Within Group N Historic Touring Car racing, Cortinas have always been a fixture, being readily available and – usually-affordable. But in recent years, the numbers of these nimble little Fords have been growing.
At last year’s Phillip Island Classic, fifteen Cortinas were in action, while regular HTCAV rounds can see up to ten on the grid. Last year’s HTCAV Champion was in a Cortina, and there’ll be a special All-Cortina race at Historic Winton this year.
But how did a seemingly ordinary ’60s family four make it this far?
IT ALL STARTED WITH AN AUSSIE…
In the late 1950s, Don Ward, an Australian from Ford’s local HQ in Geelong, had become Chief Body Engineer at Ford
