1980 welsh rally driver

Nov 14, 2012 as well as recording the first safari win for a fourwheeldrive car, this film lets us enjoy some of the greatest names of rallying in the 1980s in action, including vatanen, mikkola, walter. The series currently consists of threeday events driven on surfaces that range from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. All books conceived, written, edited and published by. The journeys only just begun, and im really excited about the adventures we have ahead. Wales rally gb history of the rally of great britain. Page 2 of 3 international welsh rally photographs posted in the nostalgia forum. Gwynedd driver elfyn evans makes history as he wins wales.

Mar 22, 2007 this is the car that won the british rally championship in 1980 and the german championship in 1983 and is the most successful rothmans car ever with 2 wins and 6 seconds with vatanen and also is the car featured in the best selling rally video in the world the vatanen touch this really is a one off opportunity to buy a piece of escort. But the worst years of rallying is coming its way, 1980s, rallying was more popular than f1, audi, lancia, ford, metro, toyota, pugoet and nissan join the wrc but driverse that died or got injured in the 1980s caused the group b cars to be banned after the drivers wanted more power and the organizers forgot about peoples safety. Stage rallies are the professional form of the sport. Msa has opted not to run the series in 2015, instead giving its promotion to its own subsidiary ims for 2016. Whether formula one or nascar, fans of racing hotly debate the merits of various driverstheir championships, rivalries and the trophies that got away. Alen was in second place for a while, but in the second half roger clark and jim porter got their escort ahead of him and pushed the fiat driver down to third place. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock. Now armed with a dmack tyred msport fiesta, elfyn evans dominated to become the first welsh driver ever to win a round of the world rally championship. The driver s world championship and manufacturers world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system.

A reg number believed used on 3 new carsshells with the rothmans wrc team in 81 and the car which became a special saloon circuit racerbefore miraculously appearing at goodwood. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. In what was akin to acropolis weather conditiorts, ari vatancn and codriver dave richards took their immaculate rothmans escort to its first victory in this years sedan open rally championship on the atcost 80 international rally, better known as the welsh. International welsh rally photographs the nostalgia forum. Tynemouth computer services rally results from 1980. The welsh international rally motor sport magazine. Here is as complete a list of henris rally results as i can put together. In addition, the welsh rally is the first leg of the three nations award. Tynemouth computer services rally results from 1980 1981 please help us to improve this site.

Final results atcost west park international welsh rally 1980. The 10 greatest race car drivers of all time goliath. List of world rally championship drivers wikipedia. Jayne audenrow is a regular on the uk club rallying scene and britains only hearingimpaired rally driver. This is a tree very nicely indeed, so terry kb, 30, four year old and lives down in north hampton, a professional rally driver fourth on the way back in 1980, one.

But the worst years of rallying is coming its way, 1980 s, rallying was more popular than f1, audi, lancia, ford, metro, toyota, pugoet and nissan join the wrc but driverse that died or got injured in the 1980 s caused the group b cars to be banned after the drivers wanted more power and the organizers forgot about peoples safety. Pirelli motorsport uk welsh rally championship previous winners. Brp 223x now has an engine built by the recognised audi specialist dialynx of swindon. World rally championship codriver codriver profile. The welsh rally book is a wonderful history of the arguably the best event in the british rally championship. International welsh rally photographs the nostalgia. The character of the 70s was the age of the escort which was in its prime. Local heroes celebrated at dayinsure wales rally gb evans, grist, llewellin, mills and richards among those being hailed meet the legends in chester and at cholmondeley castle tickets on sale with significant savings for those booking now top welsh rally legends will be honoured during next months dayinsure wales rally gb. Vhs rallies 1985 fram filters welsh rally live stage. Russell brookes, twotime british rally champion who became. R ussell brookes, who has died following a bicycle accident aged 74, was a tough, squat, hugely popular rally driver who twice won the british championship.

Rally has always been the bad boy of the racing world. Its no wonder, then, that most racing fans consider rally racers to be the best drivers behind the wheel. List of famous rally drivers biographies, timelines, trivia. To achieve this, you have to enter and complete at any level each of the welsh, national and scottish rallies. Entry list atcost west park international welsh rally 1980. Covering events from yesteryear to the last ever running of the original format, it brought me so much pleasure in reading and thinking back to the days when rallying really was rallyi. As usual, my route down to the start point would take in some other locations.

These pages provide an archive of results for recent events and older events. List of european rally championship drivers wikipedia. The first championship was run in 1958 and it has been licensed by the motor sports association msa since 1999. The 70s saw a continued development of the national rallying scene. List of famous rally drivers biographies, timelines. This is an incomplete list of drivers who have entered a world rally championship event.

And, as with any sport, fans of race cars love to discuss who is the greatest driver of all time. Halfway the 70s, colin wilson of cars and car conversions went to visit colin malkin, driver of the chrysler dealer team and looked at the latest from britains fastest developing works rally team. Look how tight this corner is this that should come around with a little bit of hand break comes this is the tree. His career took off when he won the scca pro rally title in the united states with david higgins in 2002 and 2003 and was one of three codrivers who helped the manxman to the british title in 2004. Tynemouth computer services were one of the pioneers of live update of results to the internet as a rally took place.

History of the rally of great britain wales rally gb. She was the leading female driver in monaco in 1982, 1985 and 1986, driving a vw golf, the autobianchi and an opel corsa respectively. The tr7s competitiveness was greatly enhanced by the adoption of the 3. Paddy naismith pushing her car to to the track for a race at brooklands june the 5th 1933. Active drivers listed in bold in the tables are those who have entered a wrc event within the past twelve months. Huge thanks for ari, hannu and others for the fantastic night in brecon at the book launch about the welsh rally the drivers had time for everyone to chat and sign books, photos and artwork which ari and hannu kindly did for me a great night had by all its all weve been talking about today.

With around 300bhp available more with the 1980 versions quartet of webers the tr7 v8 was arguably the fastest rally car of its era in a straight line. The most recent drivers to make their formula one debut are alexander albon, lando norris and george russell, who debuted at the 2019 australian grand prix. As well as recording the first safari win for a fourwheeldrive car, this film lets us enjoy some of the greatest names of rallying in the 1980s in action, including vatanen, mikkola, walter. The greatest rally drivers and their cars gear patrol. An indepth look at the iconic history of the rally of great britain including present years and history dating back to 1932. Nov 15, 2019 r ussell brookes, who has died following a bicycle accident aged 74, was a tough, squat, hugely popular rally driver who twice won the british championship. Unforgiving stages characterize the sport, and it requires patience, skill, and balls so big they could be ballasts. Featuring all of the top drivers and cars at the time. This is a list of drivers to have competed in the fia european rally championship since 1953 and between 20072011, the period when drivers had to register for the championship until it merged with the intercontinental rally challenge. Of the five rounds in the 1980 british series, only two the mintex in yorkshire and the welsh rally did not count for the european rally championship and the welsh had only dropped out of the erc that year.

Elfyn evans british rally championship wikia fandom. Online archive of fia world rally championship from 1973 to present day. Of the five rounds in the 1980 british series, only two the mintex in yorkshire and the welsh rally. The international interest in the british rally championship at this time was evidenced by the first three seasons of the decade seeing finnish drivers as champion, hannu mikkola, pentti airikkala and ari vatanen in succession. Elfyn rhys evans is a welsh rally driver and son of the 1996 british rally champion gwyndaf evans. Kitty brunell, a renowned driver and mechanic working on her ac ace sports engine. She used it for the monte in 1979 and 1980 and failed to finish either time. Triple motoring news, btrda and welsh championship winning driver, mick briant and dave kirkham. Winners of the 1963 motoring news championship 3 wins 3 seconds 4 thirds winners of the 1963 btrda silver star championship 1963 motoring news rally championship results mouseover view button above for scores. In 1980, 1983 and 1984 she won the promotion class coupe des dames, for french championship drivers. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements. Find out more about famous british rally drivers, including jenson button, colin mcrae, nigel mansell, mark thatcher and damon hill.

Gwyndaf evans british rally championship wikia fandom. Pirelli motorsport uk welsh rally championship previous. Welsh rally in what was akin to acropolis weather conditiorts, ari vatancn and codriver dave richards took their immaculate rothmans escort to its first victory. After a night stop at chester, the second leg will consist of a loop through the forests of the north of england and southern scotland, returning to chester on the tuesday evening. See also edit list of female world rally championship drivers. Using this car he was a regular top ten finisher in the british rally championship, competing against and beating the likes of jimmy mcrae colins father and russell brookes, culminating in a third place on the welsh international rally in 1973, beating tony fall into fourth place. Ironically 1988 was to be the only time the scottish driver jimmy mcrae won the. This years lombard rac rally will be based at chester and its first day, sunday, november 25th, will be a tour of parks and estates in the midlands and northwest. The accuracy of the earlier events is a little dubious especially with respect to codriver identity, as the greater portion of my material comes from 1980 onwards.

Featuring all of the top drivers and cars of the time. Welsh rally legends honoured at world championship event. Pages in category welsh rally drivers the following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This is the original gartrac shellcar from when the car was built and has never been re shelled, while at suttons or at ford auto industries germany and had very little use. It was the year with the irish driver billy coleman seriously challenging the brc, finishing every event and scoring points on all nine. Its been quite a journey since i made my rally debut on the rally kalnamuiza in latvia 2009, and we have some big rallying plans for the future. Formed in 1955 the north wales car club was born out of the llandudno aero. Motoring news road rally championship home facebook. The wales rally gb is the largest and most highprofile motor rally in the united kingdom. In order to participate in rally car racing, one needs to hold a valid drivers license and have lots of practice driving on gravel roads and difficult terrains. Russell brookes, twotime british rally champion who.

Moutons british campaign was plagued by reliability problems and she recorded only one finish in the whole year when she finished second at the welsh rally behind malcolm wilson in another long wheelbase quattro a2. Read on know about various famous rally drivers from all over the world. The british rally championship is a rallying series based in the united kingdom. Since then the car has competed in the 2009 trackrod rally and two welsh rallies in 2010, and was used for demonstrations at the british rally shows at chatsworth in 2010 and cornbury park in 2011. Rally championship in 1978 and went on to be a factory driver for talbot. Subaru impreza wrc with a polish driver got crazy 7. Re your request for action shots taken on the welsh international rally, i have some super action shots of my austin 1800 on the 7778, turbocharged land rover 79, and my land rover in 1980, these are all taken from the book that i have just written called fly army which will hopefully be out soon. Manfred stohl driving a citroen xsara wrc at the 2007 rally gb. Apr 10, 2020 she took part in sixteen world championship rallies. Already in 1978 the title of the series had been changed from british rally championship to british open rally. Elfyn evans is a welsh rally driver who competes in the fia world rally championship.

Indonesia became the latest country to be represented by a driver when rio haryanto made his formula one debut at the 2016 australian grand prix driving for manor racing. A video of the 1981 welsh rally featuring all of the top cars and drivers at the time. But no great driver sets landmark times without a great car. While this number was the same as the previous year, one change was made to the schedule, replacing quebec with the rally codasur, marking the first wrc event to be held in south america while simultaneously. He won the british rally championship in 1996, and was also the runnerup in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2010.

Welsh driver elfyn evans from dolgellau with codriver daniel barritt celebrates winning the wales rally gb at llandudno on sunday image. Forest stage rally championship ran from 1975 to 1989 when it was split into national and clubmans championships. The world rally championship wrc is a rallying series organised by the fia, culminating with a champion driver, co driver and manufacturer. Kitty was the only woman to ever win the british rac rally, she used brooklands to tune her cars engine and suspension for the demanding rally stages. Drivers codrivers teams cars categories provided by. An exciting new breed of more powerful wrc cars attracted a record crowd and they were rewarded with the first home win since richard burns final success in 2000. Cars ltd for ford works driver ari vatanens rothmans programme.

Barritt has been a wrc regular since 2006 when he began a threeyear partnership with japanese pwrc driver fumio nutahara. The mick briant trilogy, unquestionably the finest set of books ever written about british national rallying 2,700 photographs, halfamillion words. The brc in 1970 saw the end of the old age when will sparrow won three of the nine qualifying events, with victory on the road event rally of the vales before wins on both the welsh and the hackle special stage events. The car run by red for ari vatanen in the 82 british open rally championship. At this time fall was competitions manager for the dealer. Rallying results winners motoring news rally championships. Just three weeks later in wales, mikkola set the balance level again by comfortably winning the international welsh rally with his regular partner arne hertz. List of world rally championship drivers champions wikipedia. Fram filters international welsh rally great britain. Born 28 december 1988 in dolgellau, evanss best year was in 2011, driving a subaru impreza, winning two rallies and becoming the vicechampion of the 2011 brc season.