thinking of doing a history of rallying's pre-Group B days

"Raphael Orlove" (orlove)
02/23/2014 at 13:11 • Filed to: Rally, Car History

You could make a case for the Group 4 era, the era just before Group B, as being the greatest in rallying's history. Well, you could make a case for a lot of different eras being the best, but I'm thinking of writing up a history of Group 4.

It's probably easiest to just do retrospectives on individual events, but I can't seem to find any good overarching histories of the period. Might be fun to try and put one together.

If anybody's got any good links to share, or videos they adore, hit me up.

DISCUSSION (8)

Lets Just Drive > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 13:18

10/10 would read.

Dusty Ventures > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 13:23

RWD craziness? Duck-tail Porsches? Strati? Screaming Escorts? Hell yes!

Tom McParland > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 13:26

Do it, do it, dooooo it!

Unrelated, but do you think you or one of the other guys can do a comparison between driving a bobsled and driving a racecar. I think it would be cool

Raphael Orlove > Dusty Ventures
02/23/2014 at 13:35

reading through this now.

http://membres.lycos.fr/herisson26/

Was surprised to find out that the even after Fiat group decided to give up on the Stratos for the more populist 131 Abarth, a private Stratos still beat the works Fiats on the '79 Monte.

SnowBallin > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 13:39

If you wrote this story, I would give you a *

Raphael Orlove > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 14:08

something I never even thought of, but surely one of the biggest technical innovations in rallying: the CB radio http://membres.lycos.fr/herisson26/cb/…

feather-throttle-not-hair > Raphael Orlove
02/23/2014 at 14:11

Probably my favorite era in rallying. I wish there was more opportunity for RWD in modern rallying. I know it's slow, but it sure makes for a good show.

Raphael Orlove > feather-throttle-not-hair
02/23/2014 at 14:14

well, the GT86 is coming into lower level rallying, if that's anythin