Rally History (part III)

[pettersolberg29]

Thanks mate - just looking at records and SS19 was the final stage of the rally, and he won it so I was confused as to how or why he could win the last stage yet retire from the rally. Anyone got any further info or have I just got things mixed up somewhere? I assume it must be a road section retirement but damaged front diffs is an odd one.

[DIMI44]

Thanks mate - just looking at records and SS19 was the final stage of the rally, and he won it so I was confused as to how or why he could win the last stage yet retire from the rally. Anyone got any further info or have I just got things mixed up somewhere? I assume it must be a road section retirement but damaged front diffs is an odd one.

Petter Solberg was fastest on five of third/final leg seven stages but became the last major retirement of the event when his diff failed on the way into final service.

[pettersolberg29]

Aah just as I suspected. Cheers DIMI44!

[Vosg Patt]

Thank you Janusz

Monte Carlo 1973
The following crews have they the start?
#50 KOOB Nicolas - LINDEN Leo (BMW 2002 Ti)
#68 CANELLAS Salvador - FERRATER Daniel (Seat 127)
# 90 "GEDEHEM" - LAVERNE Vincent (Porsche 911 S)
#135 RAUSCH Horst - FISCHER Thomas (BMW 2002 Ti)
#160 WATHEN Christopher - BOSENCE Timothy (Ford Escort RS 1600)
#214 FIORESE Jean Marie - LE SAUX Daniel (Ford Capri )

Regards

[D-Type]

Easter weekend is here again. As I grew up in Kenya this has always meant "THE SAFARI"

The real Safari was always run over Easter weekend. This meant that the totally amateur organisers from the Clerk of the Course down to the scooter club escorting the cars to and from the start (my contribution to the event) were available without having to take time off from their meagre holiday allowance. It also meant the same for the drivers who were all amateur - the most professional would be those whose day job was working for one of the main dealers. The radio "hams" were available to provide a volunteer communications service to supplement the telephone, particularly in remote areas.

The Easter date added to the unpredictability of the weather conditions. The heavy "Long Rains" would arrive some time in march or April and the date of Easter varied from late march to nid-April. The result was you could have a totally dry Safari as in 1956 with 78 finishers from 90 starters and 13 with clean sheets to a very wet one like 1968 with 7 finishers from 93 starters despite cutting out the worst sections and extending the maximum lateness.

The 3 countries (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania/Tanganyika) really took the Safari to heart. The papers produced supplements with the route and the full entry. You could buy a programme and scorecard at any newsagent. The radio had a full report every two hours giving the accumulated penalties or reason for retirement for every competitor. As the expat community was fairly small we always knew a few competitors, including one year our next door neighbour (retired in floods near Morogoro in Tanzania).

If at home in Nairobi we always went down to the start to see pristine cars at 1 minute intervals and the finish to see travel worn cars arriving over a period of a few hours. When we were away for the weekend we would try to watch the Safari - I can remember waiting for ages at a road side somewhere in pitch darkness and waiting to hear the first car getting nearer and nearer until it went past us in a flash and then the sound faded into the distance. The high pitched whine of Eric Carlsson's Saab could be heard for longest.

After the rally the papers again produced supplements giving blow by blow accounts of how every car had done. "Retired at Athi River - hit zebra" is one I remember.

Ah, memories!

[cvhi]

Hello, I Search entry list about these rally

BARUM 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 1994 1996

SUMAVA 1997 1998 1999

INTERSPEED 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

ELMOT RALLY 1998 1999

SLIVEN 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

I search entry list and not start list, thank you for your help

[email:6vikx5j0]mlanders@orange.fr[/email:6vikx5j0]

[Frezzy]

Hi , i search entry list for the 1986 Mont Blanc Rally .
Thanks for your help !

[elvis]

Hello everybody ,

Some questioons about the belgian rally championship , the "international" one from the 90's ....

Somebody can explain me how did it worked ? what was the point system ? it's looked some coeficient existed , and drivers could scored in other country ?

I try to make the points table of this era , so i take every information.

Thanks in advance for your knowledge.

[januszsz]

Hello everybody ,

Some questioons about the belgian rally championship , the "international" one from the 90's ....

Somebody can explain me how did it worked ? what was the point system ? it's looked some coeficient existed , and drivers could scored in other country ?

I try to make the points table of this era , so i take every information.

Thanks in advance for your knowledge.

I can confirm that drivers could score points driving abroad. It was also with French drivers in 70's. I remember one or two Rallye de Pologne of 70's as a part of French Rally Championship. No idea on coefficient system...
Regards
Janusz

[Vosg Patt]

Hello everybody,

For French pilots in the 70's and 80's, they had the possibility of marks of points on a rally out of Championship, WRC or ERC (Coeff 4), one result for year

Regards