However, in the C-Junior class alongside the AR2 with the Mazda 717C by Yōjirō Terada and Peter Lovett and a Harrier RX83C, only two other racers were reported, the latter not even starting.
Both cars failed; Facetti/Finotto's AR2 had an electrical fault, and Ballabio and Daccò retired due to engine failure.
At the first race of the year, the 1000 km race of Monza, Facetti, and Finotto (chassis 002) had to compete behind Jim Busby and Rick Knoop in the Lola T616 and Ray Mallock, Mike Wilds and David Duffield on an Ecosse C284 be content with third place in the class, which also corresponded to eleventh place overall.
[13] Although the competition in the small Group C class was much higher than in the previous year, the team and thus the manufacturer Alba secured the world championship title again.
Carlo Facetti, Martino Finotto, and Alfredo Sebastini finished the race in sixth place overall.
From 1985, the successor models AR3, AR4, AR5, and AR6 were used in international sports car races and the AR2 made fewer appearances.
The best placement was second place by Giampiero Moretti at the IMSA Light Race in Miami in 1986.