Madness on Wheels:Rallying's Craziest Years

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Check it out on the BBC iPlayer. It's all the old Group B cars. I'm not sure who was more mental, the drivers or the fans!

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The fans are mental the drivers however are taking part in a beautifull art between  man and machine and become one, motorsport realy is amazing.

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I think I recall seing this on TV - in hindsight, that was mental!

It all ended in tears with 2 guys and and a Lancia S4 landing in tree?

Fantatsic cars though - I think the Lancia S4 ran an Abarth builut 1750cc Turbo-supercharged engine - it used to say 'Abarth' on the cam covers - of course, that was back in the day when Abarth was serious about performance and not just tarting up 500s.

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Being raised on RWD Escorts and the like it all seemed unbelievably exciting. And what stream of characterful drivers. Inevitable though that it would have to end in tears sadly.

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I don't think the speed of the Group B cars was the issue, it was their construction with an almost total absence of any regard for driver safety. Let's face it a tree is a tree, whether you hit it a 120 in a Group B or 100 in a modern Rally car it's still a tree.

It's the fragility of the cars and the complete lack of spectator control which takes the breath away. I know I speak with hindsight, but the lack of regard for safety seems almost wilful.

 

 

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I'd love to see a recreation of Group B rallying. WRC cars just aren't bonkers enough...

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Fidji5 wrote:

I'd love to see a recreation of Group B rallying. WRC cars just aren't bonkers enough...

That can - and in fact will - be arranged.

http://www.rallyegroupeb.com/

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Nick Rutter wrote:

Fidji5 wrote:

I'd love to see a recreation of Group B rallying. WRC cars just aren't bonkers enough...

That can - and in fact will - be arranged.

http://www.rallyegroupeb.com/

That's fantastic!

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I think both as driver becomes crazy and fans are becomeing crazies.... Rosehosting Linux vps

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I dont understand what you mean :-?

 

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