Do not think there are many drivers who have been at home in a small workshop, designing and constructing their own world-class gearbox. But so did Martin Schanche.
In the early 90’s Rs200’s of Thor Holm Peka Rantenan and Pat Doran all had assistance from Martin and Rolf number of times they visited his workshop for his expertise, the engine note they all had was the same 😁 most definitely been schanchified😉
not only his own transmission but his very own 4x4 system, he was a professor at the university in Trondheim after he retired. I dont know what the class he tought would be called in english but it had to do with gear systems etc
I also think the amount of knowledge and understanding that Murray Walker had about rally cross vehicles along with F1 etc far exceeds what any modern day commentators have.
Only sports I watched was Rally cross... I can not count how many times I suffered trough 1hour of football news where they promised to show the really cross. Just to find out that f....n did not show video from it, only read up who did win. And it was usually Martin Schanche and this was in Norway, NorWAY hate cars and motorspoorts !!!
40 years ago and they were taking off like nothing else! I used to go to Eurocircuit in Valkenswaard Netherlands, in August you had the European finals there in the late eighties/early nineties. Crazy fast and very diverse cars; Holdon Commodore V8, Porsche 930, Citroën Xantia, Audi Quattro, Rover Metro, Saab 900 and so on. All with 600+ horsepower, some even close to 900. The brute, mechanical force and the mind blowing noise are still a vivid memory today. I thank my dad for those great weekends and giving me the love for motorsport.
Those were the days.. those were the days! MAN and homebuilt MACHINE! Not a bucket filled with electronics and crap! That really was the Golden age of Rallycross! Never forgett when Matti Alamäki won the race at Ahvenisto in Finland that year! Thanks for uploading! 🏁🇫🇮
Just replied to Rob Dickinsons comment how racing was much better 30years ago. It bloody well was,i was a kid but i remember the rally cross i watched on screensport sat tv. THAT was a racing channel.
Scrolling through the comments here, I can only smile at the complete absence of any dispute or childishness, amazing stuff! Motorsport bringing like-minded people together, long may it last! Oh, and the racing/cars & personalities(& the music!) was better then :)
When I were a lad, I had a VHS tape called "Car Wars 2" or something like that. I would watch it endlessly to the despair of my parents. Alamaki and Schanche were my two favourite drivers at the time because of the pure mayhem they would get up to on the track and I have remembered their names ever since. RIP Murray Walker, you legend.
thats in 1985 were the avarage car had like 80bhp in europe and ppl. are wondering why racing is dying. modern racecars have better susspension, tires and traction systems etc. but same or less HP than 30 years ago. spectators notices that, there is not that sensation of an "driver taming a beast" anymore...
@@gOtze1337 I drive a 1985 Audi 80, wouldn't want any modern crap over it. It's only got 90hp but it's so light it doesn't feel slow at all. It never was a racecar but there's response through the steering wheel, the pedals, the seat, it just feels so much more alive than modern cars. Plus it looks good and has good fuel economy. Can't imagine what 700hp in a car that light must have felt in 1985.
@@jaysee1982 But remember, Martin's car is not even close to "normal", he manufactured his engine, drive and other parts him self. Martis car was must a shell, he build the rest.
Saw this guys in Norway at Lyngåsbanen back in the 80`s. As a norwegian Martin was our hero, but Alamaaki did a nosespin in that Porche who was out of this world. A huge crash. Too much to handle sometimes I guess, I still remember the noise and the smell from back then, 100% motor FUN Bring back some nostalgia and good memories watching this, thank you.
80 and 90`s rallycross was a good damn crazy thing to watch. Crazy but top skills drivers with monster cars. My favorite among them all is..... the myth, the legend, constructor and inventor, mr rallycross himself....Martin Schanche of course ;())
Spent a lot of time there growing up as my dad was a member of the Tunbridge wells Motor club and was a marshal and we would sit in the old bus looking down at the circuit a great view thank you great memories 😊❤️👍🏻
Fanbloodytastic. My all-time favourite motor sport now not available on terrestrial television. Thanks so much for posting this and other videos which I now look forward in watching. I remember watching this on Grandstand when I was younger. And yes yesteryear was oh so much better.
Martin was a customer of me 10 years ago. The coolest dude ever come by our shop to get special parts for he's many projects, he was in all from motors to helicopters, robots and many cool stuff.
Spent many saturday afternoons watching this on TV as a kid in my Dads garage workshop whilst he was preparing minis for rallying. Happy days proper racing no health and safety interference - max spectator enjoyment. Murray Walker i am 61 myself now😂
Legendary commentator, legendary cars. I would absolutely give my left arm for any of them cars. Particularly that yellow Porsche. And yes I am drooling
My mom had an XR3 when I was a kid. If only it was as fast as Shanche's XR3. That thing is so damn fast, it's showing a 700hp AWD Porsche a clean pair of heels.
I was there that day. This was how I spent every weekend in the 1980s and 90s. I lived about 12 miles from Lydden, so it was easy to get there, and my Mrs loved it too. You could see pretty much the whole track from one place. Later we got the Metro 6R4s and the RS200s doing the same thing with Will Gollop etc (he had the Canterbury Saab dealership). There was only rickety chestnut paling fencing between the track and the spectators, so not up to todays safety standards. Great events and a great time to be alive.😁
@@rallycrossvhsdvd HaHa, No, I was never aware of that. My Dad used to go there to watch motorbikes in the 60s, so he would've remembered, but he's sadly passed now, so I can't ask him.
Schanche....Ford Escort Turbo...560bhp!! WOW, The stats on the Escorts power, acceleration, adjustable power to the wheels etc, 1980s!! 💪😏💪 Just love this stuff💯🔥
As far as I remember it was built by Gartrac. 4wd system by Xtrac. I think Schanche himself had alot of input in developing the 4wd system. Engine was a 1.9 litre Cosworth BDT developed by Zakspeed (can't remember what power it had but it had quite a bit)
@Ruudiii he did. In fact this genre of motorsport pioneered new inventions. One driver in the scabbiest looking Fiesta had 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel steer.
The only thing that hasnt changed is that my football team sheffield wednesday were getting hammered 5-1.Great watching the old rallycross again.Modern rallycross is just not the same unfortunately.
Do you have videos/DVD from German races (e.g. Estering)? My dad was a rally cross driver from mid 70s to 1983. I remember seeing legends like Schanche and Hansen back then, sitting at various racetracks as a toddler. 😁
Only European rounds in 🇩🇪 but a name would help 😉 European Rallycross 1984 highlights Buxtehude Germany Martin Schanche Mister Rallycross ua-cam.com/video/AT2hSvTot7g/v-deo.html
Vw Beetle was first car to have injection 1967. And Volvo still made a Carburator car in 1984..................... Did not know that it took so long to implement to "all" cars on the market. But mid 80s about all new cars had efi.
Saturday Afternoon this will jog your memory 😉 Rallycross BBC Grandstand Des Lynam Saturday lunchtime Motorsports December 1984 They were the day’s ua-cam.com/video/Dief2zelsrw/v-deo.html
@@rallycrossvhsdvd Yes well remembered! I took my two sons when they were small to Swindon Rallycross, where we saw an Audi Quattro racing for the first time ever!
4:23 That blue and red STP Ford car...every time he gets off the gas it billows white smoke! Is that burning oil? Are his piston rings leaking or something? Strange, it seems to have started happening right from the beginning of the race. It's not as though the engine should be worn out by then??
I remember seeing that yellow Porsche a few times when I was a kid. Matti Alamäki had his team hq (a barn, really) just a mile away from my childhood home in Pori, Finland.
What memories. We used to go to Lydden all the time. Grass track was by spectators wooden fence and in the woods section there was mattresses tied to the trees and some straw bales here and there 🤣
Great to see this here in the states nearly 40 years after it happened. And love that smoking escort. These days they would have black flagged him at the smallest puff of smoke.
I have an old VHS tape somewhere of this type of rallycross. I havent watched it since I was 9 or 10 years old. I need to dig it up and watch it again!
Man I feel old. I don’t enjoy motorsport as much as I did as a kid watching this stuff on Grandstand on a Saturday afternoon. What the hell happened to Rallycross?
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Jesus.. was there ever an motor sport event that Murray didn't commentate? What a legend.
he never commentated on lawn mower racing as far as I know!!
🤔
@@phoenixmotorsport647 That's where you are wrong, Sir. I have footage.
@@azynkron Seriously? I would love to see that
How many motor sports event would you like to comment on?
Murray: Yes
Ten times better than F1.
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When I was kid. I went to see these guys race many times. It was really entertaining. I hope they bring it back.
God bless you for posting the oldies up on UA-cam. Love the 80s and 90s era racing
More to come!
@@rallycrossvhsdvd bless you !
I love not only the race in the 80th i love everyting in the best time ever!!!
The golden age for sure!
Am I getting old or was life just a little bit more fun 30 years ago... great vid , thnks for posting.
RobD Dickinson : From one old fart to another, yes it was.
Murry Walker best of all commentary
Yeah, especially car racing... Everything is just too sterile and 'disconnected' (funnily enough) today.
you are and it was.
They never show this series in german TV. Never seen this before
Do not think there are many drivers who have been at home in a small workshop, designing and constructing their own world-class gearbox. But so did Martin Schanche.
One of my favorite drivers,he could definately get the best out of a chassis and himself.very rare.
In the early 90’s Rs200’s of Thor Holm Peka Rantenan and Pat Doran all had assistance from Martin and Rolf number of times they visited his workshop for his expertise, the engine note they all had was the same 😁 most definitely been schanchified😉
not only his own transmission but his very own 4x4 system, he was a professor at the university in Trondheim after he retired. I dont know what the class he tought would be called in english but it had to do with gear systems etc
@@imortaliz - You are absolutely right my friend, much of the work he did in his garage workshop
I also think the amount of knowledge and understanding that Murray Walker had about rally cross vehicles along with F1 etc far exceeds what any modern day commentators have.
Martin Schanche, what an absolute legend of Rallycross. I honestly loved watching him and Granstand and World of Sport on a Saturday.
😉BBC Grandstand Saturday lunchtime December 1984 They were the day’s, Introduction smooth Des Lynam.
ua-cam.com/video/Dief2zelsrw/v-deo.html
Alamäki is real Legend
Only sports I watched was Rally cross... I can not count how many times I suffered trough 1hour of football news where they promised to show the really cross. Just to find out that f....n did not show video from it, only read up who did win. And it was usually Martin Schanche and this was in Norway, NorWAY hate cars and motorspoorts !!!
40 years ago and they were taking off like nothing else! I used to go to Eurocircuit in Valkenswaard Netherlands, in August you had the European finals there in the late eighties/early nineties. Crazy fast and very diverse cars; Holdon Commodore V8, Porsche 930, Citroën Xantia, Audi Quattro, Rover Metro, Saab 900 and so on. All with 600+ horsepower, some even close to 900. The brute, mechanical force and the mind blowing noise are still a vivid memory today. I thank my dad for those great weekends and giving me the love for motorsport.
Everything 80s was more fun than now, music, sport everything.....great upload
The grass was greener, the sun was more yellow.. And Monopoly man had a monocle
Those were the days.. those were the days! MAN and homebuilt MACHINE! Not a bucket filled with electronics and crap! That really was the Golden age of Rallycross! Never forgett when Matti Alamäki won the race at Ahvenisto in Finland that year! Thanks for uploading! 🏁🇫🇮
Agree! Shame I wasn’t around to see it :(
Prodid…. Factory Rally Cars!!! You must be stupid!
Every one of those cars is EFI - what the FUCK do you think the E in EFI stands for?
Just replied to Rob Dickinsons comment how racing was much better 30years ago. It bloody well was,i was a kid but i remember the rally cross i watched on screensport sat tv. THAT was a racing channel.
@prodidzsáj These cars are technically faster. 750+hp some of these.
Scrolling through the comments here, I can only smile at the complete absence of any dispute or childishness, amazing stuff! Motorsport bringing like-minded people together, long may it last!
Oh, and the racing/cars & personalities(& the music!) was better then :)
Thanks very much for sharing this. Brings back Saturday afternoon memories. Great to hear Murray again. He is peerless.
Our pleasure!
RIP murray walker Ur a commentating legend
I agree, it's good to hear his voice
When I were a lad, I had a VHS tape called "Car Wars 2" or something like that. I would watch it endlessly to the despair of my parents. Alamaki and Schanche were my two favourite drivers at the time because of the pure mayhem they would get up to on the track and I have remembered their names ever since. RIP Murray Walker, you legend.
80's and 90's rally cross was the best era.
I saw Martin in 1976 and every year to 1980 in Drammen, Norway (Lyngaas )
Schance, Legend. Always highly entertaining to watch.
Alamäki legend too
When motorsport was brilliant.
Thanks for digitizing this (to whomever too the time/effort)
No problemo
That yellow Porsche 930 though.. 700 bhp all wheel drive, give me a hoon in that beast over any modern supercar anyday.
AAhh that explains alot! it launched like it was all wheel drive but I assumed it was RWD and sat there boggled and impressed!!
thats in 1985 were the avarage car had like 80bhp in europe and ppl. are wondering why racing is dying.
modern racecars have better susspension, tires and traction systems etc. but same or less HP than 30 years ago.
spectators notices that, there is not that sensation of an "driver taming a beast" anymore...
@@gOtze1337 I drive a 1985 Audi 80, wouldn't want any modern crap over it. It's only got 90hp but it's so light it doesn't feel slow at all. It never was a racecar but there's response through the steering wheel, the pedals, the seat, it just feels so much more alive than modern cars. Plus it looks good and has good fuel economy. Can't imagine what 700hp in a car that light must have felt in 1985.
Still lost to an Escort. :D What amazing cars...
@@jaysee1982 But remember, Martin's car is not even close to "normal", he manufactured his engine, drive and other parts him self. Martis car was must a shell, he build the rest.
Murray Walker and Rally Cross. Great days. Thanks for posting these. Superb.
Glad you like them!
Saw this guys in Norway at Lyngåsbanen back in the 80`s. As a norwegian Martin was our hero, but Alamaaki did a nosespin in that Porche who was out of this world. A huge crash. Too much to handle sometimes I guess, I still remember the noise and the smell from back then, 100% motor FUN
Bring back some nostalgia and good memories watching this, thank you.
Vet du hvorfor Lyngåsbanen er borte?
Ja er ikke hele sirkuset Rally Cross borte?
@@1MrErling nybygging kom for nær banen og de fikk ikke forlenget leieavtale av bane området
Heia Norge , dette var også min tid
80 and 90`s rallycross was a good damn crazy thing to watch. Crazy but top skills drivers with monster cars. My favorite among them all is..... the myth, the legend, constructor and inventor, mr rallycross himself....Martin Schanche of course ;())
Thanks for posting, fond memories as attended many events at this Great location when Lived and worked In Kent all those year's ago
I am 59 years old and loved these big hp races , they may return ,used to draw big crowds and so much fun.
World rallycross is nowadays electric cars so in this level, we wont but there is still euro-rx
5:48 - Is that a Stunning 288 GTO just relaxing on the side of a race track as rally cars flinging stones and mud at it in disdain.
maverick buckley I would say it’s a 308 judging by the Louvres on the top of the front wings 🤓
It is nor a stuning car at all
Being a 288 or 308... that's the proper way to use a car!
308 gets
GTS
Schanche, the legend of Rallycross.
Spent a lot of time there growing up as my dad was a member of the Tunbridge wells Motor club and was a marshal and we would sit in the old bus looking down at the circuit a great view thank you great memories 😊❤️👍🏻
Thanks
Plz share this channel on social platforms with your best video you have seen so far
Thanks
Fanbloodytastic. My all-time favourite motor sport now not available on terrestrial television. Thanks so much for posting this and other videos which I now look forward in watching. I remember watching this on Grandstand when I was younger. And yes yesteryear was oh so much better.
Our pleasure!
Martin was a customer of me 10 years ago. The coolest dude ever come by our shop to get special parts for he's many projects, he was in all from motors to helicopters, robots and many cool stuff.
Drivers like Martin Schanche are why I love rallycross to this day. However, 'excitable eccentrics' such as he was are missing these days I think.....
Yep. Not as easy to control and market.
Murray walker. So great at commentating
minimr2 and the originator of the commentators curse.
@@chuckyboy6977 95 yrs old last week! Legend.
The definition of the commentators curse
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@@AndrewEdwardBailey
Surprisingly in this case he seemed to be much more aware of what's happening than he ever was when commentating F1.
Manchester Units 5 : West Bromwich Albion 1.......that made me laugh. Those good old days of watching Rallycross on a Saturday afternoon.
So fantastic to hear Murray's voice.
Happy birthday Murray Walker, 95 last week !
hes dead
@@vuelvoel2011 No he aint.
@@byronmills5952 what did you dooooooo????!!
@@byronmills5952 he is, unless he's risen again.
Loved Lydden hill in the day.. Legendary!!
Spent many saturday afternoons watching this on TV as a kid in my Dads garage workshop whilst he was preparing minis for rallying. Happy days proper racing no health and safety interference - max spectator enjoyment. Murray Walker i am 61 myself now😂
Good old lydden rallycoss days , and no bloody mobile phones
Thank you so much for uploading these. Just found you and subbed immediately
What a great race!
Thanks for subbing and enjoy the channel plz share 😉
Legendary commentator, legendary cars. I would absolutely give my left arm for any of them cars. Particularly that yellow Porsche. And yes I am drooling
haha
My mom had an XR3 when I was a kid. If only it was as fast as Shanche's XR3. That thing is so damn fast, it's showing a 700hp AWD Porsche a clean pair of heels.
The sound of the engines is absolutely awesome 👌
We Agree
Nice memories of the world before it went totally insane
Could not agree more m8
Почти 40 лет прошло, но смотрел затаив дыхание. Какая борьба) какие легендарные машины, одна ауди Кватро чего стоит)
Martin Schanke is as big as quattro in B1 class in rallying, but yes, spectating these events when I was a child was something else!
James Bond smokescreen ACTIVATE
How think bevor that a Ford winn!? than a quattro and a Porsche 911?? Unbelivebel fast Ford!! Respect!
Before my timesi i thank u so much for sharing these amazing videos
Our pleasure!
I was there that day. This was how I spent every weekend in the 1980s and 90s. I lived about 12 miles from Lydden, so it was easy to get there, and my Mrs loved it too. You could see pretty much the whole track from one place. Later we got the Metro 6R4s and the RS200s doing the same thing with Will Gollop etc (he had the Canterbury Saab dealership). There was only rickety chestnut paling fencing between the track and the spectators, so not up to todays safety standards. Great events and a great time to be alive.😁
Agreed 👍🏻you remember the days when there was an old log cabin hut with a tramp living at the circuit great days
@@rallycrossvhsdvd HaHa, No, I was never aware of that. My Dad used to go there to watch motorbikes in the 60s, so he would've remembered, but he's sadly passed now, so I can't ask him.
Schanche....Ford Escort Turbo...560bhp!!
WOW, The stats on the Escorts power, acceleration, adjustable power to the wheels etc, 1980s!!
💪😏💪
Just love this stuff💯🔥
Anyone knows the technical specs for the Schanche's Escort?? What a beast accelerating!! Incredible
It weighs the least
As far as I remember it was built by Gartrac. 4wd system by Xtrac. I think Schanche himself had alot of input in developing the 4wd system. Engine was a 1.9 litre Cosworth BDT developed by Zakspeed (can't remember what power it had but it had quite a bit)
@@TheBlaert 560Hp
@@TheBlaert Thanx for the info!
@@raimondtutu3248 no problem. Rallycross in the 80s and 90s was among the best motorsports in history.
560hp, RWD, and on 13in wheels. That escort is insane
1:35 and 11:35 - It's definitely 4-wheel drive.😁
Its 4wd wtf... he made the 4x4 system himself in his workshope by himself.
@Ruudiii he did. In fact this genre of motorsport pioneered new inventions.
One driver in the scabbiest looking Fiesta had 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel steer.
four wheel drive
Again awesome to watch. Check the 288 GTO parking there 5;50 in the dirt. (One of only 280 built) Mind blowing fun. Thanks for posting
Pretty sure that's a 308 GTS.
Alamäki's monster of Porsche... How can any human being keep that widowmaker on the track?
It was on sale in Finland last year, not even expensive!
The only thing that hasnt changed is that my football team sheffield wednesday were getting hammered 5-1.Great watching the old rallycross again.Modern rallycross is just not the same unfortunately.
My grandad was the spanner man for Kevin Richard’s at Lydenn on the bikes. Brings back memories watching this footage.
That Escort is absolutely fast on straight
That Escort was thrillng to watch.
These are worth watching for Murry Walker's commentary alone.
Do you have videos/DVD from German races (e.g. Estering)? My dad was a rally cross driver from mid 70s to 1983.
I remember seeing legends like Schanche and Hansen back then, sitting at various racetracks as a toddler. 😁
Only European rounds in 🇩🇪 but a name would help 😉
European Rallycross 1984 highlights Buxtehude Germany Martin Schanche Mister Rallycross
ua-cam.com/video/AT2hSvTot7g/v-deo.html
@@rallycrossvhsdvd can I contact you by email or website? I won't wrote my family name here.
Fantastic race 👏🏻 and even more interesting times for motorsports back then.
That Escort must had like 3bar boost to put out those figures! With Carburators!!?? Everything was better back in the days!
No. Fuel injection.
Ah, Thanks! Was uncertain if they had started with EFI because this was about the time EFI breaked through!
They startet with fuel injection mid to late 70s
Vw Beetle was first car to have injection 1967. And Volvo still made a Carburator car in 1984.....................
Did not know that it took so long to implement to "all" cars on the market. But mid 80s about all new cars had efi.
Carburators,?? In1985 to 1990..yes, Saab, Honda,Toyota..etc.of course they all got fuel injection too...
Martin is a LEGEND!
Bonkers! Thanks for uploading.
I watched this live on Saturday afternoon TV!
Saturday Afternoon this will jog your memory 😉
Rallycross BBC Grandstand Des Lynam Saturday lunchtime Motorsports December 1984 They were the day’s
ua-cam.com/video/Dief2zelsrw/v-deo.html
@@rallycrossvhsdvd Yes well remembered! I took my two sons when they were small to Swindon Rallycross, where we saw an Audi Quattro racing for the first time ever!
That would of been the black Quattro of Dimi Mavropoulos😁 seen elsewhere on this channel 👍🏻
@@rallycrossvhsdvd Yes that's the man.
Thanks for uploading of all you videos !!! Greetings from Czech Republic !
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Bliksim insane driving. Thanks guys.
Now this is entertainment .... thx for posting this
Murray Walker on the mic. What a legend.
Murray walker?
0-100 in 5 seconds out of a 1.8 escort?? incredible..and what skillful drivers. brilliant video.
@Johan Sahlin He meant 100mph as Murray Walker said. So 0-160
100 mph?
@Johan Sahlin Actually 2 seconds 0-100 km/t
Acually it was clocked at 0-200kmh in four seconds on dry tarmac
@@64fairlane305 That's a 7 second 1/4.
I was there that day and many others . The best motorsport . Lydden and Brands were so much fun in the wet
Good old Martin. What a character.
Do they make them like him anymore?
I remember this race..... Schanche's car - insane. I N S A N E. (i even remember the Newcastle - Oxford game, that's embarrassing ... 🥵)
Martin firecracker Schanche, entertainer 👍
Amazing, how are the engines keeping cool, have you seen the front grills the cooling looks no existent lol
Majority of the cars all the cooling was in the rear due to contact wasn’t until recently that Solberg had the cooling in the front of his vw polo.
4:23 That blue and red STP Ford car...every time he gets off the gas it billows white smoke! Is that burning oil? Are his piston rings leaking or something? Strange, it seems to have started happening right from the beginning of the race. It's not as though the engine should be worn out by then??
Poly Hexamethyl an oil seal on the turbo broke
I remember seeing that yellow Porsche a few times when I was a kid. Matti Alamäki had his team hq (a barn, really) just a mile away from my childhood home in Pori, Finland.
👍🏻 have you any information on Matti wrecking the 205 in Pori rally
I almost had a fistfight with matti several years later, when he tried to seduce my gf...
80's and 90's the best years for motorsport and music
Great years for the sport ❤❤🏁🏁 Martin schanche, a legend ❤🏁
What memories. We used to go to Lydden all the time. Grass track was by spectators wooden fence and in the woods section there was mattresses tied to the trees and some straw bales here and there 🤣
A mattress tied to a tree will stop a car at 100mph.😁
Ha-ha, brilliant idea to lay a smoke screen behind the car, making it impossible for the others to catch up! 😂
From when rallycross was rallycross....
Fantastic Saturday afternoon grandstand
Good times on mainstream Tv 😉
Just stumbled across this ...I forgot how mental rally cross was!
Certainly was and we have lots of footage in the future to come 😉 Enjoy and share 👍🏻
Hello.
I need to know what the points system was used between 1985 and 1999. Thank you very much in advance.
Why do they not do this anymore?
Now that's a impressive Mk3 escort!
Glad I managed to be a small part of this era of Motorsport.
The old smoke trick...
That escort can really move, must have been an Xr3i? Maybe it even has a sports exhaust on?
and more 😉
Could have a high octane fuel too...
Go to 1980’s in this link we found for you an interesting read
www.gartrac.com/pages/about-gartrac
Great to see this here in the states nearly 40 years after it happened. And love that smoking escort. These days they would have black flagged him at the smallest puff of smoke.
It's a pity Murray Walker doesn't do the F1 commenting anymore. Was so good hearing him commentating again.
He's ,95 that may be the reason he doesn't do commentary anymore lol
@@michaelhoward7652 He will still be yakking shit even today..............maybe LOL
I was there! The good old days of Rally Cross and Group B rally cars
I remember seeing this race live after reading about martins escort in a magazine a few months before
I have an old VHS tape somewhere of this type of rallycross. I havent watched it since I was 9 or 10 years old. I need to dig it up and watch it again!
If not plenty on this channel and more to follow although harder to find
Man I feel old. I don’t enjoy motorsport as much as I did as a kid watching this stuff on Grandstand on a Saturday afternoon.
What the hell happened to Rallycross?
Crazy fast these 80s rally-cross. Not many Mini-Metros could do 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.
What a truly magnificent sport! ❤
Beautiful sounds mechanically and verbally here
Is James Bond in Fourth place?
that was one hell of a dagenham dustbin