Ford C100

Ford Cosworth DFL V8/90° 4v DOHC 3955 cc N/A

The Ford C100 is a sports racing car, initially built and run as a Group 6 car, but later as a Group C car.
Five cars are known to have been built. Although the cars were often very quick in qualifying (when they had been fully developed), reliability problems plagued them, and restricted their successes to two Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft victories in 1982, and a single Thundersports victory in 1983. Following the end of Ford's involvement in the C100 project in 1983, Zakspeed modified one of the chassis into the C1/4, which used a 1.8-litre turbocharged in-line 4 from their Group 5 Ford Capri. The C100 was also evolved into the Zakspeed C1/8, which used the 4-litre Cosworth DFL in a C1/4 chassis. The Zakspeed cars would prove to be far more successful than the C100 had ever been, and Klaus Niedzwiedz used a C1/8 to win the Interserie in 1984.

20.6.1982 - LM
#6
Driven by: Klaus Ludwig (D)/Marc Surer (CH)
Result: did not finish (Electrics)
Grid: 6th (3:32.500)

20.6.1982 - LM
#7
Driven by: Manfred Winkelhock (D)/Klaus Niedzwiedz (D)
Result: did not finish (Electrics)
Grid: 11th (3:38.020)

19.6.1983 - LM
Peer #43
Driven by: François Migault (F)/David Kennedy (IRL)/Martin Birrane (IRL)
Result: did not finish (Fuel pressure)
Grid: 37th (3:54.980)

Zakspeed and German races were only place Ford C100 was successfull. More racing of C100 here: https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/photo/Ford/C100.html