Pat Doran May be selling his 840Bhp Ford Rs200!!!

[Pat Doran Racing]

MEANT 840Bhp!!!! (typing error in title)

What do you recogn??

Pat Doran is considering selling his Sensational Rallycross Ford RS200!!

This car is Still considered the Fastest car ever tested by performance ford magazine...doing 0=60 in 1.7 secs!!




I am Pats daughter and have been trying to convince him to keep the retired car for track days/Santa Pod or Car Shows. We have had the car since 1992....so we've been through alot with the old girl.

www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=129&i=9352

Problem is he doesnt think the car is of any interest to anyone anymore.

I was hoping that your reactions to the end of one of the last genuine Ford Rs200s could maybe convince him to keep the car.

If I cannot persuade him to keep it then it will either be used as a donor car or shipped abroad.

What would you guys recogn on keeping the car for events etc and using it for demonatrations in the lunch hours of the British Rallycross Championship Events??

Please let me know your thoughts on this.......

[kevin ritson]

I saw the car in action at the Brands Hatch Rallycross Superprix in 03 and it brought a tear to my eye. Never thought I'd see one in action and I'm extremely grateful to Pat for this - if there is any way he can keep it and bring it to these events then I reckon there's a whole crowd out there for it. It's a fantastic car.

[Pat Doran Racing]

thanks very much kevin......ive known the car car now 13 yrs and it still makes me tearful.....with happiness when it goes out anywhere and people swam all over it.........i need more comments like yours to put to my dad.......maybe i'll start a petition!! hehe

[stew-typeR]

that car is something else. if i had the money id happily buy it, but im poor, so cant.

if he does decide to sell im, im sure it will sell VERY quickly.

[racefan_uk]

Mmmmmm, RS200, one of the most sensational cars ever created. And with 840 horses....

Keep it and show it off at any given opportunity, show the yougsters what driving a REAL car was all about and how it should be today.

Awsome piece of kit.

[simonprelude]

One of the most exciting cars I have seen at Goodwood FOS was an RS200.
It would be a real shame to let such an important one go, especially if using as a donor car was one of the options.

Keep it, show it off, let people see how much better than the modern offerings it is, might even help to buck the car manufacturers

>> Edited by simonprelude on Monday 30th January 15:29

[monkeyhanger]

Darlington & District Motor Club are trying to get a GroupB sprint event going at Croft this year, that car would pull the crowds in on its own...i'd definitely pay good money to see it in action

Would be nice to see it doing demo runs at the RallyX events too...





www.darlington-motor-club.org.uk/forms/GPBProposal.pdf



How about giving Bernie Ecclestone a shout, it's about time F1 had a safety car that didn't slow the field down to a crawl

>> Edited by monkeyhanger on Monday 30th January 15:33

[Pat Doran Racing]

your right i might just give bernie ecclestone a call.........it would beat the F1 cars off the Line!!!

Croft this year........ummmm sounds interesting wil put it by him

[monkeyhanger]

Pat Doran Racing said:

Croft this year........ummmm sounds interesting wil put it by him

I'll be at Croft for most of the events this year, it would be a pleasure to see the RS 200...

I was there for the RallyX in October, i'm sure you recognise the car & Driver



>> Edited by monkeyhanger on Monday 30th January 16:28

[rubystone]

OK - Rallycross icons...

Mavropoulos' Quattro S1
Welch's XTRAC Escort & Group S Astra
Schanche's XTRAC Escort & RS200E
Gollop's Metro 6R4
Alamaki's Delta S4
Nittimaki's 205 T16

...and Pat Doran's RS200E

'nuff said

and the answer's no, don't sell it - notice I haven't mentioned Fiestas, 306s or Xsaras in the list above - they don't have the same presence as the old Group B warriors, no matter how many steriods they're fed

[nightdriver]

Nooooooooooooo

DO NOT SELL!!!!!!!!!

A car like that should never be sold, its a mental car and should be taken to shows and demonstrate its mentalism (thats not a word but hey)

But then that fiesta

>> Edited by nightdriver on Monday 30th January 16:50

[ahonen]

rubystone said:

OK - Rallycross icons... Mavropoulos' Quattro S1 Welch's XTRAC Escort & Group S Astra Schanche's XTRAC Escort & RS200E Gollop's Metro 6R4 Alamaki's Delta S4 Nittimaki's 205 T16 ...and Pat Doran's RS200E 'nuff said and the answer's no, don't sell it - notice I haven't mentioned Fiestas, 306s or Xsaras in the list above - they don't have the same presence as the old Group B warriors, no matter how many steriods they're fed

Add to that list the Arnesson S1, Breitenaider S1, Alrid Martinsen's 750bhp E30 M3... Oh sod it, all of them! What a fantastic era.

Oh and keep the RS200, definitely.

[Pat Doran Racing]

Corr Im going to show my dad all the responces......and hopefully he wont sell it....

we are taking the fiesta to xtreme wheels but i might see if we can take the RS200 Also!!

[Finchy172]

If he wants to part ex for a clio 172 then im here LOL

The car will be famous for years and If he thinks that the car is of no interest to anyone then he must be mad!
Get it to all the events he can and proove that old school is better!

[silver.bullet]

I can't believe Pat is thinking of seling the RS 200, he must have so many great memories of racing that car, especially the year it took him to 2nd in the European Championship.
Here are a couple of my pics,
The original colour scheme

The Q8 colour scheme,at Estering, Germany in 1992.

Later that night at the presentation, when Will and Pat were 1 & 2 in the ERC.


>> Edited by silver.bullet on Tuesday 31st January 12:07

[Ian_H]

Hi Amy
You have got to get your dad to keep the car, it is one of the all time great rallycross cars especially when Pat was driving it, the sight and sound of the car is fantastic and I for one would love to see it out again if only for demo runs, unfortunately the group B sprint at Croft has had to be postponed at present but hopefully it will run later in the year and it would be great to see the car there.

Here's a small tribute to Pat in some of the cars I've watched him in

[aeropilot]

silver.bullet said:

Later that night at the presentation, when Will and Pat were 1 & 2 in the ERC.

Cor.....who's that youthfull looking smart geezer on the left.......

He didn't look like that that Sunday morning at Valkenswaad in 199? after a few sherberts too many......

Not that any of us from the Rallycross Trust coach trip looked or felt that good either at 8.00am that morning.

Don't let yer Dad sell it.....

There's one event that he needs to try and get a go at winning, and that's the Goodwood FofS.

That car would be just right for having a genuine crack at the Goodwood FofS hillclimb record.......

[Pat Doran Racing]

What do you guys recogn on the RS200 going to Lydden Hill in April??

Its not driveable at the mo......but it could still be there on static display.

[slippydiff]

The bottom picture looks as if it may have been responsible for the phrase "Never give up, never say die" Total class.............and shedloads of respect due, methinks.
Don't sell it, nothing can replace a Group B car.

[dino ferrana]

That car is sure to be welcome at a very large number of events and for all kinds of sprints and drag races.

Brighton Speed Trials is a must for that car, I know your dad did it in the Fiesta but the RS200 would be immense there and would be a real crowd puller! I have seen that car run round Brands and it was ludicrously fast and far more charismatic than most of the modern machinery!

Has Pat ever thought of doing Pikes Peak or similar in it?