Group B....

[Blitzen]

Just found this video of my favorite Group B rally monsters....

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=FumHF_mG2Cw&feature=related

[mk3pete]

cool vid thats insane how the croud just stands on the track until the last second wen the car comes round the corner people are so stupid somtimes

[polo_spec_d]

Long live the great kings of motorsport. There will be not better then this!!!

[geoff_gti]

Long live the great kings of motorsport. There will be not better then this!!!

If I didn't know better, anyone could be mistaken for thinking you were in your forties & the 80s had been your hey days lol

[gareth_oau]

Brilliant footage.

The spectator safety is non-existent and they are quite stupid because of it.

I used to love watching Rally Australia around WA,. getting up at 4am and driving 200kms to watch the group A gods like like Colin MaCrae etc.

Unfortunately, the organisers got worse and worse when it came to safety to the point where it was no longer worth watching, we were so remote from the action, so I'd just stay at home and be closer to the action on the TV

[geoff_gti]

Agreed, there was some great footage in there!! Hard to believe anyone in their right mind would even consider standing that close to any track really but now it seems OH&S has gone to extremes across the board...

I made it out to Mundaring a couple of times before Rally Oz wound up. It was also a great view from the Telstra Corp Box above the start/finish line at Gloucester Park hehe.

I'd still like to make the trip down south for one of the Bannister events etc for WA Rally, but we digress.

[gareth_oau]

Agreed, there was some great footage in there!! Hard to believe anyone in their right mind would even consider standing that close to any track really but now it seems OH&S has gone to extremes across the board...

I made it out to Mundaring a couple of times before Rally Oz wound up. It was also a great view from the Telstra Corp Box above the start/finish line at Gloucester Park hehe.

I'd still like to make the trip down south for one of the Bannister events etc for WA Rally, but we digress.

i remember at north Bannister stage, watching Colin mcCrae getting his WRX incredibly airborne coming down the big dipper and hitting the water at the bottom. i used to sit next to the water and get hosed all the time. unfortunately the "safety nannies" in their cardigans decided that somebody might get a cold from getting wet and was therefore considered far too dangerous and we all got moved back in following years. I stopped goingh soon after that.

I've been looking for a clip of that particular ColinMcCrae moment on Youtube, but cant find it

[geoff_gti]

unfortunately the "safety nannies" in their cardigans decided that somebody might get a cold from getting wet and was therefore considered far too dangerous

HAHAH well put! sounds like something Clarkson would come out with

[Preen59]

Stirling Moss once made a VERY good comment about F1 past and present. Mainly to do with safety etc. I can't remember the exact wording, but basically he said:

Formula one of today compared to Formula one of the past is like the difference between paying for a prostitute and flirting with a girl. In the end you still hopefully get what you want, but the danger is what makes it exciting.

[gareth_oau]

LOL Preeny, was Stirling referring to the danger of catching something "undesirable"?

[gareth_oau]

LOL Geoff, didnt you know? I'm his ghost writer

[Preen59]

LOL Preeny, was Stirling referring to the danger of catching something "undesirable"?

Haha maybe.. He was talking about it in reference to the poor safety equipment and fire equipment they had back then...