Quote Originally Posted by Sal yet again View Post
The Manx even with Rothmans backing back in the 80s never really saw the level of entries that some adjacent "mainland" European rallies did. Think the classic year of 88 when both Snijers and Tabaton along with Droogmans etc showed up was one of the few exceptions.
It was Tudor Webasto in 1988. It was the first year I was part of the results team on the event and I was involved on every one after that. Part of the problem for the Europeans is that they didn't like the bumpy tarmac as most of them were used to much smoother roads meaning they often struggled with setup and enticements like free entry & travel assistance weren't enough when they could do any one of dozens of events they were used to to get points. They only ever came when they really needed coefficient 20 points for their championship bid.
As an aside, there was also a historic rally that year and the big Healies & Sunbeam Tigers then were no older than an Escort WRC car is now!

Quote Originally Posted by Sal yet again View Post
As for Scotland and the IRC ...
Worked on results on those too!