Lombard RAC Rally 1990 – Video Clips: Carlos Sainz wins in Toyota Celica GT4
Video clips, uploaded by dgr64, of the 1990 Lombard RAC Rally which saw pacenotes introduced on the whole event for the first time.
Carlos Sainz would win his first RAC Rally in the year that he claimed his maiden WRC title. 1989 winner Pentti Airikkala suffered a monumental roll in his Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth RS on the Cropton stage.
F1 star Derek Warwick contested the event… Continue reading
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WRC early 90’s film by Pirelli
Pirelli film capturing the WRC seasons of 1990, ‘91 and ‘92 featuring the Group A machines in their pomp.
Drivers like Carlos Sainz, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol, Miki Biasion, Francois Delecour, Colin McRae, Markku Alen, Timo Salonen, Pentti Airikkala, Ari Vatanen, Armin Schwarz etc, all created a captivating narrative during the era. Also, the manufacturers competing at the time included Lancia, Toyota, Ford, Mazda, Subaru, Nissan, Opel… Continue reading
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Rallye Monte Carlo 1986: Henri Toivonen wins despite being crashed into by a spectator car on a road section
Henri Toivonen won the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally to record a historic victory exactly twenty years on from his father’s Monte success, but it nearly didn’t turn out to like that at all. Toivonen suffered an accident when an oncoming spectator car crashed into him on a road section just after he had completed the Burzet test.
Toivonen suffered a hip injury and he would be in pain the rest of the rally… Continue reading
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