Showing posts with label Rally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rally. Show all posts
Monday, June 27, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The 1966 Monte Carlo Rally... looks like it was run by some corrupted nationalists from France who handed the win to the Citroen, for having the same headlights it disqualified all the British cars for, which were legal for the previous two years
10 British cars were all ruled out of the prizes for alleged infringements of complex regulations about the way their headlights dipped:
they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public.
The 5th place car, a Citroen had the same headlight. It was given the win. Why? Well, the excuse is that the Citroen had that headlight optional at the factory, thus is was stock... and the British cars, though this was their 3rd year with these headlights, were not in compliance with the rules, which had been changed just prior to the race, and after the cars were accepted after their paperwork was entered.
According to new rules introduced at the end of previous year, any car entering the rally must come off a standard production line, with at least 5,000 cars being built to a similar specification. they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to the series production version of each model sold to the public.
The 5th place car, a Citroen had the same headlight. It was given the win. Why? Well, the excuse is that the Citroen had that headlight optional at the factory, thus is was stock... and the British cars, though this was their 3rd year with these headlights, were not in compliance with the rules, which had been changed just prior to the race, and after the cars were accepted after their paperwork was entered.
The British cars were equipped with standard headlamps - but the only way of dipping them was to switch to non-standard fog lamps.
The confusion arose because the rally organizers initially said the race would be run under the old rules - and only announced the switch after entries had been accepted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/21/newsid_2506000/2506863.stm
Thanks Steve R!
Monday, June 13, 2016
Norway’s Andreas Bakkerud has become the first ever driver in FIA World Rallycross Championship history to win all four qualifying sessions [Q1-Q4] plus the semi-final and final.
Bakkerud, who drives a Ford Focus RS RX Supercar alongside Ken Block in the new-for-2016 Hoonigan Racing Division World RX team, scooped the maximum 16 points for finishing TQ [Top Qualifier] after four qualifying sessions. He went on to win his semi-final and the final to secure the total 30 points available on an event weekend. Bakkerud’s healthy points haul has catapulted the Norwegian to fifth in the standings – two points adrift of Johan Kristoffersson and Sebastien Loeb who are joint third.
http://www.newspress.co.uk/public/ViewPressRelease.aspx
http://www.t-a.no/nyheter/2016/06/12/Historisk-Bakkerud-klar-for-%C3%A5-feste-som-en-tr%C3%B8nder-12879054.ece
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