I think he won for the best sounding car, bonus prize for best looking by splitting up all those Escorts.
Great effort none the less.
Don't suppose anybody took any pictures we could have for the Calendar? Please.
Sach.
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I think he won for the best sounding car, bonus prize for best looking by splitting up all those Escorts.
Great effort none the less.
Don't suppose anybody took any pictures we could have for the Calendar? Please.
Sach.
What cruel cruel luck to have to retire 8 miles from the end of a grueling 4 day event. The Perez family and whole team must be gutted to have come so close to a record 2nd place after the full rebuild in 2018. Our hearts go out to them.
Bloody good effort! I am guessing robust transmission parts are not quite as easy to obtain/use as ford bits...
Cannot be easy choosing to run a Stratos so that morally makes it a win in my mind :)
I think the Escorts are 'newer' and had so much development on them over their life.
Should we do some sponsorship for the car next time?
It might only be small but it might be meaningful
A nice thought however I suspect Mr Perez isn't short of a Bob or two given he was the main sponsor of the whole event. When you look at the plethora of Escort race and rally parts companies I think your comment about their development is much nearer the mark.
Hopefully this event's profile will have been raised significantly enough on the "Continent" to encourage a few more EU competitors to consider an entry for the next event? It would be nice to see a little more variety in the entry next time. Whilst I appreciate an Escort Mk1 or Mk2 the overload on this rally was almost too much. It would be nice to see a few Fiat 131's, Fiat 124 Abarth, Opel Asconas, Mantas, Minis etc etc. Maybe even a couple of more Stratos could be scared out of the woodwork?
Variety is the spice of life they say. After this years event I'm probably going to revisit Rally Legend in San Marino, Italy later next year. The attraction of that event is the variety of machinery for me!
Guy
Is Seb Steve's twin brother??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeG8gvwQvY
His son Leigh. 'Probably more a racing driver than a rally driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by LPH_UK
One HT lead wasn't working in that video.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Guy Mayers
You right Guy! Only one french driver this year with my friend Maxime Vilmot on Ford Escort retired early with a engine issue!
Hopefully there will be a few more EU drivers with differents cars than the Escort armada in 2025!;)
The last (day 5) RAC rally report here. 'Terrible Alfa Romeo sound faux pas, ouch!
It isn't all Escorts. That Porsche on the opening credits won the last Roger Albert Clark rally.
Ah! That explains it. I don't really follow this so didn't know his son was involved too.
That made me laugh too Chris, I had to rewind it & check my ears, De Virgilio, Busso, Jano, I am sure they may appreciate the blurred lines!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
I can't fault the media team on that Rally. It's been very good. There have been people watching that live stage filming worldwide.Quote:
Originally Posted by westonTB
I know it's a professional thing, but it must be hard work?
Oliver Solberg's mother's dad...
(photo - Dave Wakeley Massers Camera Shop, Malton Nth. Yorks.)
This is a good view as well (1) STRATOS - YouTube
and this one (2) Lancia Stratos Screams at the Roger Albert Clark Rally - Pure Sound [HD] - YouTube
So his maternal grandad had no influence of what Oli drove.. Get him in a Stratos next time!Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
Just for the record The engine in the Stratos is as follows Steve's statement Attachment 22221
To put the record straight British Rally Media were incorrect stating it was an Alfa v6 .
Its a Lancia /24v engine based on the Ferrari Dino The photo on the right is a 12v both are homoligated.
Replicas generally use a V6 Alfa great engine and about ?100k cheaper!
We have to use the big silencers in UK to get the noise down, in rest of the world they go in the bin!
Is that the spark plug for the flamer kit ;)
Attachment 22225
And for the person about to type - Its probably in there to blank the boss for a lambda for tuning........... don't
I did think, that's a strange place to keep a spare spark plug.
Very good co-driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff
Thanks Griff.
I have just found this article on the development of the engine for the Perez stratos. After numerous nights of digging, due to having so much time on my hands now, what
with not doing the Calendar.:D
https://porschecarshistory.com/wp-co...ter%202021.pdf
If there is any issue with posting this, let me know and I'll take it down.
sach.
Thanks Sach - fascinating issue! I'm hope that the limited circulation within the club won't be an issue, if copyright is a problem it should be taken down but I'd hope that the publishers would see the reproduction of one copy might generate additional subscriptions for them. That issue contained fascinating articles on "continuation" Blower Bentleys and AC Cobras too. I've highlighted it to Gerry for that and the Dino motor article although I suspect that a 24v version will be beyond his pockets for his tin cars!
Guy
Great article, I read before that Lancia race dept in development of the Stratos the original Ferrari 166 Dino F2 24V heads could not be used do to the carburetors packaging, Lancia re cast them with different Inlet Tracts, interesting to read Swindon Racing Engines still had a compromise in that area.
Didn't Vittorio Brambilla drive an F2 car with the Lancia version of the 24v engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by sean999r
Eddie Cheever too.