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settembre 27, 2021 - Skoda Racing

40 years ago – ŠKODA 130 RS wins the 1981 European Touring Car Championship

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› Based on the ŠKODA 110 R road car, the 130 RS celebrated class victories on #rally stages and circuits from the mid-1970s to the beginning of the 1980s
› 1,3 litre rear-mounted engine delivered in excess of 140 hp
› Aluminium alloy and glass-fibre components for the widened body kept the weight on the class limit of 720 kilograms
› ŠKODA finished already the 1980 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) second overall, climbing one step higher the following year
› In 1981, all-Czech driver squad celebrated seven class wins in eight races

Mladá Boleslav, 27 September 2021 – After celebrating class wins in the World #rally Championship (WRC) at the end of the 1970s, the ŠKODA 130 RS accepted a new challenge in the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). Starting the campaign with second 
overall in 1980, the following year brought the biggest success ever for the versatile Czech touring car. The 1981 season came to a close with the chequered flag in Zolder/Belgium on 27 September. With seven division victories, ŠKODA had claimed the manufacturers’ title in 
the era’s most popular championship for production-based race cars.

Since 1976, the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) allowed cars prepared to group 5 and group 2 specifications. While the highly sophisticated – thus very expensive – silhouette group 5 formula soon faded into extinction, the more standard group 2 received attention from a number of manufacturers and the fans.

At that time, the series drew 100,000s of spectators to classic tracks like the Nurburgring-Nordschleife, Silverstone or Monza. The Grand Prix Brno in then Czechoslovakia was one of the rare occasions, the international #racing scene visited the Eastern side of the so-called 
Iron Curtain.

The field was made up of several divisions related to engine capacity, Division 1 setting the limit at a displacement of 1,300 cubic centimetres. Championship points in the manufacturers’ classification were awarded to the division result. Thus, the series was not only attractive for builders of big cars, but also for makers of road cars with relatively small engines. 

The motorsport department developed the ŠKODA 110 R Coupé with rear engine and rear-wheel drive into a thoroughbred #racing car - the 130 RS. The group 2 version was homologated on 1 May 1975. When ŠKODA decided to join the ETCC, the car had already been successful in the World #rally Championship, for example scoring a 1-2 in its class at the Rallye Monte-Carlo 1977. The ŠKODA 130 RS also had celebrated countless victories on East European circuits. 

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