Rally History (part III)

[MG Rally]

Does anybody have an entry list or any results for the 1960 RAC British International Rally please, or a link where I can find them online?

Many thanks.

[Majks21]

Times when Group B was popular... damn :$

[FAL]

Times when Group B was popular... damn :$

Pardon??

[FAL]

Does anybody have an entry list or any results for the 1960 RAC British International Rally please, or a link where I can find them online?
Many thanks.

Entry list, yes. If you can find them on line, please let us all know!
I gather from elsewhere you are actually interested in one car in particular rather than the whole lot.
If you really need the full list I can send it but on the basis of personal use only/not for wider circulation/publication. Some others on here also have it but the difficulty in finding it means we are cautious about it freely arriving with prolific "for profit" authors who have done no real research of their own for their books.
(It's the RAC International Rally of Great Britain, by the way)

[MG Rally]

Entry list, yes. If you can find them on line, please let us all know!
I gather from elsewhere you are actually interested in one car in particular rather than the whole lot.
If you really need the full list I can send it but on the basis of personal use only/not for wider circulation/publication. Some others on here also have it but the difficulty in finding it means we are cautious about it freely arriving with prolific "for profit" authors who have done no real research of their own for their books.
(It's the RAC International Rally of Great Britain, by the way)

Thank you 'FAL', and yes you are quite right (from elsewhere!) that I was actually just looking for details of one single entry!...

...it was the #27 MGA of W.S.B. Clayton / W.G. Langstone. The reason for asking about that particular event and entry is that I have recently acquired the following Coventry Evening Telegraph photo, showing the MGA tackling the Wolvey skid pan near Coventry. If anybody can confirm an entrant, registration number or final result that would indeed be most appreciated...



Sorry 'FAL' - I didn't mean to tread on anyone's toes!

I am not an author of any kind, but just a 'simple' enthusiastic collector looking for some background information to file with a recent acquisition, and nothing more...

[D-Type]

Is any of the registration number clear enough to read on your original? Every little bit of information helps.

[FAL]

I gather Dave Thomas has now sent you his entry list. I have that and had added data to it but can confirm nothing new added about that car. Yes it is the Wolvey test.
Marcus Chambers' book "Works Wonders" covers the 60 RAC in greater detail than many other events it records. You can piece together from it a complete list of all the tests. I'll re-read it to see if a non-works MGA gets a mention.

[Fred Gallagher]

The gentlemen in the MGA finished 123rd overall and 16th in class having incurred 21,111 road penalties. 21,057 of these were from the first two sections Blackpool to Brough to Peebles and thereafter they had a pretty good run.

Fred

[FAL]

No mention of that car by Marcus Chambers or Bill Price in their books. Probably safe to assume it was not an ex-works car (which I don't think were white).
The first 3 in the 1301-2000 GT class (class 7) were:
1. Douglas Johns/Rev. Rupert Jones, ex-works (not works loaned) Wolseley 1500.
2. J.Melvin/W.Bennett, Sunbeam (not clear whether an Alpine or a Gp3 Rapier).
3. C.Bent Marshall/D.Pratt/R.Gahan, Wolseley.
It may be worth highlighting that, if all 3 were saloon cars (in a GT class), saloons modified beyond Group 2 rules were categorised as Gp3 GT cars under the then FIA rules.

(It never ceases to amaze me how many people rallied 3 up Wolseley 1500s /Riley 1.5s. I recall them as cramped inside, even compared to a Mini).
Apart from having a very silly name for a rally driver, C Bent Marshall's claim to fame today is that he was later navigated (in a Cooper S, including on the Monte) by the father of comedian/actor Alan Davies.

[ford power]

was wondering if anyone could tell me when these cars made the first international debut
bmw m3
ford sierra cosworth
ford sierra xr4x4
renault 11 turbo
ford escort mk2
subaru rx turbo