Morten Morten Godlike Moderator Location: Vancouver, BC Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 366 Rally Car: 1974 Dodge Colt |
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Someone on Special stage had an old video of a show called 'The power and the Glory'. Shows really well the root of rally. Plus has some great footage of vintage rallying.
I have a copy if anyone wanted to host it for me somehow, or tell me how to do it. Cheers Taro Taro Snell Gabriola Is, Colombie Britannique, Canuckistan 1979 Volvo 240 GrF....eventually |
rallysmurf alex morgan Professional Moderator Location: fritch tx Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 71 Rally Car: '74 bmw 2325i |
Taro Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Someone on Special stage had an old video of a > show called 'The power and the Glory'. Shows > really well the root of rally. Plus has some great > footage of vintage rallying. > I have a copy if anyone wanted to host it for me > somehow, or tell me how to do it. > Cheers > > Taro > > Taro Snell > Gabriola Is, Colombie Britannique, Canuckistan > 1979 Volvo 240 GrF....eventually zip it amd mail it to me. i'll host. bcdbcd@cableone.net alex __________________________ i'm in texas panahndle, full of gas and oil wells to slalom. http://bcdracing.com//pics/rally/rally.html |
Richard Miller Richard Miller Mod Moderator Location: Sachse Texas Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 187 Rally Car: Saab 900T, Mustang now running |
The first car races in the 1890s were run under a rally format in that they were on open roads and the cars started at timed intervals. But as cars got faster, open road racing was banned and moved to the closed track. The first rally was the Monte Carlo in 1911. Motorists started from several different locations across Europe and rallied (meaning joined together) in Monte Carlo. This was organized by the equivalent of the Vistors and Convention bureau of Monte Carlo to attract people to stay in the hotels in February when room occupancy was low. This is a TSD rally in that exact speeds had to be maintained instead of going as fast as possible. Other events followed. Over the years, various events would have some legs where the required time was set so short that it was a performance rally. Finally, in the late 60s, early 70s, the format was formalized. In the US, there was the MONY series and finally, in 1973, the SCCA Pro Rally series. In the late 70s, early 80s, there was also another sanctioning organization called NARA and later NARRA.
This is the cliff notes version. Let me know if you want more info. RichardM |
Hey, it's 156mbs, so I don't think I can't mail it with any of my services, including my ISP. Too bad .
I got it from Randy Zimmer, who has a pretty good server set up, maybe someone can get it from him and host it, so anone here who hasn't seen it can get a copy, its totally worth watching for the vintage filming and interviews. Otherwise is there a way I can dump it into someones FTP or something? Hope I can help out before I head back to work tomorrow afternoon. Cheers Taro Taro Snell Gabriola Is, Colombie Britannique, Canuckistan 1979 Volvo 240 GrF....eventually |
rallysmurf alex morgan Professional Moderator Location: fritch tx Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 71 Rally Car: '74 bmw 2325i |
Taro Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hey, it's 156mbs, so I don't think I can't mail it > with any of my services, including my ISP. Too bad > . > I got it from Randy Zimmer, who has a pretty good > server set up, maybe someone can get it from him > and host it, so anone here who hasn't seen it can > get a copy, its totally worth watching for the > vintage filming and interviews. > Otherwise is there a way I can dump it into > someones FTP or something? > Hope I can help out before I head back to work > tomorrow afternoon. > Cheers > > Taro > > Taro Snell > Gabriola Is, Colombie Britannique, Canuckistan > 1979 Volvo 240 GrF....eventually email me and i'll give you my ftp password. you can upload it . bcdbcd at cableone.net __________________________ i'm in texas panahndle, full of gas and oil wells to slalom. http://bcdracing.com//pics/rally/rally.html |
Skye Skye Nott Mega Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
Watch "Legends of Motorsport" on SpeedTV, especially the "Alpine Rally" and so on...
http://www.motorfilms.com/videos.php?id=55 I think that's the roots of the modern era of stage rally. Skye www.rallyrace.net |
Richard Miller Richard Miller Mod Moderator Location: Sachse Texas Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 187 Rally Car: Saab 900T, Mustang now running |
What't the matter? Don't you young whipper snappers believe your elders when they tell you that the first ever rally was the 1911 Monte Carlo? The name came from the fact that the teams rallied together from many different locations. Every thing else has just been a slow evolution.
RichardM |
Parry Dave Maxwell Infallible Moderator Location: secoast NH Join Date: 02/17/2006 Age: Settling Down Posts: 97 |
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And why was that show great? I'll tell ya....
Because motorsports *used* to be great (from the local circle track, Winston Cup, and all the way to Formula 1). Now it's just a bunch of over-priced, over-engineered, over-sponsored, boring buckets of bolts and carbon fiber. Okay... someone is going to mention the Porsche 917 or the Ford GT-40 and mention what they cost. Sure, they were big dollar cars, but they were great cars the likes of which we probably won't see again. |
Pete Pete Remner Mod Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Jens Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And why was that show great? I'll tell ya.... > > Because motorsports *used* to be great (from the > local circle track, Winston Cup, and all the way > to Formula 1). Now it's just a bunch of > over-priced, over-engineered, over-sponsored, > boring buckets of bolts and carbon fiber. > > Okay... someone is going to mention the Porsche > 917 or the Ford GT-40 and mention what they cost. > Sure, they were big dollar cars, but they were > great cars the likes of which we probably won't > see again. What *scares me* is the idea that 30-40 years from *now*, people will be similarly waxing nostalgic about how back at the turn of the century, it was Real Men doing Great Things despite not having any money or engineering in the cars they wrestled to victory. Because it will probably come to pass! Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
Pete Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What *scares me* is the idea that 30-40 years from > *now*, people will be similarly waxing nostalgic about.... I don't think many will be getting all teary-eyed and sentimental about the current crop of mommymobile rally cars, Nextel Cup, or the current crop of F1 cars. What is there to remember about recent years? Nothing, other than Michael Schumacher's 7 world championships. |
rallysmurf alex morgan Professional Moderator Location: fritch tx Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 71 Rally Car: '74 bmw 2325i |
Taro Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- here is the vid off my site. right click save as: http://bcdracing.com/icon/rallypowerandglory.mov > Hey, it's 156mbs, so I don't think I can't mail it > with any of my services, including my ISP. Too bad > . > I got it from Randy Zimmer, who has a pretty good > server set up, maybe someone can get it from him > and host it, so anone here who hasn't seen it can > get a copy, its totally worth watching for the > vintage filming and interviews. > Otherwise is there a way I can dump it into > someones FTP or something? > Hope I can help out before I head back to work > tomorrow afternoon. > Cheers > > Taro > > Taro Snell > Gabriola Is, Colombie Britannique, Canuckistan > 1979 Volvo 240 GrF....eventually __________________________ i'm in texas panahndle, full of gas and oil wells to slalom. http://bcdracing.com//pics/rally/rally.html |