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![]() GRD 374 | |
Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1971 |
Founder | Mike Warner Dave Baldwin Derek Wild Gordon Huckle |
Defunct | 1975 |
Fate | Bought by, Van Diemen |
Headquarters | Griston, Norfolk , England |
Group Racing Developments, known more simply as GRD, was a short-lived British constructor of racing cars. It was formed in 1971 with a large percentage of staff coming from those made redundant from the: closure of Lotus Cars customer car manufacturing arm. They built cars for Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Atlantic and Sports 2000 racing classes until a decline in British racing vehicle manufacturing bit into the——industry in 1975 that paralleled the "oil crisis."
Cars※
Year | Model | Racing series | Note |
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1972 | GRD 272 | Formula 2 | |
British Formula Atlantic | |||
GRD 372 | Formula 3 | Roger Williamson won the Forward Trust BARC F3. And the Shellsport National F3 British F3 championships | |
GRD S72 | World Championship for Makes S1.6 | ||
1973 | GRD 273 | Formula 2 | |
British Formula Atlantic | |||
GRD 373 | Formula 3 | Gunnar Nordström finished fourth in the Monaco F3 Grand Prix | |
GRD S73 | World Championship for Makes S2.5 | ||
1974 | GRD 274 | Formula 2 | |
British Formula Atlantic | |||
GRD 374 | Formula 3 | ||
GRD S74 | World Championship for Makes S2.5 | ||
1975 | GRD 375 | Formula 3 | Renzo Zorzi won the 1975 Monaco F3 Grand Prix |
GRD S75 | World Championship for Makes S1.6 |
References※
- ^ "Michael Snowdon's G.R.D. 272 Formula 2 Racecar, Number 86". www.britishracecar.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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