Rallycross!

[garethj]

Murray Walker, boring Saturday afternoons, Lydden Hill or Brands Hatch and one of the finest spectator sports ever

 

1983: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-k4GLjDObw

 

1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyGmPa1RUx8

 

1985: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GLc8UR2Aag

 

1986: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUpErDSuUEs

[eddyramrod]

 

I don't even need to look, I remember! And where's Murray's bleeding knighthood??????????

 

Thanks for posting though, I'm sure many readers will be virtually unaware of this spectacle. Deprived is the word...

[mouseflakes]

[CreepingJesus]

I miss rallycross. Just about everybody vs Martin Schanche in something obscenely powerful with a blue oval on. Happy days.

 

EDIT: Thanks for the vids. I just watched one or two more, esp this one. I remember watching this at the time, and being blown away by Scanche's Escort. When Murray says it's 'special' he isn't joking. Other than the Gartrac G3 trans, there was a shitload of weapons grade goodies in this beastie!

Oh, and this one too, if only for the phrase 'bi-turbo 6R4' and the Hungarian's Lada. Mad as a box of wasps.

[Alpineandy]

Big event on at Lydden Hill at easter.

The first round of the european championship.

 

I'll probably be there again.