Cougar C20
The Cougar C20 was a sports car prototype that was used in sports car races from 1987 to 1990.
The Cougar C20, a closed Group C prototype, was developed by Yves Courage in 1987 and prepared for the respective races by his own racing team, the Courage Compétition . The racing car, powered by a 3-liter Porsche 6-cylinder turbo engine, made its debut at the Monza 1000 km race in 1987 . The vehicle was driven by Joël Gouhier and Hervé Regout , who finished ninth overall after finishing eleventh on the grid.
The greatest success for this type of vehicle was third place overall in the 1987 Le Mans 24-hour race , driven by Regout, Yves Courage and Pierre-Henri Raphanel .
In 1988, the C20B was an evolutionary step on the racetracks. Both variants were used in parallel for a year, from 1989 the B version was the Courage emergency vehicle for two years. However, this vehicle was only launched four times. 1989 at the 1000 km races in Monza and Silverstone , as well as in 1989 and 1990 at the 24 hours of Le Mans. At Le Mans, the cars were registered in the smaller prototype class - the C2 class. There was victory in this class in 1989 by Jean-Claude Andruet , Philippe Farjon and Shunji Kasuya .