1985 Sphere Drake European Rallycross, Lydden Hill

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Action from the seventh round of the 1985 European Rallycross Championship, held at Lydden Hill in Kent, UK. Originally broadcast live on 21 September 1985 by BBC Grandstand, with commentary by Murray Walker.
Converted from VHS TV recording. Minor edits were required in a few places due to tape degradation.
Some handy race shortcuts below:
Race one - Monten, Schanche, Nordstrom, Arnesson: 00:00
Race two - Proctor, Gibson, Nilsson, Niittymaki: 03:42
Race three - Alamaki, Bolneset, Welch, Pelttari: 08:02
Race four - Welch, Nilsson, Hathaway, Alamaki: 12:07
Race five - Niittymaki, Asbjornsen, Schanche, Monten: 15:26
Race six - Proctor, Atkinson, Monten, Hathaway: 18:25
Race seven - Nordstrom, Niittymaki, Martinsen, Dam: 21:53
Race eight - Schanche, Welch, Alamaki, Arnesson: 25:43
C Final: 30:41
B Final: 37:33
A Final: 43:44 For VHS Rallies' exclusive range of classic rallying t-shirts, hoodies and mugs, visit vhsrallies.teemill.com

Пікірлер: 73

@grabacoffee1204 3 жыл бұрын

10x better than current world rallycross

@guidorollard2944 Жыл бұрын

i agree. much better

@andyfisher6025 Жыл бұрын

Soooo much better nothing comes close to old skool rallycross I’m glad they still do the Retro Rallycross tho

@stephenoliver958 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏totally agree, was on the edge of my seat every race and Murray commentating and the characters driving was superb.

@SteveM-ly7oy 3 жыл бұрын

Murray Walker, Rallycross, doesn't get much better than that.

@R36vw Жыл бұрын

I can remember watching this on grandstand like it was last week. Schanke was always my idol. The Sachs escort was notorious for kicking ass. 560hp in the 80’s. 😮😮😎

@andrewmcneil2110 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this as a youth on Saturday afternoons.

@alansmith3959 11 ай бұрын

Racing at it's best. Drivers that actually drove the cars to the limit.

@HeavyMetalGamer45 3 жыл бұрын

Those Xtrac Mk3 Escort's were beasts.

@anderseliassen2470 3 жыл бұрын

Mr rallycross Martin schanke's idea. He draw and engineered the x-track system

@divljacina1 2 жыл бұрын

had me thinking.....is rs200 a total mistake!!!??

@georgejacob3162 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely marvelous stuff! Murray Walker commenting is the icing on the cake!

@paulhicks4307 3 жыл бұрын

Best years of Rllycross i was fortunate enough to be at this meeting awesome racing!

@d-d-i 3 жыл бұрын

Schanche used to run after Alamäki in pits with spanner in his hands in some occations, what a character, and what a racer.

@t16205 3 жыл бұрын

What a legend! He also buildt the xtrac system. A mechanical genius

@bjornar9026 3 жыл бұрын

He’s the king!

@ChrisFEJackson Жыл бұрын

These old rallycross take me back to my youth, so great to hear Murray commentating, just his voice on the mic makes me really happy as it brings back many happy memories.

@mortenfrosthansen84 3 жыл бұрын

Used to watch swedish rallycross in late 80's and 90's.. they had them all. Group b, pikes peak, insane homebuild Frankenstein projects and of course Saab of all kinds.. plus there was some real prominent names competing. Remember one rather large course in a rock quarry. Really cool track, fast and unforgiving. Rock face on the left and a plunge on the right into the water pit... Danish rally in the 90's also saw a peak of popularity, with many drivers in international championships. Ohh the smell of rubber, oil and hot Corolla clutches

@robertrishel3685 3 жыл бұрын

Just nuts! This is the most insane racing on the planet🤯. Huge horsepower numbers and just a complete commitment by the drivers. It’s mad. I will never understand why this type of racing didn’t take off in America....I cannot imagine anyone not enjoying it: great racing, lots of contact, huge horsepower and cool cars; what’s not to like?

@anderseliassen2470 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@azynkron Жыл бұрын

Murray.. He gave 100% regardless if it was F1, Rally cross or GoCart. What a legend.

@ewanstewart8011 Жыл бұрын

The turbo lag on Schache Escort was unreal 😂👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Microdose_RC 3 жыл бұрын

This was the best Rallycross event I've seen to date. Ty

@nitrorory 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant , loved 80s rally cross!

@barriemorris2829 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky enough to have been at Lydden Hill for this.

@braindrain8922 3 жыл бұрын

Same here Barry 👍

@tonnynijholt7090 7 ай бұрын

Wauw we need this back!!! Absurd horsepower, different classes in one race… ❤

@Connect201 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Murray Walker #Legend

@mortenfrosthansen84 3 жыл бұрын

That Niitymaki Porsche is madness

@64fairlane305 3 жыл бұрын

Schanche helped Welsh build his car, the sacs-gearbox was Schanches own "invention"

@chiefrocka8604 2 жыл бұрын

Infact why would Mr Rallycross call it Mike Endeans company name ?? Come on stop chatting shit 🤣

@charltt 3 жыл бұрын

More quality content. Thanks again.

@goddersgti 3 жыл бұрын

So good, thanks again 👍👏

@stevemaynards.g.t 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant 😎👍

@ZKozak-hp5vb 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely love this

@miroslavnovak6567 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great, thank you!

@lalogal Жыл бұрын

Schanche legend.

@vapewavesandsubarus 3 жыл бұрын

Exciting stuff, love it

@plantfeeder6677 Жыл бұрын

I'm willing to bet there were a great many Mark Rennison fans back in the day.

@MeeN905 Жыл бұрын

I really wonder what happened to all the cars. Where are they today? I guess some sold to collectors, some crashed and some are maybe still operational?

@VHSRallies Жыл бұрын

The original Schanche Escort Xtrac is back in the hands of Mike Endean, who created its transmission. Alamaki's Porsche turned up in vaguely restored form not that long ago, I think. No idea about the likes of Arnesson's LWB Quattro.

@offworldatom8850 Жыл бұрын

New subscriber and long old fan man

@VHSRallies Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

@rshegg7605 Жыл бұрын

BEST CHANNEL EVER ❤, 🍺 cheers big ears.

@TheMaurob1979 3 жыл бұрын

0-160 kmh in 5 seconds..insane damn

@BlitzMekanika 3 жыл бұрын

And that’s on dirt.

@TheMaurob1979 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlitzMekanika yes.. I can imagine the weight was so low.. Maybe below 950 kg..

@2175Wook 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what they do 0-100 kmh and 0-200kmh and 1/4 Mile time and speed also ? They said 16 minutes that a car the same as Shenker could get up to 160 mph in 1/2 mile. Where do these cars get their extra power from ? I wonder what the fuel economy is like ? I also wonder what size the engines are ?

@2175Wook 3 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean 26 minutes in John Welch Ford Escort XR3 Turbo does 0-100mph (0-161 kph) in 5 seconds. For some reason he got a bad start in that race though.

@anderseliassen2470 3 жыл бұрын

@@2175Wook at this time Mr Schanke's xtrac esort was faster then an F1 from 0-100-0 mph

@gixxerthouk4 3 жыл бұрын

bunter6 i agree totaly m8

@Pursuit918 Жыл бұрын

It literally looks like welch is letting off 😂 that porche is crazy 15:15

@Dany45UR Жыл бұрын

Petter Solberg adoptó la manera de festejar de Martin Schanche 🙂

@martinjones7631 3 жыл бұрын

Great old classic but the best one to find and watch is John welch racing a rs20o at I think Croft and they both cannot stop at the Finnish line they both spin out of control god it was a one of dog fight to the end if you can find it you will like it the Astra takes on a rs200 but what a good race

@bunter6 3 жыл бұрын

Back when rallycross was proper independents doing ingenious things, now like everything else it's all corporate boring rubbish more about selling cars for global manufacturers than grassroots sport..

@offworldatom8850 Жыл бұрын

XR3 is Uber amazing

@wedepeixmen 2 жыл бұрын

crazy

@braindrain8922 3 жыл бұрын

What was Schanche's lap times in this event compared to todays quickest times ?

@anderseliassen2470 3 жыл бұрын

Still verry fast 😂

@tylergacek4935 3 жыл бұрын

51:08 I am drooling

@gothicpagan.666 3 жыл бұрын

The ultimate form of motor sport?

@gtisid 6 ай бұрын

i wonder if there has ever been a better handling escort than that scanke car in its pomp

@BlitzMekanika 3 жыл бұрын

What’s a good lap around this track with modern cars?

@barriemorris2829 3 жыл бұрын

The tracks slightly different now.

@johncummings2386 21 күн бұрын

Real rally cross not the rubbish they feed you today!

@timboharty7325 Жыл бұрын

I can still smell the oil 😳

@VHSRallies Жыл бұрын

I'm not surprised. You'd have been breathing it for weeks afterwards!

@markholroyde9412 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine todays snowflake drivers out of the car stood up, ...far too dangerous, sue somebody LOL. Real motorsport, not a paddle shifter in sight, wonderful.

@lettuce984 3 жыл бұрын

Back when racing and rallying required actual talent and strength not a single paddle shifter in sight and no power steering its was just a better time for British motorsport

@64fairlane305 2 жыл бұрын

Nittimäki`s Porsche was no "630hp" but way moore. Just look how it outruns Allamäki`s 760hp Porsche kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rM54lrimrse4YJs.html

@jankarlsson5358 3 жыл бұрын

Martin Schanche is probably the only driver who deservedly got a laugh from the audience if he drove off and was seriously injured. A more unsympathetic person on a race track must have been hard to find.

@paulblatchford4234 2 жыл бұрын

Hi have a look at rallycorss kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f96piL2I3JPchJ8.html Fish about a bit and you will find some fantastic coverage here metro 6r4 is a really cool car cheers