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Thread: The first rallycar you saw
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14th May 2007, 14:18 #21
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My first (real) experience was Ingvar Carlsson in a Mazda 323 back in 1991. I will never forget it... It was on the stage that is called Lejen today. Back the it was run in reverse order. Up until that point I wasnt really interested in rallying. It was more of a crazy idea to visit the swedish rally, we did it only because we could (fresh driving licence).
BUT it was like being hit by a tornado!! I had never up until that point seen anything like it! It was like a combination of a jetfighter, a bomb and a car that came through that corner. I had to jump into the forrest because I could believe the speed he held. Amazing! Since then I havent missed the swedish rally (17 years now)...
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14th May 2007, 14:51 #22
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except from Ford Ka(one of Ford Motorsports Turkey's old press cup cars) that i saw while watching the cars pass in 2002
this is the first ever car i got in and explored in my hometown
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14th May 2007, 15:10 #23
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My first rally car was a model of a Lancia Stratos when I was just starting schooling. It captured my imagination as to where it had come from & what if could do. First rally cars I ever saw live were in liason at the Begonia Rally at Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. Datsuns & Ford Escorts of the 80's.
Speedway was the local motorsport that was popular, with uncles & cousins driving sprintcars. Thus dabbled in speedway, karts & circuit racing.Took me until six years ago to actually attend my first live rally & now I am totally hooked. Wondering why I took so long.Happiness is using the side windows more than the windscreen
In reply to being asked what 240Kph on Watagans Road was like:-
\"Wait till I check my pants, I didn\'t know whether to sh#t myself or orgasm!!!\"
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14th May 2007, 15:26 #24
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My first rally was Riihimäki-ralli on 1966; can't be sure which was the very first car but I remember seeing Leo Kinnunen on Volkswagen 1500 and Timo Mäkinen with Mini.
I was four years old and my uncle was teasing me as Kinnunen with Volkswagen won the rally, beating all Minis - my father was then driving Mini, too. But my point to my uncle was that he was driving Ford Anglia, and Anglias were not competitive at all...
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14th May 2007, 15:54 #25
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Carlsson på taket
Erik Carlsson in a Saab 93 or was it 96? Two stroke model anyway. The year was 1962 and the rally was R.A.C. I was 5 years old with Dad for company. I`ll never forget that little car, a 3cyl 2 stroke at `full chat` in a forest was something else to hear and I`ve been hooked on rallying since
@ ettelbruck. I also remember Timo Mäkinen in a BMC Mini! Also Rauno Aaltonen if my memory serves me well. Great memories I`m also almost sure that it was Carlsson who brought left foot braking to rallying. Maybe someone knows different. Pentti?
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14th May 2007, 19:32 #26
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First car that I remember is Audi 80 (or 100) 1000lakes year 1979 or 1980
"quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"
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14th May 2007, 20:34 #27
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My first would be Open Class Subaru Impreza driven by Pasi Hagstrom in the Wild West Rally 2003 of ProRally (now Rally-America) Championship. If I include the ones not moving, it was Subaru Impreza WRC99 or 2000 displayed at Subaru booth of North America Internatinal Autoshow, but it might've been a mock up....
Waiting for Subaru to come back to be :champion:
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14th May 2007, 21:53 #28
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Originally Posted by TMorel
First car I saw was a Talbot Sunbeam but that was because my Uncle had one :
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14th May 2007, 21:55 #29
My first rally car was sadly on TV... old show called Legends of Motorsport showed those old Castrol Film Unit productions of rallies and races. The one I always remember was a black and white shot of Pat Moss motoring through Monte Carlo at the end of the rally in her SAAB 93.
This hooked me on rallying when I read about the SAAB cars in a book later on. I now am 17 years old and am on my second 1967 SAAB 96 2 stroke! Viva 2 takt!
P.S. Dyfi1: the one you saw would have been a SAAB 96.
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15th May 2007, 15:58 #30
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2004
Swedish Rally
SS1 Sunsjon
Sebastien Loeb
WOW!Ken & Alex in WRC? Awesome!http://www.monsterworldrallyteam.com
Fourmaux. Btw msport tested also hankook tyres https://youtu.be/DESKqpAqX5o?si=3uxWc8FrCUGMT0Pi https://youtu.be/sHetcbBQwKk?si=M7kq3bf2ar3Slhco
WRC Testing