Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[Mackie]

Anyone else who think this is a weird list? Hulkenberg ahead of Johan Kristofferson, Bortoleto quite high and Norris ahead of Hamilton, Alonso and Rovanpera. I mean, Lawson ahead of Ogier?!

[ictus]

yeah, and no Loeb

[AndyRAC]

Anyone else who think this is a weird list? Hulkenberg ahead of Johan Kristofferson, Bortoleto quite high and Norris ahead of Hamilton, Alonso and Rovanpera. I mean, Lawson ahead of Ogier?!

It's always heavily biased in favour of F1; and series with a small number of top drivers tend to do poorly......

[denkimi]

yeah, and no Loeb

except getting 2nd in dakar, what did loeb do this year?

[TypeR]

Hulkenberg in that list lol

[the sniper]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:

Recently, however, I have been made aware that a deal has been struck that will see much of the
footage that originally inspired me released again - in better quality than I could ever aspire to
achieve from old VHS tapes, I expect, and with the potential for additional footage, never before
seen, to be enjoyed at last.

I would have dearly loved to have been a part of this process, of course, but since I could never
hope to bring any of the money required to make it happen, that seems unlikely to be the case. It
looks instead like I'll be waiting for it, like everyone else, and hopefully enjoying it, like everyone else.

https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

[lmmjvss]

So.... probably more old school rallying videos going behind paywalls? The world sucks, man hahah

[HKSjbg]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:



https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

It is indeed sad to see it shuttered, many dozens, possibly hundreds of hours of mine have been lost to VHSR! Luckily there seems to be a lot more channels doing a similar thing (at least in terms of uploads, not necessarily the work to get those videos digitised) and some of VHSR’s old staples like Burns/Wilson era BRC are now on YouTube through other channels instead.

Recently I have been poring over some cracking WRC reviews of 1994, ‘95 and ‘96

1994: https://youtu.be/e3wmrrcACRA?si=rzCI8lRzgLL6H0bp

1995 rounds 1-7 playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...TrrOUONGc2cI48

‘95 RAC: https://youtu.be/yzKbNB_WcZI?si=GhtXQF60Qpwt7M_q

1996: https://youtu.be/tQMLOw2AJwY?si=K3cvTPCoREJLnL_h

Hopefully the project VHSR speaks of won’t be too far off, won’t conflate the broad spectrum of rallying with just the WRC, and won’t be obscenely priced. All this hard work costs money and I suppose VHSR has a day job that requires priority

[Brynmor Pierce]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:



https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

I’d hazard a guess it’s the AMTV archive ( Alastair Miller) as that was for sale recently ?

[Jarek Z]

It's good to see such movie on the official website of Stellantis
https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-...nuary-5th-2024