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Thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
My pics: http://www.rallyfoto.se
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Originally Posted by jbanbury
i wish there was more hi res images from finland 2008 that don't have an ugly photography logo (copyright) on it... i'm all for giving credit where credit is due... but i can't believe so many people take such awesome hi res images then taint them :-(
Not everyone has the space to put so much hi res stuff online. ;)
true that... but nevermind... http://www.rallyphotos.cz is awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha
Yes, It is strange.. and he is lucky! you can see, he even breaks his helmet.. that was a strong hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I'm sure you could buy hi-res versions of any photos you're interested in at a reasonable price :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Torsen
A lousy 50m jump? Rallycrosser Jussi Kynsilehto (guided by rally guru Martin Holmes by then) from Oulo did about 70m in 1975 at SS Raikuu with a, by nowadays standards, tame Ford Escort RS1600 BDA. But afterwards it was all but a RS1600 BDA… LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Miika
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hK4B3XA1DSM/R3...Image00014.jpg
A great and famous publicity shot, car looked a bit different after landing though.
Jussi told me the story about 30 years ago, but one can find it here also:
http://juwra.com/rally_snippets.html
The car after the flight:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hK4B3XA1DSM/R5...,+Jussi+03.jpg
One of my pics of Jussi as a Rallycrosser in 1978:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...toMelk1978.jpg
Jussi (or Juhani) nowadays, the one on the right of course:
http://photos5.flickr.com/4665883_f75b701501.jpg
Fascinating stuff as ever Mr guruQuote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
As that pic makes sometimes problems:Quote:
Originally Posted by c4
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hK4B3XA1DSM/R3...Image00014.jpg
By the way, did anyone realize that Loeb will probably break another long-standing record now - for the quantity of wins per season. Now he has 6 to his name. +3 asphalt events and maybe 2 (or even all 3) possible wins on gravel, so...
i hate to admit but after he won finland, i feel loeb is so strong now, i think he might win all events left, maybe beside great britain. unless ford employ tactics or he gets some bad luck. the remaining rally you don't gain much advantage by sweaping, especially during these months the road could be damp or wet. it got to be some kind of miracle for mikko to take driver champion this year.
Heh, I had forgotten about that section already... :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
I think you are completely right. Loeb is very strong on tarmac and only bad luck could take his win.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
Yet, that's bound to happen sooner or later. When and to what effect, we'll know only when it happens. Admittedly, Seb's championship hopes seem very strong but there's always the fat lady singing...Quote:
Originally Posted by Raini
These pics really make some probs to find.Quote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
One should try here (see pics 36, 37, 38):
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...%3Dde%26sa%3DN
Nice snippet, jonkka! Jussi told me the story quite similar. Did you know that Jussi, beside driving all different kind of factory backed Imps and some other cars in RX was a factory driver for Polski Fiat with a Fiat 125p for a while?Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
Jussi Kynsilehto and his Polski Fiat 125p for RX in 1977 at Maasmechelen/Belgium. © rx-guru
Same 1977 meeting: Jussi (left), Norwegian Per Engseth and Austrian Herbert Grünsteidl (right). © rx-guru
So lads and lassies, if there will ever be discussions about "the true Flying Finn" – it is the one to the left of this pic. ;)
Nice pics, rx-g. You knew Jussi personally at the time?
Yep jonkka, I met Jussi quite often in RX events during the second half of the 1970s. He and the late Martti Kangas (who later used the alias "Jorma Kovanen" when driving a MG Metro 6R4 BiTurbo for RX and was shot by his drunken brother-in-law in 1994) were the first two Finns to show up regularely in pan-European RX events.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
LOL, funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
Problem is if you don't "taint" them then others will steal them and pretend that it's their work. It's happened to me.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Torsen
As one who understands just about 100 Finnish words: Does Jorma Kovanen mean something funny?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Jorma= a usual Finnish nickname for your.. dick. kova= 'hard'
It can mean. "Jorma" is often used nick-name for male organ and "Kovanen" means hard (or literally little hard but anyway). Note that Jorma Kovanen is perfectly legal name anyway, there are seven with that name in Finnish phone directory at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
People could do a big zip file and put on rapidshare.com or megaupload.com ... you have to download them all without a preview though, with a 56k it can be a pain (I have 7MB ADSL so no problem :p !).Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha
Is that a surprise ? The surprise was having Mikko ahead 3 points in championship before Finland...Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
@ Tomi, Miika, jonkka: Kiitos! Blimey, it took me nearly 20 years to find out the joke behind Martti Jalmari Kangas’ pseudonym… I was told that their family business, a shoemaker company called 'Finn Lord Shoes', went down the drain and Martti later used an alias to continue racing because of the tax men.
I remember heard or reading from somewhere that the notes they used was borrowed from Timo Mäkinen, and Timo did not make notes of all small crests, thats why Holmes dropped of the note.Quote:
Originally Posted by rx-guru
At the one bend and one junction I had a change to compare the driving styles off Seb and Mikko they where completely different. The first place was here:
SS16 & 19, Kakaristo about 700 m from start. High speeds bend to right (nice place):
http://maps.google.fi/maps?f=q&hl=fi...,0.043945&z=15
They where coming from north and I was watching on Takalantie. I couldn’t see the end of the bend but Mikko throw the car sideways before the bend and Seb drove with a “straight” line from the left side of the road to the inside of the bend. Mikko was the only one who throws the car sideways before the bend.
The second place was here:
SS24, Ruuhimäki about 3,7 km from start:
http://maps.google.fi/maps?f=q&hl=fi...,0.021973&z=16
They where coming from Kotamäentie and turned to Ruuhimäentie. Here I couldn’t see how that approached the junction but Seb came out of the junction with a four-wheel slide to outside of the road. Mikko had already turned the car when he came out of the junction and was quite close to the right side of the road after the junction. Here Petter Solberg used the same line as Seb and Henning Solberg used the same line as Mikko. Maybe the other driving style is faster on broader roads and the other one on more narrow roads.
Sami, You have made some analysis of different driving styles in another thread, what do you think?
rallyemotions.net is presenting the first gallery from Neste Oil Rally Finland 2008. Second gallery (in a weeks time) will feature a full story of Villagra's roll at SS20. Enjoy! :)
Nice pics rallyemotions!!
This are the ones that I like the most
http://www.rallyemotions.net/NORF_08/image68097.jpg
http://www.rallyemotions.net/NORF_08/image68100.jpg
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Originally Posted by feresc13
wowww great jump // Where is this jump please ?
Looks to me like the jump on Palsankylä, a bit more than 2/3 of the way through roughly. Was there in 2007. Pretty crazy when driving, the road literally falls away from underneath you!
thanks !
Viktory is right, that's the place! :) Most of the Ford's were fearless on this jump.
Just finished loading my photos from Finland.
Action from 6 stages plus the shakedown.
http://www.powerphoto.co.uk/rally/wr...d9/sd/179t.jpghttp://www.powerphoto.co.uk/rally/wr...9/ss2/005t.jpghttp://www.powerphoto.co.uk/rally/wr...9/ss6/041t.jpghttp://www.powerphoto.co.uk/rally/wr.../ss14/029t.jpghttp://www.powerphoto.co.uk/rally/wr.../ss17/038t.jpg