Rally History (part II)

Probably the same deal as with the Waldegard entry in 76. Fiat probably wanted Alen in a 131 and originally entered him in that. Fiat and Lancia were the same group by then and internal poilitics was demanding Fiat did rallies, Lancia did sportscar racing and Ferrari did F1. Alen had a lot of influence and wanted to win the RAC in a Stratos so persuaded the team to let him drive one - but that late they could only change the car, not the entrant.
It's usually said that the end of the Stratos in rallying was brought about by this internal politics - but it's not as simple as that as the changes to Appendix J had stopped the Stratos using the 4 valve heads and it was no longer as quick.
Photos of 78 RAC - link just posted on another forum:
http://www.netikka.net/kp-rallyteam/rac178.htm

Thanks again FAL. Very nice pics!

I was amazed to see the spelling on the Fords! It says Eaton's Yale on Waldegard's car, and Eaton Yale on Mikkola's!

Is it really a mistake or what?


BTW Does anybody know what's up with jorge? It would seem he's not around lately. I hope everything is OK?

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Originally Posted by Kaps

BTW Does anybody know what's up with jorge? It would seem he's not around lately. I hope everything is OK?

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I've just seen several Jorge's posts in another forum (@ the french http://www.forum-auto.com), so I suppose everything's OK.

Carles.

Proves they were finished in two different places by different people!
The real joke is that it was not really sponsorship in the conventional way - it was part of a negotiated deal/price for Ford buying Yale fork lift trucks from the Eaton Corporation for use in its factories.

Someone knows.....


?? ?? 1961 - 2° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Praha

km. 311
grand touring cars - touring cars
national rally

Results:
1. M.???? Halada - V.???? Janatka (Fiat 600)
2. J.???? Janout - ???? ???? (Skoda Octavia Super)
3. Jiri Srnski - ???? ???? (Skoda Octavia Super)



?? ?? 1962 - 3° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Praha

km. 304
grand touring cars - touring cars
national rally

Results:
1. Alois Mark - Z.???? Raska (Tatra 603)
2. Jaroslav Fac - Lubomir Rek (Tatra 603)
3. Vladimir Hubacek - P.???? Svejda (Skoda Octavia Super)



?? ?? 1963 - 4° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Karlove Vary

km. 1480
grand touring cars - touring cars
czech rally championship
national rally

Results:
1. Zdenek Treybal - L.???? Sekac (Saab ???)
2. ???? Egemova - ???? Somr (Fiat Abarth ???)
3. Jaroslav Bobek - Leo Hnatevic (Skoda ???)

Thanks in advance

Giorgio

I'm allright Kaps !

regards
jorge

I was looking for the final times in :

Monte Carlo 89 (between 88th and 109th)
Monte Carlo 92 (between 77th and 86th)
Monte Carlo 93 (between 87th and 106th)

Thanks
jorge

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Originally Posted by Giorgio

Someone knows.....


?? ?? 1961 - 2° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Praha

km. 311
grand touring cars - touring cars
national rally

Results:
1. M.???? Halada - V.???? Janatka (Fiat 600)
2. J.???? Janout - ???? ???? (Skoda Octavia Super)
3. Jiri Srnski - ???? ???? (Skoda Octavia Super)



?? ?? 1962 - 3° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Praha

km. 304
grand touring cars - touring cars
national rally

Results:
1. Alois Mark - Z.???? Raska (Tatra 603)
2. Jaroslav Fac - Lubomir Rek (Tatra 603)
3. Vladimir Hubacek - P.???? Svejda (Skoda Octavia Super)



?? ?? 1963 - 4° Rally Vltava
Start: Praha
Finish: Karlove Vary

km. 1480
grand touring cars - touring cars
czech rally championship
national rally

Results:
1. Zdenek Treybal - L.???? Sekac (Saab ???)
2. ???? Egemova - ???? Somr (Fiat Abarth ???)
3. Jaroslav Bobek - Leo Hnatevic (Skoda ???)

Thanks in advance

Giorgio

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Nothing more to add except of Srnsky not Srnski.
Regards
Janusz

Very nice to see you're up and running jorge!

Thanks also to Carles & FAL.

BTW Recently I started to use Forum Sport Auto site quite often and I managed to find pics of Bettega at 1978 San Remo & Corse, which clearly show that he was in a works Stratos on both of them.
I also found out that Mouton-Conconi at 1978 Monte Carlo, were in a Chardonnet-entered Stratos.
I couldn't, however, find anything about Vudafieri on San Remo & Corse rallies.

Please, does anyone know about the entrants of Blomqvist's Stratos at Swedish and Darniche's at Portugal, the entrants of Mercedeses at Safari (Zasada-Krupa, Singh-Doig, Cowan-Syer, Fawkes-Kaiser, all privateers?) and the entrants of Citroen CX 2400s at Portugal (Toivonen-Pajanen, Luc-Alessandrini, Romaozinho-Bernardo), Acropolis (Toivinen-Pajanen, Luc-Charbonnier, Nicolas-Laverne, Trautmann-Roch) and 1000 Lakes (Luc-Luparia).

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Originally Posted by Kaps

Thanks again FAL. Very nice pics!

I was amazed to see the spelling on the Fords! It says Eaton's Yale on Waldegard's car, and Eaton Yale on Mikkola's!

Is it really a mistake or what?

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I hadn't noticed before but I think it's to ensure correct English grammer! The pictures are taken from different sides of the cars. I have just checked a model I have of Mikkola's car and the wording is "lift trucks from Eaton Yale" on the left side. The wording on the right side is "Eaton's Yale lift trucks". Assuming that this model is an accurate reflection of the actual car then both Mikkola's & Waldegard's would have been the same.