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    First rally you ever Spectated on

    What is the very FIRST rally you ever spectated on??
    Mine was an early RAC,in the 50s when Ian/Pat Appleyard were competing in a Jaguar XK120,in creme it was NUB 120.It came through Skipton.

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    The Sezoens Rally in 2000.

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    I really dont remember. There have been just so many in my life and I have been going for so long.
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    I think it was a rally past our farm back in the late 70's. I remember it being run by the Ford Four club from Melbourne. I was only 7 or 8 so don't remember much about it.

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    I don't remember what rally it was as I was only 3 or 4 but went to a stage in Haldon Forest near Exeter. Pat Doran was in a Sierra and rolled where we were watching.
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    I think it was Hankiralli in 1978, Pentti Airikkala did win that time, it was a very good rally back then, called nowdays as the grand mom of all winter rallies. First WRC event was 1000 Lakes 1981.
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    First rally was a national sprint event, not sure which one, around 1996-'97.

    First WRC event was Germany 2003.

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    Rally of the Tall Pines, the last event on the Canadian Championship, Nov. 94. That particular one was a tight one if I remember between the Sprongl brothers Audi and John Buffum and his Audi. Then in the end, some guy from Quebec won. Then again, I may be mixing memories from a few Rally's there.....
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    I've only seen film clips but one thing boggles my mind. What kind of a fool would sit on the outside of a turn at a rally event. When those guys don't make the turn, you don't have alot of time to move elsewhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
    I've only seen film clips but one thing boggles my mind. What kind of a fool would sit on the outside of a turn at a rally event. When those guys don't make the turn, you don't have alot of time to move elsewhere.
    I sat up on a hill above a rock cut on one stage, and on another, 30 feet off the road on a hill BEFORE the curve.....What also gets me in some place in Europe where the people stand right on the side of the road and the car parts them like the Red Sea.....
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