Tony Pond gets 5 top stage times in the rover vittesse , (10 yards long 5 yards wide, 15 tons of british pride.) Thats an awesome drive in that car, respect to the late great Tony Pond.
I did it in 82 in a factory spec TR7 V8 & we were pulling 138mph on a couple of the stages on the final day. That figure was calculated from the rev counter (had a max rpm telltale) & the gear & final drive ratio not the speedo! Good old days - no bales &artificail chicanes to slow the cars.
Thanks for sharing comments!.. I just love rallying from the 70-80's real drivers, real cars!. Natural aspired engines! Rear wheel drive!. What's not to like!?
We were there that year, the weather was truly awful, but the competition was fantastic - probably one of the best tarmac rallies ever seen with predominately 2wd cars
Hachiroku and 930 in the same race? those are my all time favorites ! Tony Pond is amazing cause that Rover seems like a very difficult car since its huge and has a V8, then again all ive driven at the limit is lightweight 4 cyl cars (240SX and AWD Civic)
I can answer that as I did some prep work on that car, welding mainly, at Cowley. The reversing lights activated due to this, the rear axle an diff would overheat due to the massive torque loads. The only way to cool it sufficiently was to use coolant injectors, the power for this was taken from wiring loom to rear lights, so under heavy loads as you can see the lights came on as circuit was being used. Hope this clears up that little mystery, as you can see the lights only come under higher loads, tight corners, wheels spinning, etc.
Regulations. When you retire all race numbers must be removed. It was illegal at the time to display racing numbers on a motor vehicle on the public highway unless competing and often on the way to and from an event a strip of black electrical tape was placed over the number to nullify it.Hope this helps.
im telling you Brooks has bad luck.... his true talent was never really unleashed... his cars allways break, more broke cars than finished rallys...Brooks in an S1 Quatro or Lancia would have been amazing..lol
Tony Pond gets 5 top stage times in the rover vittesse , (10 yards long 5 yards wide, 15 tons of british pride.) Thats an awesome drive in that car, respect to the late great Tony Pond.
That bloke could drive and get the best out of anything, he really was one of the driving god's.
my wife and myself were running the hope stage that year. the weather was bad. very exciteing rally
Some super cool retro cars on this. Good post!
Love the 80's manx rallies. Serious quality driving there.
I did it in 82 in a factory spec TR7 V8 & we were pulling 138mph on a couple of the stages on the final day.
That figure was calculated from the rev counter (had a max rpm telltale) & the gear & final drive ratio not the speedo!
Good old days - no bales &artificail chicanes to slow the cars.
Thanks for sharing comments!.. I just love rallying from the 70-80's real drivers, real cars!. Natural aspired engines! Rear wheel drive!. What's not to like!?
That Rover is a beast!
Tony Pond in that big Rover Vitesse is mighty. He really was the Manx master
Fantastic footage.
Outstanding video - thanks for the upload.
We were there that year, the weather was truly awful, but the competition was fantastic - probably one of the best tarmac rallies ever seen with predominately 2wd cars
Thank you very much!
No fancy electronic gizmo,s there!! BRING BACK 1984!!!
Makes me want go racing watching this lol
Great the fog...... what a heroes
The guy at about 4:09 must have had a brown trouser moment- awesome car control.
Great video and 'dickie davies' commentating.
Well done!!
Juha Kankkunen "Young Finn" God that shows how long ago that really was.
Juha was 25 years old at the time...
Those were brake lights. He was doing a little rolling-burnout for the crowd.
Hachiroku and 930 in the same race? those are my all time favorites ! Tony Pond is amazing cause that Rover seems like a very difficult car since its huge and has a V8, then again all ive driven at the limit is lightweight 4 cyl cars (240SX and AWD Civic)
@SPYDOC1 I think it was a bit heavier than that lol
@buckyohare420 lol your right, it was the weight of a modern cruise liner, I'll bet it was good fun to throw around.
Tony Pond gave me anxiety. I was so tense.
That Rover is bad-ASS.
How can you drive that fast in the fog? HOW? co-pilot or not
Skills of drivers far higher than the rest of us, also balls of steel !
Practice, practice, practice
Any one know why the reverse lights on Pond's Rover come on at around 8:40?
I can answer that as I did some prep work on that car, welding mainly, at Cowley. The reversing lights activated due to this, the rear axle an diff would overheat due to the massive torque loads. The only way to cool it sufficiently was to use coolant injectors, the power for this was taken from wiring loom to rear lights, so under heavy loads as you can see the lights came on as circuit was being used. Hope this clears up that little mystery, as you can see the lights only come under higher loads, tight corners, wheels spinning, etc.
Why were the Audi drivers removing the stickers?
Regulations. When you retire all race numbers must be removed. It was illegal at the time to display racing numbers on a motor vehicle on the public highway unless competing and often on the way to and from an event a strip of black electrical tape was placed over the number to nullify it.Hope this helps.
what kind of car is pond driving ?
Rover Vitesse V8
maximum attack !!
1 drive a lada niva!!
car control
im telling you Brooks has bad luck.... his true talent was never really unleashed... his cars allways break, more broke cars than finished rallys...Brooks in an S1 Quatro or Lancia would have been amazing..lol