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Cougar C20 - 1987 | 
| If courage is a fine name for a racing driver. Cougar almost an anagram is a fine name for his car. And when the driver is a native of le mans, what could be finer than winning the famous le mans 24-hour endurance race? yves courage didnt quite make it, but he did finish third in 1987 aboard his own cougar c20. | Specifications performance
Top speed of about 210 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Twin-overhead-cam, twin-turbocharged flat 6-cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder
power rating 600 hp transmission 5-speed manual chassis: 1,989 lbs. |
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| | About vehicle
Steady improvement
after driving to victory in the two-litre class of the 1981 le mans race, courage decided to build his own car for the new group c classification. Equipped with a cosworth 3.3-litre v8 engine, the c01 was a beautiful aluminum monocoque, but it broke down at le mans in 1982 and 1983. The c02 of 1984 also failed to finish. For 1985s c03, courage used a rear-mounted turbocharged porsche 956six-cylinder engine. The new car was heavy but made it home 20th. One hundred lbs. Lighter as the c12, it placed 18th in 1986.
third place
bodied in polyester over an aluminum-sheet shell but bearing the same engine, the newr c20 was sponsored by primagaz. Leaving the starting line in sixth position, it fell back to 12th before moving up again to finish third. Spelling courage
at the wheel were herve regout and pierre-henri raphanel.
Years of effort paid off when yves courages cougar c20 took third place in the 1987 le mans 24-hour endurance |
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