaroo Park (1) Jim Richards #8 Volvo 850 GLT 6
09 Nov 1997 AustraliaAmaroo Park (2) Jim Richards #8 Volvo 850 GLT 5