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Originally Posted by DonJippo
They, Eurosport/IRC are thinking of backing the old RAC revival rally, Roger Albert Clark Memeroil Rally. 4 days, covering all old classic stages in UK. Jim McRAe won it this year in a Mk2 RS1800 escort.
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Originally Posted by DonJippo
They, Eurosport/IRC are thinking of backing the old RAC revival rally, Roger Albert Clark Memeroil Rally. 4 days, covering all old classic stages in UK. Jim McRAe won it this year in a Mk2 RS1800 escort.
Aren't the rallies of a similar length but with slower more boring cars? Hopefully it will blossom in a few years but I think the IRC is bad news for a stuggling WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
I saw an article were somebody was quoted as saying he was interested in an RAC-type Rally in Britain, and that why has the imterest in Rallying (in Britain) waned? When i
When I said proper Rallies I meant no Repeated Stages, more varied stages, spread out, instead of the same stages just repeated in the afternoon.
I'm all for rallies like that but is that what the IRC is actually like? I dont know much about next season but does anyone have any itenaries from this season so we can compare?
To me one of the problems is the question of speed. For pure speed there are many other motorsport varieties, starting from drag racing to F1, Nascar.....
Rallying is not just speed, that's why IRC or S2000 doesn't have to be necessarily boring for being slower. I'm sure a Fiat Punto S200 is faster than a Escort Mk2 but for some reason that's the type of driving we miss from WRC, I like cars being thrown into corners, scandinavian flicks, big powerslides and of course I miss the times when rallies were longer and had night stages. I know things evolve and there's no point in living in the past, but there has to be a place in the middle between rallying in the 70's and WRC nowadays.
I totally agree with this post, well saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Donney
Here is a link to 2006 Safari Rally itinerary and what I heard 2007 is going to be about the same http://www.motorsportkenya.com/kcbsa...20-%202006.xls This is the Safari Rally which is going to be part of IRC and as you can see; 362km stages on closed roads, total length 838km, repeated stages...this IRC may not be exactly what the press releases are promising...Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Yes but it's not the WRC so it must be great. Everyone says the WRC sucks so it must suck and the IRC must be better of course :laugh:
Not on this planet they don't. TV only comes calling when they get paid - lots!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
When you don't have lots to pay them you do things their way.