FIA World Rally Championship Racing

TarJak · 05-12-14, 05:30 PM

It's even more fun to go to an event and see, feel, smell and hear the cars. And get covered in dust.

Red October1984 · 05-12-14, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

It's even more fun to go to an event and see, feel, smell and hear the cars. And get covered in dust.

Those little turbocharged 4-cylinder engines can really whine....heh.

Stealhead · 05-12-14, 11:12 PM

Finns are the masters of rally the majority of champs are Finns.Of course one the best drivers was from Scotland.Jeff Gordon has driven WRC more for exhibation.

WRC and rally in general is more of a niche sport.l kind of like it that once something goes mainstream it looses its appeal.Least common denominator and all that jazz.

Look up Group B if you want some real insane rally the class was too deadly and such cars where banned except in Finland where 10 olds drive them.

Red October1984 · 05-12-14, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

WRC and rally in general is more of a niche sport.l kind of like it that once something goes mainstream it looses its appeal.Least common denominator and all that jazz.

Fair enough. I just think it's a better alternative to NASCAR...which is boring to watch. People say there's crashes and that's why they watch...

Nah. MAYBE one crash in a 200 Lap race...

In 20 minutes of rally racing, I couldn't keep up a count of how many pieces broke, cars wrecked, tires blown....etc.

Plus it's a combination of going fast, dangerous track conditions (gravel roads of course), drifting, and TURBO

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Look up Group B if you want some real insane rally the class was too deadly and such cars where banned except in Finland where 10 olds drive them.

Might just do that.

Stealhead · 05-12-14, 11:35 PM

Group B was the glory days the cars pushed the limits of enginering and where insanly powerful they made a WRC car look like childs play to give some persective. Some had nearly 600hp in a compact body

really more than many drivers could handle the line between winning and death was very thin.

If memory serves a crash that killed several spectators was the final straw.

Lionclaw · 05-13-14, 02:50 AM

Some Group B stuff. There's lots of it on YT.

TarJak · 05-13-14, 03:02 AM

European crowd behaviour didn't help matters either. There's footage of them crowding cars at speed and jumping out of the way just in time.scary stuff.

Jimbuna · 05-13-14, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

It's even more fun to go to an event and see, feel, smell and hear the cars. And get covered in dust.

Sure is

TarJak · 05-13-14, 08:20 AM

Particularly when there;s a Group B Quatro in the mix:

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05-12-14, 05:30 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It's even more fun to go to an event and see, feel, smell and hear the cars. And get covered in dust.

05-12-14, 11:12 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Finns are the masters of rally the majority of champs are Finns.Of course one the best drivers was from Scotland.Jeff Gordon has driven WRC more for exhibation. WRC and rally in general is more of a niche sport.l kind of like it that once something goes mainstream it looses its appeal.Least common denominator and all that jazz. Look up Group B if you want some real insane rally the class was too deadly and such cars where banned except in Finland where 10 olds drive them.

05-12-14, 11:35 PM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Group B was the glory days the cars pushed the limits of enginering and where insanly powerful they made a WRC car look like childs play to give some persective. Some had nearly 600hp in a compact body really more than many drivers could handle the line between winning and death was very thin. If memory serves a crash that killed several spectators was the final straw.

05-13-14, 02:50 AM	#6
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Some Group B stuff. There's lots of it on YT.

05-13-14, 03:02 AM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	European crowd behaviour didn't help matters either. There's footage of them crowding cars at speed and jumping out of the way just in time.scary stuff.

05-13-14, 08:20 AM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Particularly when there;s a Group B Quatro in the mix: