Stock Car Brazil Opala 1986 - Historic Skins Redone | OverTake (Formerly RaceDepartment)

This is a conversion for AMS2 of mcoak's "Opala Stock Car 1986 Real Skins" for the original Automobilista game. The AMS2 original skins for the Opala, although generically accurate lacked the contingency sponsors and further details that bring these cars to life. I took the liberty of sprucing them up for the sake of preserving and furthering the history of the series and historic racing as a whole. All the original 20 cars have been done-up according to both the mcoak skinpack as well as a 1986 Spotter's Guide attached in the images for reference.

The 1986 Season of the Brazilian Stock Car Championship was the 8th year of the series, and the final year in which Chevrolet would be a title sponsor and official OEM supporter. As the last season running the modified Brazilian-produced Chevrolet Opala, from this year on, the cars would look less and less "stock", especially with the introduction of the "Batmobile" bodywork in 1987.

By 1986 the landscape for Stock Car had changed substantially from its inception in 1979, cars displayed more sponsors, new drivers had arrived into the sport, like ex-F1 driver and future triple series champion Chico Serra.

The Season was split into 11 rounds:

1. Viamão Grand Prix (Tarumã) - March 30th
Pole Winner: Olimpio Alencar Jr
Race Winner: Ingo Hoffmann

2. Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix (Jacarepaguá) - April 13th
Pole Winner: Walter Travaglini
Race Winner: Zeca Giaffone

3. Guaporé Grand Prix (Guaporé) - May 11th
Pole Winner: Walter Corsi
Race Winner: Ingo Hoffmann

4. Brasília Grand Prix (Brasilia) - May 25th
Pole Winner: Ingo Hoffmann
Race Winner: Ingo Hoffmann

5. Goiânia Grand Prix (Goiânia) - June 8th
Pole Winner: Áttila Sipos
Race Winner: Luiz Pereira

6. Cascavel Grand Prix (Cascavel) - July 27th
Pole Winner: Savio Murillo
Race Winner: Marcos Gracia

7. Curitiba Grand Prix (Curitiba) - August 3rd
Pole Winner: Olimpio Alencar Jr.
Race Winner: Ingo Hoffman

8. Minas Gerais Grand Prix (Belo Horizonte / Not in AMS2) - September 14th
Pole Winner: César Villela
Race Winner: Olimpio Alencar Jr

9. Pernambuco Grand Prix (Recife [?] / Not in AMS2) - October 12th
Pole Winner: Laércio Justino
Race Winner: Zeca Giaffone

10. São Paulo Grand Prix (Interlagos) - December 7th
Pole Winner: Olimpio Alencar Jr
Race Winner: Zeca Giaffone

11. Interlagos Grand Prix (Interlagos) - December 14th
Pole Winner: Marcos Gracia
Race Winner: Marcos Gracia