The March 832 was a British
open-wheel
An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have thei ...
Formula 2 racing car
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
, built by
March Engineering in 1983. The car's best result in Formula 2 racing was third in the
1983 championship season with
Beppe Gabbiani
Giuseppe "Beppe" Gabbiani (born 2 January 1957) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 17 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 1 October 1978, and scored no championship points. He also participated in one non-Champion ...
scoring 4 wins with
Onyx Racing. After finding moderate success in
open-wheel racing
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, it was later decided to convert the car to a closed-wheel
sports prototype, for the revived
Can-Am
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an Sports Car Club of America, SCCA/Canadian Auto Sport Clubs, CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1987.
History
Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two r ...
series, and compete in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
. It was powered by the 2-liter
BMW M12/7B engine.
Kim Campbell
Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June 25 to November 4, 1993. Campbell is the first and so far only female p ...
successfully won the 2-liter Can-Am Championship that season, not scoring any wins, but managing to score 4 podiums, which was enough to clinch the championship.
References
Formula Two cars
Sports prototypes
Can-Am cars
March vehicles
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