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Know what ya mean, and to think, they left off Rally to go do pansy weenie, lame F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
At least under GpA rules it showed they could build a car that worked as good as anybody -----but ever do a clutch replacement on a Celica ST165 or ST185?
Official book time is 22.8 hours, I've had two different friends who took well more than that--first time.
Oh for the days when MFGs had to make 5000 of the cars they rallied.
funny cause i knew about that when i first really got into rallying, 1998, maybe some people should stop bitching about the sport and learn about it instead (not personally directed at you daniel).Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
by the way, anyone else see toyota's ban of 95 as the reason colin only won one championship?
Oh I knew about it but had never seen a diagram of how it worked :)
I do agree that there is a lot of enjoyment to be gained by understanding the sport better and learning a bit of history. Kind of like going to Rome and not looking at the Colliseum and being a bit too interested in what's going on now rather than how it came to be.
P.S there's a thread in the transport section you might want to look at about Woodeye's 403 ;)
No, McRae proved to be the fastest. At most times, he was faster than teammate Sainz and only in Spain, after team orders, he came in 2nd, while it was pretty clear he would have won it. Then of course, he took it all deserved at the RAC.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenSchwinn
As for Toyota, only Kankkunen could have managed a shot on the title (due to his consistency). Though I doubt he would have succeed. Auriol was mostly of the pace, and pretty much the same story goes for Schwarz.
I disagree, but there is no point arguing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josti
Thing is Toyota was cheating so you can't compare anyone with them.
Indeed, let's not get into a big discussion on this. And as Daniel said, it's hard to compare when Toyota never made it to the climax. I do want to pinpoint that it was pretty much a Subaru year (even when Toyota was still participating). Kankkunen never really seemed to be able to push the whole rally. At least, not till the end. Auriol's win in Corsica was only because of Ford's caught on bad luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
I'm not sure what your exact disagreement is, but Sainz and McRae where pretty equal contenders, but in the end, McRae was just the better of the two. But again, everyone has their opinion, let's keep it that way ;)
Australia was the last complete rally before Catalunya.
Kankkunen had 62 points, McRae 55, Auriol 51, Sainz 50.
Kankkunen got offroad on day 2. Auriol had sterring problems and was 4th ?
So it would have been:
Sainz 70
McRae 70
Kannkunen 62
Auriol 61
So Kannkunen was 8 points behind with a furies McRae heading for his home win. Had TTE and Kannkunen still competed, McRae would still have been World Champion 1995. So he deserved his title.
I agree. If more people know more about the sport's history, it also means that there is less reason for embarrassing situations to arise like being forced to say, 'What? You've never heard of the Manta 400?'Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
and have people asking if it's some kind of Impreza