Video clip of the Rothmans Escorts in action mainly from the British Open Rally Championship in the early ’80s.
The footage is of Escort artist Ari Vatanen going from sideways to sideways all across the UK and Ireland. All the sequences in the clip are from The Vatanen Touch film, featuring the Mintex, Circuit of Ireland, Welsh, Scottish and [...]
Ari Vatanen came to Donegal in 1978 with the famous X-Pac Ford Escort MkII (reg: UYY 256S), which was dubbed “Black Beauty” and prepared by David Sutton.
Vatanen won the rally with Ronnie McCartney second in his Escort RS 1800 and Mick O’Connell third in another Escort. John Lyons won Group 1 in an Escort after another one of his heroic [...]
