Daily Mirror RAC Rally of Great Britain 1972: Roger Clark beats the Scandinavians in the Mk1 Ford Escort RS 1600 “Esso Blue” LVX 942J
Roger Clark and new co-driver Tony Mason weren’t expected to win the RAC Rally in 1972, the Scandinavians were typically favoured as the event was being held in December that year with snow and wintry conditions likely.
The snow didn’t happen though and pre-event favourite Stig Blomqvist (Saab) wouldn’t be able to capitalise as he did, in difficult conditions, on the 1971 event. Clark’s Ford team-mates Hannu Mikkola and… Continue reading
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Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and John Buffum enjoyed their personal battle on the McRae Stages 08
John Buffum finished top USA driver on the McRae Stages
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The USA was well represented on the Colin McRae Forest Stages 08 with Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and John Buffum taking part to pay tribute to Colin.
They were meant to be out enjoying themselves but the competitive spirit took over as they began… Continue reading
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Videos of the Lahti Historic Rally 2008 a round of the European Historic Rally Championship
The recent Lahti Historic Rally in Finland featured a wide variety of historic machinery going over some traditional and classic 1000 Lakes rally territory. Here’s some footage of historic cars ranging from an Audi quattro A1, Lancia Stratos, Porsches, Mk1 and 2 Escorts to Opel Manta B GT/E’s.
In-car quattro
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3T7BcZljY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1lafX98u0[/youtube]
In-car Stratos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we1UMU8QhCM[/youtube]
Onboard Manta GT/E
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1sEXLpELfc[/youtube]
Action from the rally
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjt5aNgd3M[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92wwhZMMK_g[/youtube]
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