Contrary to press reports Juha Kankkunen will not be at the Schackleton Festival on July 18-20
Organisers of the Shackleton Festival have confirmed that four time World Champion Juha Kankkunen will not be appearing. It was thought he might be there driving a Peugeot 205 T16 E2, owned by James Tannahill of Curtis Cars Newtownabbey, but unfortunately this will not happen as Kankkunen has prior commitments.
Organisers, though, hope to possibly announce another big name instead, but nothing is confirmed. Petter Solberg and Phil Mills will definitely be… Continue reading
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1985 Rallye Sanremo, Walter Rohrl scores the only WRC win for the Audi Sport quattro S1 E2
Rohrl wasn’t confident before the start of the 1985 Sanremo. The quattro S1 required much development work in the weeks and months leading up to the rally. Cracked brake discs were an on-going problem and much testing was completed on tarmac in Italy to rectify the problem, as well as tyre testing.
Rohrl felt some progress had been made here but there was a nagging doubt over the new differential. The open… Continue reading
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