Duke RAC Rally Collection 1983-1991 YouTube preview video clip

Duke have a new DVD compilation box set featuring the RAC Rally from 1983-1991.

Below is a trailer featuring Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Carlos Sainz, Hannu Mikkola, Markku Alen etc. The Lombard RAC Rally, as it was then, travelled the country with millions of people turning out to watch the stars.

Duke preview clip RAC Rally collection 1983-1991

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPLIdtUMmg[/youtube]

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Jimmy McRae driving the Lough Gill stage and Ari Vatanen on the Col de Turini in Colin McRae Vision charity drive video

Jimmy McRae and Ari Vatanen drove their favourite rally stages recently in aid of the Colin McRae Vision charity.

The pair were driving the Ford Focus ST model and a list of other rally stars took part in the charity initiative with Marcus Gronholm, Miki Biasion and Miki Hirvonen also selecting their favourite roads from around the world. 

McRae selected the Lough… Continue reading

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Mikko Hirvonen does charity drive on the Great Orme stage for the Colin McRae Vision

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Mikko Hirvonen has joined former world champions Ari Vatanen, Marcus Gronholm and Miki Biasion by driving some of their favourite stages in order to raise money for the Colin McRae Vision.

In a Ford-backed programme, Hirvonen drove the all-asphalt Great Orme test near Llandudno in Wales on Sunday. The drivers selected the stages - all of which are open roads - and then drove them in a… Continue reading

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Colin McRae Stages Rally 08 YouTube video of the BBC Scotland television coverage

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The McRae Stages 2008 will be remembered as one of the most fantastic rallying occassions ever witnessed.

BBC Scotland followed the Saab Scottish Rally Championship in 2008 and below is their coverage of the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally which attracted the biggest names in the sport. Vatanen, Mikkola, Jim McRae, Buffum, Brookes, Waldegard, Wilson, Pastrana etc etc,  were all present to honour the memory of their friend and… Continue reading

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Benson & Hedges Circuit of Ireland Rally 1980: Ari Vatanen vs Jimmy McRae, the event’s greatest ever epic duel

The battle between Jimmy McRae and Ari Vatanen on the Benson & Hedges Circuit of Ireland Rally 1980  must go down as the greatest duel in the rally’s illustrious history. 

Vatanen was in the Rothmans Escort Mk2 which had caused controversy even before the start of the rally as Benson and Hedges (event sponsor) weren’t to keen to have a rival tabacco company competing. Also, the car couldn’t carry Rothmans… Continue reading

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Colin McRae Forest Stages 2008 Results and videos: Matthew Wilson wins as Alister McRae comes out top of the celebrity drivers

The rallying highlight of the year happened last weekend in Perthshire, Scotland. The world of rallying turned out in force at the McRae Stages to celebrate the life of Colin McRae.

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