RAC Rally - mid 80s?

[simon_j]

Last night I found some old slides of the RAC rally. Can someone point me at a website where I can find out what year it was and maybe who the drivers were? I think I took them in the mid 80s.

[cptsideways]

Oooooh GroupB monsters

[monkeyhanger]

I reckon it's 1986.

Mickael Ericsson in the Lancia..

www.rallygallery.com/guest/dad/rac1986_mikael_ericsson.jpg

Stig Blomqvist in the #2 RS200 (His own car according to an RS200 site)

www.rallygallery.com/guest/dad/rac1986_stig_blomqvist.jpg

And i'll take a wild stab at Per Eklund in the 6R4

www.rallygallery.com/guest/dad/rac1986_per_eklund.jpg

Edited by monkeyhanger on Saturday 26th August 20:21

[LongQ]

1986 seems to fit ....

www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=226

[stockhatcher]

looks like the sunday of the 1986 RAC.

in order

Per Eklund, Dave Wittock, back in co driver duties after being COC for the 1985 event, finished 7th in 86
Stig Blomquist, Benny Melander, retired on day 2
Mark Lovell, Roger Freeman car caught fire day 2
Mikeal Ericsson, Claes Billstam - who was also a nightclub bouncer, i think retired on day 4.
Mikeal Sunsdstrom, Voitto Silaner, who I think had to drop a place to Juha Kankkunen on team orders, finished 4th.

today, Per Eklund does rallycross, with a monster Saab, Blomquist still does the odd rally in a grp n subaru he must be 60 odd now, Mark Lovell died in a rally 2 years ago, don't know what happed to Mikeal Ericsson, and Sundstrom died of a heart attack about 5 years ago.

hth

Edited by stockhatcher on Saturday 26th August 21:16

[simon_j]

Cheers, thanks for all of the information.

[paulmjg66]

brings back good memories,fantastic rally cars.

[rallycross]

those Gp B cars were incredible;
I remember watching them on the 85 RAC, Pond in the 6R4, Toivenen on his S4 plus the 205 T16's, Quatro's, RS200's.

Todays WRC rally cars look tame in comparison...

[deevlash]

I assume theres some kind of filter on those pictures, they look very cool and kind of reminiscent of top gears shots these days, you only beat them by 15ish years!

[V8 Archie]

I can see where the driver's names are written on two of those pictures - just enlarge them.