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[Steve Boyd]

Steve

I think there is already ample proof that you have been suffering from an acute case of 'old timers' disease for some considerable time :-)

Thanks Martin - must be something I caught in a results room :-)

[c4]

[quote="tommbris"]A friend of mine always tests my motor racing knowledge and I always know the answer so he knows I'm correct but recently when he learned my rallying knowledge was hit and miss, he gave me this humdinger of a question:

Prior to 2006, when was the last time the RAC Rally was a round of the British Rally Championship?

1976 AFAIK or remember. I know in 1977 it was the first year of the open championship.

[Martin Liddle]

Thanks Martin - must be something I caught in a results room :-)

Probably. Nasty places full of dodgy people.

[BDunnell]

1976 AFAIK or remember. I know in 1977 it was the first year of the open championship.

Sorry to bring up an old 'zombie' thread, but the answer to this can definitely be dated later than that, at least to 1978. In this two-part video (originally made for Ford, I believe) of the 1978 RAC, there are numerous references to it having been a Sedan Championship round.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=scKvPPC_TgE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rfrtjoGrtvM

Now, does anyone know whether it was a round in 1979, too?

[c4]

Sorry to bring up an old 'zombie' thread, but the answer to this can definitely be dated later than that, at least to 1978. In this two-part video (originally made for Ford, I believe) of the 1978 RAC, there are numerous references to it having been a Sedan Championship round.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=scKvPPC_TgE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rfrtjoGrtvM

Now, does anyone know whether it was a round in 1979, too?

You're right BDunnell it was a round in '78, your knowledge of the Open Championship is always first rate.

Don't think it was in 1979 but someone else will know better than me.

[farquar wrc]

What was the year that Gyndaff (I think) totalled it on a tree stump. It was either Evans in a silver and burgandy Escort or Rowe in the Megane (maybe). Wow, haven't I got a superb memory

Robbie Head was in the Megane

[MrJan]

Robbie Head was in the Megane

Aaah right. Only remember Rowe because two Meganes did the Sunseeker once and whenever they interviewed him it sounded like he couldn't wait to get away from the event

[Zeakiwi]

World Rallying 2 does list the RAC as a round of the Open Championship in 1979. Pentti as champion.

[petom]

I competed on the Rothmans Open Series in 1981 and also on the Lombard RAC that year. The RAC was not a round of the Open Series in 1981 so it looks like either 1979 or 1980 was the last year in the Open Series.
Tom Bradley

[Martin Liddle]

The RAC was not a round of the Open Series in 1981 so it looks like either 1979 or 1980 was the last year in the Open Series.

The regulations for the 1979 Phonepower Welsh Rally list the Sedan Open Championship rounds as:

21/24 February Mintex International
13/17 April Benson & Hedges Circuit of Ireland
10/12 May Phonepower Welsh International
9/13 June Esso Lombard Scottish
9/12 August Burmah International
13/15 September Manx International
18/22 November Lombard RAC