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Roger Albert Clark Rally - JasonB - 24th-Nov-23

The Roger Albert Clark historic rally recreates the spirit of the original RAC rallies, and that definitely makes it a special event for me.

I've been along to several of the events, and they were magnificent, and brought back so many childhood memories, with stages in the North York Moors and at Olivers Mount in Scarborough. Unfortunately the route hasn't come anywhere near us in years but I've just been watching some of the coverage of this year's event, and I think it's fair to say that the bar has been raised in many ways.

First of all the rally is the longest for 30 years, with 350 stage miles, it features an impressive list of drivers with three time winner Martin McCormack, Kris Meeke, Oliver Solberg, Osian Pryce, and Chris Harris, amongst others. There was an entry list of 174 cars, and although the event does tend to be a bit of an Escort fest, there are plenty of other cars taking part, including Seb Perez's fantastic Stratos, Steve Graham's lovely Lancia Fulvia, Triumph TR7s, Porsche 911s, and Hillman Avengers, plus there is a Datsun 240z, a Saab 96, an Opel Ascona and a Kadett, an Alfa Romeo Guilietta, a Vauxhall Chevette, a Ford Anglia, and a Volvo PV544.

When I first started going to watch this rally, you would get back home from the stages to find that the only coverage was the leader board, that was it. But now, they have expanded the coverage massively, with live video coverage of the stages and a nightly round up of the day's action. Below is a catch up on days 1 & 2. It's not exactly F1 levels of production, but for anybody who is a fan of 1970s rallying, it's magnificent to see a proper marathon rally, with those historic cars being driven in a gruelling, competitive rally. The 20th anniversary Roger Albert Clark Rally runs for three more days, ending in Carlisle on Monday.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - StuBeeDoo - 25th-Nov-23

I'm a huge fan of classic motorsport in general, and specifically rallying.  I've never, yet, had the chance to go.  
Did I mention I've recently retired??  R.A.C is on my bucket list, so maybe next year.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - rallyhub - 25th-Nov-23

Removing the RAC Rally from the WRC remains a big mistake. This is what rally fans like!

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - JasonB - 25th-Nov-23

Yes, you only have to look at the success of this event to see that there are plenty of rally fans here.

It started out twenty years ago with an entry list of 37 cars, and a handful of fans.

This year it had an entry list of 174, and just watching the start of the event there were thousands of fans.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - rallyhub - 25th-Nov-23

Already during the 2002 NSCC-weekend in Ramsgate people asked Simon Kohler for doing an Anglia.
Hopefully Scalextric has also watched this video and is now finally convinced that the Anglia is a beautiful racing and rally car that is worth including in their program.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - Scuderia_Turini - 25th-Nov-23

I guess that Scalextric already tried to licence a Ford Anglia in the Harry Potter scenario. That could be an option in conjunction with Rally and Race versions.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - JasonB - 25th-Nov-23

I was going to suggest that the film and TV angle might interest Scalextric more than the classic rally cars.

In recent times they've done a lot of the former, but not that many of the latter.

Wasn't the Heartbeat police car an Anglia?

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - Kevan - 25th-Nov-23

Do adverts cars count as TV/Film cars...Carlos Fandango

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - JasonB - 25th-Nov-23

Haha... Carlos Fandango, I'd completely forgotten that.



The pressure on Scalextric to make a Ford Anglia is ramping up quite sharply here.

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RE: Roger Albert Clark Rally - Kevan - 25th-Nov-23

(25th-Nov-23, 08:01 PM)JasonB Wrote:  Wasn't the Heartbeat police car an Anglia?

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