Beavis Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 One of my favourite drivers in one of my favourite cars. i Had 2 Opel Manta GTE'S myself.Those were the days proper rwd action. Ari Vatenen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirvif4Q-Yw And this one for pure skill Bertie Fisher another rally star who later died in a helicopter crash (R.I.P) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0T_1QCcVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Great clips You gotta love the "flat right....maybe???" in the Vatenen clip. Yeah, don't worry p*ssing with rain, foggy, 400 foot drop off - keep your foot in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Absolutely brilliant. Ari Vatanen is one of my all-time favourite rally drivers. I was driving the course car on the Welsh rally a few years back when we encountered a delay on the last stage. Anyway, just as the problem got sorted out and we were about to leave the start to open the stage, Ari arrives in his Escort and is raring to go. So I go over to him and explain that there has been a delay but I'm about to get going and open up the stage. Ari isn't happy. He's leading the event. His tyres are warm (tarmac stage) and he wants to get stuck in. Anyway we agree that once I get about halfway into the stage we will radio the start to let him go and hopefully I will get to the finish before he catches me up. The stage is 17 miles over very fast tarmac and we are regularly seeing speeds of over 100mph. We get about mid way and radio the start to let Ari go. Now what happens next? We get to the finish ok and just as I'm getting out of my car Ari appears absolutely flat out. He's covered the 17 miles in about much the same time as I've taken to cover 8-9 miles. So I go over to him and say "you didn't catch me then" And he says with a smile on his face" no but I could see you in the distance and that made me go faster". The guy is an obsolute legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Great clips You gotta love the "flat right....maybe???" in the Vatenen clip. Yeah, don't worry p*ssing with rain, foggy, 400 foot drop off - keep your foot in +1 FYI "maybe" is a pace note abbreviation for "slippy maybe" (say it with a scandanavian accent and you might get it) it's certainly quicker than saying "it's a little bit slippery". So you will often hear "slippy" if its really slippery. Its not the navigator being indecisive! Anyway, seeing as everyone is posting rally vids this week I'll add this one for a demonstration of guts and racer spirit...... hopefully not a repost and apologies for opening old wounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_p6ulyTRg&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I could watch these all day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSphfONzzS4&feature=related Heres Ari again, got to love this one for the moment where the navigator says "Oh......dear god!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I remember seeing an ari vatenan video about 10 years ago. It really made an impression! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 I could watch these all day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSphfONzzS4&feature=related Heres Ari again, got to love this one for the moment where the navigator says "Oh......dear god!" Forgot about this one, i must have it on video tape somewhere Always loved the Manta 400, awesome tarmac car "Oh......dear god!" Then Ari says something like "whats the matter with you" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007 ... nce-p1.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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