European Rallycross 1985 Lydden Hill Div 2 A final Martin Schanche Matti Alamaki

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  • @stefanpersson6475
    @stefanpersson6475 4 роки тому +272

    Jesus.. was there ever an motor sport event that Murray didn't commentate? What a legend.

    • @phoenixmotorsport647
      @phoenixmotorsport647 Рік тому +26

      he never commentated on lawn mower racing as far as I know!!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +4

      🤔

    • @azynkron
      @azynkron Рік тому +11

      @@phoenixmotorsport647 That's where you are wrong, Sir. I have footage.

    • @phoenixmotorsport647
      @phoenixmotorsport647 Рік тому +4

      @@azynkron Seriously? I would love to see that

    • @adam.s007
      @adam.s007 Рік тому +12

      How many motor sports event would you like to comment on?
      Murray: Yes

  • @robddickinson4217
    @robddickinson4217 4 роки тому +426

    Am I getting old or was life just a little bit more fun 30 years ago... great vid , thnks for posting.

    • @frazerguest2864
      @frazerguest2864 4 роки тому +50

      RobD Dickinson : From one old fart to another, yes it was.

    • @rideyourbikent
      @rideyourbikent 4 роки тому +18

      Murry Walker best of all commentary

    • @skogpekka
      @skogpekka 4 роки тому +30

      Yeah, especially car racing... Everything is just too sterile and 'disconnected' (funnily enough) today.

    • @helenadams8215
      @helenadams8215 4 роки тому +10

      you are and it was.

    • @rauschi3863
      @rauschi3863 4 роки тому +1

      They never show this series in german TV. Never seen this before

  • @BjornW_777
    @BjornW_777 Рік тому +64

    God bless you for posting the oldies up on UA-cam. Love the 80s and 90s era racing

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +4

      More to come!

    • @MarinTESSIER
      @MarinTESSIER Рік тому +2

      @@rallycrossvhsdvd bless you !

    • @r.blacky341
      @r.blacky341 Рік тому

      I love not only the race in the 80th i love everyting in the best time ever!!!

  • @RalphEllis
    @RalphEllis Рік тому +3

    Ten times better than F1.
    R

  • @haraldpettersen3649
    @haraldpettersen3649 3 роки тому +144

    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.

    • @evilelf5967
      @evilelf5967 Рік тому +14

      One of my favorite drivers,he could definately get the best out of a chassis and himself.very rare.

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +28

      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😉

    • @imortaliz
      @imortaliz Рік тому +21

      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

    • @haraldpettersen3649
      @haraldpettersen3649 Рік тому +6

      @@imortaliz - You are absolutely right my friend, much of the work he did in his garage workshop

    • @daddy5225
      @daddy5225 Рік тому +11

      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.

  • @peterdrake8392
    @peterdrake8392 4 роки тому +12

    Everything 80s was more fun than now, music, sport everything.....great upload

  • @RallyPino
    @RallyPino 3 роки тому +62

    RIP murray walker Ur a commentating legend

  • @soffosbackan
    @soffosbackan 4 роки тому +72

    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! 🏁🇫🇮

    • @freddieparrydrums
      @freddieparrydrums 3 роки тому +2

      Agree! Shame I wasn’t around to see it :(

    • @soffosbackan
      @soffosbackan Рік тому

      Prodid…. Factory Rally Cars!!! You must be stupid!

    • @CatTerrist
      @CatTerrist Рік тому +2

      Every one of those cars is EFI - what the FUCK do you think the E in EFI stands for?

    • @vladimirzimonja8103
      @vladimirzimonja8103 Рік тому +3

      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.

    • @stephenschenider4007
      @stephenschenider4007 Рік тому

      @prodidzsáj These cars are technically faster. 750+hp some of these.

  • @paddypoolfc3579
    @paddypoolfc3579 6 років тому +157

    When motorsport was brilliant.

  • @stumpusMaximus
    @stumpusMaximus Рік тому +15

    Martin Schanche, what an absolute legend of Rallycross. I honestly loved watching him and Granstand and World of Sport on a Saturday.

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +2

      😉BBC Grandstand Saturday lunchtime December 1984 They were the day’s, Introduction smooth Des Lynam.
      ua-cam.com/video/Dief2zelsrw/v-deo.html

    • @PrototypePatrik
      @PrototypePatrik Рік тому

      Alamäki is real Legend

    • @64fairlane305
      @64fairlane305 12 днів тому +1

      @@PrototypePatrik 2nd to Martin

  • @GinoG63
    @GinoG63 Рік тому +44

    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 :)

  • @r.blacky341
    @r.blacky341 Рік тому +3

    How think bevor that a Ford winn!? than a quattro and a Porsche 911?? Unbelivebel fast Ford!! Respect!

  • @areyouundoingthatorwhat9181
    @areyouundoingthatorwhat9181 4 роки тому +95

    80's and 90's rally cross was the best era.

    • @1MrErling
      @1MrErling 3 роки тому +3

      I saw Martin in 1976 and every year to 1980 in Drammen, Norway (Lyngaas )

  • @frisoschlottau1998
    @frisoschlottau1998 7 років тому +52

    Thanks for digitizing this (to whomever too the time/effort)

  • @RandomYTshortvids
    @RandomYTshortvids Рік тому +4

    Thanks very much for sharing this. Brings back Saturday afternoon memories. Great to hear Murray again. He is peerless.

  • @frazerguest2864
    @frazerguest2864 4 роки тому +62

    Schance, Legend. Always highly entertaining to watch.

  • @squidface7952
    @squidface7952 6 років тому +157

    That yellow Porsche 930 though.. 700 bhp all wheel drive, give me a hoon in that beast over any modern supercar anyday.

    • @justins21482
      @justins21482 4 роки тому +6

      AAhh that explains alot! it launched like it was all wheel drive but I assumed it was RWD and sat there boggled and impressed!!

    • @gOtze1337
      @gOtze1337 4 роки тому +23

      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...

    • @ToastbrotRaver
      @ToastbrotRaver 4 роки тому +15

      @@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
      @jaysee1982 3 роки тому +4

      Still lost to an Escort. :D What amazing cars...

    • @ZtriDer
      @ZtriDer 3 роки тому +8

      @@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.

  • @DOBERSTAFFIE
    @DOBERSTAFFIE Рік тому +2

    Murray Walker and Rally Cross. Great days. Thanks for posting these. Superb.

  • @JohnRSrlie
    @JohnRSrlie 3 роки тому +28

    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.

    • @1MrErling
      @1MrErling Рік тому

      Vet du hvorfor Lyngåsbanen er borte?
      Ja er ikke hele sirkuset Rally Cross borte?

    • @knallpistolen
      @knallpistolen Рік тому +2

      @@1MrErling nybygging kom for nær banen og de fikk ikke forlenget leieavtale av bane området

    • @nyhusdieter4086
      @nyhusdieter4086 Рік тому +1

      Heia Norge , dette var også min tid

  • @realMaverickBuckley
    @realMaverickBuckley 4 роки тому +88

    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.

    • @edyoud3690
      @edyoud3690 4 роки тому +12

      maverick buckley I would say it’s a 308 judging by the Louvres on the top of the front wings 🤓

    • @zepter00
      @zepter00 4 роки тому +4

      It is nor a stuning car at all

    • @gerekappo
      @gerekappo 4 роки тому +6

      Being a 288 or 308... that's the proper way to use a car!

    • @robweber6652
      @robweber6652 4 роки тому

      308 gets

    • @robweber6652
      @robweber6652 4 роки тому

      GTS

  • @pasgas12safe58
    @pasgas12safe58 Рік тому +4

    Schanche....Ford Escort Turbo...560bhp!!
    WOW, The stats on the Escorts power, acceleration, adjustable power to the wheels etc, 1980s!!
    💪😏💪
    Just love this stuff💯🔥

  • @inquisitor229
    @inquisitor229 7 років тому +69

    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.....

  • @RETROCAM73
    @RETROCAM73 6 років тому +14

    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 😊❤️👍🏻

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  4 роки тому

      Thanks
      Plz share this channel on social platforms with your best video you have seen so far
      Thanks

  • @perpettersen2565
    @perpettersen2565 Рік тому +8

    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 ;())

  • @briansnail7362
    @briansnail7362 Рік тому +15

    I am 59 years old and loved these big hp races , they may return ,used to draw big crowds and so much fun.

    • @vk7073
      @vk7073 Рік тому

      World rallycross is nowadays electric cars so in this level, we wont but there is still euro-rx

  • @FORDboy357
    @FORDboy357 Рік тому +17

    560hp, RWD, and on 13in wheels. That escort is insane

    • @EleanorPeterson
      @EleanorPeterson Рік тому +4

      1:35 and 11:35 - It's definitely 4-wheel drive.😁

    • @Ruudiii
      @Ruudiii Рік тому +3

      Its 4wd wtf... he made the 4x4 system himself in his workshope by himself.

    • @DYERIAIN
      @DYERIAIN 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@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.

    • @whocares264
      @whocares264 6 днів тому

      four wheel drive

  • @HeathenRides
    @HeathenRides 3 роки тому +66

    Nice memories of the world before it went totally insane

    • @80Loke
      @80Loke Рік тому +2

      Could not agree more m8

  • @Scott555ish
    @Scott555ish 6 років тому +24

    Manchester Units 5 : West Bromwich Albion 1.......that made me laugh. Those good old days of watching Rallycross on a Saturday afternoon.

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 6 років тому +83

    Happy birthday Murray Walker, 95 last week !

    • @vuelvoel2011
      @vuelvoel2011 4 роки тому +1

      hes dead

    • @byronmills5952
      @byronmills5952 3 роки тому

      @@vuelvoel2011 No he aint.

    • @telephonebear21
      @telephonebear21 3 роки тому +2

      @@byronmills5952 what did you dooooooo????!!

    • @troo_story
      @troo_story 3 роки тому +1

      @@byronmills5952 he is, unless he's risen again.

  • @superchickenlips1
    @superchickenlips1 6 років тому +29

    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.

  • @mikemitch1041
    @mikemitch1041 6 років тому +43

    Good old lydden rallycoss days , and no bloody mobile phones

  • @sydsnott5042
    @sydsnott5042 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @be2Gee
    @be2Gee 6 років тому +45

    Schanche, the legend of Rallycross.

  • @detroitcustom
    @detroitcustom 4 роки тому +48

    James Bond smokescreen ACTIVATE

  • @jussijokinen-armasproducti3039

    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!

  • @grahamschofield4555
    @grahamschofield4555 3 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @minimr2
    @minimr2 7 років тому +58

    Murray walker. So great at commentating

    • @chuckyboy6977
      @chuckyboy6977 6 років тому +1

      minimr2 and the originator of the commentators curse.

    • @SuperOMARKO
      @SuperOMARKO 6 років тому +1

      @@chuckyboy6977 95 yrs old last week! Legend.

    • @chuckyboy6977
      @chuckyboy6977 6 років тому

      The definition of the commentators curse
      ua-cam.com/video/WIq4Z34U0KA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/iMAmHYe0UHc/v-deo.html

    • @KingKuuppa
      @KingKuuppa 4 роки тому

      @@AndrewEdwardBailey
      Surprisingly in this case he seemed to be much more aware of what's happening than he ever was when commentating F1.

  • @VideoDotGoogleDotCom
    @VideoDotGoogleDotCom Рік тому +8

    Alamäki's monster of Porsche... How can any human being keep that widowmaker on the track?

    • @masturdate
      @masturdate Рік тому +1

      It was on sale in Finland last year, not even expensive!

  • @magnificenteris4828
    @magnificenteris4828 Рік тому +6

    So fantastic to hear Murray's voice.

  • @mariobotti1952
    @mariobotti1952 3 роки тому +8

    That Escort is absolutely fast on straight

  • @richie6921
    @richie6921 3 роки тому +4

    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

  • @alexandervanwyk7669
    @alexandervanwyk7669 4 роки тому +4

    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

  • @clarke89
    @clarke89 Рік тому +17

    The sound of the engines is absolutely awesome 👌

  • @ivorgotten2368
    @ivorgotten2368 Рік тому +1

    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
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому

      Agreed 👍🏻you remember the days when there was an old log cabin hut with a tramp living at the circuit great days

    • @ivorgotten2368
      @ivorgotten2368 Рік тому +1

      @@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.

  • @ginge625
    @ginge625 7 років тому +15

    Loved Lydden hill in the day.. Legendary!!

  • @volt8684
    @volt8684 4 роки тому +6

    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😂

  • @asleandere8852
    @asleandere8852 Рік тому +4

    I remember this race..... Schanche's car - insane. I N S A N E. (i even remember the Newcastle - Oxford game, that's embarrassing ... 🥵)

  • @ayteecee518
    @ayteecee518 Рік тому +1

    My grandad was the spanner man for Kevin Richard’s at Lydenn on the bikes. Brings back memories watching this footage.

  • @krisjones74
    @krisjones74 6 років тому +19

    That Escort was thrillng to watch.

  • @awdobsession717
    @awdobsession717 Рік тому +3

    Fantastic race 👏🏻 and even more interesting times for motorsports back then.

  • @hshonda2368
    @hshonda2368 Рік тому +1

    Before my timesi i thank u so much for sharing these amazing videos

  • @mvt1313
    @mvt1313 6 років тому +9

    It's a pity Murray Walker doesn't do the F1 commenting anymore. Was so good hearing him commentating again.

    • @michaelhoward7652
      @michaelhoward7652 4 роки тому +2

      He's ,95 that may be the reason he doesn't do commentary anymore lol

    • @markholroyde9412
      @markholroyde9412 3 роки тому

      @@michaelhoward7652 He will still be yakking shit even today..............maybe LOL

  • @wilseph1
    @wilseph1 4 роки тому +16

    Murray Walker on the mic. What a legend.

  • @arsiize
    @arsiize 4 роки тому +11

    From when rallycross was rallycross....

  • @patrickwickham6587
    @patrickwickham6587 Рік тому +2

    I watched this live on Saturday afternoon TV!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому

      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

    • @patrickwickham6587
      @patrickwickham6587 Рік тому +1

      @@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!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому

      That would of been the black Quattro of Dimi Mavropoulos😁 seen elsewhere on this channel 👍🏻

    • @patrickwickham6587
      @patrickwickham6587 Рік тому +1

      @@rallycrossvhsdvd Yes that's the man.

  • @Psyrax64
    @Psyrax64 4 роки тому +6

    0-100 in 5 seconds out of a 1.8 escort?? incredible..and what skillful drivers. brilliant video.

    • @handymccoaster3759
      @handymccoaster3759 4 роки тому +2

      @Johan Sahlin He meant 100mph as Murray Walker said. So 0-160

    • @mcplutt
      @mcplutt 3 роки тому

      100 mph?

    • @mcplutt
      @mcplutt 3 роки тому

      @Johan Sahlin Actually 2 seconds 0-100 km/t

    • @64fairlane305
      @64fairlane305 Рік тому

      Acually it was clocked at 0-200kmh in four seconds on dry tarmac

    • @autarko
      @autarko Рік тому +1

      @@64fairlane305 That's a 7 second 1/4.

  • @micke2943
    @micke2943 6 років тому +21

    That Escort must had like 3bar boost to put out those figures! With Carburators!!?? Everything was better back in the days!

    • @ThePentosin
      @ThePentosin 6 років тому +8

      No. Fuel injection.

    • @micke2943
      @micke2943 6 років тому +1

      Ah, Thanks! Was uncertain if they had started with EFI because this was about the time EFI breaked through!

    • @ThePentosin
      @ThePentosin 6 років тому +3

      They startet with fuel injection mid to late 70s

    • @micke2943
      @micke2943 6 років тому +1

      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.

    • @TakeItToCurve
      @TakeItToCurve 6 років тому +1

      Carburators,?? In1985 to 1990..yes, Saab, Honda,Toyota..etc.of course they all got fuel injection too...

  • @ImDavidJames
    @ImDavidJames Рік тому +9

    Thank you so much for uploading these. Just found you and subbed immediately
    What a great race!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for subbing and enjoy the channel plz share 😉

  • @Charger425
    @Charger425 4 роки тому +2

    These are worth watching for Murry Walker's commentary alone.

  • @miniman7361
    @miniman7361 3 роки тому +4

    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 🤣

  • @lefroy1
    @lefroy1 Рік тому +2

    Crazy fast these 80s rally-cross. Not many Mini-Metros could do 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.

  • @64fairlane305
    @64fairlane305 Рік тому +3

    Martin`s 4WD Escort was clocked doing 0-200kmh in four seconds flat on clean tarmac

  • @Latsaaben
    @Latsaaben 3 роки тому +12

    Martin is a LEGEND!

  • @michaellavery4899
    @michaellavery4899 4 роки тому +3

    Dick Dastardly was the master of this tactic in Wacky Races.
    I remember one year at the old Hockenheim, Michael Schumacher put out a short cut sign pointing towards a wall that his mechanics had painted to look like a tunnel. Mike Hakkinen duly obliged and suffered terminal damage causing him to retire.
    Penelope Pitstop eventually took the chequered flag.

  • @tsopuaifa
    @tsopuaifa Рік тому +2

    Back in the days when cars were cars and security an option. °_°

  • @Dean0017
    @Dean0017 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome. I know that voice. Hey Murray!!!

  • @alexandervanwyk7669
    @alexandervanwyk7669 6 років тому +4

    Bliksim insane driving. Thanks guys.

  • @stevenpereira6475
    @stevenpereira6475 6 років тому +22

    The old smoke trick...

  • @nmo888
    @nmo888 4 роки тому +8

    Martin firecracker Schanche, entertainer 👍

  • @raimondtutu3248
    @raimondtutu3248 4 роки тому +15

    Anyone knows the technical specs for the Schanche's Escort?? What a beast accelerating!! Incredible

    • @Dieselsaabvolvo
      @Dieselsaabvolvo 4 роки тому +2

      It weighs the least

    • @TheBlaert
      @TheBlaert 4 роки тому +8

      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)

    • @chadbauer8990
      @chadbauer8990 4 роки тому +3

      @@TheBlaert 560Hp

    • @raimondtutu3248
      @raimondtutu3248 4 роки тому +3

      @@TheBlaert Thanx for the info!

    • @TheBlaert
      @TheBlaert 4 роки тому +5

      @@raimondtutu3248 no problem. Rallycross in the 80s and 90s was among the best motorsports in history.

  • @Lebberg
    @Lebberg 3 роки тому +1

    Now this is entertainment .... thx for posting this

  • @jonjones1553
    @jonjones1553 4 роки тому +2

    Bonkers! Thanks for uploading.

  • @StudentDriverBR
    @StudentDriverBR Рік тому +2

    One Escort is fast like a rocket and the other smokes like one lol

  • @vibingwithvinyl
    @vibingwithvinyl 3 роки тому +1

    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.

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  3 роки тому

      👍🏻 have you any information on Matti wrecking the 205 in Pori rally

    • @suomenpresidentti
      @suomenpresidentti 3 роки тому +1

      I almost had a fistfight with matti several years later, when he tried to seduce my gf...

  • @dieselpower5303
    @dieselpower5303 4 роки тому +6

    Now that's a impressive Mk3 escort!

  • @richl1194
    @richl1194 6 років тому +7

    Those were the days, brain out Norwegians and Swedes,not to mention Welch. Saturday afternoon compulsive watching when I was a teen and my Dad smoked and drank beer in front of the TV

    • @toko4578
      @toko4578 4 роки тому +4

      Your dad is a bad ass. I don't know how to smoke beer :)

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 4 роки тому

      A hookah?

    • @noobfighter18
      @noobfighter18 2 роки тому

      Only Swedes and Norwegians? There were 2 Finns in this final too. But i get what you're saying, Finns were too busy winning in the WRC and the Finnish rallycross championship.

  • @henriks5008
    @henriks5008 7 років тому +15

    Good old Martin. What a character.

  • @appymarley
    @appymarley Рік тому +2

    Just stumbled across this ...I forgot how mental rally cross was!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому +1

      Certainly was and we have lots of footage in the future to come 😉 Enjoy and share 👍🏻

  • @joelstapleton4033
    @joelstapleton4033 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @MiticoRaimond
    @MiticoRaimond 6 років тому +2

    Habemus Papa? Great race anyway, love that rallycross era along with the Kadett 4S and all the Group B recicled. Good times at motorsport...

  • @Zubatec
    @Zubatec 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for uploading of all you videos !!! Greetings from Czech Republic !

  • @steviedee8921
    @steviedee8921 4 роки тому +5

    that was one hell of a dagenham dustbin

  • @DarkoP9.13
    @DarkoP9.13 Рік тому +2

    He was escorting them

  • @OldCarsAreFun
    @OldCarsAreFun 3 роки тому +2

    Clicked for that yellow porsche, stayed for the madness

  • @neiltitmus9744
    @neiltitmus9744 Рік тому +2

    I remember seeing this race live after reading about martins escort in a magazine a few months before

  • @andylewis7360
    @andylewis7360 3 роки тому +11

    Ahh! Back when drivers were REAL personalities who knew what the fans wanted to see!

  • @drivewaystar6485
    @drivewaystar6485 Рік тому +1

    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!

    • @rallycrossvhsdvd
      @rallycrossvhsdvd  Рік тому

      If not plenty on this channel and more to follow although harder to find

  • @Aeroswine1776
    @Aeroswine1776 3 роки тому +2

    This was peak testosterone mixed with minimal eco-concern and maximum power in the hands and feet of the driver. Now adays we see computers with wheels taking folks for a ride... Give me the 80s any day.

  • @noaht5191
    @noaht5191 Рік тому +1

    These were mad scientists driving their insane creations. Hard to believe this was 1 year before I was even born. Reminds me of my dad and his old pals building pull trucks. Hell even when I raced karts in the late 90's it was still more of a "backyard scientist" run what you brung, but that's when the regulations and Karting association really started coming in with the rules. The old days were the best days is what I'm saying.

  • @vladimirzimonja8103
    @vladimirzimonja8103 Рік тому +1

    Youre not getting old. Motorsporst HAVE BEEN more fun 30 years ago. I remember watching this UK Rally Cross on Screensport TV That channel was awesome. Not everybody in ex yu had satellite TV but a member of my family did and i enjoyed screensport because it was all awesome racing. A lot of rallyx with mega awesome cars. I was a kid. So i thought it seemes to me that everything is getting less good to use those words,but it didn't seem to me. EVERYTHING,not only motorsports,is getting laimer and laimer to the point where even MotoGP is in same trouble. No,it's not you. It is still going down.

  • @SJSpode114
    @SJSpode114 4 роки тому +2

    Love the current WRX but this was proper Rallycross on a proper track...😎

  • @CALVO36
    @CALVO36 4 роки тому +2

    Great memories use to watch them on grandstand world of sport great days folks! Great drive from Martin there took some beating didn't he ! Like the way Murray nearly ran out of steam when Martin on top of the car lol!., 😮😮😂😂🙏🏻🙏🏻😉😊😊

  • @theant9821
    @theant9821 7 років тому +6

    bring rallycross back to brands hatch and cadwell park. they were the best places for it.

    • @theant9821
      @theant9821 7 років тому +1

      minimr2 they could easily be rebuilt.

    • @marchelkindangen5906
      @marchelkindangen5906 7 років тому

      The ANT Rebuild It's NOT easy than you think, silly!

    • @theant9821
      @theant9821 7 років тому +3

      Marchel Kindangen laying a couple of gravel roads, most of the brands hatch rallycross track is there still anyway, and its not like cadwell park and brands hatch circuits nolonger exist it wouldn't be too difficult. the difficult bits to rebuild are still in use (the racing circuits) so don't need rebuilding.

  • @LewisVinyl
    @LewisVinyl Рік тому +1

    Beautiful sounds mechanically and verbally here

  • @AVONIDOL
    @AVONIDOL 4 роки тому +1

    Glad I managed to be a small part of this era of Motorsport.

  • @youtubefreespeech
    @youtubefreespeech Рік тому +2

    Imagine doing that today

  • @gbraadnl
    @gbraadnl Рік тому +1

    Man... that Porsche 930 spurted off quickly at the start! That they allow(ed) the Escort to continue ... what a smokescreen!

  • @erdinc_toivonen
    @erdinc_toivonen 4 роки тому +4

    13:39 I understood eventually. This is why Peter Solberg wanted to travel on the top of the car and as you know he just ruined it. Hilarous moment it was

  • @Senna-xi1gr
    @Senna-xi1gr 6 років тому +5

    Loved watching this on sat wi dickie Davis on world of sport

  • @mwoodall13
    @mwoodall13 Рік тому +2

    My man’s did that smoke screen on purpose 🤣