Group Racing Developments

Group Racing Developments

GRD 374
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1971
Founder	Mike Warner Dave Baldwin Derek Wild Gordon Huckle
Defunct	1975
Fate	Bought by Van Diemen
Headquarters	Griston, Norfolk , England

Group Racing Developments, known more simply as GRD, was a short-lived British constructor of racing cars. It was formed in 1971 with a large percentage of staff coming from those made redundant from the closure of Lotus Cars customer car manufacturing arm. They built cars for Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Atlantic and Sports 2000 racing classes until a decline in British racing vehicle manufacturing bit into the industry in 1975 that paralleled the oil crisis.

Cars

Year	Model	Racing series	Note
1972	GRD 272	Formula 2
		British Formula Atlantic
	GRD 372	Formula 3	Roger Williamson won the Forward Trust BARC F3 and the Shellsport National F3 British F3 championships
	GRD S72	World Championship for Makes S1.6
1973	GRD 273	Formula 2
		British Formula Atlantic
	GRD 373	Formula 3	Gunnar Nordström finished fourth in the Monaco F3 Grand Prix
	GRD S73	World Championship for Makes S2.5
1974	GRD 274	Formula 2
		British Formula Atlantic
	GRD 374	Formula 3
	GRD S74	World Championship for Makes S2.5
1975	GRD 375	Formula 3	Renzo Zorzi won the 1975 Monaco F3 Grand Prix
	GRD S75	World Championship for Makes S1.6