[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[Zeakiwi2]

After all he did win overall just a few years ago in an Appendix K Historic Escort on those same roads.
Overall. On carbs with H pattern gearbox. Ad rear leaf springs..On those roads which seem to be perfect for powerful 4wd turbocharged cars. And 3 other old 2wd cars were in the top 12..

It says something about the level of the field....

Sure I love the old cars but.............

If you look at the top speeds for the stages you will see a Mark 2 Escort hit the highest speed on one of the stages for this year's Otago rally at around 120 mph. There are a few lease/ hire BDG 2 liter MK2 Escorts and other cars if people wish to prove how slow everyone is driving during next year's event.

NZ events are usually about getting out and having a weekend away from home and having a bit of fun for the competitors (it is about taking part). Most are not looking for full time works professional drives or have big sponsorship budgets. Budgets used for a nz rally entrant used to be around NZ$35 per rally kilometre. Factory teams were estimated to spend 100 times this. Driving on 1 percent of a wrc team per kilometre budget is going to make you look slow.