Rally History (part III)

[leighton323]

Hello
I am looking for the following pictures:
- Ari Vatanen RAC Rally 1997 in Toshiba Colours
- Carlos Sainz Rally Sweden 1997

Thank You :)

[ford power]

sorry to ask again but would anyone have the full entry lists for the 1990 welsh,cartel,scottish or manx rallies ?

[vino_93]

Does anyone have overall result for ADAC Reichsstadt Rallye 1985 ?
I have classification for swiss championship, but I don't know if it is too for overall.

[cvhi]

Hello

I search entry list about swedish rally 1972 1973 1975 1979 1982 1983 1984

Many thanks for your help
mlanders@orange.fr

[gcapper74]

Hi,
I'm looking for the Entry list for the Fram Filter International Rally Wales 1991, part of the Brisitsh Rally Championship. I can find Entry lists back to 1995 on the BRC site but nothing earlier:
http://www.rallybrc.co.uk/113-media/841 ... sults.html (http://www.rallybrc.co.uk/113-media/841-archive-results.html)

thanks,
Graham

[Martin Liddle]

I'm looking for the Entry list for the Fram Filter International Rally Wales 1991, part of the Brisitsh Rally Championship. I can find Entry lists back to 1995 on the BRC site
I think what you actually mean is that you can find the entry lists on David James archive via a link from the BRC web site (David put a lot of unpaid work into his site and I think it is important that credit goes to the correct person). We did results for the Welsh in 1991 so I should have something. I will have a look when I get a minute.

[gcapper74]

thanks for the quick reply Martin,

it's great the effort David's put into the BRC Results Archive for the benefit of everyone else.

[Martin Liddle]

Hi,
I'm looking for the Entry list for the Fram Filter International Rally Wales 1991, part of the Britsh Rally Championship. [/url]

Apologies for the delay. I have posted the Full results for the 1991 Fram Welsh International Rally (including the Trophy Rally) at http://rallyresults.org/History/1991/Welsh_1991.pdf
It is a 5MB download due to the number of pages.

[Martin Liddle]

it's great the effort David's put into the BRC Results Archive for the benefit of everyone else.
David's archive covers a lot more than BRC; it also includes the Mintex National Series (ANCRO) and BTRDA Forest Rally Series (Gold Start and Silver Star).

[ford power]

Apologies for the delay. I have posted the Full results for the 1991 Fram Welsh International Rally (including the Trophy Rally) at http://rallyresults.org/History/1991/Welsh_1991.pdf
It is a 5MB download due to the number of pages.
would you have any results from the circuit of Ireland or Donegal rally from the mid 80's to early 90's ?

[ford power]

1989 circuit of Ireland srry missing co-drivers
1 Jimmy McCrae Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no1
2 Russell Brookes Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no8
3 Mark Lovell Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no9
4 Gwyndaf Evans Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no11
5 Austin McHale Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no10
6 Bertie Fisher BMW M3 A/8 no12
7 Louise Aitken-Walker Vauxhall Astra A/7 no14
8 Pentti Arikkila Mitsibushi Galant VR4 N/4 no4
9 Steve Hill Ford Sierra Cosworth N/4 no29
10 Simon Davidson Peugeot 205 A/5 no26
11 Graham Middleton Toyota Celica ST165 N/4 no16
12 Colin McCrae Ford Sierra Cosworth N/4 no18
13 Bob Fowden Ford Sierra Cosworth N/4 no24
14 Pat Doran Ford Sierra Cosworth A/8 no42
15 Derek McGarrity Toyota Corolla A/6 no48
16 Davy Greer Toyota Corolla A/6 no37
17 Chris Birkbeck Peugeot 205 A/6 no23
18 Hakan Ericsson Peugeot 309 GTI A/7 no5
19 Robin Lyons Peugeot 309 GTI A/7 no28
20 Bob Locke Audi Quattro Coupe A/8 no38
21 Brian Wiggins Vauxhall Astra N/3 no32
22 Richard Smyth Toyota Corolla A/6 no36
23 Maurice Moffett Toyota Corolla A/6 no40
24 Lotta Lundqvist Vauxhall Astra A/7 no20
25 Mike Williams Vauxhall Nova A/5 no52

[ford power]

for anyone interested in old irish rally results go here
http://www.rallyforums.com/forum/showthread.php?36712-Old-Irish-Rally-results&p

[Mirek]

Today there was an interview with John Haugland on Czech auto.cz server which is actually quite nice. I don't know where to post it. My amateur translation is below. Original source: http://www.auto.cz/rozhovor-s-johny-hauglandem-skoda-130-rs-byla-lepsi-nez-porsche-911-81638

Auto.cz: "You reached awesome success with Škoda 130RS in the 70'. Was the car so good or You were so good driver?"

J.H.: "Nobody expected anything from a car built in Soviet block but the truth is that it was extraordinarily good. I dare to say that it was the best car of that time only limited by the small engine volume which was however also an advantage in the same time. It could seem that drivers who were able to drive it so good must have been trully awesome ones able of miracles with other cars."

Auto.cz: "In Czechoslovakia it was a big surprise when a Scandinavian driver with Škoda started to appear in the results on top positions thus you were a celebrity here. How did the fans in Norway take your driving for an Eastern block car maker?"

J.H.: "First there was a mistrust and prejudice against the cheap car from the East but as I said the 130RS was very good car and I had results so nobody really cared about my affiliation with underrated brand. On the contrary the popularity of Škoda in Norway and sure elsewhere rose with the time."

Auto.cz: "Škoda 130RS together with Porsche 911 were cars with non-traditional rear engine conception. Can You retrospectively compare both cars?"

J.H.: "I competed only with Škoda but I had a chance to drive Porsche 911 quite often and I don't think they were similar. Škoda 130RS was more similar to Lancia Stratos, it had perfect handling, balance and the back was controllable thanks to the light aluminum engine. The Porsche had very heavy back thanks to the big engine. That brought a lot of oversteer and uneasy handling. In that time Škoda was better competition tool than 911, it was among the best of its time."

Auto.cz: "You say you have the last competition 130RS at home as a remembrance. Did you take it here?"

J.H.: "Yes, I bought the last built 130RS from Motokov company at 1983 before we changed to 130LR. First I liked the car and second I knew it would take a value in time. I still have it at home in Norway. It returned back to Mladá Boleslav only for the 100 years of motorsport celebration when they made a big renovation of it prior a display in museum :-) I still drive it. To keep it in condition I take it out 4-5x per year for various occasions."

Auto.cz: "After the end of cooperation with Škoda in 1990 you worked with other brands and started your own business - rallye school. Do You still have any connection with Škoda?"

J.H.: "I still have a lot of friends in Škoda, my company keeps organizing some winter tests for them and I also cooperate on Škoda Classic because for cars prior Volkswagen they need some drivers from times prior Volkswagen :-) "

Auto.cz: "You lived in the rally era which for us have a taste of good old times. Do You think that the modern motorsport in which You take part by coaching many drivers is more commercial and looses the racing spirit of the past?"

J.H.: "I have to say no, it's same. The best professionals who can take the most out of the available machinery win. We went for example through the times when the 130RS wasn't significantly updated for several seasons and we started to loose. So we examined all options for improvements from front bumper to the rear one and the result was that our car was one second per kilometer faster. Our competitors thought that we were cheating but it was all completely legal."

"Though something changed. Today the cars have much better handling and they are bloody fast although almost every rally driver can get maybe 95% of their performance. The difference is only those 5%. To drive a car in the past you needed more skills, today it's more about concentration and discipline. Nowadays the top drivers are athletes, after the rally they go to a fitcenter and from there to paddock. We used to go to a pub. If somebody asked me if I could keep up with Loeb or Ogier on their cars frankly most likely not. However I'm sure I would be able to defeat modern drivers with the hard-to-drive machines of 70'."

Auto.cz: "You probably answer the following question often. What are your recent cars and which of them is your favorite?"

J.H.: "I'm not an F1 driver :-) I think I have always had only one car. Before 2007 I had two Škoda Octavia and in 2008 I used Subaru Legacy thanks to the cooperation with Subaru. Now I have Octavia again. It's combi 4x4 with 150Hp diesel."

Auto.cz: "No RS?"

J.H.: „I spend a lot of time behind the steering wheel of powerful and fast cars in my rally school and various other actions. I'm calm driver on public roads who makes plenty of kilometers every year so I use more the economy of a diesel. Though some more horsepower wouldn't be bad..."

[FAL]

"Our competitors thought that we were cheating but it was all completely legal."



Including the titanium con rods?

[driveace]

But Christ could he peddle an unusual car Keith
Remember one of the early RACs from Harrogate in the 70s ,my friend worked at one of the very few Skoda dealers in Yorkshire,we went to Harrogate,AND they were short of personal .So we went to John,s hotel room ,met all the small team ,and my friend went along in the chase car to navigate one of the mechanics

[Mirek]

Including the titanium con rods?

I'm sorry, I can not comment as I don't know anything about that. I was born when John was driving 130LR already :)

[FAL]

But Christ could he peddle an unusual car Keith
Remember one of the early RACs from Harrogate in the 70s ,my friend worked at one of the very few Skoda dealers in Yorkshire,we went to Harrogate,AND they were short of personal .So we went to John,s hotel room ,met all the small team ,and my friend went along in the chase car to navigate one of the mechanics

Pinborough Motors? It was Dick Rowland with their car in Finland in 74 where I picked up all the mutterings about who had titanium rods (Haugland apparently did but Saaristo's Finnish prepared car didn't!). Mechanic with the Pinborough car was Ardash Melamenjian? (spelling?).

[Mirek]

Škoda 130RS was first used in rallying in 1976. In 1974 Škoda used the 120S so You must mean that one.

[FAL]

We didn't mean any particular model - he was quick in them all!

[jrally]

Good morning !

Does anyone has the COMPLETE results of any of these rallyes that could share ?

1995 - Golden Tulip, Condroz,Cyprus,Yu, Budapest, Turkey, Roumania, Olympion, Boucles de Spa
1996 - Ardennes, Olympion, Saturnus, Roumania, Hermes-Dodonis

Thank You in advance
Best regards
Jorge

[GMiranda]

Hello

How are you? I am a Portuguese motorsport historian and I am doing some serious research on Rally History. I see there's very few Motorsport forums in English concerning Rallies and this one was recommended to me. I am looking for fellow researchers and contacts of motor racing people.

[N.O.T]

it would help if you could be a little more specific... what exactly are you researching ? and what are you looking for ? you are definitely in the right place....

[GMiranda]

I am looking for other enthusiasts who want to share their experiences, drivers' contacts, photos and other material,...
I am looking for doing a bigger project, I don't know if it will be for the web or only for print

[D-Type]

Welcome to the forum.
If you look back through this thread you will see the posters have focussed on compiling a full set of results. I assume that once the statistics are in place the compilers will progress to recording the story or stories of the different rallies. Good luck in gathering material.

[GMiranda]

Thanks. For the results I use mainly ewrc-results.com/index.php . That's good there's people interested on results because that work is needed too.

[FAL]

Most of the "prime suspects" for possibly having them will already have seen my requests elsewhere for photos of the two works BMC Cooper S (DJB92B and GRX310D) on the 1966 Swedish Rally. In case anyone hasn't, I repeat it here. This is part of an intensive investigation into the history of another ex-works car.

[GMiranda]

Hello

May someone help me with Darniche's race record? I have looked on eWRC but they haven't the team in which he was entered, so I'd like to ask if someone can help m with this

[FAL]

Hello

May someone help me with Darniche's race record? I have looked on eWRC but they haven't the team in which he was entered, so I'd like to ask if someone can help m with this

Don't know about any racing he did but his rallying results should be available - in fact eWRC shows his best known victory, Monte Carlo 1979 (and the narrow margin of that win hides the fact that his supporters seemed to have been responsible for a large rock "falling" into the road in front of Waldegaard, costing him the win). So Darniche was popular in France...even after he started wearing a "rug" on his head!

[GMiranda]

Don't know about any racing he did but his rallying results should be available - in fact eWRC shows his best known victory, Monte Carlo 1979 (and the narrow margin of that win hides the fact that his supporters seemed to have been responsible for a large rock "falling" into the road in front of Waldegaard, costing him the win). So Darniche was popular in France...even after he started wearing a "rug" on his head!

Ahh yes, I know, Waldegaard slowed down and Darniche kept forcing and it was due to that that he lost the rally on the final stage, if I'm not confusing. What "rug"?
I knoe eWRC, they have a lot of material but sometimes they lack the entrants of each rider, which is why I am asking for specialists on stats and so on.

[GMiranda]

https://mirandaribeirog.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/anders-kullang/ -I hope you enjoy, I have been devoting my research mostly to rallies

[D-Type]

"rug" is English slang for a wig.

[GMiranda]

Ahh OK

[rynoshark]

I'm researching Reggioni and co-driver Invantes who competed in the 1975 Tour de Corse under #41 (and later 1975 Rallye du Var under #63). Does anyone have the first names or country of residence for these two drivers? Also, any ideas who might have photos from either of these events that would show their Group 3 Porsche Carrera 2.7? Thanks for any leads.

[GMiranda]

https://mirandaribeirog.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/john-haugland/ - article on John Haugland, special thanks to Mirek

[ford power]

Would anybody have stage times for either the rac rallies or any irish rallies from the 1980'/90;s ?

[Kaps]

Hi guys.
Does anyone know who was the leading figure (whether as team principal/manager/owner or whatever) in Astra team during their 1992 & 1993 WRC campaigns with Lancia?

Thanks!

[JakefromWRC]

I would love to see Group B make a comeback.

[JakefromWRC]

Imagine another Audi Quattro S1.

[FAL]

I would love to see Group B make a comeback.

I certainly wouldn't.

[jrally]

Good evening !
Could anyone knows the regplates of the following drivers in the RAC Rally ?

1970 - Hakan Lindberg, Shekhar Mehta and Tony Pond

1971 - Alcide Paganelli, Joginder Singh, Bill Coleman, John Haugland and Richard Bochnicek

1972 - Hakan Lindberg, Raffaele Pinto, Alcide Paganelli, Tony Fowkes, Jochi Kleint, Bill Coleman and Leif Asterhag, Bror Danielsson and John Haugland

1973 - Adrian Boyd, Will Sparrow, Erik Aaby and Andy Dawson

1974 - Adrian Boyd, Andrew Cowan, Andy Dawson, Pat Ryan, Harald Demuth

1975 - Harry Kallstrom, Colin Malkin, Andrew Cowan, Georg Fischer, John Taylor, Andy Dawson, Jochi Kleint and Milan Zapadlo

1976 - Harry Kallstrom, Tony Fowkes, John Taylor, Tony Drummond, Tony Fall, Jean Paul Perusse, Walter Smolej, John Buffum, Terry Kaby

1977 - Rodney Millen, Tony Fowkes, Will Sparrow,Terry Kaby, John Haugland, Harald Demuth and Svatopluk Kvaizar

1978 - Guy Colsoul, Vic Preston Jr., Drew Gallacher, Milan Zapadlo, Vaclav Blahna, Lasse Lampi and Carlo Capone

1979 - George Hill (BBU 100 T ?), Chris Lord, Pekka Vilpponen, Tony Drummond and Tim Brise



Any help will be wellcome

Best regards

Jorge

[Passion Rallye]

Tour Auto 2016 with of beautiful cars !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjI1rDL_Rxk

[Passion Rallye]

Rallye Monte Carlo Historique 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3whYwGLXc

[AnttiL]

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/wrc/11741-film-review-riding-great-balls-of-fire-group-b

This Group B documentary seems interesting.

[FAL]

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/wrc/11741-film-review-riding-great-balls-of-fire-group-b

This Group B documentary seems interesting.

The write up isn't - it gets the start date wrong (for the Appendix J revision that introduced GpB). Hope the film doesn't.
(The previous film on "GpB" - that appeared endlessly on TV - got the chronology of the cars wrong).

[Mirek]

One photo from Rally Bohemia 2018. Who knows which car is it? :)
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2018/photos/rally_bohemia_2018/jsm_bohemka18-07.jpg

[NickRally]

Skoda 200 RS? Haven't seen it in person, but from the photos/images I have seen, very nice looking car.

[Venswithe1996]

Thank you all for the info