Video footage of Tony Pond on the 1985 Autofit Stages in the Austin Rover Motorsport Computervision Metro 6R4
Video footage, uploaded by 6r4.net, of Tony Pond and Rob Arthur on the 1985 Autofit Stages rally in Argyll driving the Metro 6R4.
The pair were fastest on all the stages and won the event by over three minutes. It was the first time the ARM Metro, with the same V64V engine, appeared on an event with its new aerodynamic package and increased suspension travel.
Austin Rover Motorsport contested many British national rallies in 1985 as… Continue reading
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Too Fast to Race – Documentary on the Group B Rally cars
A documentary chronicalling the history of the Group B category in rallying. The film begins in the late seventies when FISA, the governing body of world motorsport, consider a new formula and Lancia unleashes the Stratos.
Group B was implemented in 1982 with quite a bit of technological freedoms allowed for the manufacturers encouraging Formula 1 like performance. The resulting machines looking very unlike their production counterparts but catching the public… Continue reading
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Group B rally videos featuring the mechanics at work and some European rallies from 1986
The mechanics during the Group B period were having to work with new technologies and materials as they sought to keep their drivers on the road. Below, in the first two videos, is a tribute video to their skill in keeping the fragile Group B projectiles going.
The rest of the videos featured concentrate on Group B rallying from European championship and national championship rallies in 1986.
Enjoy!
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