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Numerous racing cars were lubricated by Castrol, but only a few of them actually raced in the famous red and green colors of the British oil brand. Nowadays Castrol is part of British Petroleum (BP).
1970’s
1970 Can-Am St. Jovite, BRM P154 – Chevrolet. British Racing Motors built this impressive P154 for the 1970 Can-Am season. The car sure had potential, George Eaton qualified in the top 5 several times. Unfortunately his car was quite unreliable. A third place at St. Jovite was the best result of the season. The last 3 races of the season Pedro Rodriguez drove the car. For 1971 BRM put all their resources in their Formula 1 project and stopped racing the P154 at the end of the first season.
#98 George Eaton (CAN) – 3rd
BRM P154 – 8.1 liter Chevrolet ZL1 V8 90º, approx. 780 hp. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #01
- SPARK S1150 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #042 Interserie & CanAm
1971 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, BMW 2800 CS. Dominique Moorkens is a Belgian entrepreneur who was distributor of BMW in Belgium in the 60’s and 70’s. He even owned a factory that assembled BMW’s in Belgium to avoid import taxes. Moorkens competed in his home race with the beautiful BMW 2800 CS with support from Castrol. Unfortunately the engine seized early in the race. Not much pictures can be found, the #28 is from the Coupe de Spa 1971.
#9 Dominique Moorkens (B) / Jean-Louis Haxhe (B) – DNF
BMW 2800 CS – 3.0 liter BMW M30B30V – straight-6, approximately. 270 hp. Tires unknown. Weight 1200 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown
- TROFÉU RR BE16 limited 150 pcs (resin)
1971 BTCC Brands Hatch, Ford Escort RS1600. The Ford Escort has been a successful racing car since its introduction in 1968. The improved version, the Broadspeed prepared RS 1600 made its debut in 1971 in the British Saloon Car Championship. John Fitzpatrick shattered the lap record and won the race in front of a 5-liter Camaro and the works entered Ford Capri driven by F1 pilot Gerry Birrell.
#114 John Fitzpatrick (GB) – 1st
Broadspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 – 1.7 liter Ford BDA straight-4, approximately 220 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 800 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC 400 718110 limited 750 pcs (diecast)
1976 DRM Supersprint Nürburgring, Ford Escort RS. The Escort RS ruled the 2-liter touringcars as the Alfa GTAm did before. The fast Zakspeed Escorts won almost every race in the 1976 DRM championship. Heyer took the championship his Castrol Escort. Hahne drove the 2nd Castrol car on two occasions and finished 7th at the Supersprint race.
#33 Armin Hahne (D) – 7th
Zakspeed Ford Escort RS 1800 – 2.0 liter Ford BDA straight-4, approximately. 275 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 800 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC 400 768833 limited 2160 pcs (diecast)
1976 European Touring Car Championship, Monza 4h, Ford Escort RS 1800. The fast Zakspeed Escorts won almost every race in the 1976 DRM championship. In the European Touring Car Championship a different set of rules was used and the Escorts were less dominant here. This Zakspeed entered car didn’t make it the finish in the first race at Monza.
#27 Sigi Muller jr. (D) / Martini Finotto (I) – DNF / engine
Zakspeed Ford Escort RS 1800 – 1.8 liter Ford BDA straight-4, approx. 240 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 800 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown.
- NEO 45230 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #064 Ford Touring
1976 European Touring Car Championship, BMW 3.0 CSL. The new group 5 category got much attention in 1977. The European Touring Car Championship, where they raced with group 2 touring cars got much less attention and not so large starting grids. BMW’s dominated the championship in 1976, most races won by the Luigi and Alpina teams. This #1 Luigi BMW took 5 wins and won the championship, the #2 won the race at the Nürburgring.
#1 Jean Xhenceval (B) / Pierre Dieudonné (B) – Championship 1st
#2 Claude de Wael (B) / Hughes de Fierlant (B) / Gunnar Nilsson (S) – Nürburgring 1st
Luigi BMW 3.0 CSL – 3.2 liter BMW M30B32 straight-6, approx. 370 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel monocoque, chassinrs. BMW E9 #unknown.
- #1 SPARK Endurance-Info.com #091 / 333 pcs (resin)
- #2 SPARK Raceland Gold Edition RS1207 #051 / 300 pcs (resin)
1977 Spa-Francorchamps 24h – BMW 3.0i US In 1977 the 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps was a non-championship event for group 1 cars. The battle went on between Ford Capri 3.0S, Vauxhall Firenza, Alfetta GTV and BMW. Some teams entered the BMW 530i US, a version with 3-liter engine that was not available in Europe at that moment. It turned out to be a success, the team of Joosen and rally driver Andruet won, other BMWs finished 5th and 7th.
#10 Eddy Joosen (B) / Jean-Claude Andruet (F) – 1st
JUMA BMW 530i US – 3.0 liter BMW M30B30 straight-6, approx. 260 hp. Weight 1070 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. BMW E28 #unknown
- SPARK SB230 #362 / 750 pcs (resin)
1980’s
1984 Le Mans 24h, BMW M1. The BMW M1 is famous from the Procar Championship. A racing series in which regular topdrivers competed against formula 1 stars that were offered a factorycar. The M1 also raced in group 4, B and IMSA GTX, but wasn’t that successful, specially in 24 hour races. Jens Winther combined the red and white from the Danish flag with the Castrol livery and the result is very nice.
#101 Jens Winther (DK) / David Mercer (GB) / Lars-Viggo Jensen (DK) – DNF
Winther BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx. 470 hp. Avon tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301026
- QUARTZO Q3047 (diecast)
1985 DTM Championship, Volvo 240 turbo. Group A touringcars grew popular after the Group 5 GT’s had vanished. Soon there were factory supported teams from BMW, Rover, Jaguar, Ford and Volvo. It’s not very common to see a Volvo on a race track, but in 1984 – 1986 it was. The blistering fast turbo Volvo’s took the European Touring Car Championship and in the German Production Car Championship (which would become the famous DTM later), 3 Volvo’s competed. Per Stureson took the title, other Volvo’s were piloted by Andersson and Peil.
#21 Per Sturesson (S) – 1st
IPS Volvo 240 turbo – 2.1 liter Volvo B21ET straight-4 turbo, approx. 340 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1100 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr, #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS MC400 851753 (diecast)
1988 Daytona 24h, Jaguar XJR-9. TWR developed the Jaguar XJR into a winner, it won Le Mans and Daytona both in 1988 and 1990. In 1988, Dutchman Lammers retired with his own car, but replaced Raoul Boesel in the last hours in the #60 car, so he also won both events that year.
#60 John Nielsen (DK) / Martin Brundle (GB) / Raoul Boesel (BR) / Jan Lammers (NL) – 1st
TWR Jaguar XJR-9 – 6.0 liter Jaguar V12 90º injection, approx. 650 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. TWR / ACT #288
- SPARK S0744 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #003 TWR Jaguar
1990’s
1990 Daytona 24h, Jaguar XJR-11. In 1990 Lammers won Daytona again, this time with Andy Wallace and Davy Jones.The IMSA Jaguars were somewhat different from the Group C cars and had less powerful 6-liter engines.
#61 Jan Lammers (NL) / Andy Wallace (GB) / Davy Jones (USA) – 1st
TWR Jaguar XJR-12 – J6.0 liter Jaguar V12 90º injection, approx. 650 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. TWR / ACT #388
- SPARK S0750 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #003 TWR Jaguar
1992 DTM Championship, Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 evo2. The German DTM was a battlefield between BMW and Mercedes and in the previous years also Audi. In 1992 the evo2 version of the Mercedes 190E was the most competitive car. Klaus Ludwig took his 4th DRM/DTM title (he would win 5) and finished in front of fellow Mercedes drivers Bernd Schneider and Kurt Thiim.
#11 Jacques Lafitte (F) – 14th (best result 4th at Avus)
MS Racing Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 evo2 – 2.5 liter Mercedes-Benz M102E25 straight-4, approx. 340 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1070 kg. Chassisnr. unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC 23120 (diecast)
1993 World Rally Championship Rally de Monte Carlo, Toyota Celica 4WD. The Toyota Celica ST185 – already the 6th generation Celica – made its competition debut at the Rally de Monte Carlo in 1992. Carlos Sainz won 4 rally’s and took the driver’s title, just in front of Juha Kankunnen. Lancia however, took the manufacturer’s title. In 1993, The Monte Carlo rally was won by Didier Auriol in the Castrol Toyota. His new teammate was …. Juha Kankunnen who won 5 times and the driver’s title. Toyota also took the manufacturer’s title.
#3 Didier Auriol (F) / Bernard Occelli (F) – 1st
TTE Toyota Celica GT4 ST185 – 2.0 liter Toyota 3S-GTE turbo – straight-4, approx. 295 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1100 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown.
- TROFEU TR0707 (diecast)
1995 Japanese GT Championship, Toyota Supra. The Japanese GT Championship (JGTC) is very well known. The Nissan Skyline was the most popular car, but this Castrol Toyota was the most beautiful also thanks to the Castrol livery. The Supra was equipped with a 2.1 liter Toyota 4-cylinder engine that had been used in Tom’s group C cars before. It won the race at Sendai. The combination Toyota and Castrol would remain active for many years in JGTC. Many sponsors are loyal to the same team for a long time in this series.
#36 Masanori Sekiya (J) / Michael Krumm (D)- 1st Sendai
Tom’s Toyota Supra – 2.1 liter Toyota 3S-GE straight-4 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 1150 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. JZA80 #unknown
- EBBRO Toyota Racing Collection 43976
this model has been posted before in #009 Toyota GT-One
1998 Japanese GT Championship, Honda NSX. The beautiful Castrol NSX is entered by Mugen in the GT500 category of the JGTC. Unfortunately the team retires in the first two races held. They won also 2 races and finish 4th in the championship in the end, who know what would have happened with two decent results in the beginning of the season? The championship goes to the Yellow Pennzoil Nissan.
#16 Ryo Michigami (J) / Osamu Nakako (J) – 4th / 2x 1st
Mugen Honda NSX – 3.5 liter Mugen Honda C32B V6 60º, approx. 500 hp. Bridgestone tires. Weight 1100 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. #unknown
- EBBRO Honda Racing Collection 43027 (diecast)
this model has been posted before in #067 Honda & Acura
2000’s
2006 DTM Championship, Audi A4 DTM. The 2006 season was dominated by ‘big names’ Bernd Schneider and Bruno Spengler in their HWA Mercedes and Tom Kristensen in an Audi. The others were behind, including Pierre Kaffer in his Castrol Audi. He managed to finish in the points only once and that was the Norisring race. So he ended up in 16th position with only 1 championship point.
#14 Pierre Kaffer (D) – 16th
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8, approx. 470 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel space frame with carbon safety cell, chassisnr. Audi R12 #unknown
- MINICHAMPS MC400 061514 limited 1440 pcs (diecast)
2010’s
2015 DTM Championship, Audi RS5 DTM. In 2012 the format of DTM changed again. The 4-door saloons were replaced by 2-doors coupe models. Eduardo Mortara started for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline and finished 4th in the championship, he won one race at the Red Bull Ring.
#48 Eduardo Mortara (I) – 18th
Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM – 4.0 liter Audi V8 90º injection, approx. 480 hp. Hankook tires. Weight 1020 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnr. Audi R17 unknown
- SPARK SG 217 #058 / 300 pcs (resin)
2018 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Honda NSX. Fifteen years later, the Honda NSX is still used in GT racing nowadays as a GT3, a formula that has been adopted by many series worldwide. This stunning Castrol NSX was piloted by a remarkable PRO-Am team existing of former F1 driver Riccardo Patrese, Loïc Depailler – son of F1 driver Patrick, Esteban Guerrieri – who races for Honda in the WTCC and local guy Bertrand Baguette – who took class wins at Le Mans and was 2022 champion in Super GT.
#30 Esteban Guerrieri (RA) / Riccardo Patrese (I) / Bertrand Baguette (B) / Loic Depailler (F) – 32nd
JAS Honda NSX GT3 – 3.5 liter Honda Honda AR35TT V6 75º twin turbo, approx. 520 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1240 kg. Aluminum + Steel space frame, chassisnr. unknown
- SPARK SB216 (resin)
this model has been posted before in #067 Honda & Acura
2019 Daytona 24h, Ford GT. Ford has returned to racing with the 3rd generation of the Ford GT. The factory cars are being prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing who run two teams: One situated in the USA that has 2 cars for the IMSA championship and the other from the UK that participates with 2 other cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). In Le Mans all 4 cars from both teams are present. For the 24-hour race in Daytona 2019 the USA team had some special liveries. The #66 was all white and red with Motorcraft and Castrol stickers, the #67 was completely in the famous Castrol color scheme.
#66 Joey Hand (USA) / Sébastien Bourdais (F) / Dirk Müller (D) – 27th / 7th GTE-Pro
#67 Ryan Briscoe (AUS) / Scott Dixon (NZ) / Richard Westbrook (GB) – 13th / 4th GTE-Pro
Chip Ganassi Ford GT LM GTE – 3.5 liter Ford Ecoboost V6 90º twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Michelin tires. Wight 1200 kg. Carbon fibre monocoque, chassisnrs. #FP-GT07 & #FP-GT02
- TRUE SCALE MINIATURES TSM 430427 & TSM 430428 (resin produced by SPARK)
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