Tom Walkinshaw's 1985 Hardies Heroes Lap - Video

The Great Scotsman places the Howling TWR XJS in Pole for Bathurst 1985

Seeing Mike Roddy's number 10 back in action over the past couple of weeks we had to go back and have a look at these mighty TWR XJS' at full noise in their heyday. This is Tom Walkinshaws Hardies Heroes Lap in the number 8 XJS, Mike Roddy owns the number 10 that was driven to victory by our very own John Goss and Germany's Armin Hahne. Built by TWR over the winter of 1983/4, there were four genuine 'lightweight' chassis constructed by TWR to win the 1984 European Touring Car Championships. Roddy's number 10 was driven largely by the duo of Win Percy and 'Chuck Nicholson', the car experienced a great deal of its success in its 1984 campaign. Its notable victories were at the Spa 24 Hours, the Donnington 500 mile and the Bathurst 1000 in Australia. After 1984 the chassis was involved in a number of TWR's 'International' campaigns in Macau, Australia, Japan and New Zealand

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