Yet more absorbing archival footage of the Lancia Delta S4 competing during the Group B era, and this time the clip is from the car’s swansong world championship event – the Olympus Rally in America.
There was a sole works Martini Racing Delta entered for Markku Alen, with Italian Paolo Alessandrini driving a private example in the [...]

Marvdogger’s Lancia Delta S4 epic continues with the second part of the 1000 Lakes Rally story, and then moves onto the controversy of the 1986 Sanremo.
Drivers featured in the clips include: Markku Alen, Miki Biasion, Mikael Ericsson, Kalle Grundel and Dario Cerrato in his Totip sponsored S4.
An interesting aside, from all the politics associated with the ’86 Sanremo, was [...]

Mark Lovell and Ronan Morgan started the 1988 Circuit of Ireland as one of the favourites and they were dominating the first day until Lovell crashed the Sierra Cosworth on SS8 into a tree and out of the event. Lovell was criticised for going flat out from the start on an event that still had to be treated with respect, even if [...]