1989 Lombard RAC Rally: Pentti Airikkala claims his maiden WRC win driving the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4

With Lancia staying at home in Turin after already claiming the manufacturers crown, Toyota were the red hot favourites to take victory on the 1989 RAC Rally.

No one before the start had predicted Pentti Airikkala and Ronan McNamee in the Mitsubishi Galant to win the rally though. Airikkala had scored a fine 4th in a private Lancia Delta Integrale the year before, but he had only been campaigning a Group N… Continue reading

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Documentary following the Skoda GB team on the 1983 Lombard RAC Rally

A rather quirky documentary on the Skoda team during the 1983 RAC Rally in which the outfit were entered under the Skoda GB banner for the event with a three car line-up.

The Surprising Skoda’s that year were comprised of John Haugland, Ladislav Krecek and Svatopluk Kvaizar and they were driving the underpowered 120LS, which couldn’t compete with the previous 130RS.

This documentary follows all the trials and tribulations of the team on that year’s… Continue reading

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Lombard RAC Rally 1987: Kankkunen wins to secure title for second year in a row

The 1987 World Rally Championship drivers’ title came down to the RAC between reigning champ Juha Kankkunen, team-mate/rival Markku Alen and a spectating Miki Biasion.

The rally was based in Chester that year and covered the length and breadth of the country (539km on Special Stages) as usual on its five day route. The first day was the typical Stately home tests, which were pacenoted for the first… Continue reading

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