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Owned by Kiwi Bruce Miles, the Sierra will be back in action in the Heritage Touring Car races at the upcoming Christchurch Super440 Supercars event.<\/p>\n
Seven locally based Sierra RS500s are expected to be among the 38-car field of Group A, Super Touring and early five-litre V8 era machinery.<\/p>\n
Miles\u2019 car has recently reemerged from hiding, resplendent in the eye-catching Texaco colours as raced by its builder, Eggenberger Motorsport.<\/p>\n
Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonne drove it to victory for Eggenberger in the opening round of the 1988 European Touring Car Championship at Monza.<\/p>\n
It was then dispatched to Australia and fielded by new owner Allan Moffat in ANZ colours, winning September\u2019s Sandown 500 with Moffat and Greg Hansford at the wheel.<\/p>\n
Moffat, Hansford and Klaus Niedzwiedz also dominated much of that year\u2019s Bathurst 1000 before the car succumbed to late-race overheating.<\/p>\n
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The 1988 Bathurst 1000 was one that got away. Image: Glenis Lindley \/ Speedcafe<\/p>\n
Niedzwiedz then joined Moffat for victory in the car at the following month\u2019s Fuji 500 in Japan \u2013 an event held on Moffat\u2019s 50th birthday that proved his career swansong.<\/p>\n
Moffat\u2019s team campaigned the car during the remainder of the Group A era \u2013 including in four more Bathurst 1000s \u2013 before selling it on.<\/p>\n
Racer and car collector Miles snapped it up from Moffat in 1993 and, with two other Sierras in his possession at the time, only briefly raced it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bought it because it was a Texaco car and I\u2019m gaga on Texaco cars,\u201d Miles reflected to Speedcafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI took it out and raced it a couple of times around \u201995\/\u201996 after that it just sat in a nice, dry shed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just thought it was nice to own.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The car contested five Bathurst 1000s in the hands of the Moffat team. Image: Glenis Lindley<\/p>\n
Miles decided to take the car out of storage in 2019 and get it ready to run on track. The car is largely original but required a fresh engine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Moff had a lot of money because when we got it, it had a mismatched piston or rod in it. We spent about $55,000 doing an engine,\u201d said Miles.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we\u2019d finished that it was during COVID and we had to wait for ages for parts and then it got a misfire, which we eventually sorted.\u201d<\/p>\n
The car has undergone shakedown running and will be raced at the Christchurch event by Craig Innes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Miles will compete in the those races aboard one of his BMW Super Tourers, declaring himself too old for the brutal Sierra.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty physical. It hasn\u2019t got power steering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a drive when we were running it in and I thought it\u2019s a good way for an old man to have a heart attack!<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to sell it and put the money into a nice road car.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miles flagged an asking price for the car of around $850K AUD.<\/p>\n
Its history with both Eggenberger and Moffat means it will likely be sought-after in Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it goes back to Australia someone might put it back to how Allan raced it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe double history is good for it, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a museum piece, really. Because it sat around for so long it\u2019s an absolute time warp.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Christchurch grid is also set to feature Sierras originally fielded by Andy Rouse (Kaliber), Colin Bond (Caltex), Dick Johnson (Shell), Mark Petch (Peanut Slab), Tony Longhurst (B&H) and Kevin Waldock (Playscape).<\/p>\n
That includes the return of Lance Coupland\u2019s DJR6 following a restoration to repair damage caused by a fire at George Begg Festival last April.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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