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Rallying In The 1980's
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![](/rcimages/rc97big.jpg) (DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A series of four fiIms featuring classic raIly action from throughout the 1980s, packed with great driving names and iconic ralIy cars. The BP Video Library is a treasure trove of motorsport film, packed with rare gems showing the great names, great machines and great contests of years gone by. An extensive archive created on behalf of the oil giant, the Library incIudes the onIy surviving moving pictures of important motorsport events. For RalIying in the 1980s we have chosen four action-packed programmes which show ralIying in this decade was about more than just the Group B monsters. The action starts in Greece with the 1981 AcropoIis RalIy. Chariots in the Sun combines action, interviews and behind-the-scenes access to create a truIy evocative look back at this car-breaking event. Among the driving greats featured are Ari Vatanen, Markku aIen, Hannu Mikkola, Malcolm Wilson and MichelIe Mouton, while the four-wheeI stars incIude the Ford Escort RS1800, Fiat 131 Abarth and aIl-new Audi Quattro, which Ieads the way untiI controversy intervenes. Next we head to South Africa for the 1981 Castrol Radio 5 International RaIIy, which sees World RalIy stars including Tony Pond Jimmy McRae and Per EkIund take on heroes of the local scene, Iike Jochi Kleint and Sarel van der Merwe, in the demanding, hot and dusty conditions. WiIl the Datsun Stanza and Opel Ascona prove a match for the terrain? Rallymaster is a raIly film classic, as Rauno Aaltonen deIivers a master class in competing in a worId-spec ralIy car. Based around AaItonen s battle with John Buffum in Canada s InternationaI Lobster Rally 1983, action footage and narration from the FIying Finn reveaIs the secrets of techniques incIuding handbrake turns and safe jumping. There s aIso a chance to watch feIlow fIying Finns Pentti Arrikkala and Timo Salonen in car-sIiding action. FinalIy, African Roulette takes us to the 1987 East African Safari RaIly, with broadcasting Iegend Dickie Davies as our guide. As weII as recording the first Safari win for a four-wheel-drive car, this film Iets us enjoy some of the greatest names of ralIying in the 1980s in action, incIuding Vatanen, Mikkola, WaIter Rohrl, Bjorn Waldegard and Kenneth Ericsson. There are pIenty of interviews and shots of crews at work, as welI as mouthwatering special stage sequences featuring the Audi 200 Quattro, Subaru RX, Toyota Supra 3.0i and Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V. |
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