Holy Beejeebers.. 0-100km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road..not pavement.
12-07-2001, 03:11 PM
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Holy Beejeebers.. 0-100km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road..not pavement.
The Audi content- is a picture of an Audi doing a nice wheelie. Yeah Baby!
This opening paragraph is just worded beautifully. Then the last sentence makes me immediately think of Law and Order on NBC. Dun Dun. hahaha
They then talk about Audi kicking butt with the first Quattro. With Michèle Mouton at the wheel.
<a href="http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/">Go here.</a>
<a href="http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/history.html">Then go here</a>
This opening paragraph is just worded beautifully. Then the last sentence makes me immediately think of Law and Order on NBC. Dun Dun. hahaha
They then talk about Audi kicking butt with the first Quattro. With Michèle Mouton at the wheel.
<a href="http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/">Go here.</a>
<a href="http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/history.html">Then go here</a>
12-07-2001, 03:19 PM
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Bingo- here is why Audi left Rallying..
The end of Group B
The pace of technology in Group B was astounding, but FISA was planning Group S. Group S was to be a class which would allow manufacturers to produce highly futuristic cars, and only ten copies would be required for homologation. However, the inevitable finally happened: during the 1986 Port Wine rally in Portugal, a Ford RS200 left the road on a spectator stage, killing three and injuring dozens; after the crash, all the works teams withdrew from the rally. But the final blow for Group B came on May 4, 1986.
Lancia's lead driver, Henri Toivonen, was dominating the 1986 championship and the Tour de Corse rally when his S4 left the road during a twisty tarmac stage. The car went off the edge of the road, hitting trees and rocks while sliding down a hillside. Toivonen and his navigator, Sergio Cresto, were killed. There were no witnesses to the crash, and the subsequent fire completely destroyed the car, leaving the remains unrecognizable as a vehicle. The heat from the fire was so intense that all that remained of the car was a blackened space frame. Group B and Group S were instantly cancelled for the 1987 season; Ford and Audi withdrew from Group B immediately. The other works teams decided to see the season out.
The pace of technology in Group B was astounding, but FISA was planning Group S. Group S was to be a class which would allow manufacturers to produce highly futuristic cars, and only ten copies would be required for homologation. However, the inevitable finally happened: during the 1986 Port Wine rally in Portugal, a Ford RS200 left the road on a spectator stage, killing three and injuring dozens; after the crash, all the works teams withdrew from the rally. But the final blow for Group B came on May 4, 1986.
Lancia's lead driver, Henri Toivonen, was dominating the 1986 championship and the Tour de Corse rally when his S4 left the road during a twisty tarmac stage. The car went off the edge of the road, hitting trees and rocks while sliding down a hillside. Toivonen and his navigator, Sergio Cresto, were killed. There were no witnesses to the crash, and the subsequent fire completely destroyed the car, leaving the remains unrecognizable as a vehicle. The heat from the fire was so intense that all that remained of the car was a blackened space frame. Group B and Group S were instantly cancelled for the 1987 season; Ford and Audi withdrew from Group B immediately. The other works teams decided to see the season out.
12-07-2001, 03:43 PM
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there was more to that story...
I watched SOMETHING about Toivonen's widow trying to get some sort of financial help from Lancia and his life insurance policy and she got totally F**KED and Lancia not only wouldn't help her but threatened to sue her. It was naaaasty.
12-07-2001, 04:04 PM
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I saw one of the last ralleys in the US with Group B cars.
It was in Washington State with most of the stages on the Olympic Pennisula, but some stages in Olympia and Seattle. They had to travel on I-5 and other hiways between stages. Spectators could watch from any place they could. No stinking fences or grandstands. VERY VERY fast cars.
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12-07-2001, 06:35 PM
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Even faster....
<img src="http://www.sanddragway.com/album1/image1.jpg">
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Keith Longerot
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.468 RT
<a href="http://www.sanddrags.com/results.html">Race results</a>
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Keith Longerot
Fullerton, CA
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140 MPH
.468 RT
<a href="http://www.sanddrags.com/results.html">Race results</a>
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