1985 Shell International Welsh Rally (live stage)

[@piotrmalewski8178]

'Has had some terrible luck, driven a Vauxhall in the past' - love this line.

[@1988quattro]

This is by far the most underrated and best channel on KZbin. Keep Up the great content.

[@michaeldeel7998]

dam right..

[@Arnechk]

"His sons are already learning to rally." The rest is history.

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

Superb analogue racing. The SD1 with Tony Pond was pure class, watching a very heavy car that shouldn’t even be competing against the Audi yet somehow matching them.

[@chunkybuster7203]

Tony Pond/SD1 Rover, l've just died and gone to heaven!

[@PhantomMark]

who else only clicked on this vid because of the Rover SD1 ?? :D awesome

[@sefikempowermentcoachvilla7843]

Defo

[@philskype101]

@@sefikempowermentcoachvilla7843 Michelle mouton, nice?

[@anthonypooran8566]

Also cringed watching it.

[@metalmicky]

Used to night rally one great fun !

[@sefikempowermentcoachvilla7843]

Thankyou, great upload Tony Pond magical the way he kept it on the tarmac sheer genius !!

[@VHSRallies]

You're welcome. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[@carcontrolcommitment]

this is the jackpot of uploading! Mid 80's group B, rare footage not seen by most people before. And of course Tony Pond content. Even if Pondie appeared to be unbelievably bored by the interviewer!

[@guybutler6406]

Pondie hadn’t yet been on the Comms training course!

[@JonBowe]

22:43 Driving a rented Vauxhall Escort, wonder what that looked like? lol. The Music made me think of a Carry on Film. Great blast from the past, thanks

[@laurencemoore2105]

Ahhhhhhhh, I remember those Vauxhall escorts, Ford cavaliers, Audi marinas, etc. Great times!

[@animalcol1]

I know I said it before, but than you so much for doing this. So many amazing memories being brought back. It's truly wonderful to see this again, and some that I missed. Thank you!!

[@VHSRallies]

Thanks for the positive feedback. Always good to hear someone likes the uploads.

[@The1blackpool]

I’ll 2nd the above comment, it was this era that got me hooked, those Quattros are still my all time favourite rally car

[@ManxAndy]

Pond hustling the Big girl round 1 second slower than a Manta 400.....some boy behind the wheel.....👍🇮🇲

[@tomwallace4434]

The Manta 400 you would expect to be fast but Tony Pond in the Rover was something else considering the car was as wide as the track in parts, that just shouldn't be possible.

[@hydorah]

I'm here to see the SD1 and wow! Tony's hustling of that beast was incredible!

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

I don't think I've ever heard a commentator make so many factual mistakes in one stage. Michelle Mouton looked genuinely taken aback.

[@204MotorsportMedia]

Got her time wrong too. She actually finished with a time of 1:35

[@volt8684]

Hate all commentation on sport waste of space

[@PieAndChips]

@@volt8684 I'd rather hear the cars than some waffling moron

[@TheDrLeviathan]

I'm super glad I found this channel. You guys are legends for uploading this stuff, good job!

[@vaughanwarburton9623]

That was absolutely brilliant enjoyed every minute

[@shaba2318]

08:14 little did they know the legend that kid would become

[@SonGokusa666]

That was a nutty stage 😁 Looked like a bicycle path in a park! Thanks for sharing! I never got to see any of these races when I was younger

[@fishbmw]

Thank you so much for uploading this little gem. Pondy in the SD1 was truely amazing considering he's up against the all conquering Audi Quattros.

[@jakemcglynn]

Great to see all these rallies back up online, and saved by vhs rallies👍🏻👍🏻

[@VHSRallies]

Thanks. We'll keep trying.

[@luvanotafighta]

Thanks for all your efforts in uploading this great footage. After I watched the 1989 RAC preview I was sorely tempted to make a comment pondering how Tony Mason ever managed to get/keep his job with the BBC rally coverage team, sadly this commentator puts things into context!

[@alisonleaman333]

Eight minutes in, and they've already mentioned how nice the trees look THREE times.

[@laurencemoore2105]

"And round the corner, oh those trees look lovely!" it's a well known fact that rally drivers and also commentators were for the most part, keen arboriculturists!

[@acemcgraw1]

Laurence Moore just wanted to say that I am a big rally fan and an arboriculturalist!

[@peterbalac1915]

Very respectable Time by Tony pond in the SD1 rover 👌especially in that company had to wait till the end but it was worth it great video !!

[@VHSRallies]

Thanks for the positive feedback. And yes, a very tidy drive from Pondy in the Rover.

[@robc3056]

Tony `Send it ` Pond love this content thanks again

[@carcontrolcommitment]

surely the first person ever to use the term 'send it' in a motorsport context?

[@robc3056]

@@carcontrolcommitment he was of the send it mentality tho always drove the hell out of what ever he was in underated driver like most of them

[@steve-ip6qs]

great footage,excellent quality great work,took me back to the 80s

[@VHSRallies]

Thanks for the positive feedback.

[@welz2002]

Thanks for uploading these!

[@VHSRallies]

You're very welcome. :)

[@TheMaurob1979]

Pond was incredibly fast.. Like all the English drivers.. Rip champion

[@nightowlrally]

Not only that, but he'd won multiple auto test competitions too. And the mustache was legendary.

[@creepingjesus5106]

That commentator though...😂

[@robair67]

I particularly liked the mention of the rare and seldom seen "Vauxhall Escort"!

[@gabrieloconnell3434]

really great coverage i was there at the time

[@Tomherbs]

This VHS tape is great quality

[@VHSRallies]

It came from a collection where the original taper had used, almost exclusively, Scotch videotapes. Always a good sign.

[@divanosoba9658]

spectacular footage, many thx

[@melvyncox3361]

Great video,and great memories.Michele looking rather nice❤♨️👍

[@Keckegenkai]

I'm in love with these Mantas

[@l555mat8]

I ride my bike through Bute Park, I think I’ll have to see how quick I can get around this stage!

[@delewan]

"He's missed the tree very nicely indeed"

[@alanhindmarch657]

Group A wasn’t the stand road car class which the commentator keeps saying, then latter say Group N is which is correct.

[@alexboyde8129]

Good old days when you could spectate from wherever you wanted spectators viewed at their own risk exactly how it should be

[@Myndi84]

thanks for uploading :)

[@simeonpetkov768]

"audis have very bad record for reliability" Well, looks like nothing has changed much today.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

But still those 5 cylinder engines give goosbumps when they floor it, and they owned the stage when they introduced the Quattro drive train.

[@darklord63dlluvvers53]

What are you talking about? A glib response for the sake of it, not supported by actual fact. I despair.

[@gamerscockpit]

Russell Brookes is the MAN

[@KevBoy3D]

That computervision branding though, they must have been pretty hot stuff in 1985

[@sugarnads]

Russell brookes long association with gm... That vauxhall sunbeam lotus and opel escort rs1800 were great gm cars...

[@PieAndChips]

The Talbot Manta HSE was the best

[@sugarnads]

@@PieAndChips rofl 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarkPentler]

it doesn't *seem* like it's a live broadcast tbh. seems like an edited highlights or something. everything is so tightly cut. going into and out of Arfon's links seems very tight as well. no lingering delays on his cues etc. I think about this shit too much

[@AVC-Works]

Does the crowd have a deathwish?

[@westwards]

AVC-Works if you thinks that’s bad you should see some of the European crowds of the same era, particularly the Italians

[@salmonkayak7237]

*group B* allow us to introduce ourselves

[@AlexKidd]

the hair cuts/clothes/mustaches are hilarious

[@WynnofThule]

8:14 Hmm I wonder who his son happened to be?

[@sugarnads]

Not as good as his dad.

[@deadkemper]

Tony Pond, showing how to drive that bus like the dukes of Hazzard..nice

[@mrmark2182]

20:36 pure Alan Partridge commentary - tail tweaking!!!!

[@VHSRallies]

Did titter at that one myself, I have to admit!

[@mrmark2182]

even the presenter has a touch of the Alans about him.. How much beige can you wear in one outfit!. Great vids btw, thanks.

[@roblaa3198]

I'm not driving a mini metro lynn

[@ericchambers7361]

Anyone have the final results for this stage?

[@michaeldeel7998]

the announcer or commintator is really haveing a goodtime he is excited....lololol with every turn he almost gasp lol.

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

Very rare

[@davidscothern8513]

@3:53 Stealth mulletcam?

[@robertlund5694]

i surprised the rover lasted the stage, i have had to walk home from more than one broken down one before, including this shape.

[@xsduprwd3937]

Awesome!

[@Cayres9]

Stone Age motoring LOL more fun to drive though those old bangers were 4 star lead petrol back then

[@timbonfield2325]

When there talking about Jimmys son, #ifindoubtflatout

[@salmonkayak7237]

Great,now ive got to get the wales dlc for dirt 2.0

[@scoobyking555cm]

Brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍🏁🎅

[@Cayres9]

Stone Age motoring but 3.5 to 60mph was very very fast back then , even today most supercars wont do that unless they are electric

[@thetreblerebel]

Michele Mouton one of the best drivers ever!, she dominated rally racing, driving the ultimate rally car.

[@edwardlazich1140]

Nice to see Michelle Mouton

[@JustSomeGuy489]

Imagine how much faster the quattros would have been with a handbrake and sequential gearbox. The prototype of the modern rally car.

[@robertlund5694]

and antilag and a garrett gtx turbo and some r8 coil packs..blah, blah..pointless.

[@PieAndChips]

Imagine an Audi Quattro with a Subaru engine. Would be the fastest car in the world

[@sarahtaggart7397]

I AM SURE TONY POND WAS WELL PISSED OFF HEARING AT EVERY FARTS END THEM CRYING ON ABOUT HIS CRASH INTO THE TREE ON THE RAC ! THEY NEVER FUCKED UP ABOUT IT ! OBVIOUSLY THE CRAP COMMENTATORS COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING BETTER TO SAY EXCEPT TRAWLING OVER THE SAME OLE RHETORIC AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY ! NICE UPLOAD VHS ! KEEP THEM COMING ! 👍

[@jasonjudd8656]

Who else noticed that Petri arkola drove a rented Vauxhall Escort I thought it was a Ford a Escort

[@rcary]

Escorts blazing. 😮😮

[@robc3056]

Vorsprung Durch Understeer !!!

[@signorpippistrello]

Michelle Mouton was one and sure still is an impressive woman. Too Bad those were the hairy days.

[@-BuddyGuy]

What in the christ is that music