Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**Mirek** · 7th June 2019, 15:12

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Fair point. But a donut is still quite cool, but as long as its only a little part and not the main feature of an SSS.

I don't agree because a forced donut is not cool at all. Please don't forget that usually a majority of the entry field is FWD cars and at least part of the 4WD drivers don't know how to do a proper donut. In the end at least half of the entry field is only driving in circles like idiots.

Let's keep donuts where they belong - to celebrations, show or spontaneous actions of drivers who know how to do them and who have cars which can do them.

**racerx1979** · 7th June 2019, 18:08

Originally Posted by Mirek

I don't agree because a forced donut is not cool at all. Please don't forget that usually a majority of the entry field is FWD cars and at least part of the 4WD drivers don't know how to do a proper donut. In the end at least half of the entry field is only driving in circles like idiots.

Let's keep donuts where they belong - to celebrations, show or spontaneous actions of drivers who know how to do them and who have cars which can do them.

This is very true. The top WRC guys and a few R5 guys are okay with donuts, but the majority of the drivers hate them...

**Rally Power** · 10th June 2019, 21:32

Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd

Was thumbing through some of my old rally books yesterday and found some pics from the 1975 Rally Portugal at Estoril. Now not sure if it was a post event "slalom" or a stage during the actual rally but looked suspiciously like the cars were dancing round cones!

It was a post event slalom; in the 70’s and 80’s Portugal Rally used to be run from Wednesday to Saturday and on Sunday there was a public prize giving ceremony at Estoril circuit followed by a slalom, with most of the drivers (including some that didn’t managed to finish the rally) always eager to please a giant crowd.

**Morte66** · 16th June 2019, 17:00