Group Racing Developments

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.[1]

Group Racing Developments
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1971
FounderMike Warner
Dave Baldwin
Derek Wild
Gordon Huckle
Defunct1975
FateBought by Van Diemen
Headquarters
Griston, Norfolk
,
England

Cars

YearModelRacing seriesNote
1972GRD 272Formula 2
British Formula Atlantic
GRD 372Formula 3Roger Williamson won the Forward Trust BARC F3 and the Shellsport National F3 British F3 championships
GRD S72World Championship for Makes S1.6
1973GRD 273Formula 2
British Formula Atlantic
GRD 373Formula 3Gunnar Nordström finished fourth in the Monaco F3 Grand Prix
GRD S73World Championship for Makes S2.5
1974GRD 274Formula 2
British Formula Atlantic
GRD 374Formula 3
GRD S74World Championship for Makes S2.5
1975GRD 375Formula 3Renzo Zorzi won the 1975 Monaco F3 Grand Prix
GRD S75World Championship for Makes S1.6

References

  1. "Michael Snowdon's G.R.D. 272 Formula 2 Racecar, Number 86". www.britishracecar.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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