JPS Team BMW is a former Australian motor racing team that ran from 1981–1987. The team's main focus was touring car racing but also ran in sports sedans and GT cars as well.

2019年7月23日 · For the 1985 season, youngster Tony Longhurst raced the BMW 323i E30 which is a magnificent little race car, it proved well at shorter tracks being very lightweight and having great handling/braking. The car was in BMW Motorsport colours, although being managed by Frank Gardner and the JPS Team the car was owned by BMW Australia.

2021年9月25日 · Perhaps one of the more striking examples from the big wheels and flares Group C Touring Car era were the pair of JPS BMW 635CSis. While rose coloured glasses often cloud the memories of the period’s parity politics, there is no doubting that the level of machinery at the class’s 1984 conclusion was simply awesome.

This E30-generation BMW 323i John Player Special is a particularly well-preserved example of the extremely rare special-edition modern classic coupe, offered for sale by its third owner from new. Under the bonnet sits a 2.3-litre ‘M20’ straight-six, delivering around 110kW to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission.

2022年10月7日 · No, this lavishly restored 1981 BMW E21 323i two-door is build number 28 of just 75 John Player Special models produced. Released at a time when cigarette companies had relatively free reign when it came to advertising, the JPS special was claimed by BMW to add around $10,000 worth of extra goodies for just $2000 more.

2016年10月13日 · Jim Richards and his ‘JPS’ BMW M3 put in a giant-killing performance to win the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship. The works cars of Richards and Tony Longhurst were backed by tobacco giant Amatil, resplendent in the beautiful black and gold colours of its John Player Special cigarette brand.

JPS BMW Owners Australia. 772 likes. A page where owners & enthusiasts of the Australian JPS Team BMW cars from 1981 - 1987. Can talk, compare notes, post photos, restoration projects etc.

Peter Sturgeon’s 1984 BMW 635CSi Group A car is one of those built by Frank Gardner’s JPS-backed team for the Australian Group A Touring Car Championships. The car was driven in 1984 by Denny Hulme and Prince Leopold von Bayern in the famed Bathurst 1000 endurance race.

2017年1月21日 · “I can’t think of one BMW I’ve ever driven where the engine overpowered the chassis. The chassis are always extremely well-built, so it makes for a very nice, stable car.” So how did this last ever factory-built JPS 635, a machine with such a great pedigree, make its way to the Bowden Collection?

2019年7月25日 · The BMW Motorsport 323i Come 1986 the team has upgraded to the more powerful 325i, the car now in JPS Gold and Black colours. They had more success with the E30 this season finishing 4th overall in the Australian Touring Car Championship.