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  • #16
    Originally posted by racerrachy View Post
    You mean Evans & bates? Simon nd sue ar in a subaru i think bates nd taylor may be aswell..
    Not sure that it's actually rallying. I think it's more to do with some kind of production class (circuit racing). Simon has been doing some circuit racing for the team aswell (Lemans etc).

    You may want to take what i've said with a grain of salt, as it was a while ago i was talking to my mate about it. I should actually ask him next week..

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    • #17
      spectators are still getting killed in rallies, although it is alot safer now then it was in the 80s. They stopped Group B rallying after somethin like 5 years of it running. A driver & codriver were both killed in the same accident i guess it was the last straw for the FIA.
      ...i know evans does autocross but i didnt think he was doin circuit racing...

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      • #18
        Simon and Sue are currently competing in the ARC in an Evo 9 prepared by Simons dad they are in the same family team with his brother Eli.

        EDIT: Oh and regarding group B here is the complete story on why it was stopped courtesy of http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/history.html

        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.
        Cheers Al
        Last edited by quozl; 19-07-2009, 06:18 PM.
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        • #19
          they are too! duno wat the hell i was thinkin bout' , i think eli's in the subaru..white one? they prepare them in paky.

          Originally posted by quozl View Post
          Simon and Sue are currently competing in the ARC in an Evo 9 prepared by Simons dad they are in the same family team with his brother Eli.

          EDIT: Oh and regarding group B here is the complete story on why it was stopped courtesy of http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/history.html



          Cheers Al

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          • #20
            Originally posted by racerrachy View Post
            they are too! duno wat the hell i was thinkin bout' , i think eli's in the subaru..white one? they prepare them in paky.
            Yes Eli is in the white Subaru and Simon is in the Red Evo

            Cheers Al
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