[8] Mark Petch Motorsport then purchased an ex Andy Rouse Ford Sierra XR4Ti, with Francevic driving the car at the 1986 Bathurst 1000 in partnership with fellow Kiwi Leo Leonard.
[9] Francevic made a bold pre-race prediction that the turbo Ford, which had proven to be very fast (but fragile) in the 1986 European Touring Car Championship, would claim pole position at Bathurst.
However, various problems in getting the Sierra to run properly saw Francevic 21st on the grid some 6 seconds slower than Gary Scott's pole winning time in his turbocharged Nissan Skyline RS DR30.
In 1987, Mark Petch Motorsport purchased the Bigazzi BMW M3 raced by Olivier Grouillard, Altfrid Heger and Winni Vogt at the 1987 Bathurst 1000 which was a round of that years inaugural World Touring Car Championship.
[10] In 1988, Mark Petch purchased a Wolf Racing Ford Sierra RS500 with Armin Hahne co-driving at the Bathurst 1000 and Wellington 500.