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Will Gollop Tribute

Will Gollop Tribute

Will Gollop remains one of the post popular and successful British rallycross drivers, winning the annual Grand Prix event at Brands Hatch (1988,1989 & 1992) and the European Championship in 1992.

Classic Rallycross Scalextric

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Classic Rallycross Scalextric

Rallycross Champions: Presented as a two car presentation, limited edition pack, the 1991 championship winning Ford RS200 and the 1992 championship winning
MG Metro 6R4.

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1991 European Rallycross Review on DVD

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1991 European Rallycross Review on DVD

Another action packed year of rallycross is featured on this video review which includes the best action on the rallycrash – sorry rallycross – circuits all over Europe. The main protagonists were fiery Norwegian Martin Schanche (2.1T Ford RS200E) and Will Gollop (2.3T MG Metro 6R4 BiTurbo), who gave their yearly display of no quarter asked or given racing!

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1989 European Rallycross Championship Review on DVD

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1989 European Rallycross Championship Review on DVD

The 1989 season saw lots of expensive bits and pieces flying through the air, including a few drivers – none of whom were badly hurt. This catalogue of catastrophes spanned eleven frenzied rounds in climatic conditions ranging from Spain to Germany within six months. The Cosworth Sierras of Bjorn Skogstad and Trevor Reeves were hard […]

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1987 Lydden Hill European Rallycross Meeting Gallery

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1987 Lydden Hill European Rallycross Meeting Gallery

Mark Rennison (Ford RS200), Martin Schanche (Ford RS200), John Welch (STP Ford Escort), Pekka Rantanen (Ford RS200), Matti Alamaki (Lancia Delta S4), Thor Holm (Ford RS200), they’re all here.

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Classic Rallycross Image Gallery

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Classic Rallycross Image Gallery

Gone but not forgotten, the great rallycross cars of the 1980s-1990s, we have put together a gallery of classic rallycross images from the ‘Golden Era of rallycross, we hope you lik ’em…

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Classic Rallycross Image Gallery 2

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Classic Rallycross Image Gallery 2

There were too many great photo’s not to put up a second post of the greatest rallycross cars of all time, enjoy…

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Brands Hatch British Rallycross Grand Prix (‘The Golden Era’) 1988-1994

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Brands Hatch British Rallycross Grand Prix (‘The Golden Era’) 1988-1994

Rallycross is essentially a timed event and even though the drivers are seen to race against each other in the qualifying heats, they are actually racing against the clock in order to record the best possible time in qualifying to make the all-important finals. In the finals it is every driver for himself and a regular race format, first past the post wins. The races were part-track and part off-road, providing excellent and entertaining close racing.

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1994 European Rallycross Championship

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1994 European Rallycross Championship

The 1994 championship was characterised by intense competition between Hansen (winner of the first two rounds); 1993 champion Jean-Luc Pailler (winner of the next two rounds) and Martin Schanche, who claimed the first of three victories in round five at Croft in June. That win came as a huge relief to the Norwegian as he had put his Escort on pole position in each of the previous two races and twice had been foiled by Pailler. At Croft too, the Frenchman led until a controversial clash i the second corner left the Citroen on its rook and Martin the winner from the restart.

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1993 – A New Era in the European Rallycross Championship

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1993 – A New Era in the European Rallycross Championship

1993 Was a new era in rallycross, it sadly marked the end of the redundant Group B rally cars in international competition and the arrival of the Group A specials. With the arrival of the new cars came the inevitable teething problems experienced by most debuting a new car. From the Ford RS200, appeared a flurry of Escort Cosworths and the chunky Metro 6R4 were reborn as the desirable Nissan Sunny GTi-R.

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