"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
12/14/2016 at 14:34 • Filed to: WorldRX, Martin Schanche, Andreas Bakkerud
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"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
12/14/2016 at 14:34 • Filed to: WorldRX, Martin Schanche, Andreas Bakkerud | 6
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Top shows rallycross legend, 6 times European Champion and general badass Martin Schanche in his Ford RS200 in 1988. Bottom shows Andreas Bakkerud (3rd in WorldRX this year) and his Focus RS this year.
As wild as the Focus RS is to look at in Bakkerud’s hands, it isn’t very spectacular compared to what watching Schanche in his best years must have been..
AntiSpeed
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:37 |
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They had rallycross in the 80's? For some reason I thought it was a new thing.
Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:40 |
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Check out that big ol’ SACHS logo! :D
S65
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:41 |
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Why does the Focus RS look like a pregnant fish?, or is that just me...
Party-vi
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:41 |
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RS200 >>>>>>>> Focus
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> AntiSpeed
12/14/2016 at 14:41 |
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The Group B cars were actually pretty big in the 90's after they were banned from rally. The RS200 and the Metro 6r4 were actually rather successful in European Rallycross. The European Rallycross championship has been around since 1973 though rallycross wasn’t big until GRC and WorldRX started a few years back.
For Sweden
> Party-vi
12/14/2016 at 14:43 |
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Which is faster tho
kanadanmajava1
> AntiSpeed
12/14/2016 at 14:43 |
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Especially in Nordic countries and UK it was a very big thing in 80's. Retired group B rally cars were well available in those times.
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Hoccy
> AntiSpeed
12/14/2016 at 14:45 |
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It was quite big in the late 80's and 90's with the Group B cars. Rounds in Norway, Sweden, Germany and UK could gather 20 000 spectators just like today.
Takuro Spirit
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:48 |
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Torch and Pixar are wrong. Headlights should be boobs,
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Hoccy
> For Sweden
12/14/2016 at 14:48 |
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Schanche’s 1995 Escort
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Party-vi
> For Sweden
12/14/2016 at 14:52 |
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RS200 road car was faster than the current Focus RS road car. Also, one is a Focus.
Svend
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:53 |
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Svend
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 14:59 |
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I like when people complain about ‘the boxes’ that have been added to the Fiesta WRC and Focus RS rally cars.
Because it’s not like they didn’t have them before.
Echo51
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 15:02 |
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Holy fuck why have i never seen this before
duurtlang
> Takuro Spirit
12/14/2016 at 15:41 |
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We need to have more boobs in general.
Nauraushaun
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 16:08 |
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Bring back mid-engine rally cars
66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
> Hoccy
12/14/2016 at 16:22 |
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Ohhhh....
This is good.
Dusty Ventures
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
12/14/2016 at 16:25 |
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Wasn’t big in the States you mean, it’s been big in Europe for a long ass time. Pat Doran is a household name
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Dusty Ventures
12/14/2016 at 17:00 |
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While it has been popular for a long time in Europe you can’t deny that WorldRX has brought the sport to a much wider audience than European Rallycross has.
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Dusty Ventures
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
12/14/2016 at 18:37 |
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Wider outside Europe absolutely. Inside Europe though attendance and viewership numbers are pretty similar