The Rothmans Escorts – Pure Sound – Video Tribute
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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 Manx rallies.
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The Vatanen Touch: Original documentary following Ari Vatanen during the 1980 British Open Rally Championship
The original documentary following Ari Vatanen on the 1980 British Open Rally Championship, uploaded onto MOTORSPORTMAD.
The Vatanen Touch witnesses Ari, in the David Sutton prepared Rothmans Escort, taking on the likes of Hannu Mikkola, Jimmy McRae, Russell Brookes, Tony Pond, Per Eklund, Henri Toivonen, Malcolm Wilson, Roger Clark, Stig Blomqvist, Anders Kullang etc. etc.
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The Vatanen Touch Too! a fitting tribute to a living legend
Ari Vatanen’s story is very much one of highs and lows and this seminal film captures his career from 1981 until 1992.
The video, uploaded to YouTube by amjayes, charts Vatanen’s success from winning the world title in 1981, to the huge life threatening accident in Argentina, his return to the top on the Paris-Dakar and Pikes Peak and then back to the WRC again with… Continue reading
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