Ross entered rallying in the early 1980s with a Mk1 Escort Mexico then proceeded to a RX3 Mazda Coupe until late 1984. He started a business and a family around that time which slowed rallying until 1988 when he purchased a Mazda 323 BMFR 1600 Turbo to compete in the NZ Rally Championship and Rally NZ. Ross successfully finished both then he sold the car. In 2011 he built a Toyota RA20 Celica to compete in the Targa Rallies and in 2015 sold the car to a collector in the United Kingdom. The Toyota Group B car is the next chapter he would like to campaign in the NZ Classic Rally Championship.

Ross Clarke - 1984 TA64 Celica Group B

Ross entered rallying in the early 1980s with a Mk1 Escort Mexico then proceeded to a RX3 Mazda Coupe until late 1984. He started a business and a family around that time which slowed rallying until 1988 when he purchased a Mazda 323 BMFR 1600 Turbo to compete in the NZ Rally Championship and Rally NZ. Ross successfully finished both then he sold the car. In 2011 he built a Toyota RA20 Celica to compete in the Targa Rallies and in 2015 sold the car to a collector in the United Kingdom. The Toyota Group B car is the next chapter he would like to campaign in the NZ Classic Rally Championship.

1984 TA64 Celica Group B:

Of these recreations of a TA64 Toyota Celica Group B, only seven of the original 35 cars built by TTE (Toyota Team Europe) still exist in the world. Up until recently this was the only true attempt to replicate the original cars by performing the extensive fabrication work to the chassis as it had been done at TTE. The motor is a genuine TTE Group B (396 Evolution motor) only used in the Group B cars and IMSA series racing in the USA. It’s serial is #111 and it was built in 1985 and used by Juha Kankkunen in the Thousand Lakes Rally. The Motor is 2.1litre, 400hp, with one bar boost pressure.