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.
Tribute to “The Rothmans Escorts” – Pure Sound!… Continue reading
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Ari Vatanen – In-Car Manx Rally 1983 – Brandywell
In-Car Manx Rally 1983 with Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman in the Rothmans Opel Manta 4oo on SS1 Brandywell.
Vatanen set second fastest time on the stage behind his Rothmans team-mate Henri Toivonen who would go on to dominate the event.
The In-Car Manx 1983 video would prove to be one of the greatest onbard rally films ever produced as Vatanen wrestled the understeering Manta… Continue reading
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MotorsportMAD.com videos of the Circuit of Ireland from the ’80s
In the build up to the forthcoming Larsen Circuit of Ireland Rally here is a selection of videos from the 1980s, hosted by MotorsportMAD.
The eighties would be defined by change for The Circuit with the coming and passing of the Group B supercars, Rothmans sponsorship and a reduction in stage mileage, imposed by FISA, in the wake of Group B being banned from International competition.
The decade also brought… Continue reading
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