MAZDA FAMILIA ROTARY COUPE R100

24 HOURS SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 1969

43537 WHITE / RED #31

History from www.mazda.com website:

"In July 1968, the mass-production Familia Rotary Coupe, equipped with a rotary engine as its name implied, was launched and took over the position of a volume seller for the Mazda stable from the Cosmo. The racing Familia Rotary Coupe featured Type 10A engine identical to the preceding Cosmo Sport but the use of a peripheral port allowed it to generate peak power approaching the 200ps mark.
The Familia Rotary Coupe R-100 recorded its maiden victory at the Grand Prix of Singapore in April 1969 but this was just the beginning. It finished the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in fifth and sixth places after four Porsche 911s, vehicles that were fundamentally in a different category. One month later, it finished in the points fifth overall in the "Marathon de la Route."