It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Finnish rally legend Pentti Airikkala who died today (30 September 2009) following a long illness, aged 64.
Pentti won the 1989 RAC Rally (his only WRC win) driving a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, to record one of the event’s most popular victories after it eluded him back in 1976 following a great [...]
No commentary video of the 1977 Lombard RAC Rally which saw Bjorn Waldegard take the laurels in his British Airways sponsored Ford Escort RS 1800.
Competitors that year included Roger Clark, Stig Blomqvist, Sandro Munari, Simo Lampinen, Markku Alen, Tony Pond, Russell Brookes, Pentti Airikkala, Bjorn Waldegard, Hannu Mikkola, Timo Makinen, Ari Vatanen, Bror Danielsson, Jean-Luc [...]
