Brilliant!! 70 cars much like the SCCA Group5 (high horsepower RWD) will drive in the WRC Finland. TONS of entertainment value for the spectators. So cool - now that's my idea of a good time. And they are very smart to include, rather than exclude, these "old" cars that might not fit in with a polished "image"
More information:
http://www.rallyforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88472
Videos... oh perkele!
http://www.ammattikatsojat.net/2003kooste.htm
Man, if we had those kind of fields and those kind of cars spectator numbers would shoot through the roof. IMO people would much rather see tail-out flat-out mayhem than a bunch of shiny new cars puttering around. Actually its not an opinion, just go spectate a rally and listen to people's reaction - nobody cars if its a 510 or a WRX, they just want to see it sideways and get showered with gravel. And more spectators = REAL sponsorship opportunities = growth and goodness for the whole sport.
Anyway, props to Finland rally organizers for having their heads on straight.
Skye
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Skye Poier
Seattle WA
Vive le Prole-le-Ralliat!
Grp5 Ford Sierra (XR4Ti) under construction
http://www.rallyrace.net/
Black Rocket Rally Tires
http://www.blackrockettires.com/
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More information:
http://www.rallyforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88472
Videos... oh perkele!
http://www.ammattikatsojat.net/2003kooste.htm
Man, if we had those kind of fields and those kind of cars spectator numbers would shoot through the roof. IMO people would much rather see tail-out flat-out mayhem than a bunch of shiny new cars puttering around. Actually its not an opinion, just go spectate a rally and listen to people's reaction - nobody cars if its a 510 or a WRX, they just want to see it sideways and get showered with gravel. And more spectators = REAL sponsorship opportunities = growth and goodness for the whole sport.
Anyway, props to Finland rally organizers for having their heads on straight.
Skye
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Skye Poier
Seattle WA
Vive le Prole-le-Ralliat!
Grp5 Ford Sierra (XR4Ti) under construction
http://www.rallyrace.net/
Black Rocket Rally Tires
http://www.blackrockettires.com/
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