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    1973 - the first year of the new WRC, starting with Monte-Carlo. However, it was only for Manufacturers.

    Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???

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    Quote Originally Posted by BDunnell
    Off the top of my head, was Didier Auriol's 1988 Tour de Corse victory the last in the WRC by a rear-drive car?
    Alain Ambrosino's win in Ivory Coast 1988 with Nissan 200SX was the last. Though surely Auriol's one is much more significant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Josti
    Alain Ambrosino's win in Ivory Coast 1988 with Nissan 200SX was the last. Though surely Auriol's one is much more significant.
    Ah, yes. Thanks for that. So, still the 25th anniversary this year.

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    This year marks the 50th anniversary of Brabham Racing Organization's first F1 success. Sir Jack took the checker at the Solitude GP, against a strong field including Clark, Team Lotus and most of the British runners.

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    20th Anniversary of Senna's last win (Australian GP 1993)

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    50th anniversary of the first Manx Trophy Rally - now known as Rally Isle of Man.

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    1913 // Centennials of:
    San Diego County Road Race (1 Jan)
    Imperial Valley Road Race (22 Feb)
    Point Loma Road Race (1 Mar)
    Owensmouth Road Race (28 Mar)
    First victory by foreign car &/or driver, International 500 Mile Sweepstakes (30 May)
    Panama-Pacific/ Los Angeles-Sacramento Road Race (4 Jul)
    El Paso-Phoenix Road Race (4-5 Nov)
    Settlement of A.A.A./W.A.A. Feud (Mar/Apr)
    Popular memory is not history.... -- Gordon Wood

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    Having grown up in Kenya, to me Easter means just one thing - The Safari

    And this year it's the 50th anniversary of the "Magnificent Seven" who managed to wallow through the mud to the finish in 1963:

    1. Zbigniew (Nick) Nowicki & Paddy Cliff - Peugeot 404
    2. Peter Hughes & Billy Young - Ford Anglia 1200
    3. Jim Cardwell & David Lead - Mercedes-Benz 220SEb
    4. Joginder Singh & Jaswant Singh - Fiat 2300
    5. Hugh Lionnet & Ivan Philip - Peugeot 404
    6. Ian Jaffray & Simon Bathurst - Peugeot 403/7
    7. Bill Bengry (GB) & Gordon Goby - Rover 3-litre

    This was the year that Eric Carlsson posted one of the most unusual reasons for retirement from a rally. He hit an aardvark! The impact pushed the anti-roll bar into a front universal joint which cost them 32 minutes making a running repair. The SAAB service car didn't have the necessary spares to do a 'proper job' and eventually the car lost a front wheel and that was that.
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    I've just been reminded by a post on another forum that today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Tazio Nuvolari, in my opinion the greatest racer ever.
    Duncan Rollo

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