Aaroncast

alex smith lives near me- hes on the bins at gedling b.council never drove a car in his life------lol wahoooooooooooo-he- he------------------------------things getting to serious

cozzfather

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proper video this time
its martin in the flying canary, you have kenneth hansen and
bjorn skogstad in this one, the car martin drove was officialy a rs2000
it had a yb dropped in though, take a look in pat dorans 07 fiesta
rallycrosser and its got a yb too, what a engine

won't say who wins,but he is a very happy bunny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISDg...elated&search=

mikee_rs

my best mate is goin out with his daughter

mikee_rs

correct

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Fantastic VID

As usual, Martin is allways the entertainer - especially as he crosses the finish line

cozzfather

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i knew you would like that one doug
did you see him at the end???
what a showman, he was patting the car, the previous year he got
stuffed by hansen, ah sod it ill find it and then you will see why he
was so happy

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Yes, saw it to the end, wondered why he was doing that..........OK lets see it

cozzfather

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and here it is, there is plenty of argy bargy, and i would bet Schance
would of won if this did not happen (puncture)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpVpPD2FqA

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Proper argy-bargy......

It was Squibby in second?

I see Barry Squibb once a month at Castle Combe, as he races an EVO (VI RS Sprint) in the Mobile w/screens Castle Combe race series.......does VERY well

He told me that he'd love to do rallycross at the top level again but that the Come Race series is less than 20th the cost ser season....so "cheap" motorsport.

See this clip at Combe (not Squibby involved in the incident as he won this race after the restart):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBOT5eajyZk

jonosi

Schanche for me. total nutcase of a driver
remember seeing him at Lydden Hill when he tested his RS2000 4x4. Was sideways halfway down hairy hill but didnt ease off.
been so many others ive seen over the years but i did like the days of the RS500 vs the BMW M3's and also when you had the RS200's and 6R4's everywhere.

they should bring back a GB round of the European championship or get the Grand Prix going again at Brands Hatch

smitsturbo

while most where at fordfair i was at knockhill watching the rally cross & fook do they go

dermot carneagie(sp) was pretty good like

never watched the full thing as i was there with freinds who where doing the rally thing

Ruudsengen

Schanche for me too. Remember being at Lyngĺs back in the 90s.
Awesome.. Love all the fights he had with Hansen.

Chip

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John Welsh for being one of so few people stupid enough to use a vauxhall, and yet doing well in it

Chip

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Was he in the 307?

fjk404

Didnt Mr Ripspeed Keith Ripp use a fiesta , i think he was british champion

cozzfather

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Doug ask Barry if he regrets selling the XTRAC ESCORT back to Mike Endean or second thoughts better not
its a shame he would like to go rallycrossing again but has not the budget
can't someone get him a sponsor?????????


here is the guvenor again, the man they called " MR RALLYCROSS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOJp6...elated&search=

cozzfather

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In October 2007 Mr Rallycross Martin Schanche, made a comeback
testing a 900hp Escort Cosworth Rallycross car.
you can see it if you click here :-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhX9tIJE5rw
the venue was Dramenn Gatebil in Norway

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Nice link - looks like he's still "got it"

I did ask him, he said the circuit racing his EVO was much cheaper and safer as it's a true non contact sport.........although looking at the Rob Ballard + Mark Harrison crashes at Combe (one writen off EVO and the other one badly damaged) and now the Simon Norris crash..........Barry might review the "cheap" "safer" & "non contact" part of his statement

Tony Ryan

He had too , ford turned down the Transmission that mike had developed alongside Schanche .
I Work next door to John welch , his son drives an A class leon cupra and i look after an R class, he loves a chat and is full of stories still !

cozzfather

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found this on youtube,its a very rare bit of footage of Schanche in his Zakspeed rs1800 with 470 bhp from around 1980-81.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVz9FT7l8ec




and a nice pic of Martin and Erick Zakowski aka Mr Rallycross and Mr Zakspeed

Less.

Remember watching at Martin Schanche at Lyyden Hill years ago his car control was amazing.

His battles with Will Gollop where always entertaining

Touring Car Spares

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Pat Doran now owns the lease on Lydden Hill , hes already sorted a round of the European Rallycross c/ship http://www.lyddenracecircuit.co.uk/

cozzfather

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for tony ryan, i hope he see's this hot sexy video,its another from miss Doran

its John Welch v Terje Schie, battle of the escort Xtracs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PElyPj9wH7E


and another very good video

Martin Schanche v John Welch both in Escort Xtrac's, rallycross doesn't come better than this for me,Welchys escort cost 60 grand thats big till for a 84-85 ford escort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCrmE4dYZY4

XRT_si

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How come those Escorts are leaving the RS200s for dead? Thought RS200 were always very successful in rallycross, though I assume its was very early days so lack of development?

Pete frst

i bloody loved watching rally cross and schanche was my hero,loved it when he won and then got out the car and ran along side it................

cozzfather

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watch my last video matey, the escort xtracs are leaving a 800 bhp porsche behind .

the escort xtrac had this going for it ..........................

1 the bloke who commisioned the car was the legend in my avatar who knew how to build and drive a escort,2 he used a Zakspeed turbocharged Bda engine that was found in Capri Touring cars only adapted for Rallycross by the boss of Zakspeed Formula 1 team,3 the transmission was designed by a Hewland Formula 1 transmission specialist who designed the gearbox in his shed and the Xtrac company was founded from that Escort onwards. 4 the bodyshells were built by Gartrac who built escort mk2's for ford motor company and were the best in the buisness then and now with escort motorsport fabrication.
and yes your right rs200's were new back then and largly undeveloped,the Escort Xtracs were state of the art cars although looked like 200 quid wrecks .

proper videos from Miss Doran

flyboy

I used to love going to Croft in the late 80's for Rallycross action. I still have the European champ programme somewhere. I especially liked the more rarer cars like the Lancia S4 and Dimi Mavropoulos sinister black Audi sport SWB Quat. The sight of Schanche, Gollop, Mavropoulos, Schie, Rennison etc. racing to the first corner abreast was phenominal.

Ebonycossie4x4

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i always thought everybodys favorite was Martin Schanche...

the bloke was just amazing would still win even when all the odss were stacked against him.

Rob Virgo

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martin,dimmi and bloody Bjorn Skogstad.i say that because that camel 3 dr with the tinted side windows is what got me into cosworths,that and proper road rallying here in the republic.
must have lots of pics in the attic of all these boys.will check

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MARCOSWORTH

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Schanche all the way,one of my female colleague's dad use to race him back in the day

RSRoy

I remember watching Schanche on eurosport back in the days when I was a little boy. Don't remember much from those mk3/4 RWD Escorts but ofcourse I still have clear pictures in my mind of the RS200 and Cosworths

Those cars just do more to me then the current rallycross cars.

cozzfather

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its about 1983-84 and i'm watching world of sport with dickie davies and the rallycross comes on from brands hatch. theres the fella in my avatar being interviewed by a reporter and he has a english accent i have never heard before but speaks perfect english,he is driving a right hand drive escort mk3 4x4 with wide alloy arches and they are talking about Zakspeed and how much power the car has. after the interview and the cars are lining up the camera pans into Mr Rallycross's Xtrac Escort and Murray Walker says how the car has a boost dial in which to turn the power full on and get a "Super Start", the lights just about to go green and Martin hits it with full power and the camera cuts to a distant above camera shot showing the car storm into the lead and dominate the race.
that sticks in my mind from when i was a nipper,maybe one day that clip will be shown on youtube.

here is the car from the actual race

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p5736516.html

cozzfather

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More from Miss Doran

brand new on Youtube,Schanche vPer Inge Walfridsson @ lydden hill 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE6524C-I4k

Micky The Finn

some real timewarp posts here!!!!


carl,you need to re set your watch mate!!

J1mbo

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love looking back at all this ive got videos somewhere of schanche in his yellow escorts, used to watch them when i was young, remember it like it was yesterday,

one track, flat over hill, into a hairpin right, and he be full bore side ways coming into it !

nutcase