My manifesto

[stockhatcher]

So here we are, fellow PH'ers on the eve of the Lombard RAC rally, oops Wales rally GB

I've read my autosport preview, watched eurosport all season and have come to the conclusion that it simply won't do.So here is my manifesto (limited by what i think is possible in the real world), for the RAC and the new world rally championship.
I'd have eight events, they all run to 1980's regs, 5 days, 600 stage miles etc.

round 1
the Monte carlo rally, because its the biggest name in the sport, i reckon they could be £induced£ to join my rebel series, and coz i'd let them have the 'concentration' run.

round 2

rally canada - a proper snow rally

round three

rally america - a whole championship in one rally, twinned with canada to ease freight costs

round four - safari - well it'd be easter by now

round 5 - san remo - its looking for a new home

round 6 - portugal - a return to the sintra stages

round 7 - australia - in perth

round 8 - lombard rac rally, a blind rally following the route of the 1983 event.
i'd also run at the head of the field a 20 car rally master event - think gp masters, but with mikkola, blomqvist, alen, waldegaard and rohrl against, biasion, kankkunen, sainz mcrae , auriol and makkinen, sundry other stars such as ragnotti, mouton, ericsson, etc. in fact anyone who was an a seed during the 80's. They 'd all be driving macraes self built special, to equal it all out.

then i'd have the main event, with todays stars, driving todays cars, but nearer in spec to their rallycross cousins, no restrictors, just 550 bhp, and plenty of wastegte chatter. - at this point your thinking about group b, well i loved group b, but this manifesto's got to be realistic, and the safety fascists won't let me have it...
so there we are, who's in?

Edited by stockhatcher on Thursday 30th November 20:31

[spectatorsam]

could
didier Auriel race
and bonk ver bonkereson of Iceland?????


It does seem to have taken a downturn in recent years ( Dave Richards ????)

I would have an uphill stage in Pamplona!!!!!!!!
plus one in that village where they roll cheesfor a sport
FFS

[anonymous-user]

i'm in!.

you need to include special stages like the Stelvio pass and the klausenrennen for the sheer hilarity of it.

i think you need to include the 1000 lakes rally as well, purely for the massive jumps.

[Batterd Fiesta]

spectatorsam said:

and bonk ver bonkereson of Iceland?????


FFS

Im sure He`s too busy in the worlds strongest man competitions!

ps how do you post the smiles on here

Edited by Batterd Fiesta on Saturday 2nd December 22:39

Edited by Batterd Fiesta on Saturday 2nd December 22:40

Edited by Batterd Fiesta on Saturday 2nd December 22:41

[Kiltie]

Batterd Fiesta said:

ps how do you post the smiles on here

click

[soxboy]

How about adding a bit of spice by banning 4wd? Back to all that tail out fun.

Going back to original Lombard RAC format is good idea, (nearly nodded off watching Rally 'GB' this afternoon), bring back those memories of staying up to watch William Woollard and his BBC Rally Report.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGt_1AFsjU

Edited by soxboy on Sunday 3rd December 21:35