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Jul
04

Billy Coleman wins the 1975 Mintex Dales Rally in the Thomas Motors Ford Escort RS1600

Reigning British champion Billy Coleman got his 1975 season off to a great start with victory on the Mintex Dales Rally in the Thomas Motors Ford Esco...
Jul
03

The Mini at 50: Paddy Hopkirk’s 1964 Monte Carlo Rally victory in the Cooper S

Far from the high-tech WRC cars sliding around hairpins today, rallying cars of the 1960s were pure and honest...
Jul
01

Manx International Rally 1991 – Colin McRae claims win in Rothmans Subaru Legacy RS

Photo: Jonny Hawthorne Video of the 1991 Manx International Rally in which Colin McRae (his 1992 BRC winning car is pictured above) would score one of...
Jun
16

French rallies in the running to host WRC round in 2010

Photo: ©willyweyens-rallyworld Six or seven rallies are believed to be in the running to host the French round of the World Rally Championship fo...
Jun
08

Carlos Sainz Renault 5 Copa Turbo FM - Rare 1983 Spanish TV Rallysprint video

Very rare footage of Carlos Sainz in 1983 driving a Renault 5 Copa Turbo during a live Spanish TV Rallysprint. Sainz of course would of course go onto...
May
21

Bertie Fisher - Opel Ascona 400 - Circuit of Ireland Rally 1983

  Video featuring Bertie Fisher driving the GM Dealersport Opel Ascona 400 on the 1983 Rothmans Circuit of Ireland Rally. This would be one of Berti...
Apr
09

Donegal Rally 1978 video: Ari Vatanen wins in “Black Beauty”

Ari Vatanen came to Donegal in 1978 with the famous X-Pac Ford Escort MkII (reg: UYY 256S),  which was dubbed "Black Beauty" and prepared by David S...
Feb
28

Andrew Nesbitt in-car video Jim Clark and Ulster rallies 2002

Onboard footage of Irish rally legend Andrew Nesbitt from the Jim Clark and Ulster rallies 2002 when he was driving the Cuisine de France spons0red Su...
Feb
25

1983 Lombard RAC Rally video: Stig Blomqvist wins in the Audi Sport UK entered quattro A2

Recently crowned British Open champion Stig Blomqvist completely dominated the 1983 Lombard RAC Rally in the David Sutton run Audi Sport UK quattro A2...
Feb
25

MotorSport MAD video clips of Petter Solberg onboard 2005 Neste Rally Finland

Photo: swrt.com Petter Solberg had an incident packed Rally Finland 2005 as he pushed his Subaru Impreza WRC beyond the limits at times to eventually...
Jan
17

The Vatanen Touch: Original documentary following Ari Vatanen during the 1980 British Open Rally Championship

The original documentary following Ari Vatanen on the 1980 British Open Rally Championship, uploaded onto MOTORSPORTMAD...
Jan
16

1985 Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship videos

The 1985 Shell Oils British Open Rally Championship witnessed the Brookes/McRae rivalry at its peak as can be seen in the MotorsportMAD videos below...
Jan
14

Michele Mouton documentary from 1982

Documentary on Michele Mouton, uploaded to MotorsportMAD, from 1982. The rather interesting footage shows clips from the 1981 and '82 WRC seasons...
Jan
12

Audi quattro Group 4 1981 video

This video, uploaded by Marvdogger, traces the early competition days of the Audi quattro Group 4 model beginning with footage of Franz Wittmann (pi...
Jan
10

The Vatanen Touch Too! a fitting tribute to a living legend

Ari Vatanen's story is very much one of highs and lows and this seminal film captures his career from 1981 until 1992...
Jan
10

Manx Rally 1983 video: Henri Toivonen wins in the Rothmans Opel Manta 400

Henri Toivonen driving an Opel Manta 400 won his first rally in nearly three years (1980 RAC) to claim the 1983 Rothmans Manx International Rally...
Jan
03

1982 World Rally Championship videos: Walter Rohrl becomes first person to win the title twice

Walter Rohrl became the first person, in 1982, to win the World Rally Championship for a second time. Driving the Rothmans Opel Ascona 400 Rohrl found...
Jan
02

Henning Solberg will continue with Team Expert in an M-Sport Ford Focus for all 12 rounds in the 2009 WRC

Team Expert will continue to provide backing for Henning Solberg in a full WRC campaign of 12 events for 2009. Solberg also announced that he would c...
Jan
02

WRC early 90’s film by Pirelli

Pirelli film capturing the WRC seasons of 1990, '91 and '92 featuring the Group A machines in their pomp...
Jan
01

Colin McRae Metro 6R4 Donegal International Rally 2006

Colin McRae mania descended on Donegal in June 2006 when he brought the Metro 6R4 over to contest the rally...
Dec
31

National Breakdown Rally 1986 preview clip featuring David Llewellin and Russell Brookes

Preview video footage of the National Breakdown Rally from 1986 that was shown on Yorkshire Television...
Dec
30

Tudor Webasto Manx Rally 1987 video: Jimmy McRae wins in the R.E.D. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

The 1987 Manx International Rally was won by Jimmy McRae for the third time and he also claimed his fourth British Open title that year as well...
Dec
30

The Audi quattro Rally Story: video production from Turbo Magazine

Video tracing the story and rallying history of the iconic and revolutionary Audi quattro, produced by turbomagazine.be...
Dec
28

Roger Clark In-Car 1984 Lombard RAC Rally driving the Rothmans Porsche 911 SCRS

Roger Albert Clark in-car footage from the 1984 Lombard RAC Rally (Donington Park SS) driving the Rothmans Porsche 911 SCRS...
Dec
23

RallyBuzz Poll: Who is the world’s Greatest ever Rally Driver of all time?

Image: ©willyweyens-rallyworld Who is the greatest rally driver ever? A common enough question pondered and argued about by rally fans in pubs and...
Dec
22

East African Safari Rally 1972 video: Hannu Mikkola driving the Ford Escort RS1600 RWC 455K becomes the first European winner

Hannu Mikkola and Gunnar Palm onboard the Ford Escort RS1600 became the first non-African crew to win the East African Safari Rally in 1972...

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