Ari Vatenen

Proper rallying.

Not the sanitised WRC s**te we get these days.

That guy is a hero. After watching that I had to go watch the Climb Dance video again. Amazing - if you havent seen it go find it!

Ari Vatenen wasnt that interested in LED washer jets, or big bore tail pipes...............strange that anyone from this group has ever heard of him!

would that be the=20 Ari Vatanen Pikes Peak "Climb Dance"

would that be the Ari Vatanen Pikes Peak "Climb Dance"

That would be it!

AOL brother AOL...........

Don't Forget Stig Blomquist, Walter Rohl, John Haugland, Eric Carlsson, RAC etc.

And Jimmy, don't forget Jimmy.

Everyone knows Colin, 'cos he wone a WRC title. However, Jimmy was arguably the better driver of the two.

As soon as I heard the Steve Rider voiceover I realised I have the whole video here on VHS. Couple of hours worth IIRC. I may capture it some day :-)

Jimmy was a handy circuit racer as well. I saw him winning in a Chevette HSR at Ingliston many years ago. Overtook the leader sideways around the last corner to win the race. He's orignally a Scramble rider as they were called back then. So was Colin - that's where the balance comes from - or so I'm told by those who know the family.

^^^^

Argh!

That's watching telly and letting my fingers do all the thinking....

My father has a story about being out for a blat in deepest Lanarkshire, being overtaken by, and completely failing to keep up with, a diesel astramax/maestro or somesuch with ladders on the roof and IIRC some sort of Tradesman livery. Rumour has it, it was a McRae.

True. I was just waiting for ken to correct me that RAC was a sponsor, not a driver (but we know better don't we children).

Jock and Drew both know him personally - both reckon he's crap and aren't slow in telling him. :-)