Silver Fern Rally 2008: Andrew Grundy wins in New Zealand driving a Mazda RX7

The eight day marathon event that is the Silver Fern Rally was won by Andrew Grundy and Mark Smith (pictured above) in their Mazda RX7 which is affectionally known as the Batmobile.

Second was another Kiwi Graig Marshal in a Peugeot 206 GTI and then came the Classic winner Grant Shand in third in his Escort Mk2.

Grundy was lucky to win after suffering from mechanical problems and… 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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