A Place In The Sun – 1983 Tour De Corse
A Place In The Sun is the story of the 1983 Tour de Corse which concentrates on the battle between Audi and Lancia.
The film pays special attention to the exploits of Tony Pond, in the Bill Blydenstein run Nissan 240 RS, where he manged a creditable 6th overall. The event would also witness the debut of the Audi quattro A2 and the Opel Manta 400 in the hands of Guy… Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Rallies: Sanremo and RAC Rally 1979 film
Classic rally footage from the halcyon Group 4 days of the 1979 Sanremo and RAC rallies uploaded to motorsportmad.com.
Witness some fantastic battles between the best drivers and cars in the world at the time. All the stars feature such as Alen, Wadegard, Mikkola, Tabaton, Tony, Lampinen, Airikkala, Brookes, Blomqvist, Pond, Salonen, Vatanen etc etc. The cars were very much the stars as well with the Group 2 and… Continue reading
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1985 RAC Rally video: Tony Pond wows on Metro 6R4 debut
Top quality video footage of the 1985 Lombard RAC Rally once again uploaded by dgr64. This footage tells the full story of the ‘85 RAC and captures the Metro vs Lancia battle perfectly.
The rally, that year, had one of the most demanding routes in the history of the RAC, devised by Clerk of the Course Dave Whittock, and featured 65 blind stages (two would be cancelled during the… Continue reading
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