Lower wishbones, top rockers, in-board coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Suspension (rear)
Multi-link, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Engine
1985: mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 4,958 cc (302.6 cu in), NA Chevrolet V8 1986-87: mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 5,750 cc (350.9 cu in), NA Chevrolet V8 1988-: mid-engine, longitudinally mounted, 6,000 cc (366.1 cu in), NA Chevrolet, V8
Transmission
Hewland DG300 5 speed manual
Power
650 hp (485 kW) (2012)
Tyres
Dunlop
Competition history
Notable entrants
Bernie van Elsen
Notable drivers
John Bowe Dick Johnson John Briggs Paul Stubber
Debut
1985 Australian Sports Car Championship Round 4 at Adelaide International Raceway
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
14
10
12
12
Drivers' Championships
1 (1986 - John Bowe)
The Veskanda C1 (more commonly known as just "Veskanda") is a one-off, Australian designed and built, mid-engined closed top racing car built in 1985 to CAMS Group A Sports Car specifications. Powered by a Chevrolet V8 engine, the car is generally regarded as the fastest sports car ever built in Australia and as of 2016 remains one of Australia's fastest race cars.[2]
Veskanda at K&A 1996
^Veskanda Chevrolet specifications at Ultimatecarpage.com
The VeskandaC1 (more commonly known as just "Veskanda") is a one-off, Australian designed and built, mid-engined closed top racing car built in 1985 to...
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set in 1986 and was held by John Bowe driving the Chevrolet powered VeskandaC1 Group A/Group C sports car. The Winternationals moved to Willowbank Raceway...
John Bowe was expected to dominate the series in Bernie van Elsen's VeskandaC1 Chevrolet, and did easily win rounds 2 and 3 (including setting the outright...
IMSA specification Veskanda Chevrolet sports car used by John Bowe to dominate the 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship. The Veskanda is generally regarded...
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was 0:44.36, set by John Bowe in 1987 driving a 5.8L Chevrolet powered VeskandaC1 sports car. Amaroo Park first held a round of the Australian Touring...
Group C2 sports car) was Jeff Harris. The 1985 ASCC saw the début of the VeskandaC1 Chevrolet (using a 5.0L Formula 5000 engine) and driven by dual Australian...
Cars. Local manufacturers Matich, Elfin, Kaditcha, and K&A Engineering (VeskandaC1), along with McLaren dominated the series when run under Group A rules...
life as a Kaditcha K583) and Bernie Van Elsen's Chevrolet V8 powered VeskandaC1 driven by John Bowe. These were joined by at times various by famous...
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Australian built sports car, behind only to the Group C and IMSA spec VeskandaC1-Chevrolet built in 1985 by K&A Engineering in Adelaide. Bap Romano travelled...
Drivers' Champion John Bowe driving the 5.8 litre Chevrolet powered VeskandaC1 built by K&A Engineering in Adelaide. Bowe dominated the five round series...
WSPC cars only. The only local entry was the Bernie van Elsen entered Veskanda Chevrolet driven by touring car stars John Bowe and Dick Johnson (Bowe...
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